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1973 Alamo 500

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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 14 of 28
Sunday, June 10, 1973 at Texas World Speedway, College Station, TX
250 laps on a 2.000 mile paved track (500.0 miles)

Time of race: 3:26:44
Average Speed: 142.114 mph
Pole Speed: 169.248 mph

Cautions: 5 for 38 laps
Margin of Victory: 2 laps +
Attendance: 27,000
Lead changes: 28

Glossary 1973 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 1973 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
4	3	11	Cale Yarborough	Kar-Kare (Richard Howard)	'73 Chevrolet	247	6,445	running	0
5	7	24	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing (Cecil Gordon)	'72 Chevrolet	245	4,200	running	1
7	9	72	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing (L.G. DeWitt)	'73 Chevrolet	243	2,825	running	0
9	25	05	David Sisco	Sisco Racing (Charlie McGee)	'72 Chevrolet	239	1,725	running	0
10	22	70	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing (J.D. McDuffie)	'72 Chevrolet	238	2,225	running	0
20	24	61	Ed Sczech	B & B Racing (Don Bierschwale)	'73 Chevrolet	208	1,085	engine	0
23	36	38	Tony Bettenhausen Jr	Vita Fresh Orange Juice (Gordon Van Liew)	'72 Chevrolet	172	970	engine	0
24	11	54	Lennie Pond	Master Chevy Sales (Ronnie Elder)	'73 Chevrolet	155	1,040	engine	3
26	21	12	Bobby Allison	Coca-Cola (Bobby Allison)	'73 Chevrolet	140	2,880	engine	1
28	8	14	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley (H.B. Cunningham)	'72 Chevrolet	39	770	engine	0
35	26	96	Richard Childress	L.C. Newton Trucking (Tom Garn)	'73 Chevrolet	14	1,485	crash	0
1	2	43	Richard Petty	STP (Petty Enterprises)	'73 Dodge	250	17,820	running	77
3	6	18	Joe Frasson	Frasson Cement (Joe Frasson)	'73 Dodge	247	5,795	running	0
6	1	71	Buddy Baker	K & K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf)	'73 Dodge	244	5,020	running	168
12	27	25	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing (Don Robertson)	'73 Dodge	235	1,775	running	0
13	23	79	Frank Warren	Warren Racing (Frank Warren)	'73 Dodge	233	1,825	running	0
29	10	42	Marty Robbins	Robbins Racing (Marty Robbins)	'73 Dodge	38	1,115	engine	0
37	38	8	Ed Negre	Negre Racing (Ed Negre)	'73 Dodge	1	1,320	oil pressure	0
15	37	48	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering (James Hylton)	'71 Ford	231	1,455	running	0
18	32	77	Charlie Roberts	Sunny King (Charlie Roberts)	'71 Ford	222	1,495	running	0
21	35	08	Bob Whitlow	Negre Racing	'71 Ford	204	980	running	0
25	20	47	Raymond Williams	Williams Racing (Raymond Williams)	'72 Ford	151	960	engine	0
27	14	64	Elmo Langley	Langley Racing (Elmo Langley)	'72 Ford	113	1,525	engine	0
31	34	40	D.K. Ulrich	Noel's Auto Sales (D.K. Ulrich)	'71 Ford	26	930	overheating	0
32	5	15	Bobby Isaac	Sta-Power Industries (Bud Moore)	'73 Ford	15	2,775	engine	0
34	31	20	Rick Newsom	Holbrook Waterproofing (Rick Newsom)	'71 Ford	14	915	oil line	0
36	28	04	Mel Larson	Larson Enterprises (Mel Larson)	'71 Ford	1	920	ignition	0
38	33	98	Richie Panch	Panch Racing (Junie Donlavey)	'73 Ford	1	890	ignition	0
33	13	2	Dave Marcis	AMC (Roger Penske)	'73 Matador	15	1,495	crash	0
2	4	95	Darrell Waltrip	Terminal Transport (Darrell Waltrip)	'71 Mercury	248	7,720	running	0
14	19	10	Bill Champion	Champion Racing (Bill Champion)	'71 Mercury	233	1,075	running	0
16	18	30	Walter Ballard	HeKimian Foreign Cars (Vic Ballard)	'71 Mercury	224	1,590	running	0
19	29	19	Henley Gray	Warren Lindsey (Henley Gray)	'71 Mercury	221	990	running	0
22	30	7	Dean Dalton	Belden Asphalt (Dean Dalton)	'71 Mercury	195	1,475	running	0
8	12	9	Ramo Stott	Housby Racing (Jack Housby)	'72 Plymouth	240	2,050	running	0
17	17	67	Buddy Arrington	Billie Carper, R.N. (Buddy Arrington)	'72 Plymouth	223	1,580	running	0
30	15	22	Jimmy Crawford	Crawford Racing (Crawford Brothers)	'72 Plymouth	28	1,010	rear end	0
11	16	36	H.B. Bailey	Bailey Racing (H.B. Bailey)	'73 Pontiac	236	1,425	running	0

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Buddy Baker	1	7	7
Richard Petty	8	11	4
Buddy Baker	12	17	6
Cecil Gordon	18	18	1
Richard Petty	19	30	12
Buddy Baker	31	41	11
Bobby Allison	42	42	1
Lennie Pond	43	45	3
Richard Petty	46	48	3
Buddy Baker	49	134	86
Richard Petty	135	138	4
Buddy Baker	139	141	3
Richard Petty	142	143	2
Buddy Baker	144	148	5
Richard Petty	149	149	1
Buddy Baker	150	173	24
Richard Petty	174	174	1
Buddy Baker	175	177	3
Richard Petty	178	178	1
Buddy Baker	179	189	11
Richard Petty	190	198	9
Buddy Baker	199	206	8
Richard Petty	207	207	1
Buddy Baker	208	208	1
Richard Petty	209	209	1
Buddy Baker	210	210	1
Richard Petty	211	211	1
Buddy Baker	212	213	2
Richard Petty	214	250	37

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