Texas 200
Texas World Speedway
2 Mile Paved Oval
100 Laps/200 Miles
April 7, 1973
Finish | Start | Driver | Car # | Sponsor/Name | Chassis | Engine | Laps | Status |
Points |
1 | 4 | Al Unser | 4 | Viceroy | Parnelli | Offy TC | 100 | 1:18:19 153.224 | 400 |
2 | 2 | Gary Bettenhausen | 5 | Sunoco DX | McLaren | Offy TC | 100 | Finished | 320 |
3 | 9 | Mike Mosley | 98 | Leader Card | Eagle | Offy TC | 100 | Finished | 280 |
4 | 6 | Johnny Rutherford | 7 | Gulf | McLaren | Offy TC | 100 | Finished | 240 |
5 | 8 | Joe Leonard | 1 | Samsonite | Parnelli | Offy TC | 99 | Flagged | 200 |
6 | 14 | Dick Simon | 44 | TraveLodge | Eagle | Foyt TC | 99 | Flagged | 160 |
7 | 10 | Roger McCluskey | 3 | Hopkins Buick | McLaren | Offy TC | 98 | Flagged | 120 |
8 | 12 | Lee Kunzman | 16 | Hopkins | Eagle | Offy TC | 97 | Flagged | 100 |
9 | 19 | Sam Sessions | 9 | MVS | Eagle | Foyt TC | 94 | Flagged | 80 |
10 | 18 | Lee Brayton | 61 | Diamond Reo | Coyote | Foyt TC | 92 | Flagged | 60 |
11 | 7 | A. J. Foyt | 14 | Gilmore Racing | Coyote | Foyt TC | 91 | Cut tire, suspension | 40 |
12 | 21 | Mel Kenyon | 19 | Hopkins | Coyote | Foyt TC | 91 | Flagged | 20 |
13 | 25 | Swede Savage | 42 | Patrick Racing | Eagle | Offy TC | 90 | Broken suspension | |
14 | 22 | Larry McCoy | 63 | Eastern Racing Associates | Atlanta | Offy TC | 84 | Broken suspension | |
15 | 13 | Billy Vukovich, Jr. | 2 | Sugaripe Prune | Eagle | Offy TC | 75 | Cut tire | |
16 | 15 | Salt Walther | 77 | Dayton-Walther | McLaren | Offy TC | 74 | Broken wing | |
17 | 23 | Dee Jones | 51 | Minnesota Serendipity | Mongoose | Foyt TC | 65 | In pits | |
18 | 24 | Rick Muther | 23 | Corvette Clubs | Eagle | Chevy TC | 34 | Electrical fire | |
19 | 11 | Art Pollard | 20 | STP Oil Filter | Lola | Foyt TC | 32 | Broken front hub | |
20 | 1 | Bobby Unser | 8 | Olsonite | Eagle | Offy TC | 30 | Broken piston | |
21 | 16 | Jimmy Caruthers | 21 | Cobre Firestone | Eagle | Offy TC | 30 | Clutch failure | |
22 | 26 | Mike Hiss | 6 | Thermo King Air Conditioning | Eagle | Offy TC | 22 | Oil leak | |
23 | 5 | Gordon Johncock | 25 | Patrick Racing | Eagle | Offy TC | 14 | Dropped valve | |
24 | 20 | Larry Dickson | 58 | Midwest Manufacturing Dura-Pot | King | Offy TC | 14 | Oil leak | |
25 | 3 | Mario Andretti | 11 | Viceroy | Parnelli | Offy TC | 10 | Broken piston | |
26 | 17 | Tom Sneva | 39 | Tipke | Tipke | Offy TC | 5 | Broken magneto | |
-- | -- | Steve Krisiloff | 24 | Grant King Racing | King | Offy TC | -- | DNS, engine | |
-- | -- | Wally Dallenbach | 40 | STP Oil Treatment | Eagle | Offy TC | -- | Did not qualify | |
-- | -- | Lloyd Ruby | 18 | Commander Motor Homes | Eagle | Offy TC | -- | Did not qualify |
Lap Leaders | Total | Laps |
Al Unser | 33 | 68-100 |
Bobby Unser | 30 | 1-30 |
Mike Mosley | 22 | 39-60 |
Billy Vukovich, Jr. | 7 | 61-67 |
Johnny Rutherford | 6 | 33-38 |
Gary Bettenhausen | 2 | 31-32 |