Wilkes 400

North Wilkesboro Speedway — January 1, 1973

Bobby Allison

Winner

400

Laps

Entries

1973

Season

Bobby Allison won the 1973 Wilkes 400 at North Wilkesboro Speedway on January 1, 1973. Richard Petty finished second; Cale Yarborough rounded out the podium.

Race Details

Date

Monday, January 1, 1973

Track

North Wilkesboro Speedway

Season

1973

Winner

Bobby Allison

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	1	—	Bobby Allison	Bobby Allison Motorsports		400	—	Running	—	125
2	2	—	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	400	—	Running	—	98
3	4	+1	Cale Yarborough	Howard & Egerton Racing		400	—	Running	—	96
4	12	+8	Buddy Baker	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	399	—	Running	—	94
5	3	-2	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing		395	—	Running	—	92
6	6	—	Lennie Pond	Elder-Ranier		392	—	Running	—	90
7	9	+2	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	Dodge	390	—	Running	—	88
8	7	-1	Dick Brooks	Donlavey Racing	Mercury	389	—	Running	—	86
9	5	-4	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing		387	—	Running	—	84
10	15	+5	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		382	—	Running	—	82
11	10	-1	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley		381	—	Running	—	80
12	11	-1	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering	Mercury	380	—	Running	—	78
13	13	—	Walter Ballard	Ballard Racing	Mercury	378	—	Running	—	76
14	19	+5	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing		377	—	Running	—	74
15	20	+5	Henley Gray	Gray Racing	Mercury	376	—	Running	—	72
16	18	+2	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing	Dodge	375	—	Running	—	70
17	23	+6	Richard Childress	Garn Racing		373	—	Running	—	68
18	25	+7	Raymond Williams	Williams Racing		372	—	Running	—	66
19	29	+10	Dean Dalton	Roberts Racing		368	—	Running	—	64
20	26	+6	Mel Larson	Robertson Racing	Dodge	368	—	Running	—	62
21	14	-7	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	364	—	Running	—	60
22	24	+2	Ed Negre	Negre Racing	Dodge	355	—	Running	—	58
23	28	+5	D.K. Ulrich	Jasper Motorsports		351	—	Running	—	56
24	30	+6	Earl Brooks	Brooks Racing		349	—	Running	—	54
25	16	-9	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	335	—	DNF - Engine	—	52
26	27	+1	Charlie Roberts	Roberts Racing		313	—	Running	—	50
27	21	-6	David Sisco	McGee Racing		294	—	DNF	—	48
28	22	-6	John Sears	Sears Racing	Dodge	148	—	DNF	—	46
29	17	-12	Bill Champion	Champion Racing	Mercury	105	—	DNF - Engine	—	44
30	8	-22	Darrell Waltrip	Bud Moore Engineering		75	—	DNF	—	42