Carolina 500

Rockingham Speedway — January 1, 1973

David Pearson

Winner

492

Laps

Entries

1973

Season

David Pearson won the 1973 Carolina 500 at Rockingham Speedway on January 1, 1973. Cale Yarborough finished second; Buddy Baker rounded out the podium.

Race Details

Date

Monday, January 1, 1973

Track

Rockingham 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	492	—	Running	—	125
2	9	+7	Cale Yarborough	Howard & Egerton Racing		492	—	Running	—	98
3	5	+2	Buddy Baker	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	491	—	Running	—	96
4	4	—	Bobby Allison	Bobby Allison Motorsports		490	—	Running	—	94
5	21	+16	Dick Brooks	Donlavey Racing		485	—	Running	—	92
6	12	+6	Darrell Waltrip	Darrell Waltrip Motorsports	Mercury	483	—	Running	—	90
7	7	—	Jim Vandiver	Vandiver Racing	Dodge	478	—	Running	—	88
8	20	+12	Joe Frasson	Frasson Racing	Dodge	475	—	Running	—	86
9	16	+7	Richard Childress	Garn Racing		474	—	Running	—	84
10	17	+7	Bill Dennis	H.J. Brooking (Owner)		473	—	Running	—	82
11	22	+11	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering	Mercury	472	—	Running	—	80
12	18	+6	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Plymouth	470	—	Running	—	78
13	19	+6	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing	Dodge	467	—	Running	—	76
14	10	-4	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley		465	—	Running	—	74
15	15	—	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	462	—	Running	—	72
16	33	+17	Ed Negre	Sears Racing	Dodge	459	—	Running	—	70
17	40	+23	Charlie Roberts	Roberts Racing		436	—	Running	—	68
18	37	+19	Henley Gray	Gray Racing		426	—	Running	—	66
19	35	+16	Larry Smith	Harley Smith (Owner)	Mercury	414	—	DNF - Crash	—	64
20	25	+5	Lennie Pond	Elder-Ranier		406	—	DNF - Engine	—	62
21	28	+7	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing		403	—	DNF - Engine	—	60
22	13	-9	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing		389	—	Running	—	58
23	3	-20	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	386	—	DNF - Engine	—	56
24	32	+8	David Sisco	McGee Racing		379	—	Running	—	54
25	11	-14	Gordon Johncock	Ellington Racing		365	—	DNF	—	0
26	26	—	Dean Dalton	Dalton Racing	Mercury	365	—	DNF - Engine	—	50
27	39	+12	Buck Baker	Dick Poling (Owner)		357	—	DNF - Crash	—	48
28	38	+10	Eddie Bond	Bond Racing	Dodge	324	—	DNF	—	46
29	23	-6	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		302	—	DNF - Engine	—	44
30	8	-22	Bobby Isaac	Bud Moore Engineering		297	—	DNF	—	42
31	2	-29	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing		294	—	DNF - Engine	—	40
32	30	-2	Bill Champion	Champion Racing	Mercury	210	—	DNF - Engine	—	38
33	27	-6	John Utsman	GC Spencer Racing	Dodge	168	—	DNF - Engine	—	36
34	34	—	Vic Parsons	Seifert Racing	Mercury	146	—	DNF	—	34
35	36	+1	Raymond Williams	Williams Racing		142	—	DNF - Engine	—	32
36	29	-7	Neil Castles	Neil Castles (Owner)	Dodge	122	—	DNF - Engine	—	30
37	6	-31	Dave Marcis	Penske Racing South		114	—	DNF	—	28
38	24	-14	Clarence Lovell	B & B Racing		64	—	DNF - Crash	—	26
39	14	-25	Walter Ballard	Ballard Racing	Mercury	19	—	DNF - Engine	—	24
40	31	-9	Tiny Lund	Carl Price (Owner)		15	—	DNF - Engine	—	22