| Nashville 420 | Date: | 8/26/1972 |
| Finish | Start | CarNo | Driver | Laps | Status | Division: | Cup |
| 1 | 1 | 12 | Bobby Allison | 420 | Running |
| 2 | 2 | 43 | Richard Petty | 420 | Running |
| 3 | 12 | 95 | Darrell Waltrip | 404 | Running |
| 4 | 6 | 72 | Benny Parsons | 400 | Running |
| 5 | 8 | 64 | Elmo Langley | 387 | Running |
| 6 | 4 | 24 | Cecil Gordon | 383 | Running |
| 7 | 18 | 19 | Henley Gray | 381 | Running |
| 8 | 9 | 48 | James Hylton | 369 | Running |
| 9 | 25 | 30 | Walter Ballard | 363 | Running |
| 10 | 17 | 70 | J.D. McDuffie | 357 | Running |
| 11 | 19 | 40 | D.K. Ulrich | 320 | Running |
| 12 | 28 | 4 | John Sears | 277 | Engine failure |
| 13 | 15 | 26 | Earl Brooks | 158 | Rear end |
| 14 | 21 | 79 | Frank Warren | 153 | Drive shaft |
| 15 | 24 | 57 | David Ray Boggs | 118 | Engine failure |
| 16 | 23 | 96 | Richard Childress | 106 | Steering |
| 17 | 7 | 05 | David Sisco | 105 | Engine failure |
| 18 | 27 | 48 | Raymond Williams | 56 | Accident |
| 19 | 20 | 77 | Charlie Roberts | 46 | Brakes |
| 20 | 10 | 76 | Ben Arnold | 40 | Accident |
| 21 | 16 | 58 | Bob Brown | 37 | Engine failure |
| 22 | 26 | 25 | Jabe Thomas | 37 | Accident |
| 23 | 11 | 7 | Dean Dalton | 34 | Accident |
| 24 | 22 | 0 | George Altheide | 29 | Steering |
| 25 | 14 | 10 | Bill Champion | 3 | Engine failure |
| 26 | 3 | 14 | Coo Coo Marlin | 0 | Accident |
| 27 | 5 | 71 | Bobby Isaac | 0 | Accident |
| 28 | 13 | 45 | Lee Roy Yarbrough | 0 | Quit |