No storylines for this race: recaps are written as races finish.
| Fin | St | ± | Driver | Team | Make | Laps | Led | Status | Pts | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | ▲ 4 | 21David Pearson | Wood Brothers Racing | Mercury | 367 | 60 | running | 180 | — |
| 2 | 7 | ▲ 5 | 1Donnie Allison | Ellington Racing | Chevrolet | 367 | 109 | running | 175 | — |
| 3 | 3 | — | 15Buddy Baker | Bud Moore Engineering |
No leader segments recorded.
No cautions recorded (or a caution-free race).
| Ford |
| 367 |
| 0 |
| running |
| 165 |
| — |
| 4 | 6 | ▲ 2 | 43Richard Petty | Petty Enterprises | Dodge | 365 | 1 | running | 165 | — |
| 5 | 4 | ▼ 1 | 11Cale Yarborough | Junior Johnson & Associates | Chevrolet | 362 | 70 | running | 160 | — |
| 6 | 1 | ▼ 5 | 88Darrell Waltrip | DiGard Motorsports | Chevrolet | 360 | 123 | running | 160 | — |
| 7 | 18 | ▲ 11 | 22Ricky Rudd | Al Rudd Auto | Chevrolet | 360 | 0 | running | 146 | — |
| 8 | 12 | ▲ 4 | 3Richard Childress | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 360 | 0 | running | 142 | — |
| 9 | 28 | ▲ 19 | 47Bruce Hill | Hill Racing | Chevrolet | 357 | 0 | running | 0 | — |
| 10 | 16 | ▲ 6 | 52Bill Elliott | George Elliott Racing | Ford | 355 | 0 | running | 134 | — |
| 11 | 25 | ▲ 14 | 8Ed Negre | Negre Racing | Dodge | 352 | 0 | running | 130 | — |
| 12 | 19 | ▲ 7 | 70J.D. McDuffie | McDuffie Racing | Chevrolet | 350 | 0 | running | 127 | — |
| 13 | 22 | ▲ 9 | 48James Hylton | Hylton Engineering | Chevrolet | 348 | 0 | running | 124 | — |
| 14 | 31 | ▲ 17 | 67Buddy Arrington | Arrington Racing | Dodge | 344 | 0 | running | 121 | — |
| 15 | 30 | ▲ 15 | 4Gary Myers | Gary Myers (Owner) | Chevrolet | 343 | 0 | running | 118 | — |
| 16 | 26 | ▲ 10 | 68Janet Guthrie | Lynda Ferreri (Owner) | Chevrolet | 339 | 0 | running | 115 | — |
| 17 | 38 | ▲ 21 | 79Frank Warren | Warren Racing | Dodge | 338 | 0 | running | 112 | — |
| 18 | 11 | ▼ 7 | 64Tommy Gale | Langley-Woodfield Racing | Ford | 335 | 0 | running | 109 | — |
| 19 | 34 | ▲ 15 | 24Cecil Gordon | Gordon Racing | Chevrolet | 333 | 0 | running | 106 | — |
| 20 | 40 | ▲ 20 | 69Mike Kempton | Mike Kempton (Owner) | Chevrolet | 324 | 0 | running | 103 | — |
| 21 | 36 | ▲ 15 | 45Baxter Price | Price Racing | Chevrolet | 321 | 0 | running | 100 | — |
| 22 | 35 | ▲ 13 | 19Bobby Wawak | Gray Racing | Chevrolet | 319 | 0 | running | 97 | — |
| 23 | 21 | ▼ 2 | 01Earle Canavan | Canavan Racing | Dodge | 311 | 0 | running | 94 | — |
| 24 | 29 | ▲ 5 | 91Terry Bivins | H Miller Racing | Chevrolet | 290 | 0 | engine | 91 | — |
| 25 | 2 | ▼ 23 | 72Benny Parsons | DeWitt Racing | Chevrolet | 289 | 2 | engine | 93 | — |
| 26 | 10 | ▼ 16 | 14Coo Coo Marlin | Cunningham-Kelley | Chevrolet | 287 | 0 | engine | 0 | — |
| 27 | 23 | ▼ 4 | 40D.K. Ulrich | J.R. DeLotto (Owner) | Chevrolet | 257 | 0 | running | 82 | — |
| 28 | 9 | ▼ 19 | 54Lennie Pond | Elder-Ranier | Chevrolet | 250 | 2 | accident | 84 | — |
| 29 | 17 | ▼ 12 | 27Sam Sommers | M.C. Anderson Racing | Chevrolet | 219 | 0 | accident | 76 | — |
| 30 | 39 | ▲ 9 | 08Ralph Jones | Ralph Jones (Owner) | Ford | 179 | 0 | accident | 73 | — |
| 31 | 32 | ▲ 1 | 10Dick May | Champion Racing | Ford | 169 | 0 | engine | 70 | — |
| 32 | 33 | ▲ 1 | 30Tighe Scott | Ballard Racing | Chevrolet | 148 | 0 | sway bar | 67 | — |
| 33 | 37 | ▲ 4 | 25Ferrel Harris | Robertson Racing | Chevrolet | 100 | 0 | engine | 64 | — |
| 34 | 15 | ▼ 19 | 90Dick Brooks | Donlavey Racing | Ford | 68 | 0 | accident | 61 | — |
| 35 | 20 | ▼ 15 | 75Butch Hartman | Butch Hartman (Owner) | Chevrolet | 61 | 0 | accident | 58 | — |
| 36 | 27 | ▼ 9 | 98Roland Wlodyka | Osterlund Motorsports | Chevrolet | 57 | 0 | control arm | 55 | — |
| 37 | 13 | ▼ 24 | 49G.C. Spencer | GC Spencer Racing | Dodge | 26 | 0 | accident | 52 | — |
| 38 | 14 | ▼ 24 | 92Skip Manning | Hagan Enterprises | Chevrolet | 23 | 0 | accident | 49 | — |
| 39 | 8 | ▼ 31 | 12Bobby Allison | Bobby Allison Motorsports | Matador | 21 | 0 | engine | 46 | — |
| 40 | 24 | ▼ 16 | 61Joe Mihalic | Mihalic Racing | Chevrolet | 12 | 0 | head gasket | 43 | — |