No storylines for this race: recaps are written as races finish.
| Fin | St | ± | Driver | Team | Make | Laps | Led | Status | Pts | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | ▲ 4 | 43Richard Petty | Petty Enterprises | Dodge | 200 | 35 | running | 180 | — |
| 2 | 4 | ▲ 2 | 15Buddy Baker | Bud Moore Engineering | Ford | 200 | 21 | running | 175 | — |
| 3 | 7 | ▲ 4 | 72Benny Parsons | DeWitt Racing |
No leader segments recorded.
No cautions recorded (or a caution-free race).
| Chevrolet |
| 200 |
| 2 |
| running |
| 170 |
| — |
| 4 | 2 | ▼ 2 | 21David Pearson | Wood Brothers Racing | Mercury | 200 | 121 | running | 170 | — |
| 5 | 10 | ▲ 5 | 54Lennie Pond | Elder-Ranier | Chevrolet | 198 | 2 | running | 160 | — |
| 6 | 17 | ▲ 11 | 24Cecil Gordon | Gordon Racing | Chevrolet | 196 | 4 | running | 155 | — |
| 7 | 11 | ▲ 4 | 67Buddy Arrington | Arrington Racing | Plymouth | 195 | 0 | running | 146 | — |
| 8 | 19 | ▲ 11 | 60Jackie Rogers | Viglione Racing | Chevrolet | 194 | 0 | running | 142 | — |
| 9 | 18 | ▲ 9 | 3Richard Childress | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 194 | 0 | running | 138 | — |
| 10 | 12 | ▲ 2 | 05David Sisco | Sisco Racing | Chevrolet | 193 | 0 | running | 134 | — |
| 11 | 37 | ▲ 26 | 8Ed Negre | Negre Racing | Dodge | 193 | 0 | running | 130 | — |
| 12 | 13 | ▲ 1 | 92Skip Manning | Hagan Enterprises | Chevrolet | 192 | 0 | running | 127 | — |
| 13 | 36 | ▲ 23 | 61Joe Mihalic | Viglione Racing | Chevrolet | 191 | 0 | running | 124 | — |
| 14 | 30 | ▲ 16 | 36Bobby Wawak | Gwinn-Wawak | Chevrolet | 191 | 0 | running | 121 | — |
| 15 | 20 | ▲ 5 | 7Dean Dalton | Dalton Racing | Chevrolet | 191 | 0 | running | 118 | — |
| 16 | 22 | ▲ 6 | 79Frank Warren | Warren Racing | Dodge | 190 | 0 | running | 115 | — |
| 17 | 31 | ▲ 14 | 48James Hylton | Hylton Engineering | Chevrolet | 189 | 0 | running | 112 | — |
| 18 | 39 | ▲ 21 | 25Dick May | Robertson Racing | Chevrolet | 185 | 0 | running | 109 | — |
| 19 | 21 | ▲ 2 | 63Terry Bivins | Moyer Racing | Chevrolet | 185 | 0 | running | 106 | — |
| 20 | 15 | ▼ 5 | 19Henley Gray | Gray Racing | Chevrolet | 181 | 0 | running | 103 | — |
| 21 | 23 | ▲ 2 | 70J.D. McDuffie | McDuffie Racing | Chevrolet | 180 | 0 | running | 100 | — |
| 22 | 9 | ▼ 13 | 71Dave Marcis | K&K Insurance Racing | Dodge | 179 | 1 | engine | 102 | — |
| 23 | 35 | ▲ 12 | 52Jimmy Means | Means Racing | Chevrolet | 179 | 0 | running | 94 | — |
| 24 | 3 | ▼ 21 | 2Bobby Allison | Penske Racing South | Mercury | 176 | 0 | running | 91 | — |
| 25 | 1 | ▼ 24 | 11Cale Yarborough | Junior Johnson & Associates | Chevrolet | 171 | 14 | running | 93 | — |
| 26 | 6 | ▼ 20 | 88Darrell Waltrip | DiGard Motorsports | Chevrolet | 163 | 0 | cylinder wall | 85 | — |
| 27 | 24 | ▼ 3 | 95Gary Myers | Junior Miller Racing | Chevrolet | 154 | 0 | running | 82 | — |
| 28 | 40 | ▲ 12 | 45Baxter Price | Price Racing | Chevrolet | 149 | 0 | engine | 79 | — |
| 29 | 8 | ▼ 21 | 47Bruce Hill | Hill Racing | Chevrolet | 118 | 0 | accident | 76 | — |
| 30 | 26 | ▼ 4 | 30Tighe Scott | Ballard Racing | Chevrolet | 91 | 0 | engine | 73 | — |
| 31 | 14 | ▼ 17 | 90Dick Brooks | Donlavey Racing | Ford | 78 | 0 | broken valve | 70 | — |
| 32 | 33 | ▲ 1 | 10Bill Elliott | Champion Racing | Ford | 55 | 0 | cylinder wall | 67 | — |
| 33 | 32 | ▼ 1 | 46Travis Tiller | Morgan-McClure | Dodge | 41 | 0 | engine | 64 | — |
| 34 | 25 | ▼ 9 | 64Tommy Gale | Langley-Woodfield Racing | Ford | 41 | 0 | engine | 61 | — |
| 35 | 16 | ▼ 19 | 50Darrell Bryant | Cliff Stewart Racing | Chevrolet | 32 | 0 | engine | 58 | — |
| 36 | 34 | ▼ 2 | 01Earle Canavan | Canavan Racing | Dodge | 29 | 0 | oil leak | 55 | — |
| 37 | 38 | ▲ 1 | 82Walter Ballard | Negre Racing | Dodge | 28 | 0 | quit | 52 | — |
| 38 | 27 | ▼ 11 | 40D.K. Ulrich | J.R. DeLotto (Owner) | Chevrolet | 14 | 0 | engine | 49 | — |
| 39 | 29 | ▼ 10 | 29Bill Hollar | Hollar Racing | Chevrolet | 2 | 0 | accident | 46 | — |
| 40 | 28 | ▼ 12 | 18Joe Frasson | Frasson Racing | Chevrolet | 2 | 0 | accident | 43 | — |