Virginia 500

Martinsville Speedway — January 1, 1973

David Pearson

Winner

500

Laps

Entries

1973

Season

David Pearson won the 1973 Virginia 500 at Martinsville Speedway on January 1, 1973. Cale Yarborough finished second; Bobby Isaac rounded out the podium.

Race Details

Date

Monday, January 1, 1973

Track

Martinsville 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	6	+4	Cale Yarborough	Howard & Egerton Racing		500	—	Running	—	98
3	8	+5	Bobby Isaac	Bud Moore Engineering		495	—	Running	—	96
4	10	+6	Buddy Baker	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	494	—	Running	—	94
5	3	-2	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing		490	—	Running	—	92
6	12	+6	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing		488	—	Running	—	90
7	15	+8	Jimmy Hensley	Donlavey Racing	Mercury	485	—	Running	—	88
8	13	+5	Walter Ballard	Ballard Racing	Mercury	471	—	Running	—	86
9	16	+7	Vic Parsons	Seifert Racing		469	—	Running	—	84
10	20	+10	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		468	—	Running	—	82
11	21	+10	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing		464	—	Running	—	80
12	28	+16	Rick Newsom	Newsom Racing		461	—	Running	—	78
13	25	+12	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		459	—	Running	—	76
14	24	+10	Henley Gray	Gray Racing		453	—	Running	—	74
15	29	+14	Earl Brooks	Brooks Racing		440	—	Running	—	72
16	33	+17	Frank Warren	Jasper Motorsports		440	—	Running	—	70
17	11	-6	Bill Dennis	H.J. Brooking (Owner)		404	—	DNF	—	68
18	27	+9	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	397	—	Running	—	66
19	7	-12	Lennie Pond	Elder-Ranier		375	—	DNF - Crash	—	64
20	30	+10	Charlie Roberts	Roberts Racing		339	—	DNF - Crash	—	62
21	5	-16	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	334	—	DNF - Engine	—	60
22	31	+9	Ed Negre	Negre Racing		257	—	DNF	—	58
23	32	+9	Ronnie Daniel	Daniel Racing		251	—	DNF	—	56
24	14	-10	Richard Childress	Garn Racing		223	—	DNF	—	54
25	17	-8	David Sisco	McGee Racing		212	—	DNF	—	52
26	9	-17	Dave Marcis	Penske Racing South	-	114	—	DNF	—	50
27	2	-25	Donnie Allison	DiGard Motorsports		45	—	DNF - Engine	—	48
28	19	-9	John Sears	Sears Racing	Dodge	45	—	DNF - Engine	—	46
29	26	-3	Dean Dalton	Dalton Racing	Mercury	45	—	DNF - Engine	—	44
30	22	-8	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing	Dodge	35	—	DNF - Engine	—	42
31	23	-8	Raymond Williams	Williams Racing		35	—	DNF	—	40
32	4	-28	Bobby Allison	Bobby Allison Motorsports		30	—	DNF - Engine	—	38
33	34	+1	Richard D. Brown	Brown Racing (Jerry Brown)		15	—	DNF	—	36
34	18	-16	Bill Champion	Champion Racing		2	—	DNF - Engine	—	34