No storylines for this race: recaps are written as races finish.
| Fin | St | ± | Driver | Team | Make | Laps | Led | Status | Pts | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 15 | ▲ 14 | 1Donnie Allison | Ellington Racing | Chevrolet | 334 | 59 | running | 180 | — |
| 2 | 4 | ▲ 2 | 11Cale Yarborough | Junior Johnson & Associates | Chevrolet | 334 | 81 | running | 175 | — |
| 3 | 5 | ▲ 2 | 2Bobby Allison | Penske Racing South |
No leader segments recorded.
No cautions recorded (or a caution-free race).
| Mercury |
| 334 |
| 8 |
| running |
| 170 |
| — |
| 4 | 2 | ▼ 2 | 15Buddy Baker | Bud Moore Engineering | Ford | 334 | 106 | running | 170 | — |
| 5 | 14 | ▲ 9 | 72Benny Parsons | DeWitt Racing | Chevrolet | 333 | 0 | running | 155 | — |
| 6 | 1 | ▼ 5 | 21David Pearson | Wood Brothers Racing | Mercury | 331 | 59 | running | 155 | — |
| 7 | 10 | ▲ 3 | 54Lennie Pond | Elder-Ranier | Chevrolet | 329 | 0 | running | 146 | — |
| 8 | 3 | ▼ 5 | 43Richard Petty | Petty Enterprises | Dodge | 328 | 5 | running | 147 | — |
| 9 | 12 | ▲ 3 | 90Dick Brooks | Donlavey Racing | Ford | 328 | 0 | running | 138 | — |
| 10 | 17 | ▲ 7 | 36Bobby Wawak | Gwinn-Wawak | Chevrolet | 326 | 0 | running | 134 | — |
| 11 | 7 | ▼ 4 | 88Darrell Waltrip | DiGard Motorsports | Chevrolet | 325 | 0 | running | 130 | — |
| 12 | 31 | ▲ 19 | 67Buddy Arrington | Arrington Racing | Dodge | 323 | 0 | running | 127 | — |
| 13 | 13 | — | 92Skip Manning | Hagan Enterprises | Chevrolet | 322 | 0 | running | 124 | — |
| 14 | 28 | ▲ 14 | 41Grant Adcox | Adcox-Kirby | Chevrolet | 319 | 0 | running | 121 | — |
| 15 | 32 | ▲ 17 | 3Richard Childress | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 319 | 0 | running | 118 | — |
| 16 | 33 | ▲ 17 | 22Ricky Rudd | Al Rudd Auto | Chevrolet | 318 | 0 | running | 115 | — |
| 17 | 16 | ▼ 1 | 49G.C. Spencer | GC Spencer Racing | Dodge | 316 | 0 | running | 112 | — |
| 18 | 36 | ▲ 18 | 48James Hylton | Hylton Engineering | Chevrolet | 315 | 0 | running | 109 | — |
| 19 | 22 | ▲ 3 | 05David Sisco | Sisco Racing | Chevrolet | 315 | 0 | running | 106 | — |
| 20 | 34 | ▲ 14 | 33Earl Brooks | Hiram Handy (Owner) | Chevrolet | 314 | 0 | running | 103 | — |
| 21 | 21 | — | 19Bill Dennis | Gray Racing | Chevrolet | 313 | 0 | running | 100 | — |
| 22 | 26 | ▲ 4 | 68Janet Guthrie | Lynda Ferreri (Owner) | Chevrolet | 313 | 0 | running | 0 | — |
| 23 | 37 | ▲ 14 | 70J.D. McDuffie | McDuffie Racing | Chevrolet | 306 | 0 | running | 94 | — |
| 24 | 38 | ▲ 14 | 59Buck Baker | H.C. Porter (Owner) | Chevrolet | 301 | 0 | running | 91 | — |
| 25 | 25 | — | 30Terry Bivins | Ballard Racing | Chevrolet | 299 | 0 | running | 88 | — |
| 26 | 30 | ▲ 4 | 79Frank Warren | Warren Racing | Dodge | 295 | 0 | running | 85 | — |
| 27 | 39 | ▲ 12 | 63Bruce Jacobi | Moyer Racing | Chevrolet | 291 | 0 | running | 82 | — |
| 28 | 27 | ▼ 1 | 24Cecil Gordon | Gordon Racing | Chevrolet | 268 | 0 | rear end | 79 | — |
| 29 | 8 | ▼ 21 | 71Dave Marcis | K&K Insurance Racing | Dodge | 262 | 16 | broken valve | 81 | — |
| 30 | 24 | ▼ 6 | 40D.K. Ulrich | J.R. DeLotto (Owner) | Chevrolet | 250 | 0 | engine | 73 | — |
| 31 | 18 | ▼ 13 | 77Johnny Rutherford | Johnny Ray (Owner) | Chevrolet | 208 | 0 | engine | 0 | — |
| 32 | 23 | ▼ 9 | 14Coo Coo Marlin | Cunningham-Kelley | Chevrolet | 189 | 0 | broken valve | 67 | — |
| 33 | 35 | ▲ 2 | 55Sonny Easley | Jerry Lankford (Owner) | Ford | 148 | 0 | broken valve | 64 | — |
| 34 | 29 | ▼ 5 | 47Bruce Hill | Hill Racing | Chevrolet | 144 | 0 | engine | 61 | — |
| 35 | 20 | ▼ 15 | 12Neil Bonnett | Neil Bonnett (Owner) | Chevrolet | 126 | 0 | engine | 58 | — |
| 36 | 6 | ▼ 30 | 27Sam Sommers | M.C. Anderson Racing | Chevrolet | 80 | 0 | clutch | 55 | — |
| 37 | 40 | ▲ 3 | 8Ed Negre | Negre Racing | Dodge | 70 | 0 | broken valve | 52 | — |
| 38 | 11 | ▼ 27 | 28A.J. Foyt | Ellington Racing | Chevrolet | 59 | 0 | steering | 0 | — |
| 39 | 9 | ▼ 30 | 17Gordon Johncock | K&K Insurance Racing | Dodge | 41 | 0 | broken valve | 0 | — |
| 40 | 19 | ▼ 21 | 9Al Holbert | George Elliott Racing | Ford | 7 | 0 | cylinder wall | 0 | — |