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1973 Atlanta 500

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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 6 of 28
Sunday, April 1, 1973 at Atlanta International Raceway, Hampton, GA
328 laps on a 1.522 mile paved track (499.2 miles)

Time of race: 3:34:52
Average Speed: 139.351 mph
Pole Speed: no time trials

Cautions: 4 for 31 laps
Margin of Victory: 2 laps +
Attendance: 46,000
Lead changes: 23

Glossary 1973 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 1973 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
1	9	21	David Pearson	Purolator (Wood Brothers)	'71 Mercury	328	16,625	running	155
2	2	15	Bobby Isaac	Sta-Power Industries (Bud Moore)	'72 Ford	326	11,325	running	6
3	5	72	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing (L.G. DeWitt)	'72 Chevrolet	323	6,700	running	0
5	4	11	Cale Yarborough	Kar-Kare (Richard Howard)	'73 Chevrolet	321	6,575	running	154
4	8	71	Buddy Baker	K & K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf)	'73 Dodge	322	6,525	running	0
34	16	43	Richard Petty	STP (Petty Enterprises)	'73 Dodge	140	3,430	engine	13
35	6	12	Bobby Allison	Coca-Cola (Bobby Allison)	'73 Chevrolet	103	2,925	engine	0
7	35	90	Dick Brooks	Truxmore Industries (Junie Donlavey)	'71 Mercury	319	2,875	running	0
8	11	24	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing (Cecil Gordon)	'72 Chevrolet	317	2,625	running	0
6	15	14	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley (H.B. Cunningham)	'72 Chevrolet	319	2,625	running	0
9	25	61	Clarence Lovell	Lovell Racing (Don Bierschwale)	'73 Chevrolet	317	2,025	running	0
14	27	30	Walter Ballard	Ballard Racing (Vic Ballard)	'71 Mercury	310	2,025	running	0
10	3	31	Jim Vandiver	Nixon Racing (O.L. Nixon)	'72 Dodge	317	1,975	running	0
11	1	28	Gordon Johncock	L'eggs (Hoss Ellington)	'72 Chevrolet	315	1,875	running	0
12	13	2	Dave Marcis	Marcis Racing (Dave Marcis)	'71 Dodge	313	1,775	running	0
16	34	79	Frank Warren	Warren Racing (Frank Warren)	'73 Dodge	309	1,775	running	0
17	19	47	Raymond Williams	Jet Way Wax (Raymond Williams)	'72 Ford	303	1,725	running	0
13	33	96	Richard Childress	L.C. Newton Trucking (Tom Garn)	'73 Chevrolet	311	1,675	running	0
21	14	48	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering (James Hylton)	'71 Mercury	288	1,605	running	0
23	23	7	Dean Dalton	Belden Asphalt (Dean Dalton)	'71 Mercury	274	1,555	transmission	0
24	38	8	Ed Negre	Negre Racing (Clyde Lynn)	'71 Mercury	274	1,530	running	0
25	21	77	Charlie Roberts	Sunny King (Charlie Roberts)	'71 Ford	272	1,505	running	0
26	30	64	Elmo Langley	Langley Racing (Elmo Langley)	'72 Ford	259	1,495	running	0
29	26	10	Bill Champion	Champion Racing (Bill Champion)	'71 Mercury	209	1,460	engine	0
32	39	25	Roy Mayne	Robertson Racing (Don Robertson)	'73 Dodge	179	1,440	clutch	0
36	36	4	John Sears	J. Marvin Mills Heating & Air (J. Marvin Mills)	'71 Dodge	80	1,420	engine	0
15	37	67	Buddy Arrington	Kentucky Fried Chicken (Buddy Arrington)	'72 Plymouth	309	1,375	running	0
18	40	09	Charles Barrett	Dahlonega Ford Sales (George Elliott)	'71 Ford	302	1,200	running	0
19	32	89	Johnny Barnes	Hopper-Crews (J.C. Crews)	'71 Mercury	299	1,175	running	0
20	20	92	Larry Smith	Carling Black Label (Harley Smith)	'71 Mercury	299	1,150	running	0
22	28	01	Earle Canavan	Kosin's Auto Parts (Earle Canavan)	'72 Plymouth	282	1,080	running	0
27	17	50	A.J. Foyt	Purolator (A.J. Foyt)	'73 Chevrolet	225	985	overheating	0
28	7	18	Joe Frasson	Frasson Cement (Joe Frasson)	'73 Dodge	222	970	oil line	0
30	12	16	Mark Donohue	AMC (Roger Penske)	'73 Matador	202	950	engine	0
31	31	88	Ron Keselowski	Lubinski Racing (Roger Lubinski)	'72 Dodge	192	945	engine	0
33	18	95	Darrell Waltrip	Terminal Transport (Darrell Waltrip)	'71 Mercury	160	935	spindle	0
37	22	07	Bobby Mausgrover	Gohr Distributors (Gil Cramer)	'72 Chevrolet	58	915	engine	0
38	29	55	Tiny Lund	Price Construction (Carl Price)	'72 Chevrolet	40	910	vibration	0
39	10	22	Pete Hamilton	Land Harbors of America (Crawford Brothers)	'72 Plymouth	38	905	engine	0
40	24	84	Tony Bettenhausen Jr	Vita Fresh Orange Juice (Buster Davis)	'71 Dodge	9	900	oil leak	0

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Cale Yarborough	1	41	41
David Pearson	42	49	8
Richard Petty	50	55	6
Bobby Isaac	56	61	6
David Pearson	62	71	10
Cale Yarborough	72	100	29
David Pearson	101	107	7
Richard Petty	108	114	7
David Pearson	115	150	36
Cale Yarborough	151	156	6
David Pearson	157	162	6
Cale Yarborough	163	164	2
David Pearson	165	167	3
Cale Yarborough	168	193	26
David Pearson	194	213	20
Cale Yarborough	214	217	4
David Pearson	218	218	1
Cale Yarborough	219	219	1
David Pearson	220	223	4
Cale Yarborough	224	224	1
David Pearson	225	229	5
Cale Yarborough	230	273	44
David Pearson	274	328	55

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