
| 1973 Music City 420 NASCAR Cup Series Race 11 of 28 | |||||
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| Race Information | Track Information | ||||
| Total Purse: | $34,140 | Race Date: | May 12, 1973 | Fairgrounds Speedway Nashville | |
| Margin of Victory: | 2 Laps | Race Duration: | 2h 34m 48s | Nashville, Tennessee | |
| Lead Changes: | 3 | Average Speed: | 98.419 MPH | .5 Mile Oval | |
| No. of Cars: | 28 | No. of Cautions: | 2 For 6 Laps | http | |
| Winner, Pole and Manufacturer Information | ||||||||
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| Winner Information | Pole Information | Manufacturer Points | ||||||
| Driver: | Cale Yarborough C. Yarborough | Driver: | Cale Yarborough C. Yarborough | Chevrolet: | 9 | |||
| Car No.: | #11 Chevrolet | Car No.: | #11 Chevrolet | Dodge: | 0 | |||
| Team: | Howard & Egerton Racing | Team: | Andy Belmont Racing | Ford: | 0 | |||
| Crew Chief: | Herb Nab | Crew Chief: | Herb Nab | Mercury: | 0 | |||
| Laps Led: | 416 of 420 | Pole Speed: | 105.741 MPH | |||||
| Official 1973 Music City 420 Results |
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| Finish | Start | Num | Driver | Sponsor | Status | Mfg | Points | Laps | Led |
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| 1 | 1 | 11 | Cale Yarborough | Kar-Kare | Running | ![]() | 0 | 420 | 416 |
| 2 | 5 | 72 | Benny Parsons | DeWitt Racing | Running | ![]() | 0 | 418 | 2 |
| 3 | 2 | 71 | Buddy Baker | K & K Insurance | Running | ![]() | 0 | 415 | 0 |
| 4 | 4 | 24 | Cecil Gordon | Gordon Racing | Running | ![]() | 0 | 413 | 2 |
| 5 | 3 | 12 | Bobby Allison | Coca-Cola | Running | ![]() | 0 | 411 | 0 |
| 6 | 6 | 14 | Coo Coo Marlin | Cunningham-Kelley Chevrolet | Running | ![]() | 0 | 408 | 0 |
| 7 | 9 | 15 | Bobby Isaac | Sta-Power Industries | Running | ![]() | 0 | 403 | 0 |
| 8 | 11 | 5 | David Sisco | Sisco Racing | Running | ![]() | 0 | 401 | 0 |
| 9 | 13 | 70 | J.D. McDuffie | McDuffie Racing | Running | ![]() | 0 | 395 | 0 |
| 10 | 12 | 45 | Vic Parsons | Seifert Rent-A-Racer | Running | ![]() | 0 | 393 | 0 |
| 11 | 8 | 2 | Dave Marcis | Marcis Racing | Running | ![]() | 0 | 389 | 0 |
| 12 | 16 | 48 | James Hylton | Hylton Engineering | Running | ![]() | 0 | 386 | 0 |
| 13 | 7 | 43 | Richard Petty | STP | Engine | ![]() | 0 | 385 | 0 |
| 14 | 15 | 67 | Buddy Arrington | Kentucky Fried Chicken | Running | ![]() | 0 | 382 | 0 |
| 15 | 22 | 7 | Dean Dalton | Belden Asphalt | Running | ![]() | 0 | 380 | 0 |
| 16 | 14 | 20 | Rick Newsom | Holbrook Waterproofing | Running | ![]() | 0 | 374 | 0 |
| 17 | 19 | 64 | Elmo Langley | Langley Racing | Running | ![]() | 0 | 373 | 0 |
| 18 | 17 | 25 | Jabe Thomas | Robertson Racing | Running | ![]() | 0 | 369 | 0 |
| 19 | 23 | 58 | Robert Brown | Jones Construction | Running | ![]() | 0 | 348 | 0 |
| 20 | 25 | 79 | Frank Warren | Warren Racing | Running | ![]() | 0 | 342 | 0 |
| 21 | 28 | 77 | Charlie Roberts | Sunny King | Overheating | ![]() | 0 | 244 | 0 |
| 22 | 20 | 30 | Walter Ballard | HeKimian Foreign Cars | Running | ![]() | 0 | 218 | 0 |
| 23 | 26 | 96 | Richard Childress | L.C. Newton Trucking | Distributor | ![]() | 0 | 180 | 0 |
| 24 | 10 | 95 | Darrell Waltrip (R) | Terminal Transport | Handling | ![]() | 0 | 176 | 0 |
| 25 | 21 | 19 | Henley Gray | Henley Gray Racing | Exhaust | ![]() | 0 | 170 | 0 |
| 26 | 27 | 3 | Alton Jones | Jones Racing | Rear Gear | ![]() | 0 | 102 | 0 |
| 27 | 18 | 8 | Ed Negre | Clyde Lynn (Car Owner) | Engine | ![]() | 0 | 48 | 0 |
| 28 | 24 | 8 | Bobby Poole | Clyde Lynn (Car Owner) | Ignition | ![]() | 0 | 2 | 0 |