No storylines for this race: recaps are written as races finish.
| Fin | St | ± | Driver | Team | Make | Laps | Led | Status | Pts | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | — | 11Cale Yarborough | Junior Johnson & Associates | Chevrolet | 500 | 218 | running | 185 | — |
| 2 | 2 | — | 43Richard Petty | Petty Enterprises | Dodge | 500 | 179 | running | 175 | — |
| 3 | 5 | ▲ 2 | 21David Pearson | Wood Brothers Racing |
No leader segments recorded.
No cautions recorded (or a caution-free race).
| Mercury |
| 498 |
| 59 |
| running |
| 170 |
| — |
| 4 | 7 | ▲ 3 | 2Bobby Allison | Penske Racing South | Mercury | 496 | 0 | running | 160 | — |
| 5 | 4 | ▼ 1 | 15Buddy Baker | Bud Moore Engineering | Ford | 493 | 0 | running | 155 | — |
| 6 | 8 | ▲ 2 | 90Dick Brooks | Donlavey Racing | Ford | 491 | 0 | running | 150 | — |
| 7 | 22 | ▲ 15 | 70J.D. McDuffie | McDuffie Racing | Chevrolet | 482 | 0 | running | 146 | — |
| 8 | 15 | ▲ 7 | 40D.K. Ulrich | J.R. DeLotto (Owner) | Chevrolet | 475 | 0 | running | 142 | — |
| 9 | 25 | ▲ 16 | 48James Hylton | Hylton Engineering | Chevrolet | 474 | 0 | running | 138 | — |
| 10 | 26 | ▲ 16 | 67Buddy Arrington | Arrington Racing | Dodge | 474 | 0 | running | 134 | — |
| 11 | 27 | ▲ 16 | 05David Sisco | Sisco Racing | Chevrolet | 473 | 0 | running | 130 | — |
| 12 | 32 | ▲ 20 | 92Skip Manning | Hagan Enterprises | Chevrolet | 471 | 0 | running | 127 | — |
| 13 | 21 | ▲ 8 | 19Henley Gray | Gray Racing | Chevrolet | 463 | 0 | running | 124 | — |
| 14 | 6 | ▼ 8 | 71Dave Marcis | K&K Insurance Racing | Dodge | 460 | 42 | engine | 126 | — |
| 15 | 23 | ▲ 8 | 8Ed Negre | Negre Racing | Dodge | 458 | 0 | running | 118 | — |
| 16 | 34 | ▲ 18 | 45Walter Ballard | Price Racing | Chevrolet | 454 | 0 | running | 115 | — |
| 17 | 36 | ▲ 19 | 25Dick May | Robertson Racing | Chevrolet | 448 | 0 | running | 112 | — |
| 18 | 24 | ▲ 6 | 61Joe Mihalic | Viglione Racing | Chevrolet | 447 | 0 | running | 109 | — |
| 19 | 28 | ▲ 9 | 7Jack Donohue | Dalton Racing | Chevrolet | 444 | 0 | running | 106 | — |
| 20 | 18 | ▼ 2 | 3Richard Childress | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 442 | 0 | running | 103 | — |
| 21 | 31 | ▲ 10 | 10Tommy Ellis | Champion Racing | Ford | 429 | 0 | running | 100 | — |
| 22 | 14 | ▼ 8 | 36Bobby Wawak | Gwinn-Wawak | Chevrolet | 419 | 0 | running | 97 | — |
| 23 | 13 | ▼ 10 | 79Frank Warren | Warren Racing | Dodge | 397 | 0 | running | 94 | — |
| 24 | 29 | ▲ 5 | 01Earle Canavan | Canavan Racing | Dodge | 396 | 0 | running | 91 | — |
| 25 | 30 | ▲ 5 | 64Tommy Gale | Langley-Woodfield Racing | Ford | 391 | 0 | running | 88 | — |
| 26 | 9 | ▼ 17 | 72Benny Parsons | DeWitt Racing | Chevrolet | 384 | 0 | running | 85 | — |
| 27 | 20 | ▼ 7 | 52Jimmy Means | Means Racing | Chevrolet | 362 | 0 | engine | 82 | — |
| 28 | 35 | ▲ 7 | 63Bruce Jacobi | Moyer Racing | Chevrolet | 271 | 0 | overheating | 79 | — |
| 29 | 19 | ▼ 10 | 95Gary Myers | Junior Miller Racing | Chevrolet | 242 | 0 | engine | 76 | — |
| 30 | 33 | ▲ 3 | 20Rick Newsom | Newsom Racing | Ford | 205 | 0 | ignition | 73 | — |
| 31 | 3 | ▼ 28 | 88Darrell Waltrip | DiGard Motorsports | Chevrolet | 202 | 1 | camshaft | 75 | — |
| 32 | 16 | ▼ 16 | 30Terry Bivins | Ballard Racing | Chevrolet | 202 | 0 | piston | 67 | — |
| 33 | 11 | ▼ 22 | 68Janet Guthrie | Lynda Ferreri (Owner) | Chevrolet | 167 | 0 | engine | 0 | — |
| 34 | 10 | ▼ 24 | 54Lennie Pond | Elder-Ranier | Chevrolet | 144 | 1 | engine | 66 | — |
| 35 | 12 | ▼ 23 | 24Cecil Gordon | Gordon Racing | Chevrolet | 77 | 0 | engine | 58 | — |
| 36 | 17 | ▼ 19 | 47Bruce Hill | Hill Racing | Chevrolet | 18 | 0 | head gasket | 55 | — |
| 37 | 37 | — | 02Budd Hagelin | — | Dodge | 3 | 0 | oil pressure | 52 | — |