1973 World 600

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1973 World 600
Race details [1]
Race 12 of 28 in the 1973 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
1973 World 600 program cover and logo.png
1973 World 600 program cover
Date May 27, 1973 (1973-05-27)
Official name World 600
Location Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord, North Carolina
Course length 1.500 miles (2.414 km)
Distance 334 laps, 500 mi (804 km)
Weather Temperatures reaching of 75.9 °F (24.4 °C); wind speeds of 11.1 miles per hour (17.9 km/h)
Average speed 134.890 mph (217.084 km/h)
Attendance 85,000 [2]
Pole position
Driver
 Nord Krauskopf
Most laps led
Driver Buddy Baker Nord Krauskopf
Laps 220
Winner
No. 71Buddy BakerNord Krauskopf

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]

Contents

Summary

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]

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

Peter Gregg would make his only NASCAR Cup Series start at this event. Billy Scott and Charlie Blanton would start their respective NASCAR careers at this race and would race for several others. [7]

Race results

Source: [8]
FinSt#DriverSponsorMakeLapsLedStatus
1171Buddy BakerK & K Insurance'73 Dodge400220running
2221David PearsonPurolator'71 Mercury40029running
3411Cale YarboroughKar-Kare'73 Chevrolet39915running
41515Bobby IsaacSta-Power Industries'73 Ford3970running
5872Benny ParsonsUnion 76 Racing Oil'73 Chevrolet3931running
61631Jim VandiverBradford Enterprises'72 Dodge3920running
71395Darrell WaltripKmart, Terminal Transport'71 Mercury3910running
8624Cecil GordonPanasonic'72 Chevrolet3840running
92690Dick BrooksTruxmore Industries'73 Ford3780engine
103205David SiscoSisco Racing'72 Chevrolet3780running
112896Richard ChildressL.C. Newton Trucking'73 Chevrolet3730engine
122548James HyltonHylton Engineering'71 Mercury3730running
13343Richard PettySTP'73 Dodge370134running
143464Elmo LangleyLangley Racing'72 Ford3680running
152192Larry SmithCarling Black Label'71 Mercury3680running
163010Bill ChampionEarl Powell Auto Parts'71 Ford3660running
174047Raymond WilliamsJet Way Wax'72 Ford3660running
181030Walter BallardBallard Racing'71 Mercury3540running
19314Ed NegreMills Air Conditioning'71 Dodge3540running
20195Charlie BlantonTravelLodge Motels'73 Dodge3510engine
212070J.D. McDuffieMcDuffie Racing'72 Chevrolet3500running
22231Billy ScottBig Chance Special, Ranger Motor Homes'73 Chevrolet3400running
233579Frank WarrenWarren Racing'73 Dodge2870engine
24528Charlie GlotzbachLemon Tree Inn'73 Chevrolet2810engine
25918Joe FrassonPizza Hut'73 Dodge2781engine
263945Vic ParsonsSeifert Rent-A-Racer'71 Ford2410crash
272209Charles BarrettDahlonega Ford Sales'71 Ford2410overheating
28122Dave MarcisAMC'73 Matador2040engine
291749G.C. SpencerSpencer Racing'72 Dodge1630steering
30377Dean DaltonBelden Asphalt'71 Mercury1450driveshaft
312725Jabe ThomasRobertson Racing'73 Dodge1170oil leak
322467Buddy ArringtonCherokee Construction'72 Plymouth1000transmission
331414Coo Coo MarlinCunningham-Kelley'72 Chevrolet710engine
343806Neil CastlesHoward Furniture'73 Dodge640rear end
351883Paul TylerSmithville Farms'71 Mercury520alternator
362955Tiny LundPrice Construction'72 Chevrolet500engine
3776Peter GreggJacksonville Dealers, Owens Racing'72 Dodge340crash
381154Lennie PondMaster Chevy Sales'73 Chevrolet140engine
393644Richard D. BrownBrown Racing'72 Chevrolet40transmission
40333Alton JonesCrimson Dale Nursery'73 Chevrolet20engine

References

  1. ↑ "1973 World 600 weather information". The Old Farmers' Almanac. Retrieved September 18, 2012.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "1973 World 600 racing information". Racing Reference. Retrieved March 24, 2012.
  3. ↑ "Buddy Baker win information". Scene Daily. Archived from the original on March 22, 2012. Retrieved March 24, 2012.
  4. 1 2 "1973 World 600 qualifying information". Racing Reference. Retrieved April 9, 2017.[ permanent dead link ]
  5. ↑ "1973 World 600 crew chiefs information". Racing Reference. Retrieved August 26, 2018.
  6. ↑ Climatology information Archived 2018-09-08 at the Wayback Machine at SERCC
  7. ↑ "Introductions to NASCAR". Race Database. Retrieved September 21, 2012.
  8. ↑ "1973 World 600 - The Third Turn". www.thethirdturn.com. Retrieved May 6, 2021.
Preceded by NASCAR Winston Cup Series Season
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Preceded by World 600 races
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