1973 Tuborg 400

1973 Tuborg 400
Race details
Race 15 of 28 in the 1973 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season

Riverside International Raceway
Date June 17, 1973
Location Riverside International Raceway (Riverside, California)
Course Permanent racing facility
2.620 mi (4.216 km)
Distance 153 laps, 400.9 mi (645.1 km)
WeatherTemperatures reaching up to 79 °F (26 °C); wind speeds up to 11.8 miles per hour (19.0 km/h)[1]
Average speed 100.215 miles per hour (161.280 km/h)
Pole position
Driver Richard Petty Petty Enterprises
Most laps led
Driver Bobby Allison Bobby Allison Motorsports
Laps 85
Winner
No. 13
 Bobby Allison
 Bobby Allison Motorsports
Television in the United States
Network untelevised
Announcers none

The 1973 Tuborg 400 is a NASCAR Winston Cup Series racing event that took place on June 17, 1973, at Riverside International Raceway in the American community of Riverside, California.[2]

Summary

153 laps were completed on road course spanning 2.620 miles (4.216 km) per lap.[2] The race was completely resolved in exactly four hours with Bobby Allison defeating Richard Petty by one minute and thirteen seconds in front of 43,700 live spectators.[2] These two drivers were the only drivers remaining on the lead lap after the race.[2] Dean Dalton would be credited with a last-place finish due to an engine problem on lap 7.[2] There were 40 drivers on the grid; 39 of them were American while Jack Simpson became the only Canadian driver to compete in this race.[2] Four cautions were given out for 22 laps and the average speed was 100.215 miles per hour (161.280 km/h).[2] Petty would earn the pole position with a qualifying speed of 110.027 miles per hour (177.071 km/h).[2]

Ron Hornaday, Sr. would retire from NASCAR after this race. George Behlman would make his NASCAR debut in this race. Other notable racers in this event include: Benny Parsons, J.D. McDuffie, Richard Childress, and Buddy Baker.[2]

Individual race earnings for each driver ranged from $12,750 for the winning driver ($67,735.57 when adjusted for inflation) to a meager $1,125 for the last-place driver ($5,976.67 when adjusted for inflation). NASCAR officials authorized a grand total of $75,295 to all the qualifying drivers in this event ($400,011.74 when adjusted for inflation).[3]

Finishing order

  1. Bobby Allison
  2. Richard Petty
  3. Benny Parsons†
  4. Jimmy Insolo
  5. Cecil Gordon†
  6. Richard White
  7. Hershel McGriff*
  8. James Hylton
  9. Jack McCoy
  10. Chuck Bown
  11. Bill Champion†
  12. J.D. McDuffie†
  13. Larry Smith†
  14. Leon Fox
  15. Walter Ballard
  16. George Behlman
  17. Richard Childres
  18. Glenn Francis
  19. Elmo Langley†
  20. Mike James
  21. Johnny Anderson
  22. Carl Adams*
  23. Don Noel*
  24. Cale Yarborough*
  25. Dick Kranzler
  26. Jack Simpson
  27. Henley Gray
  28. Hugh Pearson*
  29. Sonny Easley*†
  30. Ron Hornaday*†
  31. John Soares, Jr.*
  32. Dick Bown*
  33. Bobby Isaac*†
  34. Ronnie Alderman*
  35. Nels Miller*
  36. Ray Elder*†
  37. Jim Whitt*
  38. Buddy Baker*
  39. Chuck Wahl*
  40. Dean Dalton*

* Driver failed to finish race
† signifies that the driver is known to be deceased

References

  1. ↑ Weather information for the 1973 Tuborg 400 at The Old Farmers' Almanac
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 1973 Tuborg 400 information at Racing Reference
  3. ↑ Prize winnings information for the 1973 Tuborg 400 at Fantasy Racing Cheat Sheet
Preceded by
1973 Alamo 500		 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Season
1973 		Succeeded by
1973 Motor State 400