Dixie 500

Atlanta Motor Speedway — January 1, 1973

David Pearson

Winner

328

Laps

Entries

1973

Season

David Pearson won the 1973 Dixie 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway on January 1, 1973. Cale Yarborough finished second; Donnie Allison rounded out the podium.

Race Details

Date

Monday, January 1, 1973

Track

Atlanta Motor Speedway

Season

1973

Winner

David Pearson

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	5	+4	David Pearson	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	328	—	Running	—	125
2	3	+1	Cale Yarborough	Howard & Egerton Racing		327	—	Running	—	98
3	7	+4	Donnie Allison	DiGard Motorsports		323	—	Running	—	96
4	13	+9	Joe Frasson	Frasson Racing	Dodge	321	—	Running	—	94
5	19	+14	Jody Ridley	Donlavey Racing	Mercury	319	—	Running	—	92
6	15	+9	Lennie Pond	Elder-Ranier		318	—	Running	—	90
7	10	+3	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		317	—	Running	—	88
8	30	+22	G.C. Spencer	GC Spencer Racing	Dodge	316	—	Running	—	86
9	35	+26	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing	Dodge	314	—	Running	—	84
10	16	+6	Larry Smith	Harley Smith (Owner)	Mercury	313	—	Running	—	82
11	17	+6	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	312	—	Running	—	80
12	40	+28	Rick Newsom	Newsom Racing	Dodge	309	—	Running	—	78
13	18	+5	Henley Gray	Gray Racing		309	—	Running	—	76
14	33	+19	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	308	—	Running	—	74
15	11	-4	Walter Ballard	Ballard Racing	Mercury	307	—	Running	—	72
16	37	+21	Randy Tissot	Randy Tissot (Owner)		307	—	Running	—	70
17	22	+5	Bill Champion	Champion Racing	Mercury	304	—	Running	—	68
18	21	+3	Ed Negre	Negre Racing	Dodge	302	—	Running	—	66
19	39	+20	Charlie Roberts	Roberts Racing		302	—	Running	—	64
20	20	—	Raymond Williams	Williams Racing		301	—	Running	—	62
21	23	+2	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		301	—	Running	—	60
22	8	-14	Dean Dalton	Dalton Racing	Mercury	295	—	Running	—	58
23	29	+6	Richard Childress	Garn Racing		279	—	Running	—	56
24	6	-18	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing		262	—	DNF - Engine	—	54
25	14	-11	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing		248	—	DNF	—	52
26	36	+10	David Sisco	McGee Racing		240	—	DNF - Engine	—	50
27	2	-25	Bobby Allison	Bobby Allison Motorsports		205	—	DNF - Engine	—	48
28	24	-4	Ed Sczech	B & B Racing		169	—	DNF - Engine	—	46
29	31	+2	Vic Parsons	Seifert Racing		157	—	DNF	—	44
30	9	-21	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley		152	—	DNF - Engine	—	42
31	26	-5	Darrell Waltrip	Darrell Waltrip Motorsports	Mercury	110	—	DNF	—	0
32	32	—	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	Dodge	91	—	DNF	—	38
33	1	-32	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	72	—	DNF - Engine	—	36
34	25	-9	Buddy Baker	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	65	—	DNF	—	34
35	4	-31	Bobby Isaac	Bud Moore Engineering		52	—	DNF - Crash	—	32
36	38	+2	John Sears	Sears Racing	Dodge	45	—	DNF - Engine	—	30
37	28	-9	Tommy Gale	Smokey Yunick Racing	Mercury	39	—	DNF - Engine	—	28
38	12	-26	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing		35	—	DNF	—	26
39	34	-5	H.B. Bailey	Bailey Racing		7	—	DNF - Engine	—	24
40	27	-13	Charles Barrett	George Elliott Racing		3	—	DNF	—	0