| Fin |
St |
# |
Driver |
Sponsor / Owner |
Car |
Laps |
Money |
Status |
Led |
| 1 | 7 | 96 | Ray Elder | Fred Elder | '71 Dodge | 153 | 12,375 | running | 47 |
| 2 | 8 | 72 | Benny Parsons | L.G. DeWitt | '71 Mercury | 152 | 6,850 | running | 0 |
| 3 | 6 | 16 | Donnie Allison | Roger Penske | '72 Matador | 150 | 4,025 | running | 0 |
| 4 | 12 | 48 | James Hylton | Pop Kola (James Hylton) | '70 Ford | 149 | 3,300 | running | 0 |
| 5 | 22 | 26 | Carl Joiner | Dean Thorne | '72 Chevrolet | 148 | 2,150 | running | 0 |
| 6 | 3 | 12 | Bobby Allison | Coca-Cola (Richard Howard) | '72 Chevrolet | 147 | 3,550 | running | 2 |
| 7 | 18 | 09 | Carl Adams | Paul Burchard | '71 Ford | 146 | 1,325 | running | 0 |
| 8 | 13 | 24 | Cecil Gordon | Cecil Gordon | '71 Mercury | 145 | 1,725 | running | 0 |
| 9 | 19 | 00 | Frank James | Jim Calder | '72 Chevrolet | 144 | 1,125 | running | 0 |
| 10 | 16 | 64 | Dick May | Elmo Langley | '71 Ford | 141 | 1,525 | running | 0 |
| 11 | 29 | 77 | Charlie Roberts | Charlie Roberts | '71 Ford | 141 | 1,500 | running | 0 |
| 12 | 4 | 04 | Hershel McGriff | Beryl Jackson | '70 Plymouth | 141 | 975 | running | 3 |
| 13 | 5 | 02 | Dick Bown | Mike Ober | '72 Plymouth | 141 | 950 | running | 0 |
| 14 | 9 | 27 | Chuck Bown | Dick Bown | '70 Plymouth | 138 | 925 | suspension | 0 |
| 15 | 35 | 19 | Henley Gray | Henley Gray | '71 Ford | 136 | 1,400 | running | 0 |
| 16 | 20 | 4 | Dick Kranzler | Dick Kranzler | '72 Chevrolet | 135 | 875 | running | 0 |
| 17 | 15 | 32 | Kevin Terris | Dean Barnicle | '70 Plymouth | 133 | 855 | running | 0 |
| 18 | 33 | 15 | Paul Dorrity | Glen Dorrity | '72 Chevrolet | 130 | 845 | engine | 0 |
| 19 | 10 | 38 | Jimmy Insolo | Roger Paquette | '72 Chevrolet | 130 | 835 | running | 0 |
| 20 | 23 | 06 | Bill Butts | Gary Sigman | '72 Dodge | 128 | 840 | running | 0 |
| 21 | 2 | 71 | Bobby Isaac | K & K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf) | '72 Dodge | 109 | 2,875 | transmission | 16 |
| 22 | 28 | 7 | Dean Dalton | Dean Dalton | '71 Mercury | 102 | 1,285 | transmission | 0 |
| 23 | 1 | 43 | Richard Petty | STP (Petty Enterprises) | '72 Plymouth | 96 | 3,295 | engine | 85 |
| 24 | 24 | 10 | Bill Champion | Bill Champion | '71 Ford | 87 | 1,255 | running | 0 |
| 25 | 38 | 30 | Walter Ballard | Ballard Racing (Vic Ballard) | '71 Mercury | 69 | 1,240 | transmission | 0 |
| 26 | 25 | 6 | Ray Johnstone | Coz Concilla | '72 Oldsmobile | 62 | 725 | engine | 0 |
| 27 | 17 | 91 | Johnny Anderson | Don Nuzum | '72 Chevrolet | 47 | 715 | engine | 0 |
| 28 | 31 | 70 | J.D. McDuffie | J.D. McDuffie | '71 Chevrolet | 46 | 1,205 | transmission | 0 |
| 29 | 39 | 46 | John Hren | | '70 Chevrolet | 45 | 720 | engine | 0 |
| 30 | 14 | 78 | Clem Proctor | Clem Proctor | '72 Oldsmobile | 37 | 685 | engine | 0 |
| 31 | 36 | 86 | Sonny Easley | Charles Heckert | '72 Chevrolet | 35 | 670 | ignition | 0 |
| 32 | 21 | 9 | Dick Guldstrand | Dick Gulstrand | '72 Chevrolet | 28 | 740 | engine | 0 |
| 33 | 11 | 73 | Dick Brooks | Marvin Welty | '72 Ford | 21 | 660 | transmission | 0 |
| 34 | 26 | 47 | Sam Stanley | Speedy Enterprises (Charles Wagoner) | '71 Ford | 17 | 655 | engine | 0 |
| 35 | 32 | 3 | John Soares, Jr. | John Soares, Jr. | '70 Dodge | 15 | 650 | engine | 0 |
| 36 | 30 | 62 | Tru Cheek | | '70 Ford | 12 | 645 | engine | 0 |
| 37 | 37 | 8 | Ed Negre | Ed Negre | '70 Dodge | 6 | 1,140 | suspension | 0 |
| 38 | 27 | 7 | Jack McCoy | Ernie Conn | '72 Dodge | 5 | 635 | engine | 0 |
| 39 | 40 | 95 | Bob Kauf | Paul Stockwell | '72 Chevrolet | 4 | 630 | oil line | 0 |
| 40 | 34 | 31 | Markey James | Tony Oddo | '72 Chevrolet | 1 | 625 | engine | 0 |
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