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 |