Results
"Firecracker 400"
July 1, 1973
Daytona Beach, Florida
| Average Speed: 168.488 mph | Race Time: 2- hours 31- minutes 27- seconds |
| Pos | Driver | Car Make |
| 1 | David Pearson | Mercury |
| 2 | Richard Petty | Dodge |
| 3 | Buddy Baker | Dodge |
| 4 | Gordon Johncock | Chevrolet |
| 5 | Benny Parsons | Chevrolet |
| 6 | Dave Marcis | Dodge |
| 7 | Vic Parsons | Ford |
| 8 | Marty Robbins | Dodge |
| 9 | Dick Brooks | Ford |
| 10 | Joe Frasson | Dodge |
| 11 | David Sisco | Chevrolet |
| 12 | James Hylton | Mercury |
| 13 | Cecil Gordon | Chevrolet |
| 14 | G. C. Spencer | Dodge |
| 15 | Roy Mayne | Dodge |
| 16 | Elmo Langley | Ford |
| 17 | Dean Dalton | Mercury |
| 18 | Buddy Arrington | Plymouth |
| 19 | Frank Warren | Dodge |
| 20 | Lennie Pond | Chevrolet |
| 21 | Larry Smith | Mercury |
| 22 | Raymond Williams | Ford |
| 23 | Henley Gray | Mercury |
| 24 | Bill Champion | Mercury |
| 25 | Darrell Waltrip | Mercury |
| 26 | Walter Ballard | Mercury |
| 27 | Richard Childress | Chevrolet |
| 28 | Donnie Allison | Chevrolet |
| 29 | Ed Negre | Dodge |
| 30 | Bobby Allison | Chevrolet |
| 31 | Jabe Thomas | Dodge |
| 32 | Jim Vandiver | Dodge |
| 33 | John Sears | Dodge |
| 34 | Ed Sczech | Chevrolet |
| 35 | Dick Simon | Dodge |
| 36 | Cale Yarborough | Chevrolet |
| 37 | A. J. Foyt | Chevrolet |
| 38 | Coo Coo Marlin | Chevrolet |
| 39 | Bobby Isaac | Ford |
| 40 | J. D. McDuffie | Chevrolet |