Pos	#	Driver	Entrant / Team	Chassis	Laps	Time/Retire
1	21	David Pearson	Wood Brothers Racing	71 Mercury	500	4h08m57,0
2	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	72 Plymouth	497
3	90	Ramo Stott	Donlavey Racing	71 Ford	486
4	48	James Hylton	Hylton Racing	71 Ford	478
5	24	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing	71 Mercury	477
6	76	Ben Arnold	Ben Arnold	71 Ford	476
7	64	Elmo Langley	Langley Racing	71 Ford	467
8	30	Walter Ballard	Ballard Racing	71 Mercury	467
9	7	Dean Dalton	Dean Dalton	71 Mercury	457
10	77	Charlie Roberts	Charlie Roberts	71 Ford	448
11	71	Buddy Baker	K and K Insurance Racing	72 Dodge	447	Rear End
12	25	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing	70 Plymouth	446
13	83	Paul Tyler	Paul Tyler	71 Mercury	441
14	40	D.K. Ulrich	Ulrich Racing	71 Ford	424
15	01	Earle Canavan	Earle Canavan Racing	71 Plymouth	402	Engine
16	34	Wendell Scott	Wendell Scott	71 Ford	386
DNF	8	Ed Negre	Negre Racing	70 Dodge	358	Ignition
DNF	19	Henley Gray	Gray Racing	71 Ford	344
DNF	74	Bill Shirey	Bill Shirey	70 Plymouth	344	Engine
DNF	12	Bobby Allison	Junior Johnson and Associates	72 Chevrolet	331	Engine
DNF	89	Les Covey	Les Covey	70 Chevrolet	330	Oil Leak
DNF	47	Raymond Williams	Raymond Williams	71 Ford	299	Engine
DNF	88	Ron Keselowski	Lubinski Racing	70 Dodge	294	Clutch
DNF	70	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing	71 Chevrolet	288	Engine
DNF	79	Frank Warren	Frank Warren	70 Dodge	272	Engine
DNF	61	Clarence Lovell	Bierschwale Racing	71 Ford	267	Engine
DNF	67	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	70 Dodge	261	Engine
DNF	4	John Sears	John Sears	70 Plymouth	182	Engine
DNF	26	Earl Brooks	Earl Brooks	71 Ford	163	Engine
DNF	92	Larry Smith	Larry Smith	71 Ford	147	Engine
DNF	84	Harry Schilling	Harry Schilling	70 Chevrolet	144	Alternator
DNF	06	Neil Castles	Neil Castles	72 Plymouth	126	Transmission
DNF	96	Richard Childress	Richard Childress Racing	71 Chevrolet	111	Suspension
DNF	72	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing	71 Mercury	92	Rear End
DNF	10	Bill Champion	Bill Champion	71 Ford	79	Engine
DNF	14	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley Racing	72 Chevrolet	73	Hub
DNF	16	Dave Marcis	Roger Penske Racing	72 Matador	70	Engine
DNF	57	David Ray Boggs	Boggs Racing Enterprises	70 Dodge	49	Engine
DNF	45	Bill Seifert	Bill Seifert	71 Mercury	47	Steering
DNF	0	George Altheide	George Altheide	70 Dodge	36	Transmission

* For this race, except for disqualified and non-starting drivers, all participating drivers are classified. DNFs are only included for ranking purposes.