| Tennessee 200 | Date: | 9/16/1972 |
| Finish | Start | CarNo | Driver | Laps | Status | Division: | USAC |
| 1 | 1 | 95 | Darrell Waltrip | 200 | Running |
| 2 | 2 | 5 | Bobby Unser | 199 | Running |
| 3 | 3 | 25 | Gordon Johncock | 196 | Running |
| 4 | 4 | 47 | Ramo Stott | 196 | Running |
| 5 | 8 | 3 | Roger McCluskey | 193 | Running |
| 6 | 6 | 75 | Butch Hartman | 193 | Running |
| 7 | 7 | 20 | Ralph Latham | 192 | Running |
| 8 | 5 | 21 | Jack Bowsher | 191 | Running |
| 9 | 10 | 97 | Wayne Andrews | 191 | Running |
| 10 | 13 | 54 | Terry Ryan | 187 | Running |
| 11 | 15 | 84 | Harold Fair | 183 | Running |
| 12 | 11 | 93 | John Reimer | 183 | Running |
| 13 | 20 | 7 | Paul Feldner | 181 | Running |
| 14 | 21 | 12 | Bay Darnell | 179 | Running |
| 15 | 17 | 18 | Ron North | 177 | Running |
| 16 | 19 | 100 | Ray Bolander | 174 | Running |
| 17 | 16 | 8 | Sal Tovella | 114 | Broken wheel |
| 18 | 14 | 78 | Kenny Reiter | 107 | Oil pressure |
| 19 | 23 | 31 | Fred Zack | 64 | Engine failure |
| 20 | 25 | 94 | Kenny McEldowney | 49 | Broken weld |
| 21 | 22 | 63 | Cleve Smith | 22 | Black flagged |
| 22 | 9 | 26 | Bobby Wawak | 16 | Oil pressure |
| 23 | 18 | 19 | Bud Schroyer | 16 | Spilling oil |
| 24 | 24 | 16 | Jim Tobin | 8 | Handling |
| 25 | 12 | 6 | Lem Blakenship | 3 | Engine failure |