NASCAR Winston Cup 1973

The NASCAR - Winston Cup 1973 started on 21 January 1973 at the Riverside International Raceway and ended on 21 October 1973 at the North Carolina Speedway . Benny Parsons won his first and only championship. Bobby Allison was named Most Popular Driver and Lennie Pond won the Rookie of the Year award .

Overall driver ranking at the end of the season (Top 50)

space	driver	Points	Prize money ( US dollars )
1	Benny Parsons	7173.80	$ 182,321
2	Cale Yarborough	7106.65	$ 267,513
3	Cecil Gordon	7046.80	$ 102,120
4th	James Hylton	6972.75	$ 82,512
5	Richard Petty	6877.95	$ 234,389
6th	Buddy Baker	6327.60	$ 190,531
7th	Bobby Allison	6272.30	$ 161,818
8th	Walter Ballard	5955.70	$ 53,875
9	Elmo Langley	5826.85	$ 49,542
10	JD McDuffie	5743.90	$ 56,140
11	Jabe Thomas	5637.00	$ 42,955
12	Buddy Arrington	5483.90	$ 40,877
13	David Pearson	5382.80	$ 228,408
14th	Henley Gray	5215.50	$ 34,112
15th	Richard Childress	5169.50	$ 37,880
16	Frank Warren	4992.15	$ 36,551
17th	David Sisco	4986.45	$ 36,205
18th	Ed Negre	4942.55	$ 34,235
19th	Dean Dalton	4712.30	$ 35,954
20th	Charlie Roberts	4695.40	$ 32,144
21st	Bill Champion	4447.85	$ 31,828
22nd	Coo Coo Marlin	4233.90	$ 29,997
23	Lennie Pond (R)	4013.85	$ 30,253
24	Dave Marcis	3973.90	$ 30,253
25th	Raymond Williams	3708.25	$ 22,728
26th	Bobby Isaac	3352.40	$ 84,550
27	Dick Brooks	3200.70	$ 55,369
28	Darrell Waltrip (R)	2968.20	$ 42,466
29	Joe Frasson	2952.20	$ 25,884
30th	Vic Parsons	2929.25	$ 18,200
31	Jim Vandiver	2508.85	$ 18,586
32	John Sears	2465.25	$ 16,890
33	Larry Smith	2367.85	$ 14,090
34	Rick Newsom	1931.00	$ 8,530
35	Donnie Allison	1755.75	$ 41,246
36	DK Ulrich	1543.90	$ 3,955
37	GC Spencer	1503.15	$ 12,013
38	Mel Larson	1182.05	$ 8,255
39	Johnny Barnes (R)	1174.20	$ 8,585
40	Eddie Bond	1163.50	$ 6,901
41	Earle Canavan	1144.70	$ 4,980
42	Earl Brooks	1075.75	$ 4,880
43	Charlie Glotzbach	903.35	$ 6,451
44	Randy Tissot	887.85	$ 4,245
45	Ron Keselowski	879.75	$ 6,060
46	Jimmy Crawford	846.00	$ 4,059
47	Richard D. Brown	827.75	$ 7,340
48	Clarence Lovell	813.50	$ 9,175
49	Bill Dennis	809.75	$ 4,225
50	Jack McCoy	793.25	$ 5,270

(R) = Driver was a contender for Rookie of the Year award .