It featured the 1973 World Championship for Makes and the 1973 Cup for GT Cars which were contested concurrently over a ten race series.
The following races counted towards the 1973 World Championship for Makes and the 1973 Cup for GT Cars.
† - No GT entries were received for the Österreichring event which was held only two weeks after Le Mans.
The Buenos Aires 1000 km, scheduled to be held on 21 October,[4] was cancelled six weeks after the running of the Watkins Glen 6 Hours.
[5] Championship points were awarded to the top 10 finishers in the order of 20-15-12-10-8-6-4-3-2-1 but only for the highest placed car of each make.