1973 Alamo 500
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1973 Alamo 500
| Race details | |||
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| Race 14 of 28 in the 1973 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season
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| Date | June 10, 1973 | ||
| Location | Texas World Speedway (College Station, Texas) | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility 2.000 mi (3.218 km) |
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| Distance | 250 laps, 500 mi (804 km) | ||
| Avg Speed | 142.144 miles per hour (228.759 km/h) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Buddy Baker | Nord Krauskopf | |
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Buddy Baker | Nord Krauskopf | |
| Laps | 168 | ||
| Winner | |||
| 43 |
Richard Petty |
Petty Enterprises | |
| Television | |||
| Network | untelevised | ||
| Announcers | none | ||
The 1973 Alamo 500 was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series racing event that took place on June 10, 1973 at Texas World Speedway (in the American community of College Station, Texas).[1][2] Speeds for this race would reach an average of 142.114 miles per hour (228.710 km/h).[2][3]
Summary
It took three hours and twenty-six minutes to resolve a race spanning 250 laps.[1][2] Richard Petty defeated Darrell Waltrip by at least two laps in front of 27000 people.[1][2] Five cautions were handed out by NASCAR officials for 27 laps.[1] Twenty-eight lead changes were reported amongst five leaders.[4] Buddy Baker would earn the pole position with a speed of 169.248 miles per hour (272.378 km/h).[1] J.D. McDuffie would make a top-ten finish here;[1][2] a rare occurrence considering that he finished last-place the most often. Richie Panch would become the last-place finisher of the race due to a ignition problem on the first lap.[1][2] This would be the last race done at Texas World Speedway until the 1979 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season. There were 38 American-born drivers on the racing grid.[1][2] Bob Whitlow and Ed Sczech would make their NASCAR debuts at this racing event.[4]
Petty would receive a prize amount of $17,820 for winning the race ($93,294.51 in today's money) while Panch would collect a mere $920 as his "reward" for finishing in last place ($4,816.55 in today's money).[2][5]
Finishing order
- Richard Petty
- Darrell Waltrip
- Joe Frasson
- Cale Yarborough
- Cecil Gordon
- Buddy Baker
- Benny Parsons†
- Ramo Stott
- David Sisco
- J.D. McDuffie†
- H.B. Bailey†
- Jabe Thomas
- Frank Warren
- Bill Champion
- James Hylton
- Walter Ballard
- Buddy Arrington
- Charlie Roberts
- Henley Gray
- Ed Sczech*
- Bob Whitlow
- Dean Dalton
- Tony Bettenhausen, Jr.*†
- Lennie Pond*
- Raymond Williams*
- Bobby Allison*
- Elmo Langley*†
- Coo Coo Marlin*†
- Marty Robbins*†
- Jimmy Crawford*†
- D.K. Ulrich*
- Bobby Isaac*†
- Dave Marcis*
- Rick Newsom*†
- Richard Childress*
- Mel Larson*
- Ed Negre*
- Richie Panch*†
† signifies that the driver is known to be deceased
* Driver failed to finish race
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h "1973 Alamo 500 race information". Racing Reference. http://www.racing-reference.info/race/1973_Alamo_500/W. Retrieved 2011-03-29.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "1973 Alamo 500 race information (third reference)". Ultimate Racing History. http://www.ultimateracinghistory.com/race.php?raceid=9615. Retrieved 2011-04-01.
- ^ "1973 Alamo 500 race information (third reference)". Database Racing. http://www.databaseracing.com/races/raceinfo.htm?rid=1088. Retrieved 2011-03-29.
- ^ a b "1973 Alamo 500 race information (second reference)". Race Database. http://www.race-database.com/results/results.php?year=1973&race=14&series_id=2. Retrieved 2011-03-29.
- ^ "1973 Alamo 500 race winnings information". Everything Stock Car. http://www.everythingstockcar.com/1995r-1973-alamo-500-nascar-race.html. Retrieved 2011-03-31.
| Preceded by 1973 Gwyn Staley 400 |
Richard Petty's Career Wins 1960-1984 |
Succeeded by 1973 Capital City 500 |
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