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Bristol Motor Speedway
March 25, 1973 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series 0.5-Mile Short Track 500 Laps/250 Miles |
| FP | SP | Car | Driver | Team / Make | Laps | Points | Money | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 11 | Cale Yarborough | Kar-Kare Chevrolet | 500 | 125 | 6,530 | Running | |
| 2 | 5 | 43 | Richard Petty | STP Dodge | 498 | 98 | 3,805 | Running | |
| 3 | 6 | 12 | Bobby Allison | Coca-Cola Chevrolet | 495 | 96 | 2,355 | Running | |
| 4 | 11 | 2 | Dave Marcis | Marcis Racing Dodge | 484 | 94 | 1,440 | Running | |
| 5 | 9 | 72 | Benny Parsons | DeWitt Racing Mercury | 484 | 92 | 1,080 | Running | |
| 6 | 12 | 54 | Lennie Pond | Master Chevy Sales Chevrolet | 482 | 90 | 870 | Running | |
| 7 | 4 | 14 | Coo Coo Marlin | Cunningham-Kelley Chevrolet | 476 | 88 | 805 | Running | |
| 8 | 16 | 48 | James Hylton | Hylton Engineering Mercury | 474 | 86 | 680 | Running | |
| 9 | 21 | 45 | Vic Parsons | Seifert Rent-A-Racer Ford | 465 | 84 | 630 | Running | |
| 10 | 22 | 49 | John Utsman | Spencer Racing Dodge | 462 | 82 | 605 | Running | |
| 11 | 10 | 05 | David Sisco | Nashville Glass Chevrolet | 457 | 80 | 565 | Running | |
| 12 | 18 | 64 | Elmo Langley | Langley Racing Ford | 456 | 78 | 555 | Running | |
| 13 | 23 | 4 | John Sears | Dodge | 453 | 76 | 545 | Running | |
| 14 | 26 | 67 | Buddy Arrington | Kentucky Fried Chicken Plymouth | 453 | 74 | 535 | Running | |
| 15 | 7 | 15 | Bobby Isaac | Sta-Power Industries Ford | 450 | 72 | 525 | Running | |
| 16 | 27 | 44 | Richard D. Brown | Strong Racing Chevrolet | 447 | 70 | 515 | Running | |
| 17 | 17 | 30 | Walter Ballard | Ballard Racing Mercury | 445 | 68 | 505 | Running | |
| 18 | 20 | 77 | Charlie Roberts | Sunny King Ford | 444 | 66 | 495 | Running | |
| 19 | 25 | 19 | Henley Gray | Gray Racing Ford | 439 | 64 | 485 | Running | |
| 20 | 24 | 96 | Richard Childress | L.C. Newton Trucking Chevrolet | 427 | 62 | 475 | Running | |
| 22 | 30 | 79 | Jabe Thomas | Robertson Racing Dodge | 337 | 58 | 450 | Oil Leak | |
| 23 | 19 | 10 | Bill Champion | Champion Racing Ford | 295 | 56 | 440 | Transmission | |
| 24 | 8 | 59 | Donnie Allison | DiProspero Racing Chevrolet | 237 | 0 | 430 | Steering | |
| 25 | 3 | 71 | Buddy Baker | K & K Insurance Dodge | 225 | 52 | 445 | Accident | |
| 26 | 28 | 0 | Frank Warren | Warren Racing Dodge | 167 | 50 | 415 | Accident | |
| 27 | 14 | 7 | Dean Dalton | Belden Asphalt Mercury | 126 | 48 | 430 | Steering | |
| 28 | 29 | 47 | Raymond Williams | Jet Way Wax Ford | 125 | 46 | 395 | Ignition | |
| 29 | 2 | 24 | Cecil Gordon | Gordon Racing Chevrolet | 105 | 44 | 435 | Ignition | |
| 30 | 13 | 95 | Darrell Waltrip | Terminal Transport Mercury | 51 | 42 | 400 | Valve |
Time of Race .: 2 Hours 57 Minutes 43 Seconds
Average Speed .:88.952
Margin of Victory .: 2.000 Seconds