Nashville 420

Nashville Speedway — January 1, 1973

Buddy Baker

Winner

420

Laps

Entries

1973

Season

Buddy Baker won the 1973 Nashville 420 at Nashville Speedway on January 1, 1973. Richard Petty finished second; Coo Coo Marlin rounded out the podium.

Race Details

Date

Monday, January 1, 1973

Track

Nashville Speedway

Season

1973

Winner

Buddy Baker

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	7	+6	Buddy Baker	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	420	—	Running	—	125
2	8	+6	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	416	—	Running	—	98
3	4	+1	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley		409	—	Running	—	96
4	19	+15	David Sisco	McGee Racing		402	—	Running	—	94
5	11	+6	Ed Negre	Negre Racing	Dodge	399	—	Running	—	92
6	13	+7	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering	Mercury	398	—	Running	—	90
7	15	+8	Walter Ballard	Ballard Racing	Mercury	394	—	Running	—	88
8	6	-2	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing		392	—	Running	—	86
9	24	+15	Alton Jones	Butch Hawkersmith (Owner)		390	—	Running	—	0
10	21	+11	Bill Champion	Champion Racing		387	—	Running	—	82
11	28	+17	Rick Newsom	Newsom Racing		384	—	Running	—	80
12	32	+20	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	384	—	Running	—	78
13	17	+4	Henley Gray	Gray Racing	Mercury	380	—	Running	—	76
14	1	-13	Cale Yarborough	Howard & Egerton Racing		377	—	Running	—	74
15	20	+5	Frank Warren	Jasper Motorsports		377	—	Running	—	72
16	30	+14	Earl Brooks	Brooks Racing		375	—	Running	—	70
17	29	+12	Charlie Roberts	Roberts Racing		358	—	Running	—	68
18	16	-2	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		346	—	Running	—	66
19	5	-14	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing		324	—	DNF - Engine	—	64
20	9	-11	Richard Childress	Garn Racing		235	—	DNF - Crash	—	62
21	22	+1	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing		159	—	DNF - Engine	—	60
22	2	-20	Bobby Allison	Bobby Allison Motorsports		145	—	DNF - Engine	—	58
23	12	-11	Lennie Pond	Elder-Ranier		136	—	DNF	—	56
24	3	-21	Darrell Waltrip	Darrell Waltrip Motorsports		131	—	DNF	—	54
25	23	-2	Richard D. Brown	Brown Racing (Jerry Brown)		126	—	DNF	—	52
26	31	+5	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing	Dodge	102	—	DNF	—	50
27	14	-13	Dean Dalton	Dalton Racing	Mercury	62	—	DNF - Crash	—	0
28	25	-3	Dick May	Brooks Racing		61	—	DNF	—	46
29	26	-3	Vic Parsons	Seifert Racing		52	—	DNF - Crash	—	0
30	18	-12	Raymond Williams	Williams Racing		30	—	DNF	—	42
31	27	-4	Mel Larson	Robertson Racing	Dodge	23	—	DNF	—	40
32	10	-22	Dick Brooks	Donlavey Racing	Mercury	16	—	DNF - Engine	—	38
33	33	—	Robert Brown	Allan Brown (Owner)		5	—	DNF	—	36