The grid consisted of 40 drivers. Alton Jones would finish in last place due to an engine problem on lap 2 out of the 400 laps that made up the race.[2]Buddy Baker defeated David Pearson by 1.8 seconds in front of 85,000 spectators. [2] Baker made history as he became the first driver to both win this race two years in a row and win the race three times.[3] Six cautions slowed the race for 48 laps. There were 23 different leaders. The race lasted four hours and twenty-six seconds.[2]
Peter Gregg had a terrible crash early in the race in the final race for Cotton Owens' famous red #6 Dodges, then Vic Parsons would have had hard crash later on in the race.[2]
On the day of the race, 0.01 inches of precipitation would be recorded around the speedway.[6] It would be enough rain to delay the race from lap 241 to lap 256.[2]
Cotton Owens would retire as a NASCAR race car owner after this race. David Pearson would be prevented from tying Richard Petty's record of ten consecutive wins at this race. Pearson would end up racking a 105 victories. Bobby Allison skipped this race to do the 1973 Indianapolis 500.
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The 1973 World 600 the 14th running of the event was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series racing event that was held on May 27 1973 at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord North Carolina 2 1973 World 600Race details 1 Race 12 of 28 in the 1973 NASCAR Winston Cup Series1973 World 600 program coverDateMay 27 1973 1973 05 27 Official nameWorld 600LocationCharlotte Motor Speedway Concord North CarolinaCourse1 500 mi 2 414 km Distance334 laps 500 mi 804 km WeatherTemperatures reaching of 75 9 F 24 4 C wind speeds of 11 1 miles per hour 17 9 km h Average speed134 890 mph 217 084 km h Attendance85 000 2 Pole positionDriverBuddy BakerNord KrauskopfMost laps ledDriverBuddy BakerNord KrauskopfLaps220WinnerNo 71Buddy BakerNord Krauskopf Contents 1 Summary 1 1 Introductions to NASCAR 2 Race results 3 ReferencesSummary editThe grid consisted of 40 drivers Alton Jones would finish in last place due to an engine problem on lap 2 out of the 400 laps that made up the race 2 Buddy Baker defeated David Pearson by 1 8 seconds in front of 85 000 spectators 2 Baker made history as he became the first driver to both win this race two years in a row and win the race three times 3 Six cautions slowed the race for 48 laps There were 23 different leaders The race lasted four hours and twenty six seconds 2 Baker would qualify for the pole position with a speed of 158 051 miles per hour 254 358 km h while the average race speed was 134 890 miles per hour 217 084 km h 4 Other drivers in the top ten included Cale Yarborough Bobby Isaac Benny Parsons Jim Vandiver Darrell Waltrip Cecil Gordon Dick Brooks and David Sisco 2 Ed Negre 08 David Ray Boggs 8 and Charlie Roberts failed to qualify for the race 4 Peter Gregg had a terrible crash early in the race in the final race for Cotton Owens famous red 6 Dodges then Vic Parsons would have had hard crash later on in the race 2 Notable crew chiefs in the race were Tim Brewer Jake Elder Travis Carter Harry Hyde Dale Inman Vic Ballard Tom Vandiver and Bud Moore 5 On the day of the race 0 01 inches of precipitation would be recorded around the speedway 6 It would be enough rain to delay the race from lap 241 to lap 256 2 Cotton Owens would retire as a NASCAR race car owner after this race David Pearson would be prevented from tying Richard Petty s record of ten consecutive wins at this race Pearson would end up racking a 105 victories Bobby Allison skipped this race to do the 1973 Indianapolis 500 Introductions to NASCAR edit Peter Gregg would make his only NASCAR Cup Series start at this event Billy Scott Union S C BD 8 9 1935 and Charlie Blanton would start their respective NASCAR careers at this race and would race for several others 7 Race results editSource 8 Fin St Driver Sponsor Make Laps Led Status1 1 71 Buddy Baker K amp K Insurance 73 Dodge 400 220 running2 2 21 David Pearson Purolator 71 Mercury 400 29 running3 4 11 Cale Yarborough Kar Kare 73 Chevrolet 399 15 running4 15 15 Bobby Isaac Sta Power Industries 73 Ford 397 0 running5 8 72 Benny Parsons Union 76 Racing Oil 73 Chevrolet 393 1 running6 16 31 Jim Vandiver Bradford Enterprises 72 Dodge 392 0 running7 13 95 Darrell Waltrip Kmart Terminal Transport 71 Mercury 391 0 running8 6 24 Cecil Gordon Panasonic 72 Chevrolet 384 0 running9 26 90 Dick Brooks Truxmore Industries 73 Ford 378 0 engine10 32 05 David Sisco Sisco Racing 72 Chevrolet 378 0 running11 28 96 Richard Childress L C Newton Trucking 73 Chevrolet 373 0 engine12 25 48 James Hylton Hylton Engineering 71 Mercury 373 0 running13 3 43 Richard Petty STP 73 Dodge 370 134 running14 34 64 Elmo Langley Langley Racing 72 Ford 368 0 running15 21 92 Larry Smith Carling Black Label 71 Mercury 368 0 running16 30 10 Bill Champion Earl Powell Auto Parts 71 Ford 366 0 running17 40 47 Raymond Williams Jet Way Wax 72 Ford 366 0 running18 10 30 Walter Ballard Ballard Racing 71 Mercury 354 0 running19 31 4 Ed Negre Mills Air Conditioning 71 Dodge 354 0 running20 19 5 Charlie Blanton TravelLodge Motels 73 Dodge 351 0 engine21 20 70 J D McDuffie McDuffie Racing 72 Chevrolet 350 0 running22 23 1 Billy Scott Big Chance Special Ranger Motor Homes 73 Chevrolet 340 0 running23 35 79 Frank Warren Warren Racing 73 Dodge 287 0 engine24 5 28 Charlie Glotzbach Lemon Tree Inn 73 Chevrolet 281 0 engine25 9 18 Joe Frasson Pizza Hut 73 Dodge 278 1 engine26 39 45 Vic Parsons Seifert Rent A Racer 71 Ford 241 0 crash27 22 09 Charles Barrett Dahlonega Ford Sales 71 Ford 241 0 overheating28 12 2 Dave Marcis AMC 73 Matador 204 0 engine29 17 49 G C Spencer Spencer Racing 72 Dodge 163 0 steering30 37 7 Dean Dalton Belden Asphalt 71 Mercury 145 0 driveshaft31 27 25 Jabe Thomas Robertson Racing 73 Dodge 117 0 oil leak32 24 67 Buddy Arrington Cherokee Construction 72 Plymouth 100 0 transmission33 14 14 Coo Coo Marlin Cunningham Kelley 72 Chevrolet 71 0 engine34 38 06 Neil Castles Howard Furniture 73 Dodge 64 0 rear end35 18 83 Paul Tyler Smithville Farms 71 Mercury 52 0 alternator36 29 55 Tiny Lund Price Construction 72 Chevrolet 50 0 engine37 7 6 Peter Gregg Jacksonville Dealers Owens Racing 72 Dodge 34 0 crash38 11 54 Lennie Pond Master Chevy Sales 73 Chevrolet 14 0 engine39 36 44 Richard D Brown Brown Racing 72 Chevrolet 4 0 transmission40 33 3 Alton Jones Crimson Dale Nursery 73 Chevrolet 2 0 engineReferences edit 1973 World 600 weather information The Old Farmers Almanac Retrieved 2012 09 18 a b c d e f g h 1973 World 600 racing information Racing Reference Retrieved 2012 03 24 Buddy Baker win information Scene Daily Retrieved 2012 03 24 a b 1973 World 600 qualifying information Racing Reference Retrieved 2017 04 09 1973 World 600 crew chiefs information Racing Reference Retrieved 2018 08 26 Climatology information Archived 2018 09 08 at the Wayback Machine at SERCC Introductions to NASCAR Race Database Retrieved 2012 09 21 1973 World 600 The Third Turn www thethirdturn com Retrieved 2021 05 06 Preceded by1973 Music City 420 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Season1973 Succeeded by1973 Mason Dixon 500Preceded by1972 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