No storylines for this race: recaps are written as races finish.
| Fin | St | ± | Driver | Team | Make | Laps | Led | Status | Pts | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | — | 21David Pearson | Wood Brothers Racing | Mercury | 200 | 98 | running | — | — |
| 2 | 4 | ▲ 2 | 43Richard Petty | Petty Enterprises | Dodge | 200 | 2 | running | — | — |
| 3 | 3 | — | 11Cale Yarborough | Junior Johnson & Associates |
No leader segments recorded.
No cautions recorded (or a caution-free race).
| Chevrolet |
| 200 |
| 60 |
| running |
| — |
| — |
| 4 | 2 | ▼ 2 | 15Buddy Baker | Bud Moore Engineering | Ford | 199 | 17 | running | — | — |
| 5 | 5 | — | 12Bobby Allison | Penske Racing South | - | 198 | 0 | running | — | — |
| 6 | 7 | ▲ 1 | 52Earl Ross | Junior Johnson & Associates | Chevrolet | 197 | 0 | running | — | — |
| 7 | 12 | ▲ 5 | 2Dave Marcis | Marcis Auto Racing | Dodge | 197 | 0 | running | — | — |
| 8 | 21 | ▲ 13 | 32Dick Brooks | Brooks Racing | Dodge | 196 | 0 | running | — | — |
| 9 | 13 | ▲ 4 | 05David Sisco | Sisco Racing | Chevrolet | 196 | 15 | running | — | — |
| 10 | 9 | ▼ 1 | 98Richie Panch | Panch Racing | Chevrolet | 196 | 0 | running | — | — |
| 11 | 8 | ▼ 3 | 14Coo Coo Marlin | Cunningham-Kelley | Chevrolet | 193 | 2 | running | — | — |
| 12 | 14 | ▲ 2 | 24Cecil Gordon | Gordon Racing | Chevrolet | 193 | 0 | running | — | — |
| 13 | 18 | ▲ 5 | 70J.D. McDuffie | McDuffie Racing | Chevrolet | 193 | 0 | running | — | — |
| 14 | 19 | ▲ 5 | 19Bob Burcham | Gray Racing | Chevrolet | 192 | 0 | running | — | — |
| 15 | 20 | ▲ 5 | 01Earle Canavan | Canavan Racing | Plymouth | 191 | 0 | running | — | — |
| 16 | 27 | ▲ 11 | 64Elmo Langley | Langley-Woodfield Racing | Ford | 185 | 0 | running | — | — |
| 17 | 25 | ▲ 8 | 46Travis Tiller | Morgan-McClure | Dodge | 184 | 0 | running | — | — |
| 18 | 31 | ▲ 13 | 0Clyde Dagit | Dagit Racing | Dodge | 183 | 0 | running | — | — |
| 19 | 29 | ▲ 10 | 51Bob Whitlow | K-Automotive Motorsports | Dodge | 183 | 0 | running | — | — |
| 20 | 26 | ▲ 6 | 79Frank Warren | Warren Racing | Dodge | 182 | 0 | running | — | — |
| 21 | 28 | ▲ 7 | 40Ed Negre | Ulrich Racing | Chevrolet | 150 | 0 | rear end | — | — |
| 22 | 6 | ▼ 16 | 72Benny Parsons | DeWitt Racing | Chevrolet | 129 | 1 | overheating | — | — |
| 23 | 16 | ▼ 7 | 18Joe Frasson | Frasson Racing | Dodge | 118 | 5 | engine | — | — |
| 24 | 24 | — | 30Walter Ballard | Ballard Racing | Chevrolet | 111 | 0 | suspension | — | — |
| 25 | 35 | ▲ 10 | 9Tony Bettenhausen | Gordon Van Liew (Owner) | Chevrolet | 57 | 0 | accident | — | — |
| 26 | 30 | ▲ 4 | 73Jerry Hansen | Hansen Racing | Chevrolet | 54 | 0 | distributor | — | — |
| 27 | 22 | ▼ 5 | 96Richard Childress | Garn Racing | Chevrolet | 51 | 0 | ignition | — | — |
| 28 | 23 | ▼ 5 | 8D.K. Ulrich | Negre Racing | Dodge | 46 | 0 | engine | — | — |
| 29 | 10 | ▼ 19 | 99Ron Keselowski | Lubinski Racing | Dodge | 32 | 0 | engine | — | — |
| 30 | 17 | ▼ 13 | 10Bill Champion | Champion Racing | Ford | 31 | 0 | engine | — | — |
| 31 | 15 | ▼ 16 | 93Jackie Rogers | J Rogers Racing | Chevrolet | 22 | 0 | engine | — | — |
| 32 | 32 | — | 25Jabe Thomas | Robertson Racing | Dodge | 19 | 0 | steering | — | — |
| 33 | 33 | — | 1John Banks | — | Dodge | 14 | 0 | rear end | — | — |
| 34 | 34 | — | 56Jim Bray | Bray Racing | Chevrolet | 4 | 0 | engine | — | — |
| 35 | 11 | ▼ 24 | 48James Hylton | Hylton Engineering | Chevrolet | 2 | 0 | drive shaft | — | — |
| 36 | 36 | — | 87Gary Myers | — | Chevrolet | 1 | 0 | oil pressure | — | — |