| Fin |
St |
# |
Driver |
Sponsor / Owner |
Car |
Laps |
Money |
Status |
Led |
| 16 | 38 | 01 | George Behlman | Thomas & Son Disposal (James Boyd) | '72 Chevrolet | 137 | 875 | running | 0 |
| 32 | 22 | 02 | Dick Bown | Ober Logging (Mike Ober) | '73 Dodge | 50 | 715 | engine | 0 |
| 10 | 14 | 03 | Chuck Bown | Rose Auto Wrecking (Dick Bown) | '72 Dodge | 145 | 1,275 | running | 0 |
| 7 | 6 | 04 | Hershel McGriff | The Cousins (Beryl Jackson) | '72 Plymouth | 147 | 1,325 | clutch | 0 |
| 9 | 23 | 07 | Jack McCoy | Noble Auto Parts (Ernie Conn) | '72 Dodge | 146 | 1,500 | running | 0 |
| 11 | 31 | 10 | Bill Champion | Earl Powell Auto Parts (Bill Champion) | '71 Mercury | 143 | 1,000 | running | 0 |
| 24 | 4 | 11 | Cale Yarborough | Kar-Kare (Richard Howard) | '73 Chevrolet | 114 | 2,755 | engine | 11 |
| 1 | 2 | 12 | Bobby Allison | Coca-Cola (Bobby Allison) | '73 Chevrolet | 153 | 12,750 | running | 85 |
| 33 | 5 | 15 | Bobby Isaac | Sta-Power Industries (Bud Moore) | '73 Ford | 37 | 2,660 | transmission | 0 |
| 14 | 40 | 18 | Leon Fox | Fox Motors | '72 Chevrolet | 139 | 925 | running | 0 |
| 27 | 10 | 19 | Henley Gray | Warren Lindsey (Henley Gray) | '71 Mercury | 93 | 965 | running | 0 |
| 5 | 8 | 24 | Cecil Gordon | Gordon Racing (Cecil Gordon) | '72 Chevrolet | 149 | 2,650 | running | 0 |
| 31 | 15 | 3 | John Soares, Jr. | Maverick Restaurant (J.A. Delvecchio) | '73 Dodge | 56 | 920 | transmission | 0 |
| 15 | 17 | 30 | Walter Ballard | HeKimian Foreign Cars (Vic Ballard) | '71 Mercury | 137 | 1,550 | running | 0 |
| 20 | 16 | 31 | Markey James | James Racing (Tony Oddo) | '73 Chevrolet | 129 | 1,065 | running | 0 |
| 18 | 25 | 33 | Glenn Francis | Stock Car Specialties (Trent Francis) | '72 Chevrolet | 132 | 995 | running | 0 |
| 39 | 33 | 37 | Chuck Wahl | Excel Trailer (DuWayne Wahl) | '72 Chevrolet | 7 | 630 | engine | 0 |
| 4 | 9 | 38 | Jimmy Insolo | Martin's Union 76 (Roger Paquette) | '72 Chevrolet | 151 | 3,225 | running | 0 |
| 25 | 19 | 4 | Dick Kranzler | Kranzler Racing (Dick Kranzler) | '72 Chevrolet | 108 | 890 | running | 0 |
| 6 | 24 | 42 | Richard White | White Racing (Dean Barnicle) | '71 Ford | 148 | 1,750 | running | 0 |
| 2 | 1 | 43 | Richard Petty | STP (Petty Enterprises) | '73 Dodge | 153 | 10,275 | running | 57 |
| 8 | 13 | 48 | James Hylton | Hylton Engineering (James Hylton) | '71 Ford | 147 | 1,975 | running | 0 |
| 30 | 39 | 5 | Ron Hornaday | Smith Racing | '72 Chevrolet | 62 | 685 | engine | 0 |
| 26 | 36 | 53 | Jack Simpson | S & M Racing | '72 Chevrolet | 104 | 725 | running | 0 |
| 34 | 37 | 56 | Romie Alderman | Papienski Racing | '72 Chevrolet | 34 | 655 | transmission | 0 |
| 37 | 27 | 60 | Jim Whitt | Whitt Plumbing | '72 Chevrolet | 11 | 640 | engine | 0 |
| 19 | 32 | 64 | Elmo Langley | Langley Racing (Elmo Langley) | '72 Ford | 131 | 1,330 | running | 0 |
| 29 | 11 | 68 | Sonny Easley | Cal Coast Trucking (Jerry Lankford) | '72 Ford | 75 | 945 | clutch | 0 |
| 40 | 30 | 7 | Dean Dalton | Belden Asphalt (Dean Dalton) | '71 Mercury | 7 | 1,125 | engine | 0 |
| 12 | 29 | 70 | J.D. McDuffie | McDuffie Racing (J.D. McDuffie) | '72 Chevrolet | 142 | 1,475 | running | 0 |
| 38 | 3 | 71 | Buddy Baker | K & K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf) | '73 Dodge | 7 | 2,685 | engine | 0 |
| 3 | 7 | 72 | Benny Parsons | DeWitt Racing (L.G. DeWitt) | '72 Chevrolet | 152 | 5,325 | running | 0 |
| 35 | 12 | 77 | Nels Miller | Performance Analysis | '73 Chevrolet | 19 | 900 | engine | 0 |
| 28 | 20 | 78 | Hugh Pearson | Pearson Apts. (Hugh Pearson) | '72 Chevrolet | 83 | 705 | crash | 0 |
| 23 | 35 | 88 | Don Noel | Noel's Welding Shop (Don Noel) | '71 Ford | 119 | 770 | wiring | 0 |
| 22 | 26 | 9 | Carl Adams | Marck Motors / Quaker State (Richard Mummert) | '71 Ford | 120 | 785 | engine | 0 |
| 21 | 28 | 91 | Johnny Anderson | Connor Muffler (Don Nuzum) | '72 Chevrolet | 125 | 800 | running | 0 |
| 13 | 34 | 92 | Larry Smith | Carling Black Label (Harley Smith) | '71 Mercury | 141 | 950 | running | 0 |
| 36 | 21 | 96 | Ray Elder | Olympia Beer (Fred Elder) | '73 Dodge | 12 | 1,120 | engine | 0 |
| 17 | 18 | 98 | Richard Childress | L.C. Newton Trucking (Tom Garn) | '73 Chevrolet | 134 | 1,005 | running | 0 |