No storylines for this race: recaps are written as races finish.
| Fin | St | ± | Driver | Team | Make | Laps | Led | Status | Pts | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | ▲ 2 | 11Cale Yarborough | Howard & Egerton Racing | Chevrolet | 500 | 220 | running | — | — |
| 2 | 1 | ▼ 1 | 21David Pearson | Wood Brothers Racing | Mercury | 500 | 20 | running | — | — |
| 3 | 2 | ▼ 1 | 43Richard Petty | Petty Enterprises |
No leader segments recorded.
No cautions recorded (or a caution-free race).
| Dodge |
| 498 |
| 210 |
| engine |
| — |
| — |
| 4 | 5 | ▲ 1 | 72Benny Parsons | DeWitt Racing | Chevrolet | 492 | 0 | running | — | — |
| 5 | 10 | ▲ 5 | 15George Follmer | Bud Moore Engineering | Ford | 492 | 0 | running | — | — |
| 6 | 9 | ▲ 3 | 54Lennie Pond | Elder-Ranier | Chevrolet | 488 | 0 | running | — | — |
| 7 | 15 | ▲ 8 | 2Dave Marcis | Marcis Auto Racing | Dodge | 480 | 0 | running | — | — |
| 8 | 18 | ▲ 10 | 93Jackie Rogers | J Rogers Racing | Chevrolet | 479 | 0 | running | — | — |
| 9 | 8 | ▼ 1 | 83Ramo Stott | Norris Reed (Owner) | Chevrolet | 479 | 0 | running | — | — |
| 10 | 14 | ▲ 4 | 48James Hylton | Hylton Engineering | Chevrolet | 477 | 0 | running | — | — |
| 11 | 24 | ▲ 13 | 70J.D. McDuffie | McDuffie Racing | Chevrolet | 473 | 0 | running | — | — |
| 12 | 16 | ▲ 4 | 67Buddy Arrington | Arrington Racing | Plymouth | 473 | 0 | running | — | — |
| 13 | 35 | ▲ 22 | 7Dean Dalton | Dalton Racing | Chevrolet | 466 | 0 | running | — | — |
| 14 | 22 | ▲ 8 | 8Ed Negre | Negre Racing | Dodge | 465 | 0 | running | — | — |
| 15 | 23 | ▲ 8 | 79Frank Warren | Warren Racing | Dodge | 456 | 0 | running | — | — |
| 16 | 28 | ▲ 12 | 01Earle Canavan | Canavan Racing | Plymouth | 452 | 0 | running | — | — |
| 17 | 27 | ▲ 10 | 40D.K. Ulrich | Ulrich Racing | Chevrolet | 452 | 0 | running | — | — |
| 18 | 29 | ▲ 11 | 64Elmo Langley | Langley-Woodfield Racing | Ford | 427 | 0 | running | — | — |
| 19 | 21 | ▲ 2 | 10Bill Champion | Champion Racing | Ford | 384 | 0 | brakes | — | — |
| 20 | 7 | ▼ 13 | 95Darrell Waltrip | DarWal Inc. | Chevrolet | 382 | 0 | engine | — | — |
| 21 | 19 | ▼ 2 | 96Richard Childress | Garn Racing | Chevrolet | 373 | 0 | clutch | — | — |
| 22 | 17 | ▼ 5 | 30Walter Ballard | Ballard Racing | Chevrolet | 320 | 0 | engine | — | — |
| 23 | 25 | ▲ 2 | 45Travis Tiller | Morgan-McClure | Dodge | 266 | 0 | cylinder | — | — |
| 24 | 20 | ▼ 4 | 05David Sisco | Sisco Racing | Chevrolet | 265 | 0 | valve | — | — |
| 25 | 30 | ▲ 5 | 25Jabe Thomas | Robertson Racing | Dodge | 199 | 0 | valve | — | — |
| 26 | 34 | ▲ 8 | 75Ernie Shaw | Hawks Enterprises | Chevrolet | 153 | 0 | valve | — | — |
| 27 | 12 | ▼ 15 | 24Cecil Gordon | Gordon Racing | Chevrolet | 145 | 0 | valve | — | — |
| 28 | 4 | ▼ 24 | 12Bobby Allison | Bobby Allison Motorsports | Chevrolet | 99 | 0 | overheating | — | — |
| 29 | 31 | ▲ 2 | 51Jack Donohue | Strong Racing | Chevrolet | 95 | 0 | oil pressure | — | — |
| 30 | 6 | ▼ 24 | 88Donnie Allison | DiGard Motorsports | Chevrolet | 87 | 0 | engine | — | — |
| 31 | 11 | ▼ 20 | 49G.C. Spencer | GC Spencer Racing | Dodge | 78 | 0 | ignition | — | — |
| 32 | 13 | ▼ 19 | 90Eddie Pettyjohn | Donlavey Racing | Ford | 76 | 0 | engine | — | — |
| 33 | 32 | ▼ 1 | 56Jim Bray | Bray Racing | Chevrolet | 65 | 0 | oil line | — | — |
| 34 | 26 | ▼ 8 | 9Tony Bettenhausen | Gordon Van Liew (Owner) | Chevrolet | 54 | 0 | engine | — | — |
| 35 | 33 | ▼ 2 | 44Richard D. Brown | Brown Racing (Jerry Brown) | Pontiac | 51 | 0 | head gasket | — | — |