No storylines for this race: recaps are written as races finish.
| Fin | St | ± | Driver | Team | Make | Laps | Led | Status | Pts | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | ▲ 1 | 72Benny Parsons | DeWitt Racing | Chevrolet | 420 | 144 | running | 180 | — |
| 2 | 3 | ▲ 1 | 11Cale Yarborough | Junior Johnson & Associates | Chevrolet | 420 | 274 | running | 180 | — |
| 3 | 1 | ▼ 2 | 88Darrell Waltrip | DiGard Motorsports |
No leader segments recorded.
No cautions recorded (or a caution-free race).
| Chevrolet |
| 418 |
| 2 |
| running |
| 170 |
| — |
| 4 | 6 | ▲ 2 | 2Dave Marcis | Penske Racing South | Chevrolet | 417 | 0 | running | 160 | — |
| 5 | 4 | ▼ 1 | 43Richard Petty | Petty Enterprises | Dodge | 416 | 0 | running | 155 | — |
| 6 | 7 | ▲ 1 | 15Buddy Baker | Bud Moore Engineering | Ford | 416 | 0 | running | 150 | — |
| 7 | 5 | ▼ 2 | 12Bobby Allison | Bobby Allison Motorsports | Matador | 414 | 0 | running | 146 | — |
| 8 | 15 | ▲ 7 | 14Coo Coo Marlin | Cunningham-Kelley | Chevrolet | 405 | 0 | running | 0 | — |
| 9 | 8 | ▼ 1 | 52Jimmy Means | Means Racing | Chevrolet | 402 | 0 | running | 138 | — |
| 10 | 12 | ▲ 2 | 22Ricky Rudd | Al Rudd Auto | Chevrolet | 401 | 0 | running | 134 | — |
| 11 | 19 | ▲ 8 | 48James Hylton | Hylton Engineering | Chevrolet | 398 | 0 | running | 130 | — |
| 12 | 23 | ▲ 11 | 4Gary Myers | Gary Myers (Owner) | Chevrolet | 396 | 0 | running | 0 | — |
| 13 | 17 | ▲ 4 | 24Cecil Gordon | Gordon Racing | Chevrolet | 394 | 0 | running | 124 | — |
| 14 | 16 | ▲ 2 | 40D.K. Ulrich | J.R. DeLotto (Owner) | Chevrolet | 392 | 0 | running | 121 | — |
| 15 | 14 | ▼ 1 | 67Buddy Arrington | Arrington Racing | Dodge | 385 | 0 | running | 118 | — |
| 16 | 28 | ▲ 12 | 20Rick Newsom | Newsom Racing | Ford | 376 | 0 | running | 115 | — |
| 17 | 27 | ▲ 10 | 33Earl Brooks | Hiram Handy (Owner) | Chevrolet | 370 | 0 | running | 112 | — |
| 18 | 30 | ▲ 12 | 98Ralph Jones | Ralph Jones (Owner) | Ford | 369 | 0 | running | 109 | — |
| 19 | 18 | ▼ 1 | 16David Sisco | Sisco Racing | Chevrolet | 368 | 0 | running | 106 | — |
| 20 | 20 | — | 25Ferrel Harris | Robertson Racing | Chevrolet | 359 | 0 | running | 103 | — |
| 21 | 9 | ▼ 12 | 92Skip Manning | Hagan Enterprises | Chevrolet | 313 | 0 | rear end | 100 | — |
| 22 | 22 | — | 64Dick Brooks | Langley-Woodfield Racing | Ford | 269 | 0 | ignition | 97 | — |
| 23 | 25 | ▲ 2 | 45Elmo Langley | Price Racing | Chevrolet | 182 | 0 | oil pressure | 94 | — |
| 24 | 11 | ▼ 13 | 70J.D. McDuffie | McDuffie Racing | Chevrolet | 176 | 0 | engine | 91 | — |
| 25 | 26 | ▲ 1 | 19Henley Gray | Gray Racing | Chevrolet | 154 | 0 | overheating | 88 | — |
| 26 | 10 | ▼ 16 | 3Richard Childress | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 133 | 0 | engine | 85 | — |
| 27 | 13 | ▼ 14 | 81Terry Ryan | WAM Racing | Chevrolet | 86 | 0 | broken valve | 82 | — |
| 28 | 29 | ▲ 1 | 39Paul Dean Holt | Lloyd McBee (Owner) | Ford | 47 | 0 | overheating | 79 | — |
| 29 | 24 | ▼ 5 | 79Frank Warren | Warren Racing | Dodge | 30 | 0 | broken valve | 76 | — |
| 30 | 21 | ▼ 9 | 7Dean Dalton | Dalton Racing | Chevrolet | 19 | 0 | broken valve | 73 | — |