| Fin |
St |
# |
Driver |
Sponsor / Owner |
Car |
Laps |
Money |
Status |
Led |
| 1 | 5 | 11 | Buddy Baker | Dodge by Petty (Petty Enterprises) | '71 Dodge | 293 | 16,065 | running | 27 |
| 2 | 11 | 22 | Dick Brooks | Golden Products (Mario Rossi) | '70 Dodge | 286 | 8,165 | running | 0 |
| 3 | 14 | 2 | Dave Marcis | Burnside Dodge (Dave Marcis) | '69 Dodge | 286 | 5,540 | running | 8 |
| 4 | 1 | 21 | Donnie Allison | Purolator (Wood Brothers) | '71 Mercury | 283 | 4,090 | engine | 244 |
| 5 | 15 | 31 | Jim Vandiver | Moss-Thornton (O.L. Nixon) | '70 Dodge | 276 | 2,215 | running | 0 |
| 6 | 16 | 49 | G.C. Spencer | G.C. Spencer | '69 Plymouth | 268 | 1,725 | running | 0 |
| 7 | 34 | 70 | J.D. McDuffie | Mercury Cyclone (J.D. McDuffie) | '69 Mercury | 265 | 1,400 | running | 0 |
| 8 | 13 | 39 | Friday Hassler | Friday Hassler | '69 Chevrolet | 264 | 1,350 | running | 0 |
| 9 | 27 | 76 | Ben Arnold | Ben Arnold | '69 Ford | 261 | 1,175 | running | 0 |
| 10 | 10 | 64 | Elmo Langley | Elmo Langley | '69 Mercury | 258 | 1,100 | running | 0 |
| 11 | 31 | 19 | Henley Gray | Fairway Ford (Henley Gray) | '69 Ford | 256 | 1,225 | running | 0 |
| 12 | 17 | 10 | Bill Champion | Bill Champion | '70 Ford | 255 | 975 | running | 0 |
| 13 | 23 | 34 | Wendell Scott | Wendell Scott | '69 Ford | 252 | 950 | running | 0 |
| 14 | 32 | 8 | Ed Negre | Ed Negre | '69 Ford | 247 | 925 | running | 0 |
| 15 | 18 | 24 | Cecil Gordon | Cecil Gordon | '69 Mercury | 245 | 900 | engine | 0 |
| 16 | 21 | 30 | Walter Ballard | Ballard Racing (Vic Ballard) | '71 Ford | 219 | 850 | rear end | 0 |
| 17 | 19 | 95 | Paul Tyler | Paul Tyler | '69 Mercury | 215 | 825 | suspension | 0 |
| 18 | 3 | 99 | Fred Lorenzen | STP (Ray Nichels) | '71 Plymouth | 205 | 1,000 | engine | 0 |
| 19 | 22 | 7 | Dean Dalton | Dean Dalton | '69 Ford | 201 | 750 | engine | 0 |
| 20 | 4 | 43 | Richard Petty | Southern Chrysler Plymouth (Petty Enterprises) | '71 Plymouth | 185 | 925 | engine | 10 |
| 21 | 7 | 12 | Bobby Allison | Coca-Cola (Bobby Allison) | '71 Dodge | 177 | 700 | engine | 1 |
| 22 | 29 | 18 | Joe Frasson | Mario Frasson Cement (Joe Frasson) | '70 Dodge | 159 | 675 | lug bolts | 0 |
| 23 | 8 | 72 | Benny Parsons | L.G. DeWitt | '70 Mercury | 132 | 650 | engine | 0 |
| 24 | 26 | 48 | James Hylton | Mullins Ford (James Hylton) | '69 Ford | 122 | 640 | engine | 0 |
| 25 | 6 | 71 | Bobby Isaac | K & K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf) | '71 Dodge | 119 | 625 | suspension | 0 |
| 26 | 36 | 5 | Earl Brooks | Doc Faustina | '70 Plymouth | 97 | 610 | fire | 0 |
| 27 | 28 | 25 | Jabe Thomas | Don Robertson | '69 Plymouth | 69 | 650 | ignition | 0 |
| 28 | 30 | 47 | Raymond Williams | Bill Seifert | '70 Ford | 60 | 615 | brakes | 0 |
| 29 | 25 | 93 | Richard D. Brown | Harold Furr | '70 Chevrolet | 52 | 660 | crash | 0 |
| 30 | 20 | 45 | Bill Seifert | Bill Seifert | '70 Ford | 48 | 580 | ignition | 0 |
| 31 | 2 | 17 | David Pearson | Holman-Moody (Holman-Moody) | '71 Mercury | 30 | 1,075 | steering | 3 |
| 32 | 35 | 63 | Frank Warren | Charlie Roberts | '69 Dodge | 26 | 570 | oil leak | 0 |
| 33 | 24 | 46 | Roy Mayne | Tom Hunter | '69 Chevrolet | 23 | 565 | engine | 0 |
| 34 | 12 | 91 | Charlie Glotzbach | Junior Fields | '71 Chevrolet | 13 | 560 | motor mount | 0 |
| 35 | 9 | 6 | Pete Hamilton | American Brakeblok (Cotton Owens) | '71 Plymouth | 3 | 555 | engine | 0 |
| 36 | 33 | 06 | Neil Castles | Neil Castles | '70 Dodge | 2 | 550 | engine | 0 |
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