| Rider | Hometown | |
|---|
| 1 | Sonny DeFeo |  Port Washington, NY | CZ |
| 2 | Gunnar Lindstrom |  Sweden |  |
| 3 | Ted Presson II | Bruceton, TN | CZ |
| 4 | Tony Wynn | Sherwood, AR | CZ |
| 5 | Douglas Sanger | Trotwood, OH | Maico |
| 6 | Nelson Boyer | Venetia, PA | Maico |
| 7 | Robert Harris | Windsor, NY | Bultaco |
| 8 | David Clemence | Johnston, RI | Bultaco |
| 9 | Robert Ellis | Deland, FL | CZ |
| 10 | Donald Smith | Jacksonville, FL | CZ |
| 11 | Francis Daley | Smyrna, GA |  |
| 12 | Thomas Bragg | Saint Petersburg, FL | AJS |
| 13 | John Borders | Valdosta, GA | Bultaco |
| 14 | Ricky Jordan | Little Rock, AR | CZ |
| 15 | Ralph Holmburg | Moss Point, MS | CZ |
| 16 | John Bettencourt | West Bridgewater, MA | CZ |
| 17 | Edward Salley | Roswell, GA | Ossa |
| 18 | Robert Thompson | Appalacian, NY | Ossa |
| 19 | James Gianatsis Jr | Biloxi, MS | |
| 20 | Jerry Williams | Jacksonville, FL | |
