World 600

Charlotte Motor Speedway — January 1, 1973

Buddy Baker

Winner

400

Laps

Entries

1973

Season

Buddy Baker won the 1973 World 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on January 1, 1973. David Pearson finished second; Cale Yarborough rounded out the podium.

Race Details

Date

Monday, January 1, 1973

Track

Charlotte Motor Speedway

Season

1973

Winner

Buddy Baker

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	1	—	Buddy Baker	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	400	—	Running	—	125
2	2	—	David Pearson	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	400	—	Running	—	98
3	4	+1	Cale Yarborough	Howard & Egerton Racing		399	—	Running	—	96
4	15	+11	Bobby Isaac	Bud Moore Engineering		397	—	Running	—	94
5	8	+3	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing		393	—	Running	—	92
6	16	+10	Jim Vandiver	Vandiver Racing	Dodge	392	—	Running	—	90
7	13	+6	Darrell Waltrip	Darrell Waltrip Motorsports	Mercury	391	—	Running	—	88
8	6	-2	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing		384	—	Running	—	86
9	26	+17	Dick Brooks	Donlavey Racing		378	—	DNF - Engine	—	84
10	32	+22	David Sisco	McGee Racing		378	—	Running	—	82
11	28	+17	Richard Childress	Garn Racing		373	—	DNF - Engine	—	80
12	25	+13	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering	Mercury	373	—	Running	—	78
13	3	-10	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	370	—	Running	—	76
14	34	+20	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing		368	—	Running	—	74
15	21	+6	Larry Smith	Harley Smith (Owner)	Mercury	368	—	Running	—	72
16	30	+14	Bill Champion	Champion Racing		366	—	Running	—	70
17	40	+23	Raymond Williams	Williams Racing		366	—	Running	—	68
18	10	-8	Walter Ballard	Ballard Racing	Mercury	354	—	Running	—	66
19	31	+12	Ed Negre	Sears Racing	Dodge	354	—	Running	—	64
20	19	-1	Charlie Blanton	Faustina Racing	Dodge	351	—	DNF - Engine	—	62
21	20	-1	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		350	—	Running	—	60
22	23	+1	Billy Scott	Howard & Egerton Racing		340	—	Running	—	58
23	35	+12	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	287	—	DNF - Engine	—	56
24	5	-19	Charlie Glotzbach	Ellington Racing		281	—	DNF - Engine	—	54
25	9	-16	Joe Frasson	Frasson Racing	Dodge	278	—	DNF - Engine	—	52
26	39	+13	Vic Parsons	Seifert Racing		241	—	DNF - Crash	—	50
27	22	-5	Charles Barrett	George Elliott Racing		241	—	DNF	—	48
28	12	-16	Dave Marcis	Penske Racing South	-	204	—	DNF - Engine	—	46
29	17	-12	G.C. Spencer	GC Spencer Racing	Dodge	163	—	DNF	—	44
30	37	+7	Dean Dalton	Dalton Racing	Mercury	145	—	DNF	—	42
31	27	-4	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing	Dodge	117	—	DNF - Engine	—	40
32	24	-8	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Plymouth	100	—	DNF	—	38
33	14	-19	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley		71	—	DNF - Engine	—	36
34	38	+4	Neil Castles	Neil Castles (Owner)	Dodge	64	—	DNF	—	34
35	18	-17	Paul Tyler	Norris Reed (Owner)	Mercury	52	—	DNF	—	32
36	29	-7	Tiny Lund	Carl Price (Owner)		50	—	DNF - Engine	—	30
37	7	-30	Peter Gregg	Owens Racing	Dodge	34	—	DNF - Crash	—	28
38	11	-27	Lennie Pond	Elder-Ranier		14	—	DNF - Engine	—	26
39	36	-3	Richard D. Brown	Brown Racing (Jerry Brown)		4	—	DNF	—	24
40	33	-7	Alton Jones	Butch Hawkersmith (Owner)		2	—	DNF - Engine	—	22