No storylines for this race: recaps are written as races finish.
| Fin | St | ± | Driver | Team | Make | Laps | Led | Status | Pts | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | ▲ 2 | 21David Pearson | Wood Brothers Racing | Mercury | 500 | 148 | running | 180 | — |
| 2 | 5 | ▲ 3 | 11Cale Yarborough | Junior Johnson & Associates | Oldsmobile | 500 | 1 | running | 175 | — |
| 3 | 4 | ▲ 1 | 54Lennie Pond | Ranier Racing |
No leader segments recorded.
No cautions recorded (or a caution-free race).
| Chevrolet |
| 499 |
| 4 |
| running |
| 170 |
| — |
| 4 | 2 | ▼ 2 | 72Benny Parsons | DeWitt Racing | Chevrolet | 498 | 5 | running | 165 | — |
| 5 | 10 | ▲ 5 | 5Neil Bonnett | Jim Stacy Racing | Dodge | 497 | 26 | running | 160 | — |
| 6 | 7 | ▲ 1 | 88Darrell Waltrip | DiGard Motorsports | Chevrolet | 497 | 290 | running | 160 | — |
| 7 | 15 | ▲ 8 | 43Richard Petty | Petty Enterprises | Dodge | 494 | 0 | running | 146 | — |
| 8 | 9 | ▲ 1 | 15Bobby Allison | Bud Moore Engineering | Ford | 493 | 1 | running | 147 | — |
| 9 | 13 | ▲ 4 | 90Dick Brooks | Donlavey Racing | Ford | 492 | 0 | running | 138 | — |
| 10 | 14 | ▲ 4 | 48Al Holbert | Hylton Engineering | Chevrolet | 492 | 0 | running | 134 | — |
| 11 | 19 | ▲ 8 | 30Tighe Scott | Ballard Racing | Chevrolet | 489 | 0 | running | 130 | — |
| 12 | 16 | ▲ 4 | 92Skip Manning | Hagan Enterprises | Buick | 486 | 0 | running | 127 | — |
| 13 | 21 | ▲ 8 | 67Buddy Arrington | Arrington Racing | Dodge | 485 | 0 | running | 124 | — |
| 14 | 18 | ▲ 4 | 47Satch Worley | Race Hill Farm Team | Chevrolet | 481 | 0 | running | 0 | — |
| 15 | 6 | ▼ 9 | 2Dave Marcis | Osterlund Motorsports | Chevrolet | 480 | 1 | running | 123 | — |
| 16 | 17 | ▲ 1 | 40D.K. Ulrich | Ulrich Racing | Chevrolet | 477 | 0 | running | 115 | — |
| 17 | 25 | ▲ 8 | 52Jimmy Means | Jimmy Means Racing | Chevrolet | 474 | 0 | running | 112 | — |
| 18 | 23 | ▲ 5 | 64Tommy Gale | Langley-Woodfield Racing | Ford | 470 | 0 | running | 109 | — |
| 19 | 8 | ▼ 11 | 05Bruce Hill | Harry Clary (Owner) | Oldsmobile | 456 | 0 | oil pump | 106 | — |
| 20 | 22 | ▲ 2 | 01Earle Canavan | Canavan Racing | Dodge | 448 | 0 | running | 103 | — |
| 21 | 32 | ▲ 11 | 19Dick May | Gray Racing | Chevrolet | 438 | 0 | running | 100 | — |
| 22 | 34 | ▲ 12 | 45Baxter Price | Price Racing | Chevrolet | 379 | 0 | engine | 97 | — |
| 23 | 1 | ▼ 22 | 27Buddy Baker | M.C. Anderson Racing | Chevrolet | 363 | 24 | cylinder head | 99 | — |
| 24 | 36 | ▲ 12 | 34Nestor Peles | Steve Peles (Owner) | Chevrolet | 360 | 0 | driver fatigue | 91 | — |
| 25 | 33 | ▲ 8 | 24Cecil Gordon | Gordon Racing | Chevrolet | 324 | 0 | running | 88 | — |
| 26 | 27 | ▲ 1 | 4Gary Myers | Gary Myers (Owner) | Chevrolet | 308 | 0 | oil pump | 85 | — |
| 27 | 31 | ▲ 4 | 79Frank Warren | Warren Racing | Dodge | 302 | 0 | engine | 82 | — |
| 28 | 35 | ▲ 7 | 74Bobby Wawak | Wawak Racing | Chevrolet | 261 | 0 | transmission | 79 | — |
| 29 | 39 | ▲ 10 | 85Greg Heller | Greg Heller (Owner) | Ford | 250 | 0 | overheating | 0 | — |
| 30 | 29 | ▼ 1 | 61Joe Mihalic | Jim Norris (Owner) | Chevrolet | 215 | 0 | engine | 0 | — |
| 31 | 20 | ▼ 11 | 17Roger Hamby | Hamby Racing | Chevrolet | 201 | 0 | clutch | 70 | — |
| 32 | 26 | ▼ 6 | 25Ronnie Thomas | Robertson Racing | Chevrolet | 75 | 0 | engine | 67 | — |
| 33 | 11 | ▼ 22 | 3Richard Childress | Richard Childress Racing | Oldsmobile | 64 | 0 | broken valve | 64 | — |
| 34 | 12 | ▼ 22 | 70J.D. McDuffie | McDuffie Racing | Chevrolet | 35 | 0 | oil pan | 61 | — |
| 35 | 30 | ▼ 5 | 8Ed Negre | Negre Racing | Dodge | 15 | 0 | oil line | 58 | — |
| 36 | 37 | ▲ 1 | 29Bill Hollar | Hollar Racing | Chevrolet | 14 | 0 | transmission | 55 | — |
| 37 | 24 | ▼ 13 | 10Elmo Langley | Gray Racing | Chevrolet | 5 | 0 | oil pressure | 52 | — |
| 38 | 38 | — | 09Nelson Oswald | Oswald Racing | Chevrolet | 5 | 0 | accident | 49 | — |
| 39 | 40 | ▲ 1 | 80Wayne Morgan | Wayne Morgan (Owner) | Chevrolet | 3 | 0 | head gasket | 46 | — |
| 40 | 28 | ▼ 12 | 28Dave Dion | Dion Racing | Ford | 0 | 0 | engine | 43 | — |