Mason-Dixon 500

Dover International Speedway — January 1, 1973

David Pearson

Winner

500

Laps

Entries

1973

Season

David Pearson won the 1973 Mason-Dixon 500 at Dover International Speedway on January 1, 1973. Cale Yarborough finished second; Bobby Allison rounded out the podium.

Race Details

Date

Monday, January 1, 1973

Track

Dover International Speedway

Season

1973

Winner

David Pearson

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	1	—	David Pearson	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	500	—	Running	—	125
2	2	—	Cale Yarborough	Howard & Egerton Racing		500	—	Running	—	98
3	3	—	Bobby Allison	Bobby Allison Motorsports		497	—	Running	—	96
4	13	+9	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	492	—	Running	—	94
5	6	+1	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing		490	—	Running	—	92
6	21	+15	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing		487	—	Running	—	90
7	5	-2	Buddy Baker	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	481	—	Running	—	88
8	9	+1	Dave Marcis	Penske Racing South	-	478	—	Running	—	86
9	25	+16	Dean Dalton	Dalton Racing	Mercury	473	—	Running	—	84
10	30	+20	David Sisco	McGee Racing		469	—	Running	—	82
11	19	+8	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing	Dodge	456	—	Running	—	80
12	11	-1	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering	Mercury	449	—	Running	—	78
13	33	+20	Henley Gray	Gray Racing	Mercury	449	—	Running	—	76
14	36	+22	Charlie Roberts	Roberts Racing		423	—	Running	—	74
15	35	+20	Bill Hollar	Hollar Racing	Mercury	419	—	Running	—	72
16	37	+21	Jimmy Crawford		Plymouth	415	—	Running	—	70
17	12	-5	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing		414	—	Running	—	68
18	8	-10	Richard Childress	Garn Racing		407	—	DNF - Engine	—	66
19	27	+8	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		399	—	DNF - Engine	—	64
20	10	-10	Lennie Pond	Elder-Ranier		392	—	DNF - Engine	—	62
21	28	+7	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	359	—	DNF	—	60
22	32	+10	John Sears	Sears Racing	Dodge	332	—	DNF	—	58
23	15	-8	Paul Tyler	Norris Reed (Owner)	Mercury	286	—	DNF - Engine	—	56
24	39	+15	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	276	—	DNF - Engine	—	54
25	31	+6	Raymond Williams	Williams Racing		252	—	DNF	—	126
26	7	-19	G.C. Spencer	GC Spencer Racing	Dodge	226	—	DNF - Engine	—	50
27	38	+11	D.K. Ulrich	Jasper Motorsports		224	—	DNF	—	48
28	16	-12	Walter Ballard	Ballard Racing	Mercury	217	—	DNF - Engine	—	46
29	4	-25	Bobby Isaac	Bud Moore Engineering		202	—	DNF - Engine	—	44
30	18	-12	Vic Parsons	Seifert Racing		153	—	DNF	—	42
31	17	-14	Bill Champion	Champion Racing	Mercury	122	—	DNF - Engine	—	40
32	40	+8	Mel Larson	Larson Racing		108	—	DNF - Engine	—	0
33	20	-13	Ed Negre	Negre Racing	Dodge	72	—	DNF - Engine	—	36
34	24	-10	Earle Canavan	Canavan Racing	Plymouth	62	—	DNF - Engine	—	34
35	22	-13	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley		50	—	DNF	—	32
36	26	-10	Richard D. Brown	Brown Racing (Jerry Brown)		34	—	DNF - Engine	—	30
37	23	-14	Neil Castles	Neil Castles (Owner)	Dodge	27	—	DNF - Engine	—	28
38	14	-24	Donnie Allison	DiGard Motorsports		18	—	DNF	—	26
39	34	-5	Rick Newsom	Newsom Racing		14	—	DNF - Engine	—	24
40	29	-11	Eddie Pettyjohn	Donlavey Racing	Mercury	12	—	DNF - Crash	—	22