No storylines for this race: recaps are written as races finish.
| Fin | St | ± | Driver | Team | Make | Laps | Led | Status | Pts | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | ▲ 2 | 96Ray Elder | Fred Elder (Owner) | Dodge | 191 | 67 | running | 150 | — |
| 2 | 2 | — | 12Bobby Allison | Bobby Allison Motorsports | Dodge | 191 | 42 | running | 147 | — |
| 3 | 7 | ▲ 4 | 72Benny Parsons | DeWitt Racing |
No leader segments recorded.
No cautions recorded (or a caution-free race).
| Ford |
| 189 |
| 0 |
| running |
| 144 |
| — |
| 4 | 4 | — | 71Bobby Isaac | K&K Insurance Racing | Dodge | 189 | 0 | running | 141 | — |
| 5 | 5 | — | 48James Hylton | Hylton Engineering | Ford | 185 | 0 | running | 138 | — |
| 6 | 9 | ▲ 3 | 39Friday Hassler | Friday Hassler (Owner) | Chevrolet | 184 | 0 | running | 135 | — |
| 7 | 10 | ▲ 3 | 32Kevin Terris | Dean Barnicle (Owner) | Plymouth | 184 | 0 | running | 132 | — |
| 8 | 22 | ▲ 14 | 26Carl Joiner | Joiner Racing | Chevrolet | 169 | 0 | running | 129 | — |
| 9 | 17 | ▲ 8 | 19Henley Gray | Gray Racing | Ford | 169 | 0 | running | 126 | — |
| 10 | 13 | ▲ 3 | 24Cecil Gordon | Gordon Racing | Ford | 167 | 0 | running | 123 | — |
| 11 | 29 | ▲ 18 | 23G.T. Tallas | G.T. Tallas (Owner) | Ford | 157 | 0 | oil pressure | 120 | — |
| 12 | 8 | ▼ 4 | 04Hershel McGriff | Smokey Yunick Racing | Plymouth | 156 | 0 | ignition | 117 | — |
| 13 | 40 | ▲ 27 | 18Bob England | Bob England (Owner) | Chevrolet | 155 | 0 | engine | 114 | — |
| 14 | 27 | ▲ 13 | 4Dick Kranzler | Kranzler Racing | Chevrolet | 143 | 0 | running | 111 | — |
| 15 | 34 | ▲ 19 | 70J.D. McDuffie | McDuffie Racing | Mercury | 140 | 0 | engine | 108 | — |
| 16 | 6 | ▼ 10 | 02Dick Bown | Ober Logging | Plymouth | 133 | 0 | steering | 105 | — |
| 17 | 19 | ▲ 2 | 64Elmo Langley | Langley-Woodfield Racing | Mercury | 130 | 0 | engine | 102 | — |
| 18 | 31 | ▲ 13 | 7Jack McCoy | Ernie Conn (Owner) | Dodge | 126 | 0 | engine | 99 | — |
| 19 | 26 | ▲ 7 | 82Ron Gautsche | Ron Gautsche (Owner) | Ford | 118 | 0 | lugs | 96 | — |
| 20 | 1 | ▼ 19 | 43Richard Petty | Petty Enterprises | Plymouth | 107 | 62 | engine | 93 | — |
| 21 | 15 | ▼ 6 | 08John Soares Jr. | John Soares Jr. (Owner) | Plymouth | 101 | 0 | engine | 90 | — |
| 22 | 30 | ▲ 8 | 00Frank James | Jim Calder (Owner) | Chevrolet | 97 | 0 | transmission | 87 | — |
| 23 | 33 | ▲ 10 | 5Ron Grable | — | Ford | 77 | 0 | engine | 84 | — |
| 24 | 14 | ▼ 10 | 44Dick Guldstrand | James Good (Owner) | Chevrolet | 76 | 0 | a-frame | 81 | — |
| 25 | 11 | ▼ 14 | 38Jimmy Insolo | Marvin Rowley (Owner) | Chevrolet | 75 | 0 | engine | 78 | — |
| 26 | 12 | ▼ 14 | 10Bill Champion | Champion Racing | Ford | 58 | 0 | transmission | 75 | — |
| 27 | 24 | ▼ 3 | 95Bob Kauf | Paul Stockwell (Owner) | Chevrolet | 56 | 0 | transmission | 72 | — |
| 28 | 25 | ▼ 3 | 15Paul Dorrity | Glen Dorrity (Owner) | Chevrolet | 50 | 0 | engine | 69 | — |
| 29 | 23 | ▼ 6 | 6Jerry Oliver | Coz Concilla (Owner) | Oldsmobile | 47 | 0 | engine | 66 | — |
| 30 | 37 | ▲ 7 | 79Frank Warren | Warren Racing | Plymouth | 40 | 0 | transmission | 63 | — |
| 31 | 38 | ▲ 7 | 107Mike Kittlekow | — | Chevrolet | 38 | 0 | clutch | 60 | — |
| 32 | 32 | — | 77Ray Johnstone | Ray Johnstone (Owner) | Plymouth | 36 | 0 | accident | 0 | — |
| 33 | 18 | ▼ 15 | 88Don Noel | — | Ford | 27 | 0 | engine | 54 | — |
| 34 | 39 | ▲ 5 | 33Glenn Francis | Bill Andersen (Owner) | Chevrolet | 27 | 0 | engine | 51 | — |
| 35 | 16 | ▼ 19 | 17David Pearson | Holman Moody | Ford | 25 | 20 | engine | 48 | — |
| 36 | 20 | ▼ 16 | 83Joe Clark | — | Chevrolet | 21 | 0 | transmission | 45 | — |
| 37 | 35 | ▼ 2 | 148Harry Schilling | Thomas Hynes (Owner) | Dodge | 18 | 0 | engine | 42 | — |
| 38 | 36 | ▼ 2 | 177Roy Collins | — | Dodge | 7 | 0 | timing | 39 | — |
| 39 | 28 | ▼ 11 | 07Ivan Baldwin | Ivan Baldwin Engineering | Chevrolet | 2 | 0 | engine | 36 | — |
| 40 | 21 | ▼ 19 | 99Pat Fay | — | Ford | 1 | 0 | engine | 33 | — |