1973 Indianapolis 500
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Results of the 1973 Indianapolis 500 held at Indianapolis on Wednesday, May 30, 1973 (see note below).
| Finish | Start | No | Name | Qual | Rank | Laps | Led | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11 | 20 |  Gordon Johncock |
192.555 | 13 | 133 | 64 | Running |
| 2 | 16 | 2 | Bill Vukovich II |
191.103 | 20 | 133 | 0 | Running |
| 3 | 14 | 3 | Roger McCluskey |
191.929 | 17 | 131 | 0 | Flagged |
| 4 | 19 | 19 | Mel Kenyon |
190.224 | 25 | 131 | 0 | Flagged |
| 5 | 5 | 5 | Gary Bettenhausen |
195.599 | 5 | 130 | 0 | Flagged |
| 6 | 7 | 24 | Steve Krisiloff |
194.932 | 7 | 129 | 0 | Flagged |
| 7 | 25 | 16 | Lee Kunzman |
193.092 | 11 | 127 | 0 | Flagged |
| 8 | 24 | 89 | John Martin |
194.385 | 9 | 124 | 0 | Flagged |
| 9 | 1 | 7 | Johnny Rutherford |
198.413 | 1 | 124 | 0 | Flagged |
| 10 | 21 | 98 | Mike Mosley |
189.753 | 28 | 120 | 0 | Rod Bolt |
| 11 | 22 | 73 |  David Hobbs |
189.454 | 30 | 107 | 0 | Flagged |
| 12 | 30 | 84 | George Snider |
190.355 | 23 | 101 | 0 | Gearbox |
| 13 | 2 | 8 | Bobby Unser |
198.183 | 2 | 100 | 39 | Blown Engine |
| 14 | 27 | 44 | Dick Simon |
191.276 | 19 | 100 | 0 | Piston |
| 15 | 3 | 66 | Mark Donohue |
197.412 | 3 | 92 | 0 | Piston |
| 16 | 13 | 60 |  Graham McRae |
192.030 | 15 | 91 | 0 | Header |
| 17 | 26 | 6 | Mike Hiss |
191.939 | 16 | 91 | 0 | Drive Train |
| 18 | 29 | 1 | Joe Leonard |
189.953 | 27 | 91 | 0 | Wheel |
| 19 | 18 | 48 | Jerry Grant |
190.235 | 24 | 77 | 0 | Blown Engine |
| 20 | 8 | 4 | Al Unser |
194.879 | 8 | 75 | 18 | Piston |
| 21 | 9 | 21 | Jimmy Caruthers |
194.217 | 10 | 73 | 0 | Suspension |
| 22 | 4 | 40 | Swede Savage |
196.582 | 4 | 57 | 12 | Crash T4 |
| 23 | 33 | 35 | Jim McElreath |
188.640 | 33 | 54 | 0 | Blown Engine |
| 24 | 20 | 62 | Wally Dallenbach, Sr. |
190.200 | 26 | 48 | 0 | Broken Rod |
| 25 | 23 | 14 | A.J. Foyt |
188.927 | 32 | 37 | 0 | Rod Bolt |
| 26 | 28 | 30 | Jerry Karl |
190.799 | 21 | 22 | 0 | Flagged |
| 27 | 15 | 18 | Lloyd Ruby |
191.622 | 18 | 21 | 0 | Piston |
| 28 | 32 | 9 | Sammy Sessions |
188.986 | 31 | 17 | 0 | Out of Oil |
| 29 | 31 | 28 | Bob Harkey |
189.734 | 29 | 12 | 0 | Seized Engine |
| 30 | 6 | 11 | Mario Andretti |
195.059 | 6 | 4 | 0 | Piston |
| 31 | 10 | 15 | Peter Revson |
192.607 | 12 | 3 | 0 | Crash T4 |
| 32 | 12 | 12 | Bobby Allison |
192.308 | 14 | 1 | 0 | Rod |
| 33 | 17 | 77 | Salt Walther |
190.739 | 22 | 0 | 0 | Crash FS |
Notes: Race scheduled for Monday, May 28; start delayed until late in the afternoon due to rain; then race stopped due to 1st lap accident; rain prevents the race from resuming. On Tuesday, May 29, rain halts the race on the pace lap, preventing a start for the second day in a row. On Wednesday, May 30, rain threatens yet another washout, but the sky eventually clears well enough for the race to finally get going. On lap 58, a fiery crash halts the race; after a long red flag the race resumes, but on lap 129 rain begins to fall again and the race is definitely called on lap 133.
| 1972 Indianapolis 500 Mark Donohue |
1973 Indianapolis 500 Gordon Johncock |
1974 Indianapolis 500 Johnny Rutherford |
