Alamo 500

Texas World Speedway — January 1, 1973

Richard Petty

Winner

250

Laps

Entries

1973

Season

Richard Petty won the 1973 Alamo 500 at Texas World Speedway on January 1, 1973. Darrell Waltrip finished second; Joe Frasson rounded out the podium.

Race Details

Date

Monday, January 1, 1973

Track

Texas World Speedway

Season

1973

Winner

Richard Petty

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	2	+1	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	250	—	Running	—	125
2	4	+2	Darrell Waltrip	Darrell Waltrip Motorsports	Mercury	248	—	Running	—	98
3	6	+3	Joe Frasson	Frasson Racing	Dodge	247	—	Running	—	96
4	3	-1	Cale Yarborough	Howard & Egerton Racing		247	—	Running	—	94
5	7	+2	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing		245	—	Running	—	92
6	1	-5	Buddy Baker	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	244	—	Running	—	90
7	9	+2	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing		243	—	Running	—	88
8	12	+4	Ramo Stott	Housby Racing	Plymouth	240	—	Running	—	86
9	25	+16	David Sisco	McGee Racing		239	—	Running	—	84
10	22	+12	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		238	—	Running	—	82
11	16	+5	H.B. Bailey	Bailey Racing		236	—	Running	—	80
12	27	+15	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing	Dodge	235	—	Running	—	78
13	23	+10	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	233	—	Running	—	76
14	19	+5	Bill Champion	Champion Racing	Mercury	233	—	Running	—	74
15	37	+22	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		231	—	Running	—	72
16	18	+2	Walter Ballard	Ballard Racing	Mercury	224	—	Running	—	70
17	17	—	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Plymouth	223	—	Running	—	68
18	32	+14	Charlie Roberts	Roberts Racing		222	—	Running	—	66
19	29	+10	Henley Gray	Gray Racing	Mercury	221	—	Running	—	64
20	24	+4	Ed Sczech	B & B Racing		208	—	DNF - Engine	—	62
21	35	+14	Bob Whitlow			204	—	Running	—	60
22	30	+8	Dean Dalton	Dalton Racing	Mercury	195	—	Running	—	58
23	36	+13	Tony Bettenhausen	Gordon Van Liew (Owner)		172	—	DNF - Engine	—	56
24	11	-13	Lennie Pond	Elder-Ranier		155	—	DNF - Engine	—	54
25	20	-5	Raymond Williams	Williams Racing		151	—	DNF - Engine	—	52
26	21	-5	Bobby Allison	Bobby Allison Motorsports		140	—	DNF - Engine	—	50
27	14	-13	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing		113	—	DNF - Engine	—	48
28	8	-20	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley		39	—	DNF - Engine	—	46
29	10	-19	Marty Robbins	Robbins Racing	Dodge	38	—	DNF	—	44
30	15	-15	Jimmy Crawford		Plymouth	28	—	DNF	—	42
31	34	+3	D.K. Ulrich	Jasper Motorsports		26	—	DNF	—	40
32	5	-27	Bobby Isaac	Bud Moore Engineering		15	—	DNF - Engine	—	38
33	13	-20	Dave Marcis	Penske Racing South		15	—	DNF - Crash	—	36
34	31	-3	Rick Newsom	Newsom Racing		14	—	DNF	—	34
35	26	-9	Richard Childress	Garn Racing		14	—	DNF - Crash	—	32
36	28	-8	Mel Larson	Larson Racing		1	—	DNF	—	0
37	38	+1	Ed Negre	Negre Racing	Dodge	1	—	DNF - Engine	—	28
38	33	-5	Richie Panch	Donlavey Racing		1	—	DNF	—	0