No storylines for this race: recaps are written as races finish.
| Fin | St | ± | Driver | Team | Make | Laps | Led | Status | Pts | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | ▲ 2 | 72Benny Parsons | DeWitt Racing | Chevrolet | 400 | 109 | running | 180 | — |
| 2 | 9 | ▲ 7 | 54Lennie Pond | Ranier Racing | Chevrolet | 400 | 142 | running | 180 | — |
| 3 | 7 | ▲ 4 | 11Cale Yarborough | Junior Johnson & Associates |
No leader segments recorded.
No cautions recorded (or a caution-free race).
| Oldsmobile |
| 399 |
| 69 |
| running |
| 170 |
| — |
| 4 | 2 | ▼ 2 | 88Darrell Waltrip | DiGard Motorsports | Chevrolet | 399 | 55 | running | 165 | — |
| 5 | 5 | — | 90Dick Brooks | Donlavey Racing | Ford | 397 | 0 | running | 155 | — |
| 6 | 4 | ▼ 2 | 15Bobby Allison | Bud Moore Engineering | Ford | 396 | 0 | running | 150 | — |
| 7 | 6 | ▼ 1 | 2Dave Marcis | Osterlund Motorsports | Chevrolet | 395 | 0 | running | 146 | — |
| 8 | 11 | ▲ 3 | 3Richard Childress | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 393 | 20 | running | 147 | — |
| 9 | 1 | ▼ 8 | 5Neil Bonnett | Jim Stacy Racing | Dodge | 393 | 5 | running | 143 | — |
| 10 | 19 | ▲ 9 | 30Tighe Scott | Ballard Racing | Chevrolet | 389 | 0 | running | 134 | — |
| 11 | 10 | ▼ 1 | 48James Hylton | Hylton Engineering | Chevrolet | 389 | 0 | running | 130 | — |
| 12 | 18 | ▲ 6 | 52Jimmy Means | Jimmy Means Racing | Chevrolet | 385 | 0 | running | 127 | — |
| 13 | 17 | ▲ 4 | 92Skip Manning | Hagan Enterprises | Chevrolet | 381 | 0 | running | 124 | — |
| 14 | 23 | ▲ 9 | 79Frank Warren | Warren Racing | Dodge | 380 | 0 | running | 121 | — |
| 15 | 21 | ▲ 6 | 67Buddy Arrington | Arrington Racing | Dodge | 380 | 0 | running | 118 | — |
| 16 | 16 | — | 40D.K. Ulrich | Ulrich Racing | Chevrolet | 379 | 0 | running | 115 | — |
| 17 | 20 | ▲ 3 | 24Cecil Gordon | Gordon Racing | Chevrolet | 379 | 0 | running | 112 | — |
| 18 | 24 | ▲ 6 | 25Ronnie Thomas | Robertson Racing | Chevrolet | 370 | 0 | running | 109 | — |
| 19 | 25 | ▲ 6 | 26Jimmy Lee Capps | David Lee Sellers (Owner) | Chevrolet | 369 | 0 | running | 106 | — |
| 20 | 29 | ▲ 9 | 45Baxter Price | Price Racing | Chevrolet | 359 | 0 | running | 103 | — |
| 21 | 14 | ▼ 7 | 8Ed Negre | Negre Racing | Dodge | 358 | 0 | running | 100 | — |
| 22 | 8 | ▼ 14 | 43Richard Petty | Petty Enterprises | Dodge | 356 | 0 | differential | 97 | — |
| 23 | 15 | ▼ 8 | 64Tommy Gale | Langley-Woodfield Racing | Ford | 322 | 0 | running | 94 | — |
| 24 | 27 | ▲ 3 | 01Earle Canavan | Canavan Racing | Dodge | 299 | 0 | running | 91 | — |
| 25 | 26 | ▲ 1 | 37Roger Hamby | Hamby Racing | Chevrolet | 282 | 0 | running | 88 | — |
| 26 | 12 | ▼ 14 | 98Roland Wlodyka | Osterlund Motorsports | Chevrolet | 177 | 0 | accident | 85 | — |
| 27 | 13 | ▼ 14 | 70J.D. McDuffie | McDuffie Racing | Chevrolet | 154 | 0 | cylinder head | 82 | — |
| 28 | 28 | — | 19Woody Fisher | Gray Racing | Chevrolet | 74 | 0 | differential | 79 | — |
| 29 | 22 | ▼ 7 | 74Dick May | Wawak Racing | Chevrolet | 71 | 0 | differential | 76 | — |
| 30 | 30 | — | 09Nelson Oswald | Oswald Racing | Chevrolet | 60 | 0 | technical | 73 | — |