No storylines for this race: recaps are written as races finish.
| Fin | St | ± | Driver | Team | Make | Laps | Led | Status | Pts | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 12 | ▲ 11 | 15Buddy Baker | Bud Moore Engineering | Ford | 188 | 135 | running | 185 | — |
| 2 | 5 | ▲ 3 | 11Cale Yarborough | Junior Johnson & Associates | Chevrolet | 188 | 13 | running | 175 | — |
| 3 | 11 | ▲ 8 | 2Bobby Allison | Penske Racing South |
No leader segments recorded.
No cautions recorded (or a caution-free race).
| Mercury |
| 187 |
| 2 |
| running |
| 170 |
| — |
| 4 | 2 | ▼ 2 | 43Richard Petty | Petty Enterprises | Dodge | 186 | 9 | running | 165 | — |
| 5 | 9 | ▲ 4 | 81Terry Ryan | WAM Racing | Chevrolet | 184 | 0 | running | 155 | — |
| 6 | 18 | ▲ 12 | 24Cecil Gordon | Gordon Racing | Chevrolet | 184 | 2 | running | 155 | — |
| 7 | 3 | ▼ 4 | 28Donnie Allison | Ellington Racing | Chevrolet | 184 | 0 | running | 146 | — |
| 8 | 28 | ▲ 20 | 47Bruce Hill | Hill Racing | Chevrolet | 182 | 0 | running | 142 | — |
| 9 | 1 | ▼ 8 | 71Dave Marcis | K&K Insurance Racing | Dodge | 182 | 16 | running | 143 | — |
| 10 | 14 | ▲ 4 | 79Frank Warren | Warren Racing | Dodge | 180 | 0 | running | 134 | — |
| 11 | 31 | ▲ 20 | 54Lennie Pond | Elder-Ranier | Chevrolet | 179 | 0 | running | 130 | — |
| 12 | 13 | ▲ 1 | 90Dick Brooks | Donlavey Racing | Ford | 177 | 0 | running | 127 | — |
| 13 | 35 | ▲ 22 | 31Jim Vandiver | Ranier Racing | Dodge | 176 | 0 | running | 124 | — |
| 14 | 15 | ▲ 1 | 05David Sisco | Sisco Racing | Chevrolet | 174 | 3 | running | 126 | — |
| 15 | 38 | ▲ 23 | 49John A. Utsman | GC Spencer Racing | Dodge | 174 | 0 | running | 118 | — |
| 16 | 21 | ▲ 5 | 92Skip Manning | Hagan Enterprises | Chevrolet | 173 | 0 | running | 115 | — |
| 17 | 25 | ▲ 8 | 30Tighe Scott | Ballard Racing | Chevrolet | 173 | 0 | running | 112 | — |
| 18 | 36 | ▲ 18 | 64Tommy Gale | Langley-Woodfield Racing | Ford | 171 | 0 | running | 109 | — |
| 19 | 19 | — | 41Grant Adcox | Adcox-Kirby | Chevrolet | 170 | 0 | transmission | 106 | — |
| 20 | 40 | ▲ 20 | 25D.K. Ulrich | Robertson Racing | Chevrolet | 168 | 0 | running | 103 | — |
| 21 | 34 | ▲ 13 | 78Dick Skillen | Goffco | Chevrolet | 167 | 0 | running | 100 | — |
| 22 | 22 | — | 67Buddy Arrington | Arrington Racing | Dodge | 164 | 0 | running | 97 | — |
| 23 | 20 | ▼ 3 | 22Ricky Rudd | Al Rudd Auto | Chevrolet | 159 | 0 | sump pump | 94 | — |
| 24 | 16 | ▼ 8 | 3Richard Childress | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 153 | 0 | engine | 91 | — |
| 25 | 30 | ▲ 5 | 82Ferrel Harris | Harris Racing | Dodge | 142 | 0 | broken valve | 88 | — |
| 26 | 4 | ▼ 22 | 72Benny Parsons | DeWitt Racing | Chevrolet | 138 | 0 | engine | 85 | — |
| 27 | 37 | ▲ 10 | 70J.D. McDuffie | McDuffie Racing | Chevrolet | 123 | 0 | engine | 82 | — |
| 28 | 7 | ▼ 21 | 48James Hylton | Hylton Engineering | Chevrolet | 119 | 8 | broken valve | 84 | — |
| 29 | 32 | ▲ 3 | 36Bobby Wawak | Gwinn-Wawak | Chevrolet | 111 | 0 | oil pressure | 76 | — |
| 30 | 33 | ▲ 3 | 91Bob Burcham | H Miller Racing | Chevrolet | 100 | 0 | engine | 73 | — |
| 31 | 29 | ▼ 2 | 52Jimmy Means | Means Racing | Chevrolet | 89 | 0 | engine | 70 | — |
| 32 | 24 | ▼ 8 | 19Ed Negre | Gray Racing | Chevrolet | 76 | 0 | broken valve | 67 | — |
| 33 | 6 | ▼ 27 | 88Darrell Waltrip | DiGard Motorsports | Chevrolet | 75 | 0 | broken valve | 64 | — |
| 34 | 23 | ▼ 11 | 33Buck Baker | Hiram Handy (Owner) | Chevrolet | 68 | 0 | axle bearing | 61 | — |
| 35 | 27 | ▼ 8 | 95Gary Myers | Junior Miller Racing | Chevrolet | 47 | 0 | engine | 58 | — |
| 36 | 17 | ▼ 19 | 18Joe Frasson | Frasson Racing | Chevrolet | 39 | 0 | rear axle | 55 | — |
| 37 | 10 | ▼ 27 | 21David Pearson | Wood Brothers Racing | Mercury | 23 | 0 | accident | 52 | — |
| 38 | 39 | ▲ 1 | 9Bill Elliott | George Elliott Racing | Ford | 23 | 0 | broken valve | 49 | — |
| 39 | 8 | ▼ 31 | 12Neil Bonnett | Neil Bonnett (Owner) | Chevrolet | 16 | 0 | clutch | 46 | — |
| 40 | 26 | ▼ 14 | 50Darrell Bryant | Cliff Stewart Racing | Chevrolet | 13 | 0 | transmission | 43 | — |