1973 Southern 500

1973 Southern 500
Race details[1]
Race 22 of 28 in the 1973 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
1973 Southern 500 program cover
1973 Southern 500 program cover
Date September 3, 1973 (1973-09-03)
Official name Southern 500
Location Darlington Raceway, Darlington, South Carolina
Course 1.375 mi (2.212 km)
Distance 367 laps, 500.5 mi (805.4 km)
Weather

Race start time: Extremely hot with temperatures of 95 °F (35 °C)
Race end time: Extremely hot with temperatures of 100 °F (38 °C)

Wind speeds of 8.1 miles per hour (13.0 km/h)
Average speed 134.033 miles per hour (215.705 km/h)
Attendance 70,000[2]
Pole position
Driver
Wood Brothers Racing
Most laps led
Driver Cale Yarborough Howard & Egerton Racing
Laps 277
Winner
No. 11 Cale Yarborough Howard & Egerton Racing
Television in the United States
Network ABC
Announcers Bill Flemming
Chris Economaki
Radio in the United States
Radio Darlington Universal Racing Network (URN)
Booth Announcers Dave "Silver Throat" Rogers, Hal Hamrick
Turn Announcers Charlie Bailey, Paul Sexton, Earl Kelley, Dick Jones

The 1973 Southern 500, the 24th running of the event, was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series racing event held on September 3, 1973, at Darlington Raceway in Darlington, South Carolina.

Bud Moore would compete in his last NASCAR Cup Series as a driver after this event.[3]

Jackie Cooper was named honorary race marshal for the 1973 Southern 500.[4]

  1. ^ Weather information for the 1973 Southern 500 at Weather Underground (Florence, S.C.)
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference rr was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Results of the 1973 Southern 500 at Race Database
  4. ^ "Original Race Broadcast by Motor Racing Network on iTunes". iTunes. Retrieved 2016-03-29.