No storylines for this race: recaps are written as races finish.
| Fin | St | ± | Driver | Team | Make | Laps | Led | Status | Pts | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 | ▲ 7 | 21David Pearson | Wood Brothers Racing | Mercury | 200 | 24 | running | 180 | — |
| 2 | 6 | ▲ 4 | 11Cale Yarborough | Junior Johnson & Associates | Chevrolet | 200 | 129 | running | 180 | — |
| 3 | 2 | ▼ 1 | 2Bobby Allison | Penske Racing South |
No leader segments recorded.
No cautions recorded (or a caution-free race).
| Mercury |
| 200 |
| 4 |
| running |
| 170 |
| — |
| 4 | 1 | ▼ 3 | 43Richard Petty | Petty Enterprises | Dodge | 200 | 3 | running | 165 | — |
| 5 | 3 | ▼ 2 | 15Buddy Baker | Bud Moore Engineering | Ford | 199 | 20 | running | 160 | — |
| 6 | 13 | ▲ 7 | 90Dick Brooks | Donlavey Racing | Ford | 197 | 0 | running | 150 | — |
| 7 | 7 | — | 54Lennie Pond | Elder-Ranier | Chevrolet | 196 | 0 | running | 146 | — |
| 8 | 16 | ▲ 8 | 05David Sisco | Sisco Racing | Chevrolet | 196 | 0 | running | 142 | — |
| 9 | 14 | ▲ 5 | 60Jackie Rogers | Viglione Racing | Chevrolet | 194 | 2 | running | 143 | — |
| 10 | 11 | ▲ 1 | 24Cecil Gordon | Gordon Racing | Chevrolet | 193 | 0 | running | 134 | — |
| 11 | 31 | ▲ 20 | 67Buddy Arrington | Arrington Racing | Dodge | 191 | 0 | running | 130 | — |
| 12 | 24 | ▲ 12 | 40D.K. Ulrich | J.R. DeLotto (Owner) | Chevrolet | 190 | 0 | running | 127 | — |
| 13 | 20 | ▲ 7 | 14Coo Coo Marlin | Cunningham-Kelley | Chevrolet | 189 | 0 | engine | 124 | — |
| 14 | 33 | ▲ 19 | 25Dick May | Robertson Racing | Chevrolet | 188 | 0 | running | 121 | — |
| 15 | 32 | ▲ 17 | 30Tighe Scott | Ballard Racing | Chevrolet | 187 | 0 | running | 118 | — |
| 16 | 26 | ▲ 10 | 70J.D. McDuffie | McDuffie Racing | Chevrolet | 184 | 0 | running | 115 | — |
| 17 | 28 | ▲ 11 | 8Ed Negre | Negre Racing | Dodge | 181 | 0 | running | 112 | — |
| 18 | 19 | ▲ 1 | 3Richard Childress | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 180 | 0 | running | 109 | — |
| 19 | 5 | ▼ 14 | 72Benny Parsons | DeWitt Racing | Chevrolet | 179 | 0 | running | 106 | — |
| 20 | 22 | ▲ 2 | 92Skip Manning | Hagan Enterprises | Chevrolet | 161 | 0 | engine | 103 | — |
| 21 | 27 | ▲ 6 | 64Tommy Gale | Langley-Woodfield Racing | Ford | 145 | 0 | engine | 100 | — |
| 22 | 30 | ▲ 8 | 46Travis Tiller | Morgan-McClure | Dodge | 134 | 0 | overheating | 97 | — |
| 23 | 9 | ▼ 14 | 52Jimmy Means | Means Racing | Chevrolet | 132 | 0 | engine | 94 | — |
| 24 | 18 | ▼ 6 | 79Frank Warren | Warren Racing | Dodge | 108 | 0 | wheel bearing | 91 | — |
| 25 | 17 | ▼ 8 | 47Bruce Hill | Hill Racing | Chevrolet | 103 | 0 | engine | 88 | — |
| 26 | 29 | ▲ 3 | 36Bobby Wawak | Gwinn-Wawak | Chevrolet | 57 | 0 | push rod | 85 | — |
| 27 | 36 | ▲ 9 | 95Gary Myers | Junior Miller Racing | Chevrolet | 49 | 0 | engine | 82 | — |
| 28 | 21 | ▼ 7 | 10Bill Elliott | Champion Racing | Ford | 46 | 0 | engine | 79 | — |
| 29 | 10 | ▼ 19 | 88Darrell Waltrip | DiGard Motorsports | Chevrolet | 33 | 0 | engine | 76 | — |
| 30 | 4 | ▼ 26 | 71Dave Marcis | K&K Insurance Racing | Dodge | 26 | 18 | broken valve | 78 | — |
| 31 | 25 | ▼ 6 | 29Walter Ballard | Hollar Racing | Chevrolet | 26 | 0 | engine | 70 | — |
| 32 | 15 | ▼ 17 | 81Terry Ryan | WAM Racing | Chevrolet | 20 | 0 | engine | 67 | — |
| 33 | 23 | ▼ 10 | 19Henley Gray | Gray Racing | Chevrolet | 20 | 0 | distributor | 64 | — |
| 34 | 35 | ▲ 1 | 01Earle Canavan | Canavan Racing | Dodge | 15 | 0 | transmission | 61 | — |
| 35 | 12 | ▼ 23 | 48James Hylton | Hylton Engineering | Chevrolet | 2 | 0 | transmission | 58 | — |
| 36 | 34 | ▼ 2 | 18Joe Frasson | Frasson Racing | Chevrolet | 1 | 0 | engine | 55 | — |