1973 Southern 400
September 30, 1973
George Bonee
Jerry Lawley
Sam Ard
Bill Morton, Paddlefoot Wales, and Marty Robbins swap racing stories
Red Farmer
Bobby Isaac failed to qualify the third Ellis Cook Chevelle by .03 second
Darrell Waltrip won the 1973 track championship in this car
Darrell talks to Bobby Isaac
Neil Bonnett
Jack Ingram visits Red Farmer's pit
Jack Ingram
Sam Ard
Bob Burcham
James Ham at speed
L.D. Ottinger
James Ham brings the Bubba Francis car across the scales
There is a crowd around Red Farmer's car
James Ham and Sam Ard compare notes
Randy Bethea sat on the pole for the 1973 Southern 400
L.D. Ottinger
Green flag!
Darrell leads Harry Gant
Alton Jones leads Bethea, Milligan, Farmer, Ottinger, and Shepherd
Jones and Farmer lead a pack down the front straight
Waltrip leads Gant, Ingram, and Lawley
The front four continue to battle
Ingram looks low on Waltrip going into turn one
Darrell Waltrip leads Jack Ingram
The battle continues
They ran this way a lot of laps
Jody Ridley spins
Jack Ingram cruises under caution
Jack Ingram and Roy Milligan battle
Darrell laps Paddlefoot Wales
Jody Ridley leads Jack Ingram, Morgan Shepherd, and Roy Milligan
Freddy Fryar leads Brad Teague and Jerry Lawley
Jody Ridley runs ahead of Darrell Waltrip
Ridley leads Waltrip under caution
Gant leads Fryar
Brad Teague and Waltrip go door-to-door
Harry Gant battles Freddy Fryar
Sam Ard, Alton Jones, Jimmy Hensley
Harry Gant pits for gas only
Darrell pits...
... and up goes the hood
Jody Ridley pits the Harpeth Ford
Brad Teague leads Fryar
Last shot on the roll as Jack Ingram cruises to the win
Results for the 1973 Southern 400, September 30, 1973
Late Model Sportsman race at the Nashville Fairgrounds
Finish |
StartPos |
CarNo |
Driver |
Car |
Laps |
1 |
7 |
11 |
Jack Ingram |
Chevrolet |
400 |
2 |
4 |
77 |
Harry Gant |
Chevrolet |
399 |
3 |
13 |
2 |
L.D. Ottinger |
Chevrolet |
399 |
4 |
18 |
3 |
Brad Teague |
Chevrolet |
395 |
5 |
33 |
63 |
Jimmy Hensley |
Chevrolet |
395 |
6 |
20 |
7 |
Bob Burcham |
Chevrolet |
393 |
7 |
11 |
44 |
Alton Jones |
Chevrolet |
391 |
8 |
2 |
48 |
Darrell Waltrip |
Chevrolet |
383 |
9 |
30 |
14 |
George Bonee |
Chevrolet |
382 |
10 |
21 |
86 |
Paddlefoot Wales |
Chevrolet |
381 |
11 |
22 |
10 |
Steve Spencer |
Chevrolet |
378 |
12 |
3 |
84 |
Jody Ridley |
Ford |
369 |
13 |
31 |
36 |
Jimmy Williams |
Chevrolet |
369 |
14 |
25 |
25 |
Charley Binkley |
Chevrolet |
365 |
15 |
23 |
17 |
Clyde Peoples |
Chevrolet |
344 |
16 |
19 |
00 |
Sam Ard |
Chevrolet |
343 |
17 |
28 |
22 |
Donnie Anthony |
Chevrolet |
343 |
18 |
10 |
26 |
John Utsman |
Chevrolet |
342 |
19 |
32 |
42 |
James Climer |
Chevrolet |
318 |
20 |
29 |
|
Peaches Thompson |
|
302 |
21 |
12 |
01 |
Roy Milligan |
Chevrolet |
282 |
22 |
27 |
|
Ray Putnam |
|
256 |
23 |
9 |
92 |
Jimmy Means |
Chevrolet |
239 |
24 |
17 |
71 |
Morgan Shepherd |
Chevrolet |
187 |
25 |
26 |
5 |
Charlie Chamblee |
|
129 |
26 |
8 |
47 |
Freddy Fryar |
Chevrolet |
128 |
27 |
5 |
4 |
Jerry Lawley |
Chevrolet |
118 |
28 |
1 |
27 |
Randy Bethea |
Ford |
96 |
29 |
21 |
88 |
James Ham |
Chevrolet |
83 |
30 |
16 |
97 |
Red Farmer |
Ford |
63 |
31 |
14 |
1 |
Neil Bonnett |
Chevrolet |
50 |
32 |
24 |
74 |
Benny Kerley |
Chevrolet |
3 |
33 |
6 |
41 |
Gary Myers |
|
1 |