No storylines for this race: recaps are written as races finish.
| Fin | St | ± | Driver | Team | Make | Laps | Led | Status | Pts | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 | ▲ 7 | 88Darrell Waltrip | DiGard Motorsports | Chevrolet | 268 | 15 | running | 180 | — |
| 2 | 5 | ▲ 3 | 21David Pearson | Wood Brothers Racing | Mercury | 268 | 45 | running | 175 | — |
| 3 | 4 | ▲ 1 | 72Benny Parsons | DeWitt Racing |
No leader segments recorded.
No cautions recorded (or a caution-free race).
| Chevrolet |
| 268 |
| 0 |
| running |
| 165 |
| — |
| 4 | 6 | ▲ 2 | 1Donnie Allison | Ellington Racing | Chevrolet | 268 | 142 | running | 170 | — |
| 5 | 9 | ▲ 4 | 11Cale Yarborough | Junior Johnson & Associates | Chevrolet | 268 | 33 | running | 160 | — |
| 6 | 2 | ▼ 4 | 43Richard Petty | Petty Enterprises | Dodge | 268 | 10 | running | 155 | — |
| 7 | 7 | — | 15Buddy Baker | Bud Moore Engineering | Ford | 267 | 0 | running | 146 | — |
| 8 | 11 | ▲ 3 | 22Ricky Rudd | Al Rudd Auto | Chevrolet | 266 | 0 | running | 142 | — |
| 9 | 15 | ▲ 6 | 12Bobby Allison | Bobby Allison Motorsports | Matador | 265 | 0 | running | 138 | — |
| 10 | 23 | ▲ 13 | 14Coo Coo Marlin | Cunningham-Kelley | Chevrolet | 264 | 0 | running | 134 | — |
| 11 | 14 | ▲ 3 | 9Bill Elliott | George Elliott Racing | Mercury | 264 | 0 | running | 130 | — |
| 12 | 20 | ▲ 8 | 75Butch Hartman | Butch Hartman (Owner) | Chevrolet | 264 | 0 | running | 127 | — |
| 13 | 17 | ▲ 4 | 92Skip Manning | Hagan Enterprises | Chevrolet | 264 | 0 | running | 124 | — |
| 14 | 33 | ▲ 19 | 31Billy McGinnis | Billie Harvey (Owner) | Chevrolet | 264 | 0 | accident | 0 | — |
| 15 | 25 | ▲ 10 | 47Bruce Hill | Hill Racing | Chevrolet | 263 | 0 | running | 118 | — |
| 16 | 19 | ▲ 3 | 68Janet Guthrie | Lynda Ferreri (Owner) | Chevrolet | 263 | 0 | running | 115 | — |
| 17 | 12 | ▼ 5 | 67Buddy Arrington | Arrington Racing | Dodge | 263 | 0 | running | 112 | — |
| 18 | 26 | ▲ 8 | 40D.K. Ulrich | J.R. DeLotto (Owner) | Chevrolet | 263 | 0 | running | 109 | — |
| 19 | 36 | ▲ 17 | 30Tighe Scott | Ballard Racing | Chevrolet | 263 | 0 | running | 106 | — |
| 20 | 38 | ▲ 18 | 24Cecil Gordon | Gordon Racing | Chevrolet | 262 | 0 | running | 103 | — |
| 21 | 32 | ▲ 11 | 3Richard Childress | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 262 | 0 | running | 100 | — |
| 22 | 24 | ▲ 2 | 41Grant Adcox | Adcox-Kirby | Chevrolet | 261 | 0 | running | 97 | — |
| 23 | 22 | ▼ 1 | 79Frank Warren | Warren Racing | Dodge | 260 | 0 | running | 94 | — |
| 24 | 39 | ▲ 15 | 39Blackie Wangerin | Wangerin Racing | Mercury | 260 | 0 | running | 0 | — |
| 25 | 34 | ▲ 9 | 49G.C. Spencer | GC Spencer Racing | Dodge | 260 | 0 | running | 88 | — |
| 26 | 29 | ▲ 3 | 48James Hylton | Hylton Engineering | Chevrolet | 258 | 0 | running | 85 | — |
| 27 | 18 | ▼ 9 | 70J.D. McDuffie | McDuffie Racing | Chevrolet | 258 | 0 | running | 82 | — |
| 28 | 1 | ▼ 27 | 27Sam Sommers | M.C. Anderson Racing | Chevrolet | 257 | 23 | running | 84 | — |
| 29 | 40 | ▲ 11 | 74Bobby Wawak | Wawak Racing | Chevrolet | 255 | 0 | running | 76 | — |
| 30 | 30 | — | 91Harold Miller | H Miller Racing | Chevrolet | 251 | 0 | running | 73 | — |
| 31 | 31 | — | 17Roger Hamby | Hamby Racing | Chevrolet | 247 | 0 | running | 0 | — |
| 32 | 28 | ▼ 4 | 98Dick May | Osterlund Motorsports | Chevrolet | 247 | 0 | running | 67 | — |
| 33 | 13 | ▼ 20 | 84Morgan Shepherd | Makar Enterprises | Mercury | 241 | 0 | running | 64 | — |
| 34 | 35 | ▲ 1 | 19Bob Burcham | Gray Racing | Chevrolet | 217 | 0 | broken valve | 61 | — |
| 35 | 27 | ▼ 8 | 8Ed Negre | Negre Racing | Dodge | 185 | 0 | quit | 58 | — |
| 36 | 16 | ▼ 20 | 81Dave Marcis | WAM Racing | Chevrolet | 148 | 0 | steering | 55 | — |
| 37 | 10 | ▼ 27 | 90Dick Brooks | Donlavey Racing | Ford | 124 | 0 | broken valve | 52 | — |
| 38 | 3 | ▼ 35 | 5Neil Bonnett | Jim Stacy Racing | Dodge | 57 | 0 | accident | 49 | — |
| 39 | 21 | ▼ 18 | 23Jim Raptis | Opal Voight (Owner) | Chevrolet | 32 | 0 | engine | 46 | — |
| 40 | 37 | ▼ 3 | 52Jimmy Means | Means Racing | Chevrolet | 7 | 0 | ignition | 43 | — |