1973 Indianapolis 500
Qualifying Chronology
Att #
Date
Time
Qual
Day
Car #
Driver
Name
Laps
Qual
Time
Qual
Speed
Rank
Start
Comment
1
05-12
11:03
1
15
PETER REVSON
4
3:06.9100
192.606
12
10
2
05-12
11:15
1
5
GARY BETTENHAUSEN
4
3:04.0500
195.599
5
5
3
05-12
11:27
1
48
JERRY GRANT
4
3:09.2400
190.235
24
18
4
05-12
11:33
1
2
BILLY VUKOVICH II
4
3:08.3800
191.103
20
16
5
05-12
11:47
1
24
STEVE KRISILOFF
4
3:04.6800
194.932
7
7
6
05-12
11:54
1
82
JIM MCELREATH
1
—
—
—
—
PULLED OFF
7
05-12
12:04
1
19
MEL KENYON
4
3:09.2500
190.225
25
19
8
05-12
12:10
1
98
MIKE MOSLEY
4
3:09.7200
189.753
28
21
9
05-12
12:16
1
20
GORDON JOHNCOCK
4
3:06.9600
192.555
13
11
10
05-12
12:23
1
77
SALT WALTHER
4
3:08.7400
190.739
22
17
11
05-12
12:29
1
40
SWEDE SAVAGE
4
3:03.1300
196.582
4
4
12
05-12
12:41
1
4
AL UNSER
4
3:04.7300
194.879
8
8
13
05-12
12:47
1
34
SAM POSEY
4
3:11.9700
187.529
—
—
BUMPED BY #84
14
05-12
12:58
1
18
LLOYD RUBY
4
3:07.8700
191.622
18
15
15
05-12
13:07
1
11
MARIO ANDRETTI
4
3:04.5600
195.059
6
6
16
05-12
13:14
1
27
TOM BIGELOW
0
—
—
—
—
17
05-12
13:17
1
12
BOBBY ALLISON
4
3:07.2000
192.308
14
12
18
05-12
13:25
1
1
JOE LEONARD
3
—
—
—
—
WAVED OFF
19
05-12
13:28
1
8
BOBBY UNSER
0
—
—
—
—
20
05-12
13:37
1
7
JOHNNY RUTHERFORD
4
3:01.4400
198.413
1
1
21
05-12
13:44
1
73
DAVID HOBBS
4
3:10.0200
189.454
30
22
22
05-12
13:50
1
21
JIMMY CARUTHERS
4
3:05.3600
194.217
10
9
23
05-12
13:56
1
89
JOHN MARTIN
2
—
—
—
—
WAVED OFF
24
05-12
14:20
1
66
MARK DONOHUE
4
3:02.3600
197.412
3
3
25
05-12
14:27
1
14
A. J. FOYT
3
—
—
—
—
WAVED OFF
26
05-12
14:40
1
89
JOHN MARTIN
0
—
—
—
—
27
05-12
15:20
1
14
A. J. FOYT
4
3:10.5500
188.927
32
23
28
05-12
17:08
1
60
GRAHAM MCRAE
4
3:07.4700
192.031
15
13
29
05-12
17:20
1
8
BOBBY UNSER
4
3:01.6500
198.183
2
2
30
05-12
17:31
1
62
WALLY DALLENBACH
4
3:09.2800
190.194
26
20
31
05-12
17:48
1
3
ROGER MCCLUSKEY
4
3:07.5700
191.928
17
14
32
05-12
17:58
1
1
JOE LEONARD
3
—
—
—
—
WAVED OFF
33
05-13
12:00
2
89
JOHN MARTIN
0
—
—
—
—
FLAGGED OFF
34
05-13
12:21
2
89
JOHN MARTIN
4
3:05.2000
194.384
9
24
35
05-13
12:30
2
1
JOE LEONARD
4
3:09.5200
189.954
27
29
36
05-13
12:37
2
50
JERRY KARL
4
3:08.6800
190.799
21
28
37
05-13
14:32
2
16
LEE KUNZMAN
4
3:06.4400
193.092
11
25
38
05-13
17:34
2
44
DICK SIMON
4
3:08.3000
191.184
19
27
39
05-13
17:41
2
6
MIKE HISS
4
3:07.5600
191.939
16
26
40
05-13
17:48
2
35
JOHN MAHLER
3
—
—
—
—
WAVED OFF
41
05-13
17:57
2
35
JOHN MAHLER
1
—
—
—
—
WAVED OFF
42
05-19
17:58
3
9
SAM SESSIONS
3
—
—
—
—
WAVED OFF
43
05-20
13:02
4
9
SAM SESSIONS
4
3:10.4900
188.986
31
32
44
05-20
14:40
4
28
BOB HARKEY
1
—
—
—
—
WAVED OFF
45
05-20
16:28
4
28
BOB HARKEY
4
3:09.7400
189.733
29
31
46
05-20
17:07
4
75
GREG WELD
0
—
—
—
—
PULLED OFF
47
05-20
17:20
4
97
RICK MUTHER
0
—
—
—
—
PULLED OFF
48
05-20
17:24
4
17
BILL SIMPSON
2
—
—
—
—
WAVED OFF
49
05-20
17:31
4
75
GREG WELD
0
—
—
—
—
50
05-20
17:34
4
45
ARNIE KNEPPER
0
—
—
—
—
51
05-20
17:37
4
27
TOM BIGELOW
4
3:12.7100
186.809
—
—
BUMPED BY #35
52
05-20
17:44
4
35
JIM MCELREATH
4
3:10.8400
188.640
33
33
BUMPS #27
53
05-20
17:51
4
56
JIM HURTUBISE
4
3:15.4000
184.237
—
—
TOO SLOW
54
05-20
17:59
4
84
GEORGE SNIDER
4
3:09.1200
190.355
23
30
BUMPS #34
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