No storylines for this race: recaps are written as races finish.
| Fin | St | ± | Driver | Team | Make | Laps | Led | Status | Pts | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | ▲ 4 | 11Cale Yarborough | Junior Johnson & Associates | Chevrolet | 400 | 364 | running | 185 | — |
| 2 | 7 | ▲ 5 | 43Richard Petty | Petty Enterprises | Dodge | 399 | 13 | running | 175 | — |
| 3 | 8 | ▲ 5 | 2Bobby Allison | Penske Racing South |
No leader segments recorded.
No cautions recorded (or a caution-free race).
| Mercury |
| 397 |
| 0 |
| running |
| 165 |
| — |
| 4 | 2 | ▼ 2 | 72Benny Parsons | DeWitt Racing | Chevrolet | 397 | 23 | running | 165 | — |
| 5 | 12 | ▲ 7 | 70J.D. McDuffie | McDuffie Racing | Chevrolet | 393 | 0 | running | 155 | — |
| 6 | 9 | ▲ 3 | 54Lennie Pond | Elder-Ranier | Chevrolet | 391 | 0 | running | 150 | — |
| 7 | 4 | ▼ 3 | 90Dick Brooks | Donlavey Racing | Ford | 388 | 0 | running | 146 | — |
| 8 | 1 | ▼ 7 | 71Dave Marcis | K&K Insurance Racing | Dodge | 385 | 0 | running | 142 | — |
| 9 | 10 | ▲ 1 | 3Richard Childress | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 385 | 0 | running | 138 | — |
| 10 | 13 | ▲ 3 | 30Walter Ballard | Ballard Racing | Chevrolet | 378 | 0 | running | 134 | — |
| 11 | 11 | — | 92Skip Manning | Hagan Enterprises | Chevrolet | 375 | 0 | running | 130 | — |
| 12 | 21 | ▲ 9 | 24Cecil Gordon | Gordon Racing | Chevrolet | 374 | 0 | running | 127 | — |
| 13 | 19 | ▲ 6 | 48James Hylton | Hylton Engineering | Chevrolet | 370 | 0 | running | 124 | — |
| 14 | 14 | — | 95Junior Miller | Junior Miller Racing | Chevrolet | 370 | 0 | running | 121 | — |
| 15 | 24 | ▲ 9 | 64Elmo Langley | Langley-Woodfield Racing | Ford | 368 | 0 | running | 118 | — |
| 16 | 22 | ▲ 6 | 10Bill Champion | Champion Racing | Ford | 359 | 0 | running | 115 | — |
| 17 | 25 | ▲ 8 | 8Ed Negre | Negre Racing | Dodge | 359 | 0 | running | 112 | — |
| 18 | 16 | ▼ 2 | 67Buddy Arrington | Arrington Racing | Plymouth | 359 | 0 | running | 109 | — |
| 19 | 20 | ▲ 1 | 40D.K. Ulrich | J.R. DeLotto (Owner) | Chevrolet | 358 | 0 | running | 106 | — |
| 20 | 15 | ▼ 5 | 79Frank Warren | Warren Racing | Dodge | 354 | 0 | running | 103 | — |
| 21 | 18 | ▼ 3 | 25Jabe Thomas | Robertson Racing | Chevrolet | 349 | 0 | running | 100 | — |
| 22 | 3 | ▼ 19 | 88Darrell Waltrip | DiGard Motorsports | Chevrolet | 291 | 0 | transmission | 97 | — |
| 23 | 27 | ▲ 4 | 45Baxter Price | Price Racing | Chevrolet | 278 | 0 | rear end | 94 | — |
| 24 | 26 | ▲ 2 | 44Richard Brown | Brown Racing (Jerry Brown) | Pontiac | 172 | 0 | rear end | 91 | — |
| 25 | 23 | ▼ 2 | 5Neil Castles | Faustina Racing | Dodge | 125 | 0 | brakes | 88 | — |
| 26 | 6 | ▼ 20 | 15Buddy Baker | Bud Moore Engineering | Ford | 38 | 0 | overheating | 85 | — |
| 27 | 17 | ▼ 10 | 05David Sisco | Sisco Racing | Chevrolet | 12 | 0 | rear end | 82 | — |
| 28 | 28 | — | 33Jeff Handy | Handy Racing | Chevrolet | 3 | 0 | oil pressure | 0 | — |