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The 1973 Richmond 500 was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series (now Sprint Cup Series) racing event that took place on February 25, 1973, at Richmond Fairgrounds Raceway (now Richmond International Raceway) in Richmond, Virginia. This race would essentially jumpstart what would become the "year of the smaller engine" while declining sponsorship interests for the drivers resulted in NASCAR keeping the bigger gas-guzzling engines from being abolished completely. Only manual transmission vehicles were allowed to participate in this race; a policy that NASCAR has retained to the present day. ==Summary== Five hundred laps took place on a paved oval track spanning for a grand total of .〔〔 It took three hours and thirty-seven minutes for the race to reach its full conclusion in front of eighteen thousand audience members.〔〔〔 Notable corporate sponsors for this event were limited in number; these sponsors included Coca-Cola, Kentucky Fried Chicken and Nord Krauskopf's K&K Insurance.〔 Richard Petty defeated Buddy Baker by 13.6 seconds.〔〔 Eight cautions were given for seventy-eight laps.〔〔〔 The other drivers in the top ten were: Cale Yarborough, Bobby Isaac, Dave Marcis, Bill Dennis, Lennie Pond, Cecil Gordon, James Hylton, and Benny Parsons.〔〔〔 Notable speeds were: as the average speed〔 and as the pole position speed.〔 Canadian driver Vic Parsons started in 27th place and ended the race in 30th place (out of 30 drivers).〔〔〔 Total winnings for this race were $35,600 ($ when considering inflation).〔〔 DiGard Motorsports would throw their collective hats into what would become their debut race as a NASCAR Cup Series team. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「1973 Richmond 500」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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