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1973 Nashville 420 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 21 of 28 Saturday, August 25, 1973 at Nashville Speedway, Nashville, TN 420 laps on a 0.596 mile paved track (250.320 miles) Time of race: 2:48:12 Average speed: 89.31 mph Pole speed: 103.024 mph Cautions: 3 for 28 laps Margin of victory: 4 laps + Attendance: 25000 Lead changes: 5 Glossary    1973 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1973 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led 1 7 71   Buddy Baker K & K Insurance   (Nord Krauskopf) '73 Dodge 420 6750 running 160 2 8 43   Richard Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) '73 Dodge 416 4960 running 0 3 4 14   Coo Coo Marlin Cunningham-Kelley   (H.B. Cunningham) '72 Chevrolet 409 2125 running 0 4 19 05   David Sisco Sisco Racing   (Charlie McGee) '72 Chevrolet 402 1750 running 0 5 11 8   Ed Negre Negre Racing   (Ed Negre) '73 Dodge 399 1570 running 0 6 13 48   James Hylton Hylton Engineering   (James Hylton) '71 Mercury 398 1220 running 0 7 15 30   Walter Ballard Hekimian   (Vic Ballard) '71 Mercury 394 1160 running 0 8 6 24   Cecil Gordon Gordon Racing   (Cecil Gordon) '72 Chevrolet 392 985 running 0 9 24 68   Alton Jones Crimson Dale Nursery   (Butch Hawkersmith) '72 Chevrolet 390 650 running 0 10 21 10   Bill Champion Earl Powell Auto Parts   (Bill Champion) '71 Ford 387 875 running 0 11 28 20   Rick Newsom Holbrook Waterproofing   (Rick Newsom) '71 Ford 384 585 running 0 12 32 67   Buddy Arrington Cherokee Construction   (Buddy Arrington) '72 Dodge 384 825 running 0 13 17 19   Henley Gray Gray Racing   (Henley Gray) '71 Mercury 380 915 running 0 14 1 11   Cale Yarborough Kar-Kare   (Richard Howard) '73 Chevrolet 377 2150 running 196 15 20 40   Frank Warren Noel's Auto Sales   (D.K. Ulrich) '71 Ford 377 595 running 0 16 30 26   Earl Brooks Race Fans   (Earl Brooks) '71 Ford 375 470 running 0 17 29 77   Charlie Roberts Sunny King   (Charlie Roberts) '71 Ford 358 690 running 0 18 16 70   J.D. McDuffie McDuffie Racing   (J.D. McDuffie) '72 Chevrolet 346 745 running 0 19 5 72   Benny Parsons DeWitt Racing   (L.G. DeWitt) '73 Chevrolet 324 625 engine 0 20 9 96   Richard Childress L.C. Newton Trucking   (Tom Garn) '73 Chevrolet 235 570 crash 0 21 22 64   Elmo Langley Langley Racing   (Elmo Langley) '72 Ford 159 520 engine 0 22 2 12   Bobby Allison Coca-Cola   (Bobby Allison) '73 Chevrolet 145 1835 engine 49 23 12 54   Lennie Pond Master Chevy Sales   (Ronnie Elder) '73 Chevrolet 136 385 rear end 0 24 3 95   Darrell Waltrip Terminal Transport   (Darrell Waltrip) '73 Chevrolet 131 305 rear end 15 25 23 44   Richard D. Brown Brown Racing   (Jerry Brown) '72 Chevrolet 126 250 rear end 0 26 31 25   Jabe Thomas McKaig Motel   (Don Robertson) '73 Dodge 102 500 rear end 0 27 14 7   Dean Dalton Belden Asphalt   (Dean Dalton) '71 Mercury 62 615 crash 0 28 25 08   Dick May Negre Racing   (Earl Brooks) '71 Ford 61 250 overheating 0 29 26 45   Vic Parsons Thunder Craft   (Bill Seifert) '71 Ford 52 250 crash 0 30 18 47   Raymond Williams Williams Racing   (Raymond Williams) '72 Ford 30 345 overheating 0 31 27 73   Mel Larson ThermaSol   (Don Robertson) '73 Dodge 23 250 vibration 0 32 10 90   Dick Brooks Truxmore Industries   (Junie Donlavey) '71 Mercury 16 275 engine 0 33 33 58   Robert Brown Stanley Jones Mechanical Constructors   (Allan Brown) '73 Chevrolet 5 250 suspension 0

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car John Sears 4 J. Marvin Mills Dodge Baxter Price 33 Frank Warren 79 Ronnie Daniel 85 DC D.K. Ulrich 40 Noel's Auto Sales D.K. Ulrich Ford Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 65 65     66 79 14   #7,14,24,43,96 accident   80 129 50     130 134 5   #43,96 accident   135 257 123     258 268 11   #96 spun turn 4   269 420 152       Percent of race run under caution: 7.1%             Average green flag run: 97.5 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Cale Yarborough 1 67 67   Darrell Waltrip 68 82 15   Cale Yarborough 83 85 3   Bobby Allison 86 134 49   Cale Yarborough 135 260 126   Buddy Baker 261 420 160