| Southern 300 | Date: | 10/3/1971 |
| Finish | Start | CarNo | Driver | Laps | Status | Division: | LMS |
| 1 | 4 | 97 | Red Farmer | 300 | Running |
| 2 | 1 | 2 | L.D. Ottinger | 300 | Running |
| 3 | 6 | 11 | Jack Ingram | 298 | |
| 4 | 28 | Rhea Greenwell | 297 | ||
| 5 | 16 | Joe Mangrum | 295 | ||
| 6 | 12 | 77 | Harry Gant | 295 | |
| 7 | 31 | Chester Albright | 293 | ||
| 8 | 29 | Benny Kerley | 293 | ||
| 9 | 7 | 101 | Bill Morton | 289 | |
| 10 | 3 | 48 | Darrell Waltrip | 287 | Transmission |
| 11 | 33 | Joe Westerman | 285 | ||
| 12 | 5 | 99 | Bob Hunley | 274 | |
| 13 | 20 | Richard Hessey | 274 | ||
| 14 | 22 | Ralph Hodges | |||
| 15 | 23 | Robert Reid | |||
| 16 | 15 | 33 | Lee Roy Yarbrough | ||
| 17 | 35 | Johnny Newman | 265 | ||
| 18 | 19 | Phil Wills | 240 | ||
| 19 | 25 | Felix Treadway | 236 | ||
| 20 | Jim Berry | 225 | |||
| 21 | 13 | Ronnie Blasingim | 225 | ||
| 22 | 11 | Wayne Carden | 197 | ||
| 23 | 24 | Henry Brooks | 176 | ||
| 24 | 47 | Bob Burcham | 163 | ||
| 25 | 34 | Don Anthony | 160 | ||
| 26 | 30 | Buddy Byrd | 144 | ||
| 27 | 14 | James Climer | 142 | ||
| 28 | Carl Lane | 129 | |||
| 29 | 10 | 84 | Flookie Buford | 115 | Accident |
| 30 | 2 | 22 | James Ham | 115 | Accident |
| 31 | 21 | Alton Jones | 95 | ||
| 32 | 18 | Gary Cook | 42 | ||
| 33 | 32 | Gene Payne | 37 | ||
| 34 | 17 | 25 | Charlie Binkley | 10 | Accident |