| Music City 420 | Date: | 5/11/1973 |
| Finish | Start | CarNo | Driver | Laps | Status | Division: | Cup |
| 1 | 1 | 11 | Cale Yarborough | 420 | Running |
| 2 | 5 | 72 | Benny Parsons | 418 | Running |
| 3 | 2 | 71 | Buddy Baker | 415 | Running |
| 4 | 4 | 24 | Cecil Gordon | 416 | Running |
| 5 | 3 | 12 | Bobby Allison | 411 | Running |
| 6 | 6 | 14 | Coo Coo Marlin | 408 | Running |
| 7 | 9 | 15 | Bobby Isaac | 403 | Running |
| 8 | 11 | 05 | David Sisco | 401 | Running |
| 9 | 13 | 70 | J.D. McDuffie | 395 | Running |
| 10 | 12 | 45 | Vic Parsons | 393 | Running |
| 11 | 8 | 2 | Dave Marcis | 389 | Running |
| 12 | 16 | 48 | James Hylton | 386 | Running |
| 13 | 7 | 43 | Richard Petty | 385 | Engine failure |
| 14 | 15 | 67 | Buddy Arrington | 382 | Running |
| 15 | 22 | 7 | Dean Dalton | 380 | Running |
| 16 | 14 | 20 | Rick Newsom | 374 | Running |
| 17 | 19 | 64 | Elmo Langley | 373 | Running |
| 18 | 17 | 25 | Jabe Thomas | 369 | Running |
| 19 | 23 | 58 | Bob Brown | 348 | Running |
| 20 | 25 | 79 | Frank Warren | 342 | Running |
| 21 | 28 | 77 | Charlie Roberts | 244 | Overheating |
| 22 | 20 | 30 | Walter Ballard | 218 | Running |
| 23 | 26 | 96 | Richard Childress | 180 | Distributor |
| 24 | 10 | 95 | Darrell Waltrip | 176 | Handling |
| 25 | 21 | 19 | Henley Gray | 170 | Exhaust |
| 26 | 27 | 3 | Alton Jones | 102 | Rear end |
| 27 | 18 | 8 | Ed Negre | 48 | Engine failure |
| 28 | 24 | 08 | Bobby Poole | 2 | Ignition |