| 1973 Nashville 420 NASCAR Cup Series Race 21 of 28 | |||||
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| Race Information | Track Information | ||||
| Total Purse: | $36,245 | Race Date: | Aug 25, 1973 | Fairgrounds Speedway Nashville | |
| Margin of Victory: | 4 Laps | Race Duration: | 2Hr 48Min 12Sec. | Nashville, Tennessee | |
| Lead Changes: | 5 | Average Speed: | 89.310 MPH | .5 Mile Oval | |
| No. of Cars: | 33 | No. of Cautions: | 7 For 5 Laps | http | |
| Winner, Pole and Manufacturer Information | ||||||||
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| Winner Information | Pole Information | Manufacturer Points | ||||||
| Driver: | Buddy Baker B. Baker | Driver: | Cale Yarborough C. Yarborough | Dodge: | 9 | |||
| Car No.: | #71 Dodge | Car No.: | #11 Chevrolet | Chevrolet: | 0 | |||
| Team: | K&K Racing | Team: | Andy Belmont Racing | Mercury: | 0 | |||
| Crew Chief: | Harry Hyde | Crew Chief: | Ford: | 0 | ||||
| Laps Led: | 160 of 420 | Pole Speed: | 103.024 MPH | |||||
| Official 1973 Nashville 420 Results |
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| Finish | Start | Num | Driver | Sponsor | Status | Mfg | Points | Laps | Led |
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| 1 | 7 | 71 | Buddy Baker | K & K Insurance | Running |  | 0 | 420 | 160 |
| 2 | 8 | 43 | Richard Petty | STP | Running | | 0 | 416 | 0 |
| 3 | 4 | 14 | Coo Coo Marlin | Cunningham-Kelley Chevrolet | Running |  | 0 | 409 | 0 |
| 4 | 19 | 05 | David Sisco | Sisco Racing | Running | | 0 | 402 | 0 |
| 5 | 11 | 8 | Ed Negre | Negre Racing | Running | | 0 | 399 | 0 |
| 6 | 13 | 48 | James Hylton | Hylton Engineering | Running |  | 0 | 398 | 0 |
| 7 | 15 | 30 | Walter Ballard | Ballard Racing | Running | | 0 | 394 | 0 |
| 8 | 6 | 24 | Cecil Gordon | Gordon Racing | Running | | 0 | 392 | 0 |
| 9 | 24 | 68 | Alton Jones | Jones Racing | Running | | 0 | 390 | 0 |
| 10 | 21 | 10 | Bill Champion | Earl Powell Auto Parts | Running |  | 0 | 387 | 0 |
| 11 | 28 | 20 | Rick Newsom | Holbrook Waterproofing | Running | | 0 | 384 | 0 |
| 12 | 32 | 67 | Buddy Arrington | Cherokee Construction | Running | | 0 | 384 | 0 |
| 13 | 17 | 19 | Henley Gray | Henley Gray Racing | Running | | 0 | 380 | 0 |
| 14 | 1 | 11 | Cale Yarborough | Kar-Kare | Running | | 0 | 377 | 196 |
| 15 | 20 | 40 | Frank Warren | Warren Racing | Running | | 0 | 377 | 0 |
| 16 | 30 | 26 | Earl Brooks | Race Fans | Running | | 0 | 375 | 0 |
| 17 | 29 | 77 | Charlie Roberts | Sunny King | Running | | 0 | 358 | 0 |
| 18 | 16 | 70 | J.D. McDuffie | McDuffie Racing | Running | | 0 | 346 | 0 |
| 19 | 5 | 72 | Benny Parsons | DeWitt Racing | Engine | | 0 | 324 | 0 |
| 20 | 9 | 96 | Richard Childress | L.C. Newton Trucking | Accident | | 0 | 235 | 0 |
| 21 | 22 | 64 | Elmo Langley | Langley Racing | Engine | | 0 | 159 | 0 |
| 22 | 2 | 12 | Bobby Allison | Coca-Cola | Engine | | 0 | 145 | 49 |
| 23 | 12 | 54 | Lennie Pond (R) | Master Chevrolet | Rear Gear | | 0 | 136 | 0 |
| 24 | 3 | 95 | Darrell Waltrip (R) | Terminal Transport | Rear Gear | | 0 | 131 | 15 |
| 25 | 23 | 44 | Richard D. Brown | Brown Racing | Rear Gear | | 0 | 126 | 0 |
| 26 | 31 | 25 | Jabe Thomas | Robertson Racing | Rear Gear | | 0 | 102 | 0 |
| 27 | 14 | 7 | Dean Dalton | Belden Asphalt | Accident | | 0 | 62 | 0 |
| 28 | 25 | 08 | Dick May | Negre Racing | Overheating | | 0 | 61 | 0 |
| 29 | 26 | 45 | Vic Parsons | Seifert Racing | Accident | | 0 | 52 | 0 |
| 30 | 18 | 47 | Raymond Williams | Williams Racing | Overheating | | 0 | 30 | 0 |
| 31 | 27 | 73 | Mel Larson | ThermaSol | Vibration | | 0 | 23 | 0 |
| 32 | 10 | 90 | Dick Brooks | Truxmore Industries | Engine | | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| 33 | 33 | 58 | Robert Brown | Jones Construction | Suspension | | 0 | 5 | 0 |
