Old Dominion 500

Martinsville Speedway — January 1, 1973

Richard Petty

Winner

480

Laps

Entries

1973

Season

Richard Petty won the 1973 Old Dominion 500 at Martinsville Speedway on January 1, 1973. Cale Yarborough finished second; Bobby Allison rounded out the podium.

Race Details

Date

Monday, January 1, 1973

Track

Martinsville Speedway

Season

1973

Winner

Richard Petty

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	6	+5	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	480	—	Running	—	125
2	1	-1	Cale Yarborough	Howard & Egerton Racing		479	—	Running	—	98
3	2	-1	Bobby Allison	Bobby Allison Motorsports		476	—	Running	—	96
4	7	+3	Buddy Baker	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	475	—	Running	—	94
5	12	+7	Jack McCoy	Ernie Conn (Owner)	Dodge	469	—	Running	—	92
6	10	+4	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing		466	—	Running	—	90
7	9	+2	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing		466	—	Running	—	88
8	18	+10	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering	Mercury	465	—	Running	—	86
9	8	-1	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	463	—	Running	—	84
10	16	+6	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		463	—	Running	—	82
11	15	+4	Ray Hendrick	Donlavey Racing	Mercury	462	—	Running	—	80
12	24	+12	John Sears	Sears Racing	Dodge	462	—	Running	—	78
13	21	+8	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing		460	—	Running	—	76
14	22	+8	Henley Gray	Gray Racing	Mercury	454	—	Running	—	74
15	17	+2	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	450	—	Running	—	72
16	31	+15	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing	Dodge	447	—	Running	—	70
17	23	+6	Mel Larson	Robertson Racing	Dodge	446	—	Running	—	68
18	11	-7	Walter Ballard	Ballard Racing	Mercury	445	—	Running	—	66
19	35	+16	Earl Brooks	Brooks Racing		443	—	Running	—	64
20	28	+8	Dean Dalton	Roberts Racing		441	—	Running	—	62
21	32	+11	D.K. Ulrich	Jasper Motorsports		437	—	Running	—	60
22	26	+4	Charlie Roberts	Roberts Racing		428	—	Running	—	58
23	13	-10	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley		423	—	Running	—	56
24	36	+12	Ronnie Daniel	Daniel Racing		409	—	Running	—	54
25	19	-6	Richard Childress	Garn Racing		380	—	Running	—	52
26	30	+4	Ed Negre	Negre Racing	Dodge	356	—	DNF - Engine	—	50
27	29	+2	Pee Wee Wentz			215	—	DNF	—	48
28	25	-3	David Sisco	McGee Racing		189	—	DNF	—	46
29	20	-9	Raymond Williams	Williams Racing		177	—	DNF - Crash	—	44
30	5	-25	Lennie Pond	Elder-Ranier		172	—	DNF	—	42
31	3	-28	David Pearson	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	128	—	DNF	—	40
32	34	+2	Rick Newsom	Newsom Racing		120	—	DNF	—	38
33	27	-6	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	Dodge	63	—	DNF	—	36
34	4	-30	Donnie Allison	DiGard Motorsports		54	—	DNF	—	34
35	14	-21	Richard D. Brown	Brown Racing (Jerry Brown)		45	—	DNF - Engine	—	32
36	33	-3	Bill Champion	Champion Racing		18	—	DNF - Engine	—	30