1973 World 600 - NASCAR Race

Name of Race:	1973 World 600
Name of Track:	Lowe's Motor Speedway
Date:	May 27th

Lowe's Motor Speedway

Lowe's Motor Speedway (formerly Charlotte Motor Speedway) is a superspeedway in Concord, North Carolina, a few miles north of Charlotte.

First NASCAR Night Race

It features a 1.5 mile long quad-oval track that seats 167,000 people, with room for 50,000 more spectators in the infield. Constructed in 1959, it was the first speedway to host nighttime racing (in 1992) and to offer year-round residences (in 1984) with 52 condominiums now available over turn one. It is presently owned by, and is the main facility of, Speedway Motorsports, Inc.,/p> The Center Of NASCAR

The speedway is considered the center of NASCAR, with 90% of NASCAR teams being based within 50 miles.

Along with the main oval, the speedway also has a 2.25 mile road course in the infield, an 0.6 mile kart course in the infield, a quarter-mile oval using part of the front stretch and pit road, and an 0.2 mile oval outside turn three. Also, across U.S. Highway 29 from the speedway is a 0.4 mile dirt track, opened in May 2000.

Levigation

The surface of the circuit had started to wear from its last paving in mid-1994, resulting in the track's treatment in a diamond-grinding process to smooth out bumps in 2005 and caused major tire problems during both NASCAR Nextel Cup Series events there, with a record 22 cautions at the showcase Coca-Cola 600, making it the first Nextel Cup Series event to go more than five hours (excluding red flags) in 25 years. Speed increases were also a result of the repaving. After the problem with the tires, speedway officials promptly announced that they plan to repave with a new generation asphalt.

Lowes Motor Speedway The Busiest Venue

The facility is considered one of the busiest sports venues in the country, with typically over 380 events a year. Along with many races, the speedway also hosts the Food Lion Auto Fair twice a year, one of the nation's largest car shows. Movies and commercials are filmed there, like Days of Thunder, and it is a popular tourist stop and testing grounds.

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1973 World 600 NASCAR Race Results

Below are the race results for 1973 World 600, in order of finishing place.

Fin	Driver	Num	Start	Money	Laps	Status	Sponsor
1	Buddy Baker	71	1	$27,200	400	running	K & K Insurance
2	David Pearson	21	2	$14,850	400	running	Purolator
3	Cale Yarborough	11	4	$11,700	399	running	Kar-Kare
4	Bobby Isaac	15	15	$10,200	397	running	Sta-Power Industries
5	Benny Parsons	72	8	$6,715	393	running	DeWitt Racing
7	Darrell Waltrip	95	13	$3,650	391	running	Terminal Transport
8	Cecil Gordon	24	6	$3,875	384	running	Gordon Racing
9	Dick Brooks	90	26	$4,000	378	engine	Truxmore Industries
11	Richard Childress	96	28	$3,550	373	engine	L.C. Newton Trucking
12	James Hylton	48	25	$3,425	373	running	Hylton Engineering
13	Richard Petty	43	3	$6,600	370	running	STP
14	Elmo Langley	64	34	$2,825	368	running	Langley Racing
15	Larry Smith	92	21	$2,325	368	running	Carling Black Label
16	Bill Champion	10	30	$2,235	366	running	Earl Powell Auto Parts
18	Walter Ballard	30	10	$2,375	354	running	Ballard Racing
20	Charlie Blanton	5	19	$1,825	351	engine	TravelLodge Motels
24	Charlie Glotzbach	28	5	$1,325	281	engine	Ellington Racing
25	Joe Frasson	18	9	$1,680	278	engine	Frasson Cement
27	Charles Barrett	9	22	$1,325	241	heating	Dahlonega Ford Sales
28	Dave Marcis	2	12	$1,800	204	engine	AMC
30	Dean Dalton	7	37	$1,775	145	drive shft	Belden Asphalt
32	Buddy Arrington	67	24	$1,625	100	trans	Buddy Arrington
34	Neil Castles	6	38	$1,700	64	rear end	Howard Furniture
36	Tiny Lund	55	29	$1,025	50	engine	Price Construction
37	Peter Gregg	6	7	$775	34	crash	Owens Racing
38	Lennie Pond	54	11	$1,015	14	engine	Master Chevy Sales
39	Richard D. Brown	44	36	$800	4	trans	Brown Racing
40	Alton Jones	3	33	$775	2	engine	Crimson Dale Nursery