No storylines for this race: recaps are written as races finish.
| Fin | St | ± | Driver | Team | Make | Laps | Led | Status | Pts | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | ▲ 5 | 55Tiny Lund | Ronnie Hopkins (Owner) | Chevrolet | 400 | 7 | running | 100 | — |
| 2 | 1 | ▼ 1 | 3Charlie Glotzbach | Howard & Egerton Racing | Chevrolet | 400 | 76 | running | 100 | — |
| 3 | 2 | ▼ 1 | 43Richard Petty | Petty Enterprises |
No leader segments recorded.
No cautions recorded (or a caution-free race).
| Plymouth |
| 400 |
| 306 |
| running |
| 98 |
| — |
| 4 | 5 | ▲ 1 | 2Dave Marcis | Marcis Auto Racing | Dodge | 398 | 0 | running | 96 | — |
| 5 | 11 | ▲ 6 | 72Benny Parsons | DeWitt Racing | Ford | 394 | 0 | running | 94 | — |
| 6 | 14 | ▲ 8 | 87Buck Baker | Buck Baker Racing | Pontiac | 387 | 0 | running | 98 | — |
| 7 | 22 | ▲ 15 | 48James Hylton | Hylton Engineering | Ford | 385 | 0 | running | 92 | — |
| 8 | 15 | ▲ 7 | 21Frank Sessoms | Frank Sessoms (Owner) | Chevrolet | 384 | 0 | running | 96 | — |
| 9 | 10 | ▲ 1 | 24Cecil Gordon | Gordon Racing | Mercury | 382 | 0 | running | 90 | — |
| 10 | 9 | ▼ 1 | 64Elmo Langley | Langley-Woodfield Racing | Ford | 382 | 0 | running | 88 | — |
| 11 | 13 | ▲ 2 | 10Bill Champion | Champion Racing | Ford | 380 | 0 | running | 86 | — |
| 12 | 18 | ▲ 6 | 06Neil Castles | Neil Castles (Owner) | Dodge | 377 | 0 | running | 84 | — |
| 13 | 31 | ▲ 18 | 30Walter Ballard | Ballard Racing | Ford | 375 | 0 | running | 82 | — |
| 14 | 25 | ▲ 11 | 33Joe Dean Huss | Jack Balmer (Owner) | Chevrolet | 374 | 0 | running | 94 | — |
| 15 | 30 | ▲ 15 | 70J.D. McDuffie | McDuffie Racing | Chevrolet | 372 | 0 | running | 80 | — |
| 16 | 29 | ▲ 13 | 8Ed Negre | Negre Racing | Ford | 362 | 0 | running | 78 | — |
| 17 | 28 | ▲ 11 | 26Wendell Scott | Scott Racing | Ford | 352 | 0 | running | 76 | — |
| 18 | 16 | ▼ 2 | 4John Sears | John Sears (Owner) | Dodge | 343 | 0 | running | 74 | — |
| 19 | 26 | ▲ 7 | 74Jabe Thomas | Bill Shirey (Owner) | Plymouth | 339 | 0 | running | 72 | — |
| 20 | 20 | — | 11Bob Williams | James Rupe (Owner) | Chevrolet | 297 | 0 | camshaft | 92 | — |
| 21 | 3 | ▼ 18 | 12Bobby Allison | Holman Moody | Ford | 173 | 11 | valve | 70 | — |
| 22 | 23 | ▲ 1 | 79Frank Warren | Warren Racing | Dodge | 171 | 0 | rear end | 68 | — |
| 23 | 27 | ▲ 4 | 59Jimmy Vaughn | Jimmy Vaughn (Owner) | Ford | 147 | 0 | rocker arm | 90 | — |
| 24 | 8 | ▼ 16 | 90Bill Dennis | Donlavey Racing | Mercury | 106 | 0 | oil leak | 66 | — |
| 25 | 24 | ▼ 1 | 47Raymond Williams | Williams Racing | Ford | 96 | 0 | vibration | 0 | — |
| 26 | 17 | ▼ 9 | 45Bill Seifert | Seifert Racing | Ford | 87 | 0 | electrical | 62 | — |
| 27 | 12 | ▼ 15 | 22Randy Hutchison | Warren Prout (Owner) | Chevrolet | 70 | 0 | engine | 88 | — |
| 28 | 21 | ▼ 7 | 13Eddie Yarboro | Eddie Yarboro (Owner) | Dodge | 61 | 0 | clutch | 60 | — |
| 29 | 19 | ▼ 10 | 01Earle Canavan | Canavan Racing | Plymouth | 17 | 0 | manifold | 0 | — |
| 30 | 4 | ▼ 26 | 91Richard D. Brown | Junior Fields (Owner) | Chevrolet | 12 | 0 | oil leak | 56 | — |
| 31 | 7 | ▼ 24 | 25James Cox | Robertson Racing | Plymouth | 0 | 0 | engine | 0 | — |