No storylines for this race: recaps are written as races finish.
| Fin | St | ± | Driver | Team | Make | Laps | Led | Status | Pts | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 33 | ▲ 32 | 15Bobby Allison | Bud Moore Engineering | Ford | 200 | 28 | running | 180 | — |
| 2 | 1 | ▼ 1 | 11Cale Yarborough | Junior Johnson & Associates | Oldsmobile | 200 | 43 | running | 175 | — |
| 3 | 8 | ▲ 5 | 72Benny Parsons | DeWitt Racing |
No leader segments recorded.
No cautions recorded (or a caution-free race).
| Oldsmobile |
| 199 |
| 2 |
| running |
| 170 |
| — |
| 4 | 2 | ▼ 2 | 53Ron Hutcherson | A.J. Foyt Racing | Buick | 199 | 0 | running | 160 | — |
| 5 | 32 | ▲ 27 | 90Dick Brooks | Donlavey Racing | Mercury | 198 | 0 | running | 155 | — |
| 6 | 10 | ▲ 4 | 2Dave Marcis | Osterlund Motorsports | Chevrolet | 198 | 0 | running | 150 | — |
| 7 | 31 | ▲ 24 | 27Buddy Baker | M.C. Anderson Racing | Oldsmobile | 196 | 76 | engine | 156 | — |
| 8 | 9 | ▲ 1 | 9Bill Elliott | George Elliott Racing | Mercury | 195 | 0 | running | 142 | — |
| 9 | 23 | ▲ 14 | 6Ferrel Harris | Jim Stacy Racing | Dodge | 195 | 0 | running | 138 | — |
| 10 | 28 | ▲ 18 | 54Lennie Pond | Ranier Racing | Oldsmobile | 195 | 0 | running | 134 | — |
| 11 | 11 | — | 30Tighe Scott | Ballard Racing | Oldsmobile | 194 | 0 | running | 130 | — |
| 12 | 18 | ▲ 6 | 92Skip Manning | Hagan Enterprises | Buick | 194 | 0 | running | 127 | — |
| 13 | 19 | ▲ 6 | 3Richard Childress | Richard Childress Racing | Oldsmobile | 194 | 0 | running | 124 | — |
| 14 | 13 | ▼ 1 | 41Grant Adcox | Adcox-Kirby | Chevrolet | 193 | 0 | running | 121 | — |
| 15 | 30 | ▲ 15 | 17Roger Hamby | Hamby Racing | Chevrolet | 193 | 0 | running | 118 | — |
| 16 | 17 | ▲ 1 | 67Buddy Arrington | Arrington Racing | Dodge | 192 | 0 | running | 115 | — |
| 17 | 40 | ▲ 23 | 40D.K. Ulrich | Ulrich Racing | Chevrolet | 192 | 0 | running | 112 | — |
| 18 | 25 | ▲ 7 | 57Dick May | McClure Motors | Ford | 192 | 0 | running | 109 | — |
| 19 | 15 | ▼ 4 | 98Roland Wlodyka | Osterlund Motorsports | Buick | 192 | 0 | running | 106 | — |
| 20 | 26 | ▲ 6 | 28Jerry Jolly | Charles Dean (Owner) | Chevrolet | 191 | 0 | running | 103 | — |
| 21 | 41 | ▲ 20 | 24Cecil Gordon | Gordon Racing | Chevrolet | 191 | 0 | running | 100 | — |
| 22 | 35 | ▲ 13 | 49Claude Ballot-Lena | GC Spencer Racing | Dodge | 190 | 0 | running | 0 | — |
| 23 | 27 | ▲ 4 | 26Jimmy Lee Capps | David Lee Sellers (Owner) | Chevrolet | 189 | 0 | running | 94 | — |
| 24 | 34 | ▲ 10 | 79Frank Warren | Warren Racing | Dodge | 188 | 0 | running | 91 | — |
| 25 | 38 | ▲ 13 | 64Tommy Gale | Langley-Woodfield Racing | Ford | 185 | 0 | running | 88 | — |
| 26 | 16 | ▼ 10 | 14Coo Coo Marlin | Cunningham-Kelley | Chevrolet | 179 | 0 | running | 85 | — |
| 27 | 12 | ▼ 15 | 5Neil Bonnett | Jim Stacy Racing | Dodge | 150 | 0 | engine | 82 | — |
| 28 | 4 | ▼ 24 | 88Darrell Waltrip | DiGard Motorsports | Chevrolet | 138 | 12 | running | 84 | — |
| 29 | 14 | ▼ 15 | 48Al Holbert | Hylton Engineering | Chevrolet | 136 | 0 | oil pressure | 76 | — |
| 30 | 22 | ▼ 8 | 70J.D. McDuffie | McDuffie Racing | Chevrolet | 132 | 0 | running | 73 | — |
| 31 | 21 | ▼ 10 | 61Joe Mihalic | Jim Norris (Owner) | Oldsmobile | 110 | 0 | head gasket | 70 | — |
| 32 | 3 | ▼ 29 | 51A.J. Foyt | A.J. Foyt Racing | Buick | 68 | 0 | accident | 0 | — |
| 33 | 6 | ▼ 27 | 43Richard Petty | Petty Enterprises | Dodge | 60 | 39 | accident | 69 | — |
| 34 | 5 | ▼ 29 | 21David Pearson | Wood Brothers Racing | Mercury | 60 | 0 | accident | 61 | — |
| 35 | 39 | ▲ 4 | 52Jimmy Means | Jimmy Means Racing | Chevrolet | 41 | 0 | engine | 58 | — |
| 36 | 29 | ▼ 7 | 39Blackie Wangerin | Wangerin Racing | Mercury | 30 | 0 | piston | 55 | — |
| 37 | 36 | ▼ 1 | 22Ricky Rudd | Al Rudd Auto | Chevrolet | 21 | 0 | handling | 52 | — |
| 38 | 24 | ▼ 14 | 89Jim Vandiver | Vandiver Racing | Chevrolet | 19 | 0 | engine | 49 | — |
| 39 | 7 | ▼ 32 | 1Donnie Allison | Ellington Racing | Oldsmobile | 9 | 0 | fender | 46 | — |
| 40 | 37 | ▼ 3 | 84Morgan Shepherd | Makar Enterprises | Mercury | 8 | 0 | head gasket | 43 | — |
| 41 | 20 | ▼ 21 | 66Harry Gant | Emerson Racing | Buick | 1 | 0 | piston | 40 | — |