No storylines for this race: recaps are written as races finish.
| Fin | St | ± | Driver | Team | Make | Laps | Led | Status | Pts | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | ▲ 1 | 11Cale Yarborough | Howard & Egerton Racing | Chevrolet | 191 | 144 | running | — | — |
| 2 | 6 | ▲ 4 | 43Richard Petty | Petty Enterprises | Dodge | 191 | 0 | running | — | — |
| 3 | 1 | ▼ 2 | 21David Pearson | Wood Brothers Racing |
No leader segments recorded.
No cautions recorded (or a caution-free race).
| Mercury |
| 191 |
| 9 |
| running |
| — |
| — |
| 4 | 8 | ▲ 4 | 72Benny Parsons | DeWitt Racing | Chevrolet | 188 | 0 | running | — | — |
| 5 | 3 | ▼ 2 | 12Bobby Allison | Bobby Allison Motorsports | Chevrolet | 188 | 33 | running | — | — |
| 6 | 16 | ▲ 10 | 88Donnie Allison | DiGard Motorsports | Chevrolet | 188 | 0 | running | — | — |
| 7 | 5 | ▼ 2 | 16Gary Bettenhausen | Penske Racing South | Chevrolet | 185 | 0 | running | — | — |
| 8 | 13 | ▲ 5 | 24Cecil Gordon | Gordon Racing | Chevrolet | 184 | 0 | running | — | — |
| 9 | 14 | ▲ 5 | 98Richie Panch | Panch Racing | Chevrolet | 183 | 0 | running | — | — |
| 10 | 10 | — | 04Hershel McGriff | Petty Enterprises | Dodge | 181 | 0 | running | — | — |
| 11 | 20 | ▲ 9 | 84Jim Danielson | Louis Nissen (Owner) | Mercury | 178 | 0 | running | — | — |
| 12 | 23 | ▲ 11 | 68Sonny Easley | Vic Kurten (Owner) | Ford | 178 | 0 | running | — | — |
| 13 | 27 | ▲ 14 | 56Carl Adams | Adams Racing | Ford | 177 | 0 | running | — | — |
| 14 | 25 | ▲ 11 | 19Dick May | Gray Racing | Mercury | 176 | 0 | running | — | — |
| 15 | 21 | ▲ 6 | 64Elmo Langley | Langley-Woodfield Racing | Ford | 164 | 0 | running | — | — |
| 16 | 34 | ▲ 18 | 77Charlie Roberts | Roberts Racing | Ford | 145 | 0 | running | — | — |
| 17 | 19 | ▲ 2 | 9Tony Bettenhausen | Gordon Van Liew (Owner) | Chevrolet | 144 | 0 | engine | — | — |
| 18 | 4 | ▼ 14 | 15George Follmer | Bud Moore Engineering | Ford | 143 | 0 | brakes | — | — |
| 19 | 28 | ▲ 9 | 42Richard White | Dean Barnicle (Owner) | Ford | 139 | 0 | differential | — | — |
| 20 | 26 | ▲ 6 | 91Johnny Anderson | Don Nuzum (Owner) | Chevrolet | 129 | 0 | engine | — | — |
| 21 | 12 | ▼ 9 | 7Jack McCoy | Ernie Conn (Owner) | Dodge | 123 | 4 | transmission | — | — |
| 22 | 18 | ▼ 4 | 70J.D. McDuffie | McDuffie Racing | Chevrolet | 123 | 0 | oil pressure | — | — |
| 23 | 7 | ▼ 16 | 38Jimmy Insolo | Roger Paquette (Owner) | Chevrolet | 113 | 1 | engine | — | — |
| 24 | 29 | ▲ 5 | 52Odie Robertson | — | Chevrolet | 89 | 0 | sway bar | — | — |
| 25 | 35 | ▲ 10 | 73Jim Gilliam | — | Chevrolet | 76 | 0 | transmission | — | — |
| 26 | 31 | ▲ 5 | 94Bill Osborne | Larry Mollicone (Owner) | Chevrolet | 68 | 0 | engine | — | — |
| 27 | 24 | ▼ 3 | 97Harry Jefferson | Jefferson Racing | Ford | 60 | 0 | transmission | — | — |
| 28 | 17 | ▼ 11 | 2Dave Marcis | Marcis Auto Racing | Dodge | 52 | 0 | transmission | — | — |
| 29 | 32 | ▲ 3 | 60Larry Esau | — | Chevrolet | 47 | 0 | clutch | — | — |
| 30 | 22 | ▼ 8 | 79Jerry Grant | — | Chevrolet | 45 | 0 | transmission | — | — |
| 31 | 11 | ▼ 20 | 02Dick Bown | Budd Hagelin (Owner) | Dodge | 44 | 0 | engine | — | — |
| 32 | 30 | ▼ 2 | 66Don Pruitt | Don Pruitt (Owner) | Chevrolet | 28 | 0 | oil leak | — | — |
| 33 | 33 | — | 29Ross Surgenor | Dick Midgley Motorsports | Chevrolet | 15 | 0 | camshaft | — | — |
| 34 | 9 | ▼ 25 | 96Ray Elder | Fred Elder (Owner) | Dodge | 11 | 0 | transmission | — | — |
| 35 | 15 | ▼ 20 | 03Chuck Bown | Bown Racing | Dodge | 9 | 0 | engine | — | — |