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Capital City 500
NASCAR Winston Cup race
Richmond International Raceway, Richmond, VA
September 9, 1973
500 laps on 0.542 mile paved oval; 271 miles
| Fin
| St
| Driver
| #
| Owner
| Car
| Laps
| Money
| Status
| Laps Led
|
| 1
| 5
| Richard Petty
| 43
| Petty Enterprises
| 1973 Dodge
| 500
| 6,775
| running
| 429 |
| 2
| 3
| Cale Yarborough
| 11
| Richard Howard
| 1973 Chevrolet
| 498
| 4,425
| running
| 17 |
| 3
| 1
| Bobby Allison
| 12
| Bobby Allison
| 1973 Chevrolet
| 497
| 4,150
| running
| 54 |
| 4
| 7
| Benny Parsons
| 72
| L.G. DeWitt
| 1973 Chevrolet
| 492
| 1,750
| running
| 0 |
| 5
| 20
| Buddy Arrington
| 67
| Buddy Arrington
| 1972 Dodge
| 482
| 1,580
| running
| 0 |
| 6
| 6
| Walter Ballard
| 30
| Vic Ballard
| 1971 Mercury
| 477
| 1,250
| running
| 0 |
| 7
| 11
| Cecil Gordon
| 24
| Cecil Gordon
| 1972 Chevrolet
| 477
| 1,210
| running
| 0 |
| 8
| 14
| James Hylton
| 48
| James Hylton
| 1971 Mercury
| 476
| 1,300
| running
| 0 |
| 9
| 16
| Henley Gray
| 19
| Henley Gray
| 1971 Mercury
| 473
| 1,225
| running
| 0 |
| 10
| 26
| Ray Williams
| 47
| Raymond Williams
| 1972 Ford
| 461
| 975
| running
| 0 |
| 11
| 21
| Charlie Roberts
| 77
| Charlie Roberts
| 1971 Ford
| 461
| 875
| running
| 0 |
| 12
| 24
| Richard Childress
| 96
| Tom Garn
| 1973 Chevrolet
| 459
| 865
| running
| 0 |
| 13
| 28
| Rick Newsom
| 20
| Rick Newsom
| 1971 Ford
| 457
| 505
| running
| 0 |
| 14
| 31
| Frank Warren
| 79
| Frank Warren
| 1973 Dodge
| 452
| 835
| running
| 0 |
| 15
| 23
| Elmo Langley
| 64
| Elmo Langley
| 1972 Ford
| 411
| 825
| engine
| 0 |
| 16
| 9
| David Sisco
| 05
| Charlie McGee
| 1972 Chevrolet
| 383
| 1,025
| accident
| 0 |
| 17
| 4
| Buddy Baker
| 71
| Nord Krauskopf
| 1973 Dodge
| 348
| 2,070
| running
| 0 |
| 18
| 32
| Jabe Thomas
| 25
| Don Robertson
| 1973 Dodge
| 347
| 790
| accident
| 0 |
| 19
| 30
| Mel Larson
| 73
| Don Robertson
| 1973 Dodge
| 305
| 535
| engine
| 0 |
| 20
| 18
| John Sears
| 4
| J. Marvin Mills
| 1972 Dodge
| 203
| 675
| overheating
| 0 |
| 21
| 25
| Ed Negre
| 8
| Ed Negre
| 1973 Dodge
| 175
| 750
| engine
| 0 |
| 22
| 33
| Earl Brooks
| 26
| Earl Brooks
| 1971 Ford
| 114
| 490
| head gasket
| 0 |
| 23
| 29
| Ronnie Daniel
| 85
| Ronnie Daniel
| 1972 Chevrolet
| 66
| 480
| transmission
| 0 |
| 24
| 22
| Dick May
| 29
| Bill Hollar
| 1971 Mercury
| 33
| 470
| rear end
| 0 |
| 25
| 27
| D.K. Ulrich
| 40
| D.K. Ulrich
| 1971 Ford
| 13
| 460
| engine
| 0 |
| 26
| 2
| Darrell Waltrip
| 15
| Bud Moore
| 1973 Ford
| 4
| 1,995
| accident
| 0 |
| 27
| 10
| Dick Brooks
| 90
| Junie Donlavey
| 1971 Mercury
| 4
| 620
| accident
| 0 |
| 28
| 12
| Lennie Pond
| 54
| Ronnie Elder
| 1973 Chevrolet
| 4
| 440
| accident
| 0 |
| 29
| 13
| J.D. McDuffie
| 70
| J.D. McDuffie
| 1972 Chevrolet
| 4
| 665
| accident
| 0 |
| 30
| 19
| Bill Champion
| 10
| Bill Champion
| 1971 Ford
| 4
| 770
| accident
| 0 |
| 31
| 8
| Dean Dalton
| 7
| Dean Dalton
| 1971 Mercury
| 4
| 885
| accident
| 0 |
| 32
| 15
| Vic Parsons
| 45
| Bill Seifert
| 1971 Ford
| 4
| 530
| accident
| 0 |
| 33
| 17
| Richard D. Brown
| 44
| Jerry Brown
| 1971 Chevrolet
| 4
| 500
| accident
| 0 |
| 34
| 34
| Baxter Price
| 33
| Baxter Price
| 1972 Chevrolet
| 3
| 325
| accident
| 0 |
Time of race: 04:13:17
Average Speed: 63.215 MPH
Pole Speed: 21.621 seconds
5 cautions for 123 laps
Attendance: 18,000