No storylines for this race: recaps are written as races finish.
| Fin | St | ± | Driver | Team | Make | Laps | Led | Status | Pts | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | ▲ 1 | 21David Pearson | Wood Brothers Racing | Mercury | 188 | 111 | running | 125 | — |
| 2 | 17 | ▲ 15 | 08Donnie Allison | DiGard Motorsports | Chevrolet | 187 | 0 | running | 98 | — |
| 3 | 20 | ▲ 17 | 72Benny Parsons | DeWitt Racing |
No leader segments recorded.
No cautions recorded (or a caution-free race).
| Chevrolet |
| 187 |
| 10 |
| running |
| 96 |
| — |
| 4 | 12 | ▲ 8 | 61Clarence Lovell | B & B Racing | Chevrolet | 185 | 0 | running | 94 | — |
| 5 | 19 | ▲ 14 | 24Cecil Gordon | Gordon Racing | Chevrolet | 184 | 2 | running | 92 | — |
| 6 | 18 | ▲ 12 | 14Coo Coo Marlin | Cunningham-Kelley | Chevrolet | 183 | 6 | running | 90 | — |
| 7 | 52 | ▲ 45 | 5Dick Simon | Faustina Racing | Dodge | 182 | 0 | running | 0 | — |
| 8 | 16 | ▲ 8 | 31Jim Vandiver | Vandiver Racing | Dodge | 182 | 0 | running | 86 | — |
| 9 | 33 | ▲ 24 | 45Vic Parsons | Seifert Racing | Mercury | 180 | 0 | accident | 84 | — |
| 10 | 30 | ▲ 20 | 09Charles Barrett | George Elliott Racing | Ford | 180 | 9 | running | 82 | — |
| 11 | 29 | ▲ 18 | 8Ed Negre | Negre Racing | Dodge | 176 | 0 | running | 80 | — |
| 12 | 24 | ▲ 12 | 0Eddie Bond | Bond Racing | Dodge | 175 | 0 | running | 78 | — |
| 13 | 38 | ▲ 25 | 03Tommy Gale | Smokey Yunick Racing | Mercury | 172 | 0 | running | 76 | — |
| 14 | 46 | ▲ 32 | 52Earl Ross | Allan Brooke (Owner) | Chevrolet | 167 | 0 | ignition | 74 | — |
| 15 | 51 | ▲ 36 | 25Jabe Thomas | Robertson Racing | Dodge | 167 | 0 | running | 72 | — |
| 16 | 41 | ▲ 25 | 7Dean Dalton | Dalton Racing | Mercury | 163 | 0 | running | 70 | — |
| 17 | 49 | ▲ 32 | 2Dave Marcis | Marcis Auto Racing | Dodge | 152 | 0 | running | 68 | — |
| 18 | 31 | ▲ 13 | 70J.D. McDuffie | McDuffie Racing | Chevrolet | 147 | 6 | oil pan | 66 | — |
| 19 | 37 | ▲ 18 | 64Elmo Langley | Langley-Woodfield Racing | Ford | 142 | 0 | running | 64 | — |
| 20 | 47 | ▲ 27 | 4John Sears | Sears Racing | Dodge | 141 | 0 | running | 62 | — |
| 21 | 56 | ▲ 35 | 35Dick May | Ballard Racing | Mercury | 139 | 0 | engine | 60 | — |
| 22 | 25 | ▲ 3 | 96Richard Childress | Garn Racing | Chevrolet | 109 | 0 | engine | 58 | — |
| 23 | 48 | ▲ 25 | 22Dick Brooks | — | Plymouth | 107 | 5 | rear end | 56 | — |
| 24 | 32 | ▲ 8 | 79Frank Warren | Warren Racing | Dodge | 107 | 0 | oil pressure | 54 | — |
| 25 | 14 | ▼ 11 | 83Paul Tyler | Norris Reed (Owner) | Mercury | 90 | 0 | engine | 52 | — |
| 26 | 7 | ▼ 19 | 15Bobby Isaac | Bud Moore Engineering | Ford | 89 | 3 | engine | 50 | — |
| 27 | 39 | ▲ 12 | 89Johnny Barnes | J.C. Crews (Owner) | Mercury | 89 | 0 | engine | 48 | — |
| 28 | 44 | ▲ 16 | 47Raymond Williams | Williams Racing | Ford | 84 | 0 | valve | 46 | — |
| 29 | 43 | ▲ 14 | 98Mel Larson | — | Chevrolet | 84 | 0 | overheating | 0 | — |
| 30 | 40 | ▲ 10 | 38Tony Bettenhausen | Gordon Van Liew (Owner) | Chevrolet | 79 | 0 | windshield | 0 | — |
| 31 | 8 | ▼ 23 | 95Darrell Waltrip | Darrell Waltrip Motorsports | Mercury | 77 | 26 | oil leak | 40 | — |
| 32 | 15 | ▼ 17 | 97Red Farmer | Willie Humphries (Owner) | Ford | 76 | 0 | valve | 38 | — |
| 33 | 42 | ▲ 9 | 40D.K. Ulrich | Jasper Motorsports | Ford | 73 | 0 | engine | 36 | — |
| 34 | 50 | ▲ 16 | 19Henley Gray | Gray Racing | Mercury | 68 | 0 | clutch | 34 | — |
| 35 | 3 | ▼ 32 | 43Richard Petty | Petty Enterprises | Dodge | 51 | 0 | accident | 32 | — |
| 36 | 27 | ▼ 9 | 05David Sisco | McGee Racing | Chevrolet | 49 | 0 | engine | 30 | — |
| 37 | 26 | ▼ 11 | 10Bill Champion | Champion Racing | Mercury | 32 | 0 | oil pressure | 28 | — |
| 38 | 6 | ▼ 32 | 28Gordon Johncock | Ellington Racing | Chevrolet | 23 | 0 | accident | 0 | — |
| 39 | 54 | ▲ 15 | 3Alton Jones | Butch Hawkersmith (Owner) | Chevrolet | 14 | 0 | tire | 24 | — |
| 40 | 1 | ▼ 39 | 71Buddy Baker | K&K Insurance Racing | Dodge | 10 | 10 | accident | 22 | — |
| 41 | 4 | ▼ 37 | 11Cale Yarborough | Howard & Egerton Racing | Chevrolet | 10 | 0 | accident | 20 | — |
| 42 | 5 | ▼ 37 | 12Bobby Allison | Bobby Allison Motorsports | Chevrolet | 10 | 0 | accident | 18 | — |
| 43 | 9 | ▼ 34 | 18Joe Frasson | Frasson Racing | Dodge | 10 | 0 | accident | 16 | — |
| 44 | 13 | ▼ 31 | 90Ramo Stott | Donlavey Racing | Mercury | 9 | 0 | engine | 14 | — |
| 45 | 34 | ▼ 11 | 48James Hylton | Hylton Engineering | Mercury | 9 | 0 | accident | 12 | — |
| 46 | 23 | ▼ 23 | 54Lennie Pond | Elder-Ranier | Chevrolet | 9 | 0 | accident | 10 | — |
| 47 | 11 | ▼ 36 | 75Slick Gardner | Gardner Racing | Mercury | 9 | 0 | accident | 8 | — |
| 48 | 35 | ▼ 13 | 30Walter Ballard | Ballard Racing | Mercury | 9 | 0 | accident | 6 | — |
| 49 | 21 | ▼ 28 | 67Buddy Arrington | Arrington Racing | Plymouth | 9 | 0 | accident | 4 | — |
| 50 | 22 | ▼ 28 | 88Ron Keselowski | Lubinski Racing | Dodge | 9 | 0 | accident | 2 | — |
| 51 | 10 | ▼ 41 | 82Bill Ward | Mike Bennett (Owner) | Chevrolet | 9 | 0 | accident | 2 | — |
| 52 | 53 | ▲ 1 | 76Ben Arnold | Arnold Racing | Mercury | 9 | 0 | accident | 2 | — |
| 53 | 59 | ▲ 6 | 77Charlie Roberts | Roberts Racing | Ford | 9 | 0 | accident | 2 | — |
| 54 | 60 | ▲ 6 | 53Bobby Mausgrover | J.C. Crews (Owner) | Ford | 9 | 0 | accident | 2 | — |
| 55 | 58 | ▲ 3 | 34Wendell Scott | Scott Racing | Mercury | 8 | 0 | accident | 2 | — |
| 56 | 55 | ▼ 1 | 26Earl Brooks | Brooks Racing | Ford | 8 | 0 | accident | 2 | — |
| 57 | 57 | — | 85Ronnie Daniel | Daniel Racing | Chevrolet | 8 | 0 | accident | 2 | — |
| 58 | 36 | ▼ 22 | 92Larry Smith | Harley Smith (Owner) | Mercury | 8 | 0 | accident | 2 | — |
| 59 | 28 | ▼ 31 | 6Eddie Yarboro | Yarboro Racing | Dodge | 4 | 0 | vibration | 2 | — |
| 60 | 45 | ▼ 15 | 44Richard D. Brown | Brown Racing (Jerry Brown) | Chevrolet | 1 | 0 | windshield | 2 | — |