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| 1973 Nashville 420 | 
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| Held on August 25, 1973 at Fairgrounds Speedway at Nashville in Nashville, TN | |
| 420 L, 250.32 M, 402.78 KM - Scheduled Distance |
| RESULTS |
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| Fin | St | # | Driver | Sponsor | Make | Laps | Led | Status | Pts |
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| 1 | 7 | 71 | Buddy Baker | K & K Insurance | '73 Dodge | 420 | 160 | running | |
| 2 | 8 | 43 | Richard Petty | STP | '73 Dodge | 416 | 0 | running | |
| 3 | 4 | 14 | Coo Coo Marlin | Cunningham-Kelley | '72 Chevrolet | 409 | 0 | running | |
| 4 | 19 | 05 | David Sisco | Sisco Racing | '72 Chevrolet | 402 | 0 | running | |
| 5 | 11 | 8 | Ed Negre | Negre Racing | '73 Dodge | 399 | 0 | running | |
| 6 | 13 | 48 | James Hylton | Hylton Engineering | '71 Mercury | 398 | 0 | running | |
| 7 | 15 | 30 | Walter Ballard | Ballard Racing | '71 Mercury | 394 | 0 | running | |
| 8 | 6 | 24 | Cecil Gordon | Gordon Racing | '72 Chevrolet | 392 | 0 | running | |
| 9 | 24 | 68 | Alton Jones | Jones Racing | '72 Chevrolet | 390 | 0 | running | |
| 10 | 21 | 10 | Bill Champion | Earl Powell Auto Parts | '71 Ford | 387 | 0 | running | |
| 11 | 28 | 20 | Rick Newsom | Holbrook Waterproofing | '71 Ford | 384 | 0 | running | |
| 12 | 32 | 67 | Buddy Arrington | Cherokee Construction | '72 Dodge | 384 | 0 | running | |
| 13 | 17 | 19 | Henley Gray | Gray Racing | '71 Mercury | 380 | 0 | running | |
| 14 | 1 | 11 | Cale Yarborough | Kar-Kare | '73 Chevrolet | 377 | 196 | running | |
| 15 | 20 | 40 | Frank Warren | Warren Racing | '71 Ford | 377 | 0 | running | |
| 16 | 30 | 26 | Earl Brooks | Race Fans | '71 Ford | 375 | 0 | running | |
| 17 | 29 | 77 | Charlie Roberts | Sunny King | '71 Ford | 358 | 0 | running | |
| 18 | 16 | 70 | J.D. McDuffie | McDuffie Racing | '72 Chevrolet | 346 | 0 | running | |
| 19 | 5 | 72 | Benny Parsons | DeWitt Racing | '73 Chevrolet | 324 | 0 | engine | |
| 20 | 9 | 96 | Richard Childress | L.C. Newton Trucking | '73 Chevrolet | 235 | 0 | crash | |
| 21 | 22 | 64 | Elmo Langley | Langley Racing | '72 Ford | 159 | 0 | engine | |
| 22 | 2 | 12 | Bobby Allison | Coca-Cola | '73 Chevrolet | 145 | 49 | engine | |
| 23 | 12 | 54 | Lennie Pond | Master Chevy Sales | '73 Chevrolet | 136 | 0 | rear end | |
| 24 | 3 | 95 | Darrell Waltrip | Terminal Transport | '73 Chevrolet | 131 | 15 | rear end | |
| 25 | 23 | 44 | Richard D. Brown | Brown Racing | '72 Chevrolet | 126 | 0 | rear end | |
| 26 | 31 | 25 | Jabe Thomas | Robertson Racing | '73 Dodge | 102 | 0 | rear end | |
| 27 | 14 | 7 | Dean Dalton | Belden Asphalt | '71 Mercury | 62 | 0 | crash | |
| 28 | 25 | 08 | Dick May | Negre Racing | '71 Ford | 61 | 0 | overheating | |
| 29 | 26 | 45 | Vic Parsons | Seifert Racing | '71 Ford | 52 | 0 | crash | |
| 30 | 18 | 47 | Raymond Williams | Williams Racing | '72 Ford | 30 | 0 | overheating | |
| 31 | 27 | 73 | Mel Larson | ThermaSol | '73 Dodge | 23 | 0 | vibration | |
| 32 | 10 | 90 | Dick Brooks | Truxmore Industries | '71 Mercury | 16 | 0 | engine | |
| 33 | 33 | 58 | Robert Brown | Jones Construction | '73 Chevrolet | 5 | 0 | suspension |
| RACE DATA | |||||||||
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| Cautions: ?? for ?? laps - not available | |||||||||
| Lead Changes: ?? among ?? drivers - not available |
