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The ''1973 Southern 500'', the 24th running of the event, was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series racing event held on September 3, 1973, at Darlington Raceway in Darlington, South Carolina. This race would highlight the relative lack of safety involved when an engine-related oil spill caused four cars to spin out on the track before a caution flag settled things back down to normal. Bud Moore would ultimately leave the NASCAR Cup Series as a driver after the conclusion of this event.〔(Results of the ''1973 Southern 500'' ) at Race Database〕 Only manual transmission vehicles were allowed to participate in this race; a policy that NASCAR has retained to the present day. ==Summary== 40 drivers competed in this race; only one foreigner competed - Canadian-born Vic Parsons. This event took three hours and forty-four minutes to complete 367 laps. Richard Childress was credited as the last-place finisher due to a problem with his stock car engine on lap 19. Frank Warren was the lowest-finishing driver to complete the event while being nearly 100 laps behind the lead lap cars. Joe Frasson's problematic engine on lap 304 would force him to finish in the middle of the pack.〔(''1973 Southern 500'' ) racing information at Racing Reference〕 Jim Vandiver would deliberately cause his engine to blow on lap 223 in order to avoid arrest from the local police department for not appearing at a court hearing regarding the custody of his children.〔(''A Sit Down With Jim Vandiver; A True Pioneer Of NASCAR'' ) at Bleacher Report〕 Cale Yarborough defeated David Pearson under caution in front of the collective eyes of 70,000 loyal NASCAR followers. Ironically, Pearson would qualify for the pole position by driving speeds up to during the solo qualifying sessions. Average race speeds would end up being due to the seven yellow flags that NASCAR officials handed out for a duration of 37 laps.〔 Chevrolet and Ford were the dominant manufacturers at this racing event. Richard D. Brown suddenly quit this race on lap 30 for no apparent reason.〔 Individual race earnings for each driver ranged from the winner's portion of $23,140 ($ when adjusted for inflation) to the last-place finisher's portion of $1,700 ($ when adjusted for inflation). NASCAR officials authorized a total amount of $126,725 to be handed out to every qualifying driver on the conclusion of this event ($ when adjusted for inflation).〔(Winnings information for the ''1973 Southern 500'' ) at Fantasy Racing Cheat Sheet〕 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 Southern 500」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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