Winston 500

Talladega Superspeedway — January 1, 1973

David Pearson

Winner

188

Laps

Entries

Leaders

David Pearson won the 1973 Winston 500 at Talladega Superspeedway on January 1, 1973, leading 111 of 188 laps. Donnie Allison finished second; Benny Parsons rounded out the podium. The race featured 10 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Monday, January 1, 1973

Track

Talladega Superspeedway

Season

1973

Winner

David Pearson

Leaders

10 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	2	+1	David Pearson	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	188	—	Running	111	125
2	17	+15	Donnie Allison	DiGard Motorsports		187	—	Running	—	98
3	20	+17	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing		187	—	Running	10	96
4	12	+8	Clarence Lovell	B & B Racing		185	—	Running	—	94
5	19	+14	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing		184	—	Running	2	92
6	18	+12	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley		183	—	Running	6	90
7	52	+45	Dick Simon	Faustina Racing	Dodge	182	—	Running	—	0
8	16	+8	Jim Vandiver	Vandiver Racing	Dodge	182	—	Running	—	86
9	33	+24	Vic Parsons	Seifert Racing	Mercury	180	—	DNF - Crash	—	84
10	30	+20	Charles Barrett	George Elliott Racing		180	—	Running	9	82
11	29	+18	Ed Negre	Negre Racing	Dodge	176	—	Running	—	80
12	24	+12	Eddie Bond	Bond Racing	Dodge	175	—	Running	—	78
13	38	+25	Tommy Gale	Smokey Yunick Racing	Mercury	172	—	Running	—	76
14	46	+32	Earl Ross	Allan Brooke (Owner)		167	—	DNF	—	74
15	51	+36	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing	Dodge	167	—	Running	—	72
16	41	+25	Dean Dalton	Dalton Racing	Mercury	163	—	Running	—	70
17	49	+32	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	Dodge	152	—	Running	—	68
18	31	+13	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		147	—	DNF	6	66
19	37	+18	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing		142	—	Running	—	64
20	47	+27	John Sears	Sears Racing	Dodge	141	—	Running	—	62
21	56	+35	Dick May	Ballard Racing	Mercury	139	—	DNF - Engine	—	60
22	25	+3	Richard Childress	Garn Racing		109	—	DNF - Engine	—	58
23	48	+25	Dick Brooks		Plymouth	107	—	DNF	5	56
24	32	+8	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	107	—	DNF - Engine	—	54
25	14	-11	Paul Tyler	Norris Reed (Owner)	Mercury	90	—	DNF - Engine	—	52
26	7	-19	Bobby Isaac	Bud Moore Engineering		89	—	DNF - Engine	3	50
27	39	+12	Johnny Barnes	J.C. Crews (Owner)	Mercury	89	—	DNF - Engine	—	48
28	44	+16	Raymond Williams	Williams Racing		84	—	DNF - Engine	—	46
29	43	+14	Mel Larson			84	—	DNF	—	0
30	40	+10	Tony Bettenhausen	Gordon Van Liew (Owner)		79	—	DNF	—	0
31	8	-23	Darrell Waltrip	Darrell Waltrip Motorsports	Mercury	77	—	DNF - Engine	26	40
32	15	-17	Red Farmer	Willie Humphries (Owner)		76	—	DNF - Engine	—	38
33	42	+9	D.K. Ulrich	Jasper Motorsports		73	—	DNF - Engine	—	36
34	50	+16	Henley Gray	Gray Racing	Mercury	68	—	DNF	—	34
35	3	-32	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	51	—	DNF - Crash	—	32
36	27	-9	David Sisco	McGee Racing		49	—	DNF - Engine	—	30
37	26	-11	Bill Champion	Champion Racing	Mercury	32	—	DNF - Engine	—	28
38	6	-32	Gordon Johncock	Ellington Racing		23	—	DNF - Crash	—	0
39	54	+15	Alton Jones	Butch Hawkersmith (Owner)		14	—	DNF	—	24
40	1	-39	Buddy Baker	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	10	—	DNF - Crash	10	22
41	4	-37	Cale Yarborough	Howard & Egerton Racing		10	—	DNF - Crash	—	20
42	5	-37	Bobby Allison	Bobby Allison Motorsports		10	—	DNF - Crash	—	18
43	9	-34	Joe Frasson	Frasson Racing	Dodge	10	—	DNF - Crash	—	16
44	13	-31	Ramo Stott	Donlavey Racing	Mercury	9	—	DNF - Engine	—	14
45	34	-11	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering	Mercury	9	—	DNF - Crash	—	12
46	23	-23	Lennie Pond	Elder-Ranier		9	—	DNF - Crash	—	10
47	11	-36	Slick Gardner	Gardner Racing	Mercury	9	—	DNF - Crash	—	8
48	35	-13	Walter Ballard	Ballard Racing	Mercury	9	—	DNF - Crash	—	6
49	21	-28	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Plymouth	9	—	DNF - Crash	—	4
50	22	-28	Ron Keselowski	Lubinski Racing	Dodge	9	—	DNF - Crash	—	2
51	10	-41	Bill Ward	Mike Bennett (Owner)		9	—	DNF - Crash	—	2
52	53	+1	Ben Arnold	Arnold Racing	Mercury	9	—	DNF - Crash	—	2
53	59	+6	Charlie Roberts	Roberts Racing		9	—	DNF - Crash	—	2
54	60	+6	Bobby Mausgrover	J.C. Crews (Owner)		9	—	DNF - Crash	—	2
55	58	+3	Wendell Scott	Scott Racing	Mercury	8	—	DNF - Crash	—	2
56	55	-1	Earl Brooks	Brooks Racing		8	—	DNF - Crash	—	2
57	57	—	Ronnie Daniel	Daniel Racing		8	—	DNF - Crash	—	2
58	36	-22	Larry Smith	Harley Smith (Owner)	Mercury	8	—	DNF - Crash	—	2
59	28	-31	Eddie Yarboro	Yarboro Racing	Dodge	4	—	DNF	—	2
60	45	-15	Richard D. Brown	Brown Racing (Jerry Brown)		1	—	DNF	—	2