Results
"American 500"
September 23, 1973
Rockingham, North Carolina
| Average Speed: 117.749 mph | Race Time: 4- hours 14- minutes 57- seconds |
| Pos | Driver | Car Make |
| 1 | David Pearson | Mercury |
| 2 | Buddy Baker | Dodge |
| 3 | Cale Yarborough | Chevrolet |
| 4 | Bobby Allison | Chevrolet |
| 5 | Dave Marcis | Matador |
| 6 | Donnie Allison | Chevrolet |
| 7 | Richard Brooks | Dodge |
| 8 | Charles Glotzbach | Mercury |
| 9 | Lennie Pond | Chevrolet |
| 10 | Coo Coo Marlin | Chevrolet |
| 11 | Cecil Gordon | Chevrolet |
| 12 | Elmo Langley | Ford |
| 13 | Johnny Rutherford | Chevrolet |
| 14 | Richard Childress | Chevrolet |
| 15 | David Sisco | Chevrolet |
| 16 | Tony Bellenhausen | Chevrolet |
| 17 | Henley Gray | Mercury |
| 18 | Jabe Thomas | Dodge |
| 19 | James Hylton | Chevrolet |
| 20 | J. D. McDuffie | Chevrolet |
| 21 | Ed Negre | Dodge |
| 22 | Walter Ballard | Mercury |
| 23 | Dean Dalton | Mercury |
| 24 | Buddy Arrington | Plymouth |
| 25 | Gordon Johncock | Chevrolet |
| 26 | Pee Wee Wentz | Chevrolet |
| 27 | Darrell Waltrip | Ford |
| 28 | Benny Parsons | Chevrolet |
| 29 | Eddie Bond | Dodge |
| 30 | Bill Champion | Mercury |
| 31 | Jody Ridley | Ford |
| 32 | Jim Vandiver | Dodge |
| 33 | John Sears | Dodge |
| 34 | Charlie Roberts | Chevrolet |
| 35 | Richard Petty | Dodge |
| 36 | Richie Panch | Ford |
| 37 | Paul Tyler | Dodge |
| 38 | Neil Castles | Dodge |
| 39 | Richard Brown | Chevrolet |
| 40 | Joe Frasson | Dodge |
| 41 | G. C. Spencer | Dodge |
| 42 | Johnny Barnes | Mercury |
| 43 | Frank Warren | Ford |