Texas 200
Texas World Speedway
2 Mile Paved Oval
100 Laps/200 Miles
October 6, 1973

Finish Start Driver Car # Sponsor/Name Chassis Engine Laps Status

Points
1 14 Gary Bettenhausen 5 Sunoco DX McLaren Offy TC 100 1:05:58 181.910 400
2 3 Johnny Rutherford 7 Gulf McLaren Offy TC 100 Finished 320
3 2 Lee Kunzman 55 Cobre Firestone Eagle Offy TC 100 Finished 280
4 5 Lloyd Ruby 18 Commander Motor Homes Eagle Offy TC 99 Flagged 240
5 17 Johnny Parsons 97 Lodestar Eagle Offy TC 99 Flagged 200
6 9 Wally Dallenbach 40 STP Oil Treatment Eagle Offy TC 98 Flagged 160
7 4 Gordon Johncock 20 STP Double Oil Filter Eagle Offy TC 98 Flagged 120
8 8 Steve Krisiloff 24 Tecumseh Community Mutual Fund King Offy TC 97 Flagged 100
9 18 Mel Kenyon 19 Atlanta Falcons Eagle Foyt TC 96 Flagged 80
10 6 A. J. Foyt 14 Gilmore Racing Coyote Foyt TC 95 Flagged 60
11 15 Mike Hiss 6 Thermo King Air Conditioning Eagle Offy TC 92 Tire 40
12 26 Lee Brayton 61 Eisenhour-Brayton Eagle Offy TC 91 Flagged 20
13 19 Eldon Rasmussen 53 Rasmussen Rascar Foyt TC 80 Flagged
14 20 Larry Cannon 59 PEP Gas Treatment Eagle Offy TC 71 Blew engine
15 24 Bobby Unser 8 Olsonite Eagle Offy TC 68 Broken piston
16 10 Al Unser 4 Viceroy Parnelli Offy TC 60 Broken piston
17 1 Mario Andretti 11 Viceroy Parnelli Offy TC 39 Broken valve
18 7 Roger McCluskey 3 Hopkins Buick McLaren Offy TC 38 Overheated
19 13 Joe Leonard 1 Samsonite Parnelli Offy TC 31 Blew engine
20 16 Billy Vukovich, Jr. 2 Sugaripe Prune Eagle Offy TC 29 Blew engine
21 12 Dick Simon 60 STP Oil Treatment Eagle Foyt TC 21 Broken gearbox
22 25 Bentley Warren 94 Two Jacks Flyer Finley/Eagle Offy TC 17 Oil leak
23 11 Mike Mosley 98 Lodestar Eagle Offy TC 7 Stalled turn 4
24 22 Larry McCoy 63 Eastern Racing Associates Atlanta Offy TC 7 Stalled backstretch
25 23 Rick Muther 23 Crower Cams Eagle Chevy TC 5 Oil leak
26 21 Bill Simpson 99 Joe Hunt Magneto Eagle Offy TC 0 Magneto
                   
-- -- Jimmy Caruthers 21 Cobre Firestone Eagle Offy TC -- Did not start
-- -- Bob Harkey X X X X -- Did not start

Lap Leaders Total Laps
Johnny Rutherford 50 1-15, 35-37, 44-60, 75-89
Mario Andretti 19 16-34
Gary Bettenhausen 14 72-74, 90-100
Bobby Unser 12 38-43, 61-66
Lee Kunzman 5 67-71