| Fin |
St |
# |
Driver |
Sponsor / Owner |
Car |
Laps |
Money |
Status |
Led |
| 1 | 2 | 12 | Bobby Allison | Coca-Cola (Holman-Moody) | '69 Mercury | 500 | 15,720 | running | 245 |
| 2 | 21 | 99 | Fred Lorenzen | STP (Ray Nichels) | '71 Plymouth | 499 | 9,045 | running | 85 |
| 3 | 1 | 43 | Richard Petty | Petty Enterprises | '71 Plymouth | 498 | 5,020 | running | 30 |
| 4 | 3 | 71 | Bobby Isaac | K & K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf) | '71 Dodge | 496 | 3,495 | running | 53 |
| 5 | 23 | 49 | G.C. Spencer | G.C. Spencer | '69 Plymouth | 486 | 2,020 | running | 0 |
| 6 | 16 | 48 | James Hylton | Hylton Engineering (James Hylton) | '71 Ford | 477 | 1,645 | running | 0 |
| 7 | 11 | 64 | Elmo Langley | Elmo Langley | '71 Ford | 475 | 1,495 | running | 0 |
| 8 | 9 | 10 | Bill Champion | Bill Champion | '71 Ford | 475 | 1,395 | running | 0 |
| 9 | 27 | 77 | Charlie Roberts | | '70 Ford | 474 | 1,295 | running | 0 |
| 10 | 28 | 30 | Walter Ballard | Ballard Racing (Vic Ballard) | '71 Ford | 469 | 1,245 | running | 0 |
| 11 | 26 | 45 | Bill Seifert | Garrett Ford (Bill Seifert) | '69 Ford | 460 | 1,195 | running | 0 |
| 12 | 29 | 70 | J.D. McDuffie | J.D. McDuffie | '69 Mercury | 456 | 1,145 | running | 0 |
| 13 | 32 | 7 | Dean Dalton | Dean Dalton | '69 Ford | 451 | 1,095 | running | 0 |
| 14 | 30 | 86 | Bobby Mausgrover | Country Lab Ford (Neil Castles) | '69 Dodge | 450 | 1,070 | running | 0 |
| 15 | 10 | 25 | Jabe Thomas | Don Robertson | '70 Plymouth | 448 | 1,045 | running | 0 |
| 16 | 13 | 8 | Ed Negre | Ed Negre | '69 Ford | 427 | 1,020 | running | 0 |
| 17 | 18 | 28 | Bill Hollar | Earl Brooks | '69 Dodge | 395 | 995 | running | 0 |
| 18 | 37 | 96 | Richard Childress | Tom Garn | '71 Chevrolet | 394 | 970 | running | 0 |
| 19 | 38 | 40 | D.K. Ulrich | D.K. Ulrich | '70 Ford | 357 | 945 | engine | 0 |
| 20 | 14 | 79 | Frank Warren | Frank Warren | '69 Dodge | 349 | 920 | running | 0 |
| 21 | 35 | 41 | Ken Meisenhelder | Ken Meisenhelder | '69 Chevrolet | 312 | 895 | oil leak | 0 |
| 22 | 4 | 11 | Buddy Baker | Petty Enterprises | '71 Dodge | 253 | 920 | engine | 22 |
| 23 | 22 | 72 | Benny Parsons | L.G. DeWitt | Mercury | 225 | 895 | engine | 0 |
| 24 | 36 | 26 | Earl Brooks | Earl Brooks | '69 Ford | 196 | 820 | clutch | 0 |
| 25 | 17 | 4 | John Sears | J. Marvin Mills Heating & Cooling (John Sears) | '69 Dodge | 141 | 795 | lug bolts | 0 |
| 26 | 7 | 6 | Pete Hamilton | American Brakeblok (Cotton Owens) | '71 Plymouth | 138 | 770 | engine | 65 |
| 27 | 34 | 34 | Wendell Scott | Wendell Scott | '69 Ford | 137 | 745 | engine | 0 |
| 28 | 6 | 24 | Cecil Gordon | Cecil Gordon | '69 Mercury | 135 | 720 | engine | 0 |
| 29 | 20 | 74 | Bill Shirey | Bill Shirey | '69 Plymouth | 121 | 695 | quit | 0 |
| 30 | 31 | 67 | Dick May | Ron Ronacher | '69 Ford | 98 | 670 | throttle | 0 |
| 31 | 19 | 19 | Henley Gray | Henley Gray | '69 Ford | 88 | 640 | ignition | 0 |
| 32 | 39 | 81 | A.J. Cox | A.J. Cox | '69 Plymouth | 82 | 615 | engine | 0 |
| 33 | 25 | 95 | Paul Tyler | Paul Tyler | '69 Mercury | 58 | 590 | engine | 0 |
| 34 | 8 | 88 | Ron Keselowski | Roger Lubinski | '70 Dodge | 57 | 580 | engine | 0 |
| 35 | 33 | 47 | Raymond Williams | Bill Seifert | '71 Ford | 55 | 575 | engine | 0 |
| 36 | 15 | 91 | Lawrence Fields | Junior Fields | '71 Chevrolet | 31 | 570 | engine | 0 |
| 37 | 40 | 65 | Joe Phipps | Joe Phipps | '69 Chevrolet | 29 | 565 | oil leak | 0 |
| 38 | 24 | 06 | Neil Castles | Neil Castles | '70 Dodge | 22 | 560 | fuel pump | 0 |
| 39 | 5 | 39 | Friday Hassler | See Rock City (Friday Hassler) | '70 Chevrolet | 18 | 580 | engine | 0 |
| 40 | 12 | 68 | Larry Baumel | Auto Lad (Allan Schlauer) | '69 Ford | 9 | 550 | suspension | 0 |
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