| Nashville 420 | Date: | 8/25/1973 |
| Finish | Start | CarNo | Driver | Laps | Status | Division: | Cup |
| 1 | 7 | 71 | Buddy Baker | 420 | Running |
| 2 | 8 | 43 | Richard Petty | 416 | Running |
| 3 | 4 | 14 | Coo Coo Marlin | 409 | Running |
| 4 | 19 | 05 | David Sisco | 402 | Running |
| 5 | 11 | 8 | Ed Negre | 399 | Running |
| 6 | 13 | 48 | James Hylton | 398 | Running |
| 7 | 15 | 30 | Walter Ballard | 394 | Running |
| 8 | 6 | 24 | Cecil Gordon | 392 | Running |
| 9 | 24 | 68 | Alton Jones | 390 | Running |
| 10 | 24 | 10 | Bill Champion | 387 | Running |
| 11 | 28 | 20 | Rick Newsom | 384 | Running |
| 12 | 32 | 67 | Buddy Arrington | 382 | Running |
| 13 | 17 | 19 | Henley Gray | 380 | Running |
| 14 | 1 | 11 | Cale Yarborough | 377 | Running |
| 15 | 20 | 40 | Frank Warren | 377 | Running |
| 16 | 30 | 26 | Earl Brooks | 375 | Running |
| 17 | 29 | 77 | Charlie Roberts | 358 | Running |
| 18 | 16 | 70 | J.D. McDuffie | 346 | Running |
| 19 | 5 | 72 | Benny Parsons | 324 | Engine failure |
| 20 | 9 | 96 | Richard Childress | 235 | Accident |
| 21 | 22 | 64 | Elmo Langley | 159 | Engine failure |
| 22 | 2 | 12 | Bobby Allison | 145 | Engine failure |
| 23 | 12 | 54 | Lennie Pond | 136 | Rear end |
| 24 | 3 | 95 | Darrell Waltrip | 131 | Rear end |
| 25 | 23 | 44 | Richard Brown | 126 | Rear end |
| 26 | 31 | 25 | Jabe Thomas | 102 | Rear end |
| 27 | 14 | 7 | Dean Dalton | 62 | Accident |
| 28 | 25 | 08 | Dick May | 61 | Overheating |
| 29 | 26 | 45 | Vic Parsons | 52 | Accident |
| 30 | 18 | 47 | Raymond Williams | 30 | Overheating |
| 31 | 27 | 73 | Mel Larson | 23 | Vibration |
| 32 | 10 | 90 | Dick Brooks | 16 | Engine failure |
| 33 | 33 | 58 | Bob Brown | 5 | Suspension |