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 | 160 | 71 | running | 185 | — |
| 2 | 7 | ▲ 5 | 21David Pearson | Wood Brothers Racing | Mercury | 160 | 1 | running | 175 | — |
| 3 | 4 | ▲ 1 | 2Bobby Allison | Penske Racing South |
No leader segments recorded.
No cautions recorded (or a caution-free race).
| Mercury |
| 160 |
| 64 |
| running |
| 170 |
| — |
| 4 | 1 | ▼ 3 | 28A.J. Foyt | Ellington Racing | Chevrolet | 159 | 6 | running | 0 | — |
| 5 | 6 | ▲ 1 | 71Dave Marcis | K&K Insurance Racing | Dodge | 157 | 0 | running | 155 | — |
| 6 | 8 | ▲ 2 | 14Coo Coo Marlin | Cunningham-Kelley | Chevrolet | 157 | 0 | running | 150 | — |
| 7 | 5 | ▼ 2 | 72Benny Parsons | DeWitt Racing | Chevrolet | 156 | 0 | running | 146 | — |
| 8 | 30 | ▲ 22 | 90Dick Brooks | Donlavey Racing | Ford | 156 | 0 | running | 142 | — |
| 9 | 15 | ▲ 6 | 05David Sisco | Sisco Racing | Chevrolet | 153 | 1 | running | 143 | — |
| 10 | 22 | ▲ 12 | 22Ricky Rudd | Al Rudd Auto | Chevrolet | 152 | 0 | running | 134 | — |
| 11 | 29 | ▲ 18 | 52Jimmy Means | Means Racing | Chevrolet | 149 | 0 | running | 130 | — |
| 12 | 34 | ▲ 22 | 3Richard Childress | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 148 | 0 | running | 127 | — |
| 13 | 20 | ▲ 7 | 79Frank Warren | Warren Racing | Dodge | 148 | 0 | running | 124 | — |
| 14 | 28 | ▲ 14 | 36Bobby Wawak | Gwinn-Wawak | Chevrolet | 148 | 0 | running | 121 | — |
| 15 | 33 | ▲ 18 | 68Janet Guthrie | Lynda Ferreri (Owner) | Chevrolet | 147 | 0 | running | 0 | — |
| 16 | 36 | ▲ 20 | 40D.K. Ulrich | J.R. DeLotto (Owner) | Chevrolet | 144 | 0 | running | 115 | — |
| 17 | 31 | ▲ 14 | 78Dick Skillen | Goffco | Chevrolet | 143 | 0 | running | 112 | — |
| 18 | 39 | ▲ 21 | 91Harold Miller | H Miller Racing | Chevrolet | 142 | 0 | running | 109 | — |
| 19 | 38 | ▲ 19 | 10Bill Elliott | Champion Racing | Ford | 141 | 0 | running | 106 | — |
| 20 | 21 | ▲ 1 | 77Johnny Rutherford | Johnny Ray (Owner) | Chevrolet | 139 | 0 | rear end housing | 0 | — |
| 21 | 25 | ▲ 4 | 26Jimmy Lee Capps | David Lee Sellers (Owner) | Chevrolet | 132 | 0 | running | 100 | — |
| 22 | 3 | ▼ 19 | 43Richard Petty | Petty Enterprises | Dodge | 126 | 1 | engine | 102 | — |
| 23 | 32 | ▲ 9 | 61Joe Mihalic | Viglione Racing | Chevrolet | 125 | 0 | running | 94 | — |
| 24 | 23 | ▼ 1 | 70J.D. McDuffie | McDuffie Racing | Chevrolet | 122 | 0 | engine | 91 | — |
| 25 | 13 | ▼ 12 | 47Bruce Hill | Hill Racing | Chevrolet | 110 | 0 | drive shaft | 88 | — |
| 26 | 10 | ▼ 16 | 48James Hylton | Hylton Engineering | Chevrolet | 102 | 2 | engine | 90 | — |
| 27 | 40 | ▲ 13 | 25Dick May | Robertson Racing | Chevrolet | 81 | 0 | rear end | 82 | — |
| 28 | 26 | ▼ 2 | 82Ferrel Harris | Harris Racing | Dodge | 75 | 0 | rear end | 79 | — |
| 29 | 18 | ▼ 11 | 19Tommy Gale | Gray Racing | Chevrolet | 70 | 0 | electrical | 76 | — |
| 30 | 9 | ▼ 21 | 41Grant Adcox | Adcox-Kirby | Chevrolet | 67 | 0 | engine | 73 | — |
| 31 | 35 | ▲ 4 | 92Skip Manning | Hagan Enterprises | Chevrolet | 60 | 0 | electrical | 70 | — |
| 32 | 14 | ▼ 18 | 54Lennie Pond | Elder-Ranier | Chevrolet | 48 | 0 | broken valve | 67 | — |
| 33 | 11 | ▼ 22 | 12Neil Bonnett | Neil Bonnett (Owner) | Chevrolet | 39 | 0 | wheel bearing | 64 | — |
| 34 | 16 | ▼ 18 | 24Cecil Gordon | Gordon Racing | Chevrolet | 33 | 0 | accident | 61 | — |
| 35 | 12 | ▼ 23 | 15Buddy Baker | Bud Moore Engineering | Ford | 32 | 14 | engine | 63 | — |
| 36 | 24 | ▼ 12 | 18Buck Baker | Frasson Racing | Chevrolet | 32 | 0 | accident | 55 | — |
| 37 | 37 | — | 7Ed Negre | Dalton Racing | Chevrolet | 16 | 0 | electrical | 52 | — |
| 38 | 19 | ▼ 19 | 60Jackie Rogers | Viglione Racing | Chevrolet | 13 | 0 | overheating | 49 | — |
| 39 | 17 | ▼ 22 | 88Darrell Waltrip | DiGard Motorsports | Chevrolet | 9 | 0 | engine | 46 | — |
| 40 | 27 | ▼ 13 | 67Buddy Arrington | Arrington Racing | Dodge | 0 | 0 | ignition | 43 | — |