No storylines for this race: recaps are written as races finish.
| Fin | St | ± | Driver | Team | Make | Laps | Led | Status | Pts | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 | ▲ 7 | 72Benny Parsons | DeWitt Racing | Chevrolet | 367 | 83 | running | 180 | — |
| 2 | 2 | — | 88Darrell Waltrip | DiGard Motorsports | Chevrolet | 367 | 33 | running | 175 | — |
| 3 | 5 | ▲ 2 | 54Lennie Pond | Ranier Racing |
No leader segments recorded.
No cautions recorded (or a caution-free race).
| Oldsmobile |
| 366 |
| 0 |
| running |
| 165 |
| — |
| 4 | 7 | ▲ 3 | 2Dave Marcis | Osterlund Motorsports | Chevrolet | 365 | 21 | running | 165 | — |
| 5 | 10 | ▲ 5 | 43Richard Petty | Petty Enterprises | Dodge | 364 | 0 | running | 155 | — |
| 6 | 9 | ▲ 3 | 27Buddy Baker | M.C. Anderson Racing | Chevrolet | 364 | 1 | running | 155 | — |
| 7 | 25 | ▲ 18 | 48Al Holbert | Hylton Engineering | Chevrolet | 357 | 0 | running | 146 | — |
| 8 | 12 | ▲ 4 | 92Skip Manning | Hagan Enterprises | Chevrolet | 356 | 0 | running | 142 | — |
| 9 | 15 | ▲ 6 | 9Bill Elliott | George Elliott Racing | Mercury | 355 | 0 | running | 138 | — |
| 10 | 18 | ▲ 8 | 22Ricky Rudd | Al Rudd Auto | Chevrolet | 349 | 2 | running | 139 | — |
| 11 | 24 | ▲ 13 | 70J.D. McDuffie | McDuffie Racing | Chevrolet | 342 | 0 | running | 130 | — |
| 12 | 33 | ▲ 21 | 52Jimmy Means | Jimmy Means Racing | Chevrolet | 337 | 0 | running | 127 | — |
| 13 | 21 | ▲ 8 | 17Roger Hamby | Hamby Racing | Chevrolet | 334 | 0 | running | 124 | — |
| 14 | 1 | ▼ 13 | 15Bobby Allison | Bud Moore Engineering | Ford | 324 | 11 | running | 126 | — |
| 15 | 13 | ▼ 2 | 11Cale Yarborough | Junior Johnson & Associates | Oldsmobile | 321 | 171 | engine | 128 | — |
| 16 | 36 | ▲ 20 | 45Baxter Price | Price Racing | Chevrolet | 321 | 0 | running | 115 | — |
| 17 | 23 | ▲ 6 | 79Frank Warren | Warren Racing | Dodge | 321 | 0 | running | 112 | — |
| 18 | 17 | ▼ 1 | 67Buddy Arrington | Arrington Racing | Dodge | 320 | 0 | running | 109 | — |
| 19 | 27 | ▲ 8 | 39Blackie Wangerin | Wangerin Racing | Mercury | 318 | 0 | running | 106 | — |
| 20 | 14 | ▼ 6 | 40D.K. Ulrich | Ulrich Racing | Chevrolet | 286 | 0 | rear end | 103 | — |
| 21 | 32 | ▲ 11 | 64Tommy Gale | Langley-Woodfield Racing | Ford | 286 | 0 | running | 100 | — |
| 22 | 30 | ▲ 8 | 01Earle Canavan | Canavan Racing | Dodge | 280 | 0 | running | 97 | — |
| 23 | 3 | ▼ 20 | 1Donnie Allison | Ellington Racing | Chevrolet | 268 | 40 | broken spindle | 99 | — |
| 24 | 34 | ▲ 10 | 18Joe Frasson | Frasson Racing | Chevrolet | 247 | 0 | engine | 91 | — |
| 25 | 28 | ▲ 3 | 41Grant Adcox | Adcox-Kirby | Chevrolet | 237 | 0 | engine | 88 | — |
| 26 | 35 | ▲ 9 | 61Joe Mihalic | Jim Norris (Owner) | Chevrolet | 222 | 0 | broken valve | 85 | — |
| 27 | 19 | ▼ 8 | 89Sam Sommers | Vandiver Racing | Chevrolet | 198 | 0 | clutch | 0 | — |
| 28 | 16 | ▼ 12 | 3Richard Childress | Richard Childress Racing | Oldsmobile | 187 | 0 | running | 79 | — |
| 29 | 6 | ▼ 23 | 21David Pearson | Wood Brothers Racing | Mercury | 181 | 5 | broken valve | 81 | — |
| 30 | 20 | ▼ 10 | 77Chuck Bown | Johnny Ray (Owner) | Chevrolet | 108 | 0 | accident | 73 | — |
| 31 | 31 | — | 25Ronnie Thomas | Robertson Racing | Chevrolet | 104 | 0 | accident | 70 | — |
| 32 | 11 | ▼ 21 | 5Neil Bonnett | Jim Stacy Racing | Dodge | 71 | 0 | rear end | 67 | — |
| 33 | 29 | ▼ 4 | 24Cecil Gordon | Gordon Racing | Chevrolet | 69 | 0 | broken valve | 64 | — |
| 34 | 22 | ▼ 12 | 30Tighe Scott | Ballard Racing | Chevrolet | 18 | 0 | accident | 61 | — |
| 35 | 4 | ▼ 31 | 90Dick Brooks | Donlavey Racing | Ford | 9 | 0 | accident | 58 | — |
| 36 | 26 | ▼ 10 | 19Dick May | Gray Racing | Chevrolet | 9 | 0 | ignition | 55 | — |