No storylines for this race: recaps are written as races finish.
| Fin | St | ± | Driver | Team | Make | Laps | Led | Status | Pts | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | ▲ 3 | 11Cale Yarborough | Junior Johnson & Associates | Chevrolet | 200 | 137 | running | 185 | — |
| 2 | 6 | ▲ 4 | 72Benny Parsons | DeWitt Racing | Chevrolet | 200 | 16 | running | 175 | — |
| 3 | 8 | ▲ 5 | 15Buddy Baker | Bud Moore Engineering |
No leader segments recorded.
No cautions recorded (or a caution-free race).
| Ford |
| 199 |
| 16 |
| running |
| 170 |
| — |
| 4 | 13 | ▲ 9 | 14Coo Coo Marlin | Cunningham-Kelley | Chevrolet | 198 | 0 | running | 160 | — |
| 5 | 15 | ▲ 10 | 90Dick Brooks | Donlavey Racing | Ford | 198 | 0 | running | 155 | — |
| 6 | 2 | ▼ 4 | 51A.J. Foyt | A.J. Foyt Racing | Chevrolet | 197 | 13 | running | 0 | — |
| 7 | 10 | ▲ 3 | 88Darrell Waltrip | DiGard Motorsports | Chevrolet | 193 | 4 | running | 151 | — |
| 8 | 23 | ▲ 15 | 52Jimmy Means | Means Racing | Chevrolet | 192 | 0 | running | 142 | — |
| 9 | 30 | ▲ 21 | 19Bob Burcham | Gray Racing | Chevrolet | 191 | 0 | running | 138 | — |
| 10 | 37 | ▲ 27 | 48James Hylton | Hylton Engineering | Chevrolet | 189 | 0 | running | 134 | — |
| 11 | 33 | ▲ 22 | 79Frank Warren | Warren Racing | Dodge | 188 | 1 | running | 135 | — |
| 12 | 39 | ▲ 27 | 68Janet Guthrie | Lynda Ferreri (Owner) | Chevrolet | 188 | 0 | running | 127 | — |
| 13 | 24 | ▲ 11 | 70J.D. McDuffie | McDuffie Racing | Chevrolet | 184 | 0 | engine | 124 | — |
| 14 | 42 | ▲ 28 | 40D.K. Ulrich | J.R. DeLotto (Owner) | Chevrolet | 168 | 0 | running | 121 | — |
| 15 | 7 | ▼ 8 | 12Bobby Allison | Bobby Allison Motorsports | Matador | 167 | 0 | engine | 118 | — |
| 16 | 35 | ▲ 19 | 30Tighe Scott | Ballard Racing | Chevrolet | 166 | 0 | engine | 115 | — |
| 17 | 41 | ▲ 24 | 24Cecil Gordon | Gordon Racing | Chevrolet | 164 | 0 | running | 112 | — |
| 18 | 34 | ▲ 16 | 81Terry Ryan | WAM Racing | Chevrolet | 159 | 0 | engine | 109 | — |
| 19 | 29 | ▲ 10 | 03Walter Ballard | Smokey Yunick Racing | Chevrolet | 153 | 0 | engine | 106 | — |
| 20 | 19 | ▼ 1 | 31Jim Vandiver | Ranier Racing | Dodge | 137 | 0 | running | 103 | — |
| 21 | 5 | ▼ 16 | 21David Pearson | Wood Brothers Racing | Mercury | 135 | 2 | broken valve | 105 | — |
| 22 | 21 | ▼ 1 | 22Ricky Rudd | Al Rudd Auto | Chevrolet | 135 | 0 | rear end | 97 | — |
| 23 | 32 | ▲ 9 | 3Richard Childress | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 127 | 0 | running | 94 | — |
| 24 | 25 | ▲ 1 | 4Salt Walther | Walther Racing | Chevrolet | 114 | 0 | accident | 0 | — |
| 25 | 18 | ▼ 7 | 47Bruce Hill | Hill Racing | Chevrolet | 113 | 0 | timing chain | 88 | — |
| 26 | 3 | ▼ 23 | 43Richard Petty | Petty Enterprises | Dodge | 111 | 4 | engine | 90 | — |
| 27 | 12 | ▼ 15 | 60Ramo Stott | Viglione Racing | Chevrolet | 107 | 0 | accident | 82 | — |
| 28 | 9 | ▼ 19 | 2Dave Marcis | Penske Racing South | Mercury | 103 | 1 | running | 84 | — |
| 29 | 22 | ▼ 7 | 8Ed Negre | Negre Racing | Dodge | 101 | 0 | engine | 76 | — |
| 30 | 1 | ▼ 29 | 1Donnie Allison | Ellington Racing | Chevrolet | 88 | 6 | accident | 78 | — |
| 31 | 36 | ▲ 5 | 27Sam Sommers | M.C. Anderson Racing | Chevrolet | 87 | 0 | water pump | 70 | — |
| 32 | 31 | ▼ 1 | 83Ron Hutcherson | Norris Reed (Owner) | Chevrolet | 85 | 0 | transmission | 67 | — |
| 33 | 20 | ▼ 13 | 26Jimmy Lee Capps | David Lee Sellers (Owner) | Chevrolet | 77 | 0 | rear end | 64 | — |
| 34 | 14 | ▼ 20 | 41Grant Adcox | Adcox-Kirby | Chevrolet | 73 | 0 | engine | 61 | — |
| 35 | 26 | ▼ 9 | 95Jim Hurtubise | Junior Miller Racing | Chevrolet | 69 | 0 | oil cooler | 58 | — |
| 36 | 27 | ▼ 9 | 92Skip Manning | Hagan Enterprises | Chevrolet | 65 | 0 | engine | 55 | — |
| 37 | 11 | ▼ 26 | 71Neil Bonnett | K&K Insurance Racing | Dodge | 65 | 0 | engine | 52 | — |
| 38 | 38 | — | 67Buddy Arrington | Arrington Racing | Dodge | 51 | 0 | engine | 49 | — |
| 39 | 28 | ▼ 11 | 29Roy Smith | Dick Midgley Motorsports | Chevrolet | 45 | 0 | engine | 46 | — |
| 40 | 16 | ▼ 24 | 87Elliott Forbes-Robinson | Harris Racing | Dodge | 44 | 0 | engine | 43 | — |
| 41 | 40 | ▼ 1 | 77Johnny Rutherford | Johnny Ray (Owner) | Chevrolet | 29 | 0 | vibration | 0 | — |
| 42 | 17 | ▼ 25 | 32Bobby Wawak | Gwinn-Wawak | Chevrolet | 3 | 0 | accident | 37 | — |