|| *Comments on the 1973 Qualifying Race #1:* View the most recent comment <#10> | Post a comment <#post> Tweet 1. 18fan posted: 02.02.2009 - 12:12 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Buddy and Cale were the class of this race and the 500, but both lost engines in the 500 despite leading 181 of 200 laps 2. RaceFanX posted: 09.23.2009 - 3:49 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Unlisted nationalities: Bob Tullius is an American driver from Falls Church, VA. I could not conform or deny that it is the same Bob Tullius famous for the Group 44 Jaguar team. Sammy Sessions was an American USAC Indy car racer from Nashville, MI. He finished fourth in the 1972 Indy 500. 3. The Great Dave posted: 01.14.2012 - 12:25 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) It should be the same Bob Tullius from IMSA 4. RaceFanX posted: 01.02.2013 - 9:41 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Sponsors (and missing owners) #71 Buddy Baker- (owned by Nord Krauskopf) #11 Cale Yarborough- Kar-Kare #28 Gordon Johncock- Ellington Racing #43 Richard Petty- STP #95 Darrell Waltrip- Terminal Transport (owned by Darrell Waltrip) #72 Benny Parsons- DeWitt Racing #96 Ray Elder- Olympia Beer #92 Larry Smith- Carling Black Label #55 Tiny Lund- Price Construction #60 Maynard Troyer- Nagle Racers (owned by Joe Nagle) #97 Red Farmer- Long-Lewis #45 Vic Parsons- Seifert Rent-A-Racer #12 Bobby Allison- Coca-Cola (Out of laptop battery, have to save the rest for another day) 5. RaceFanX posted: 01.04.2013 - 12:10 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Sponsors (and missing owners): 19 Henley Gray- Gray Racing (owned by Henley Gray) #79 Frank Warren- Warren Racing (owned by Frank Warren) #64 Elmo Langley- Langley Racing (owned by Elmo Langley) #25 Jabe Thomas- Robertson Racing #0 Eddie Bond- Bond Racing #10 Bill Champion- Champion Racing (owned by Bill Champion) #76 Ben Arnold- Arnold Racing (owned by Ben Arnold) #83 Paul Tyler- Smithville Farms #88 Ron Keselowski- Keselowski Racing #36 H.B. Bailey- Bailey Racing (owned by H.B. Bailey) #01 Earle Canavan- (owned by Earle Canavan) #17 Bill Dennis- Emrick #03 Tommy Gale- Gale Racing #80 Phil Finney- Finney Racing (owned by Wallace Finney) This was Tullius' only shot at NASCAR. Oddly his team included then-Daytona mayor Richard Kane as a crew member. One wonders how they handled having two #86 entries in the same twin, someone probably got a quick renumbering. 6. gearhead15 posted: 02.10.2014 - 10:39 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) I think the number of the Tullius car should be #66, that was the usual number for the Vernon Blank Pontiac. Probably a typo. 7. simonracer posted: 01.06.2016 - 8:39 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Tullius did indeed run #66 (at least according to the video of the race that is available on YouTube.) 8. Rob McKeever posted: 02.22.2016 - 12:59 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Baker/Yarborough combine to lead 47 laps, with Gordon Johncock leading the other three. Final pass with 10 miles to go (4 laps). Spartanburg Herald-Journal 2-16-73, page C2 https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=pIwsAAAAIBAJ&sjid=z8wEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7252%2C2757606 Full Starting lineup for both 1973 Q races from the 2-15-73 SHJ - Page D1 https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=p4wsAAAAIBAJ&sjid=z8wEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4676%2C2628518 9. cjs3872 posted: 12.24.2017 - 7:34 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) QUALIFYING RESULTS FOR THIS RACE: 1. 71-Buddy Baker '73 Dodge 185.662 MPH 2. 43-Richard Petty '73 Dodge 182.064 MPH 3. 11-Cale Yarborough '73 Chevrolet 181.002 MPH 4. 96-Ray Elder '72 Dodge 179.989 MPH 5. 12-Bobby Allison '73 Chevrolet 178.645 MPH 6. 28-Gordon Johncock '72 Chevrolet 178.073 MPH 7. 25-Jabe Thomas '73 Dodge 176.973 MPH 8. 79-Frank Warren '73 Dodge 176.928 MPH 9. 92-Larry Smith '71 Mercury 174.003 MPH 10. 83-Paul Tyler '71 Mercury 173.110 MPH 11. 86-Bob Greeley '72 Plymouth 158.556 MPH 12. 6-Dick Brooks '73 Dodge 177.774 MPH 13. 72-Benny Parsons '72 Chevrolet 175.141 MPH 14. 60-Maynard Troyer '73 Ford 171.408 MPH 15. 10-Bill Champion '72 Ford NO SPEED LISTED 16. 76-Ben Arnold '71 Ford NO SPEED LISTED 17. 17-Bill Dennis '72 Chevrolet 176.180 MPH 18. 95-Darrell Waltrip '71 Mercury 175.407 MPH 19. 88-Ron Keselowski '71 Dodge 174.540 MPH 20. 49-John Utsman '72 Dodge 173.990 MPH 21. 45-Vic Parsons '71 Mercury 173.761 MPH 22. 30-Walter Ballard '71 Mercury 172.980 MPH 23. 55-Tiny Lund '72 Chevrolet 172.731 MPH 24. 66-Bob Tullius '72 Pontiac 172.265 MPH 25. 03-Tommy Gale '71 Mercury 171.031 MPH 26. 64-Elmo Langley '72 Ford 170.196 MPH 27. 0-Eddie Bond '73 Plymouth 163.937 MPH 28. 80-Phil Finney '72 Chevrolet 160.823 MPH 29. 97-Red Farmer '72 Ford 170.739 MPH 30. 62-Tom Usry '71 Ford 166.352 MPH 31. 01-Earle Canavan '72 Plymouth 165.422 MPH 32. 84-Sam Sessions '71 Dodge 163.624 MPH 33. 53-David Ray Boggs '72 Ford 162.762 MPH 34. 36-H.B. Bailey '73 Pontiac 161.036 MPH 35. 19-Henley Gray '71 Ford NO SPEED LISTED NOTE: 89-Johnny Barnes, 81-Steve Arndt, and Tony Bettenhausen, Jr. (car #38?) were originally slated to drive in the first qualifying race, but ran in the second qualifying race, instead. Bill Hollar (#29) was also slated to run in the first qualifying race, but did not run in either qualifying race. The information in this post comes from material provided via the link in the previous post in this thread. 10. cjs3872 posted: 12.25.2017 - 4:50 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Walter Ballard drove car #35 in this qualifying race, not car #30, which he almost always drove. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *Post a comment:* Your comment may not appear immediately - all comments must be approved by the moderator. Name: Comment: