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 | Junior Johnson & Associates | Chevrolet | 420 | 134 | running | — | — |
| 2 | 11 | ▲ 9 | 12Bobby Allison | Bobby Allison Motorsports | Chevrolet | 420 | 63 | running | — | — |
| 3 | 1 | ▼ 2 | 95Darrell Waltrip | DarWal Inc. |
No leader segments recorded.
No cautions recorded (or a caution-free race).
| Chevrolet |
| 416 |
| 16 |
| running |
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| 4 | 6 | ▲ 2 | 05David Sisco | Sisco Racing | Chevrolet | 416 | 2 | running | — | — |
| 5 | 17 | ▲ 12 | 68Alton Jones | Butch Hawkersmith (Owner) | Chevrolet | 415 | 0 | running | — | — |
| 6 | 5 | ▼ 1 | 90Charlie Glotzbach | Donlavey Racing | Ford | 415 | 23 | running | — | — |
| 7 | 8 | ▲ 1 | 72Benny Parsons | DeWitt Racing | Chevrolet | 413 | 0 | running | — | — |
| 8 | 13 | ▲ 5 | 52Earl Ross | Junior Johnson & Associates | Chevrolet | 413 | 0 | running | — | — |
| 9 | 19 | ▲ 10 | 67Buddy Arrington | Arrington Racing | Plymouth | 404 | 0 | running | — | — |
| 10 | 15 | ▲ 5 | 98Richie Panch | Panch Racing | Chevrolet | 402 | 0 | running | — | — |
| 11 | 23 | ▲ 12 | 9Tony Bettenhausen | Gordon Van Liew (Owner) | Chevrolet | 376 | 0 | running | — | — |
| 12 | 27 | ▲ 15 | 40D.K. Ulrich | Ulrich Racing | Chevrolet | 369 | 0 | running | — | — |
| 13 | 3 | ▼ 10 | 43Richard Petty | Petty Enterprises | Dodge | 353 | 182 | accident | — | — |
| 14 | 21 | ▲ 7 | 7Henley Gray | Dalton Racing | Chevrolet | 332 | 0 | accident | — | — |
| 15 | 12 | ▼ 3 | 19Dean Dalton | Gray Racing | Chevrolet | 307 | 0 | rear end | — | — |
| 16 | 30 | ▲ 14 | 75Ernie Shaw | Hawks Enterprises | Chevrolet | 304 | 0 | valve | — | — |
| 17 | 28 | ▲ 11 | 86Bobby Ore | Ore Racing | Chevrolet | 297 | 0 | oil pressure | — | — |
| 18 | 25 | ▲ 7 | 64Elmo Langley | Langley-Woodfield Racing | Ford | 243 | 0 | engine | — | — |
| 19 | 24 | ▲ 5 | 51Dub Simpson | Strong Racing | Chevrolet | 157 | 0 | engine | — | — |
| 20 | 10 | ▼ 10 | 24Cecil Gordon | Gordon Racing | Chevrolet | 109 | 0 | accident | — | — |
| 21 | 18 | ▼ 3 | 2Dave Marcis | Marcis Auto Racing | Dodge | 75 | 0 | oil pressure | — | — |
| 22 | 16 | ▼ 6 | 48James Hylton | Hylton Engineering | Chevrolet | 74 | 0 | valve | — | — |
| 23 | 14 | ▼ 9 | 96Richard Childress | Garn Racing | Chevrolet | 55 | 0 | clutch | — | — |
| 24 | 26 | ▲ 2 | 25Roy Mayne | Robertson Racing | Dodge | 43 | 0 | accident | — | — |
| 25 | 4 | ▼ 21 | 15Buddy Baker | Bud Moore Engineering | Ford | 41 | 0 | accident | — | — |
| 26 | 20 | ▼ 6 | 30Walter Ballard | Ballard Racing | Chevrolet | 40 | 0 | accident | — | — |
| 27 | 9 | ▼ 18 | 70J.D. McDuffie | McDuffie Racing | Chevrolet | 37 | 0 | accident | — | — |
| 28 | 7 | ▼ 21 | 14Coo Coo Marlin | Cunningham-Kelley | Chevrolet | 26 | 0 | engine | — | — |
| 29 | 29 | — | 8Ed Negre | Negre Racing | Dodge | 26 | 0 | valve | — | — |
| 30 | 22 | ▼ 8 | 79Frank Warren | Warren Racing | Dodge | 17 | 0 | oil leak | — | — |