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1973 Atlanta 500
Race details
Race 6 of 28 in the 1973 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season


Date April 1, 1973 (1973-April-01)
Location Atlanta International Raceway (Hampton, Georgia)
Course Permanent racing facility
1.522 mi (2.449 km)
Distance 328 laps, 499.2 mi (803.3 km)
Avg Speed 139.351 miles per hour (224.264 km/h)
Pole position
Driver Gordon Johncock Hoss Ellington
Most laps led
Driver David Pearson Wood Brothers
Laps 155
Winner
21
David Pearson
Wood Brothers
Television
Network untelevised
Announcers none

The 1973 Atlanta 500 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race that was held on April 1, 1973 at Atlanta International Raceway in the American community of Hampton, Georgia.[1][2][3]

Summary [link]

This racing event was officially resolved after took three hours and thirty-four minutes of action in front of 46000 people.[1][3] David Pearson defeated Bobby Isaac by at least two laps with NASCAR officials giving out four cautions for 31 non-consecutive laps.[1][2][3] No time trials were conducted due to weather issues; the average speed of the race was 139.351 miles per hour (224.264 km/h).[1][2][3] Tony Bettenhausen, Jr. was the last-place finisher due to an oil leak on lap 9 out of 328.[1][2][3] Pete Hamilton and Mark Donohue would retire from NASCAR after this race. All 40 of the drivers on the racing grid were American-born males.[1]

The winner received $16,625 in race winnings ($87,038.23 in today's money) while the last place finisher received $900 in total race winnings ($4,711.84 in today's money).[3][4] Kentucky Fried Chicken and Coca-Cola were two examples of the major sponsors of the official racing grid.[1][3]

Finishing order [link]

* Driver failed to finish race

References [link]

Preceded by
1973 Southeastern 500
NASCAR Winston Cup Series Season
1973
Succeeded by
1973 Gwyn Staley 400

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Atlanta 500

The Atlanta 500 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup stock car race that was run each March at Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hampton, Georgia from 1960 to 2010. The race was the first of two races held at the Atlanta track every season, with the AdvoCare 500, originally the Dixie 500, being the second and run at various times (originally November, later October and currently Labor Day Weekend).

The race was 500.5 miles (805.5 km) in length. In August 2010, Atlanta Motor Speedway announced that they would no longer run the spring race, instead choosing to focus on the Labor Day weekend race at the track beginning in 2011. The end of the Atlanta 500 permitted the addition of a race at Kentucky Speedway starting in 2011.

Notable races

  • 1960: The first race at Atlanta International Raceway (now Atlanta Motor Speedway) was won by Bobby Johns in a 1960 Pontiac.
  • 1961: Bob Burdick led 44 laps to his only career Grand National win. Polesitter Marvin Panch led 127 laps but faded to sixth, while Fred Lorenzen led 87 laps but fell out with engine failure. Rookie Bobby Allison finished 37th.
  • Atlanta

    Atlanta is the capital of and the most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia, with an estimated 2013 population of 447,841. Atlanta is the cultural and economic center of the Atlanta metropolitan area, home to 5,522,942 people and the ninth largest metropolitan area in the United States. Atlanta is the county seat of Fulton County, and a small portion of the city extends eastward into DeKalb County.

    Atlanta was established in 1837 at the intersection of two railroad lines, and the city rose from the ashes of the American Civil War to become a national center of commerce. In the decades following the Civil Rights Movement, during which the city earned a reputation as "too busy to hate" for the progressive views of its citizens and leaders, Atlanta attained international prominence. Atlanta is the primary transportation hub of the Southeastern United States, via highway, railroad, and air, with Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport being the world's busiest airport since 1998.

    Atlanta (disambiguation)

    Atlanta is a major city in the United States, the capital of the state of Georgia.

    Atlanta may also refer to:

    Places

    In the United States

  • Atlanta, Arkansas, unincorporated community
  • Atlanta, California, unincorporated community
  • Atlanta, Delaware, unincorporated community
  • Atlanta, Idaho, unincorporated community
  • Atlanta, Illinois, city
  • Atlanta, Indiana, town
  • Atlanta, Kansas, city
  • Atlanta, Kentucky
  • Atlanta, Louisiana, village
  • Atlanta, Michigan, unincorporated community
  • Atlanta, Mississippi, unincorporated community
  • Atlanta, Missouri, city
  • Atlanta, Nebraska, village
  • Atlanta, New York, a hamlet
  • Atlanta, Ohio, an unincorporated community
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  • Atlanta Township, Rice County, Kansas, in Rice County, Kansas
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  • Elsewhere in the world

  • Atlanta, Nova Scotia, Canada
  • Atlanta, South Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region, Nicaragua
  • Ships

  • The first USS Atlanta (1861) was originally a blockade runner, then the CSS Atlanta, then captured in 1863 and taken into the Federal Navy.
  • Atlanta (band)

    Atlanta was an American country music group formed in 1982 in Nashville, Tennessee, USA. It was composed of Brad Griffis (vocals), Bill Davidson (vocals, guitar), Tony Ingram (vocals, fiddle), Alan David (lead guitar), Allen Collay (keyboards), Bill Packard (keyboards), Jeff Baker (harmonica), Dick Stevens (bass guitar) and John Holder (drums). Between 1983 and 1988, Atlanta recorded two albums for MCA Records and charted nine hit singles on the Billboard country charts. Its chart history included two Top Ten country hits in "Atlanta Burned Again Last Night" and "Sweet Country Music." The latter was also the band's highest charting single, peaking at number 5.

    History

    Atlanta was formed in 1982 by Brad Griffis (Bass guitar), Bill Davidson (vocals, rhythm guitar), Tony Ingram (vocals, fiddle), Alan David (lead guitar), Allen Collay (keyboards), Bill Packard (keyboards), Jeff Baker (harmonica), Dick Stevens (vocals)) and John Holder (drums). Prior to the foundation, Ingram had recorded on Epic Records in the band Spurzz, and Stevens, Davidson, Griffis and David had previously toured as a re-establishment of The Vogues. The group was founded through the assistance of record producer Larry McBride, who had also launched the career of Alabama. With nine members, Atlanta was the largest country music band at the time.

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