| Nashville 420 | Date: | 7/24/1971 |
| Finish | Start | CarNo | Driver | Laps | Status | Division: | Cup |
| 1 | 1 | 43 | Richard Petty | 420 | Running |
| 2 | 10 | 48 | James Hylton | 416 | Running |
| 3 | 9 | 72 | Benny Parsons | 416 | Running |
| 4 | 11 | 26 | Earl Brooks | 411 | Running |
| 5 | 7 | 70 | J.D. McDuffie | 403 | Running |
| 6 | 25 | 30 | Walter Ballard | 398 | Running |
| 7 | 19 | 23 | Jabe Thomas | 385 | Running |
| 8 | 29 | 19 | Henley Gray | 379 | Running |
| 9 | 8 | 76 | Ben Arnold | 375 | Running |
| 10 | 27 | 28 | Bill Hollar | 375 | Running |
| 11 | 6 | 8 | Ed Negre | 374 | Throttle |
| 12 | 20 | 41 | Ken Meisenhelder | 359 | Running |
| 13 | 5 | 7 | Dean Dalton | 329 | Engine failure |
| 14 | 21 | 73 | Jerry Churchill | 323 | Running |
| 15 | 24 | 79 | Frank Warren | 249 | Running |
| 16 | 3 | 24 | Cecil Gordon | 236 | Running |
| 17 | 4 | 64 | Elmo Langley | 167 | Water pump |
| 18 | 13 | 10 | Bill Champion | 154 | Rear end |
| 19 | 12 | 05 | David Sisco | 141 | Accident |
| 20 | 26 | 34 | Wendell Scott | 121 | Engine failure |
| 21 | 18 | 96 | Richard Childress | 108 | Engine failure |
| 22 | 16 | 74 | Bill Shirey | 102 | Throttle |
| 23 | 15 | 58 | Robert Brown | 73 | Suspension |
| 24 | 17 | 40 | D.K. Ulrich | 60 | Flat tire |
| 25 | 22 | 07 | Coo Coo Marlin | 51 | Accident |
| 26 | 14 | 38 | Wayne Smith | 49 | Engine failure |
| 27 | 2 | 12 | Bobby Allison | 22 | Suspension |
| 28 | 28 | 25 | Bill Seifert | 9 | Quit |
| 29 | 23 | 67 | Dick May | 5 | Suspension |