No storylines for this race: recaps are written as races finish.
| Fin | St | ± | Driver | Team | Make | Laps | Led | Status | Pts | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | ▲ 5 | 11Cale Yarborough | Junior Johnson & Associates | Chevrolet | 500 | 141 | running | 180 | — |
| 2 | 4 | ▲ 2 | 21David Pearson | Wood Brothers Racing | Mercury | 500 | 297 | running | 180 | — |
| 3 | 1 | ▼ 2 | 43Richard Petty | Petty Enterprises |
No leader segments recorded.
No cautions recorded (or a caution-free race).
| Dodge |
| 499 |
| 51 |
| running |
| 170 |
| — |
| 4 | 3 | ▼ 1 | 88Darrell Waltrip | DiGard Motorsports | Chevrolet | 496 | 1 | running | 165 | — |
| 5 | 8 | ▲ 3 | 90Dick Brooks | Donlavey Racing | Ford | 496 | 0 | running | 155 | — |
| 6 | 2 | ▼ 4 | 72Benny Parsons | DeWitt Racing | Chevrolet | 495 | 10 | running | 155 | — |
| 7 | 11 | ▲ 4 | 54Lennie Pond | Elder-Ranier | Chevrolet | 494 | 0 | running | 146 | — |
| 8 | 5 | ▼ 3 | 12Bobby Allison | Bobby Allison Motorsports | Matador | 493 | 0 | running | 142 | — |
| 9 | 7 | ▼ 2 | 15Buddy Baker | Bud Moore Engineering | Ford | 490 | 0 | running | 138 | — |
| 10 | 10 | — | 84Morgan Shepherd | Makar Enterprises | Mercury | 486 | 0 | running | 134 | — |
| 11 | 24 | ▲ 13 | 67Buddy Arrington | Arrington Racing | Dodge | 482 | 0 | running | 130 | — |
| 12 | 25 | ▲ 13 | 24Cecil Gordon | Gordon Racing | Chevrolet | 480 | 0 | running | 127 | — |
| 13 | 12 | ▼ 1 | 70J.D. McDuffie | McDuffie Racing | Chevrolet | 480 | 0 | running | 124 | — |
| 14 | 15 | ▲ 1 | 30Tighe Scott | Ballard Racing | Chevrolet | 479 | 0 | running | 121 | — |
| 15 | 26 | ▲ 11 | 8Ed Negre | Negre Racing | Dodge | 475 | 0 | running | 118 | — |
| 16 | 21 | ▲ 5 | 57Dick May | McClure Motors | Ford | 473 | 0 | running | 115 | — |
| 17 | 9 | ▼ 8 | 92Skip Manning | Hagan Enterprises | Chevrolet | 469 | 0 | running | 112 | — |
| 18 | 23 | ▲ 5 | 64Tommy Gale | Langley-Woodfield Racing | Ford | 454 | 0 | running | 109 | — |
| 19 | 33 | ▲ 14 | 25Ferrel Harris | Robertson Racing | Chevrolet | 449 | 0 | running | 106 | — |
| 20 | 18 | ▼ 2 | 40D.K. Ulrich | J.R. DeLotto (Owner) | Chevrolet | 407 | 0 | running | 103 | — |
| 21 | 19 | ▼ 2 | 3Richard Childress | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 389 | 0 | water pump | 100 | — |
| 22 | 30 | ▲ 8 | 4Gary Myers | Gary Myers (Owner) | Chevrolet | 371 | 0 | steering | 97 | — |
| 23 | 28 | ▲ 5 | 01Earle Canavan | Canavan Racing | Dodge | 313 | 0 | transmission | 94 | — |
| 24 | 32 | ▲ 8 | 45Baxter Price | Price Racing | Chevrolet | 303 | 0 | overheating | 91 | — |
| 25 | 34 | ▲ 9 | 33Earl Brooks | Hiram Handy (Owner) | Chevrolet | 274 | 0 | head gasket | 88 | — |
| 26 | 22 | ▼ 4 | 79Frank Warren | Warren Racing | Dodge | 247 | 0 | engine | 85 | — |
| 27 | 20 | ▼ 7 | 22Ricky Rudd | Al Rudd Auto | Chevrolet | 190 | 0 | oil pump | 82 | — |
| 28 | 29 | ▲ 1 | 20Rick Newsom | Newsom Racing | Ford | 176 | 0 | broken valve | 79 | — |
| 29 | 14 | ▼ 15 | 52Jimmy Means | Means Racing | Chevrolet | 139 | 0 | piston | 76 | — |
| 30 | 16 | ▼ 14 | 16David Sisco | Sisco Racing | Chevrolet | 126 | 0 | oil pump | 73 | — |
| 31 | 36 | ▲ 5 | 95Elmo Langley | Junior Miller Racing | Chevrolet | 119 | 0 | oil pan | 70 | — |
| 32 | 31 | ▼ 1 | 19Henley Gray | Gray Racing | Chevrolet | 97 | 0 | control arm | 67 | — |
| 33 | 13 | ▼ 20 | 48James Hylton | Hylton Engineering | Chevrolet | 82 | 0 | piston | 64 | — |
| 34 | 27 | ▼ 7 | 7Dean Dalton | Dalton Racing | Chevrolet | 40 | 0 | clutch | 61 | — |
| 35 | 17 | ▼ 18 | 47Bruce Hill | Hill Racing | Chevrolet | 34 | 0 | cylinder head | 58 | — |
| 36 | 35 | ▼ 1 | 10Raymond Williams | Champion Racing | Ford | 0 | 0 | engine | 55 | — |