Results
"Southern 500"
August 5, 1973
Darlington, South Carolina
| Average Speed: 134.033 mph | Race Time: 3- hours 44- minutes 25- seconds |
| Pos | Driver | Car Make |
| 1 | Cale Yarborough | Chevrolet |
| 2 | David Pearson | Mercury |
| 3 | Buddy Baker | Dodge |
| 4 | Richard Petty | Dodge |
| 5 | Benny Parsons | Chevrolet |
| 6 | Bobby Allison | Chevrolet |
| 7 | Coo Coo Marlin | Chevrolet |
| 8 | Darrell Waltrip | Ford |
| 9 | Dick Brooks | Chevrolet |
| 10 | J. D. McDuffie | Chevrolet |
| 11 | Cecil Gordon | Chevrolet |
| 12 | James Hylton | Mercury |
| 13 | Jabe Thomas | Dodge |
| 14 | Buddy Arrington | Dodge |
| 15 | Randy Tissit | Chevrolet |
| 16 | Charlie Roberts | Chevrolet |
| 17 | Walter Ballard | Mercury |
| 18 | D. K. Ulrich | Ford |
| 19 | Dean Dalton | Mercury |
| 20 | Henley Gray | Mercury |
| 21 | Mel Larson | Dodge |
| 22 | Bill Champion | Mercury |
| 23 | Joe Frasson | Dodge |
| 24 | Frank Warren | Dodge |
| 25 | Raymond Williams | Ford |
| 26 | Ed Negre | Dodge |
| 27 | Jim Vandiver | Dodge |
| 28 | Dave Sisco | Chevrolet |
| 29 | Bud Moore | Mercury |
| 30 | Charles Glotzbach | Chevrolet |
| 31 | Elmo Langley | Ford |
| 32 | Dick May | Mercury |
| 33 | Richie Panch | Ford |
| 34 | Vic Parsons | Ford |
| 35 | Johnny Barnes | Mercury |
| 36 | Tommy Gale | Mercury |
| 37 | Lennie Pond | Chevrolet |
| 38 | Richard Brown | Chevrolet |
| 39 | G. C. Spencer | Dodge |
| 40 | Richard Childress | Chevrolet |