| Fin |
St |
# |
Driver |
Sponsor / Owner |
Car |
Laps |
Money |
Status |
Led |
| 1 | 2 | 12 | Bobby Allison | Coca-Cola (Holman-Moody) | '69 Mercury | 400 | 28,400 | running | 303 |
| 2 | 13 | 21 | Donnie Allison | Purolator (Wood Brothers) | '69 Mercury | 400 | 14,900 | running | 0 |
| 3 | 6 | 6 | Pete Hamilton | American Brakeblok (Cotton Owens) | '71 Plymouth | 399 | 10,425 | running | 0 |
| 4 | 5 | 43 | Richard Petty | Southern Chrysler Plymouth (Petty Enterprises) | '71 Plymouth | 398 | 7,175 | running | 0 |
| 5 | 4 | 99 | Fred Lorenzen | STP (Ray Nichels) | '71 Plymouth | 395 | 5,600 | running | 0 |
| 6 | 8 | 11 | Buddy Baker | Petty Enterprises | '71 Dodge | 394 | 4,125 | running | 2 |
| 7 | 15 | 72 | Benny Parsons | Montgomery Motors (L.G. DeWitt) | '69 Mercury | 392 | 3,600 | running | 0 |
| 8 | 25 | 39 | Friday Hassler | Friday Hassler | '70 Chevrolet | 391 | 3,125 | running | 0 |
| 9 | 12 | 2 | Dave Marcis | Roger Little's Dodge Country (Dave Marcis) | '69 Dodge | 390 | 2,550 | running | 7 |
| 10 | 7 | 22 | Dick Brooks | Pistnlube (Mario Rossi) | '70 Dodge | 390 | 2,400 | running | 0 |
| 11 | 10 | 31 | Jim Vandiver | Moss-Thornton (O.L. Nixon) | '70 Dodge | 386 | 2,175 | running | 0 |
| 12 | 11 | 14 | Jim Paschal | Guddey Motors / North Wilkesboro Dragway (Bill Ellis) | '71 Chevrolet | 386 | 2,050 | running | 0 |
| 13 | 17 | 48 | James Hylton | Mullins Ford (James Hylton) | '71 Ford | 385 | 1,975 | running | 1 |
| 14 | 16 | 90 | Bill Dennis | Junie Donlavey | '69 Mercury | 382 | 1,925 | running | 0 |
| 15 | 19 | 42 | Marty Robbins | Pistnlube / Marty Robbins (Marty Robbins) | '69 Dodge | 376 | 1,800 | running | 0 |
| 16 | 9 | 91 | Speedy Thompson | Fox Turkey Farm (Junior Fields) | '71 Chevrolet | 376 | 1,800 | running | 0 |
| 17 | 18 | 24 | Cecil Gordon | Cecil Gordon | '69 Mercury | 374 | 1,700 | running | 0 |
| 18 | 37 | 06 | Neil Castles | Neil Castles | '70 Dodge | 370 | 1,675 | running | 0 |
| 19 | 27 | 10 | Bill Champion | Bill Champion | '71 Ford | 363 | 1,625 | running | 0 |
| 20 | 39 | 04 | Ed Negre | Buster Davis | '70 Plymouth | 354 | 1,525 | running | 0 |
| 21 | 30 | 5 | Earl Brooks | Circus Circus (Doc Faustina) | '70 Plymouth | 353 | 1,485 | running | 0 |
| 22 | 24 | 92 | Larry Smith | The Car Center (Harley Smith) | '69 Ford | 352 | 1,425 | running | 0 |
| 23 | 35 | 79 | Frank Warren | Frank Warren | '69 Dodge | 349 | 1,375 | running | 0 |
| 24 | 32 | 70 | J.D. McDuffie | J.D. McDuffie | '69 Mercury | 333 | 1,325 | running | 0 |
| 25 | 26 | 93 | Richard D. Brown | Harold Furr | '71 Chevrolet | 330 | 1,350 | crash | 0 |
| 26 | 34 | 07 | Jabe Thomas | Cunningham-Kelley (H.B. Cunningham) | '69 Chevrolet | 292 | 1,230 | wheel bearing | 0 |
| 27 | 21 | 64 | Elmo Langley | Elmo Langley | '69 Mercury | 282 | 1,195 | clutch | 0 |
| 28 | 1 | 3 | Charlie Glotzbach | Kmart / Pistonlube (Richard Howard) | '71 Chevrolet | 234 | 1,735 | crash | 87 |
| 29 | 31 | 45 | Bill Seifert | Bill Seifert | '69 Ford | 232 | 1,125 | vibration | 0 |
| 30 | 28 | 88 | Ron Keselowski | Roger Lubinski | '70 Dodge | 213 | 1,115 | suspension | 0 |
| 31 | 33 | 47 | Raymond Williams | Bill Seifert | '71 Ford | 211 | 1,055 | engine | 0 |
| 32 | 3 | 71 | Bobby Isaac | K & K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf) | '71 Dodge | 160 | 1,905 | radiator | 0 |
| 33 | 36 | 02 | Dick Bown | Mike Ober | '70 Plymouth | 110 | 1,015 | suspension | 0 |
| 34 | 14 | 33 | David Pearson | C.V. Enterprises (Ray Nichels) | '71 Pontiac | 94 | 1,055 | oil leak | 0 |
| 35 | 23 | 18 | Joe Frasson | Joe Frasson | '70 Dodge | 79 | 920 | oil pan | 0 |
| 36 | 20 | 49 | G.C. Spencer | G.C. Spencer | '69 Plymouth | 60 | 860 | engine | 0 |
| 37 | 22 | 60 | Maynard Troyer | Nagle Racers (Joe Nagle) | '69 Mercury | 39 | 850 | steering | 0 |
| 38 | 40 | 55 | Ben Arnold | Pepsi / Baughman (Tiny Lund) | '69 Mercury | 33 | 790 | oil line | 0 |
| 39 | 38 | 77 | Charlie Roberts | | '70 Ford | 17 | 795 | engine | 0 |
| 40 | 29 | 30 | Walter Ballard | Hekimian's Foreign Car Shop (Vic Ballard) | '71 Ford | 11 | 800 | crash | 0 |
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