1973 Richmond 500
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Date
February 25, 1973
Official name
Richmond 500
Course length
0.872 km (0.542 miles)
| Race details[1][2] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race 3 of 28 in the 1973 NASCAR Winston Cup Series | |||
 Layout of Richmond Speedway | |||
| Date | February 25, 1973 | ||
| Official name | Richmond 500 | ||
| Location | Richmond Fairgrounds Raceway, Richmond, Virginia | ||
| Course length | 0.872 km (0.542 miles) | ||
| Distance | 500 laps, 271 mi (436 km) | ||
| Weather | Temperatures of 57.9 °F (14.4 °C); wind speeds of 9.9 miles per hour (15.9 km/h) | ||
| Average speed | 74.764 miles per hour (120.321 km/h) | ||
| Attendance | 18,000[3] | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Bobby Allison Motorsports | ||
| Time | 21.453 seconds | ||
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Richard Petty | Petty Enterprises | |
| Laps | 227 | ||
| Winner | |||
| No. 43 | Richard Petty | Petty Enterprises | |
The 1973 Richmond 500 was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series racing event that took place on February 25, 1973, at Richmond Fairgrounds Raceway (now Richmond Raceway) in Richmond, Virginia.
In 1953, Richmond International Raceway began hosting the Grand National Series with Lee Petty winning that first race in Richmond.[4] The original track was paved in 1968.[5] In 1988, the track was re-designed into its present D-shaped configuration
The name for the raceway complex was "Strawberry Hill" until the Virginia State Fairgrounds site was bought out in 1999 and renamed the "Richmond International Raceway".