No storylines for this race: recaps are written as races finish.
| Fin | St | ± | Driver | Team | Make | Laps | Led | Status | Pts | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 17 | ▲ 16 | 88Darrell Waltrip | DiGard Motorsports | Chevrolet | 400 | 144 | running | 185 | — |
| 2 | 14 | ▲ 12 | 1Donnie Allison | Ellington Racing | Chevrolet | 400 | 35 | running | 175 | — |
| 3 | 6 | ▲ 3 | 15Bobby Allison | Bud Moore Engineering |
No leader segments recorded.
No cautions recorded (or a caution-free race).
| Ford |
| 400 |
| 1 |
| running |
| 170 |
| — |
| 4 | 2 | ▼ 2 | 11Cale Yarborough | Junior Johnson & Associates | Oldsmobile | 400 | 130 | running | 165 | — |
| 5 | 1 | ▼ 4 | 21David Pearson | Wood Brothers Racing | Mercury | 400 | 85 | running | 160 | — |
| 6 | 12 | ▲ 6 | 72Benny Parsons | DeWitt Racing | Oldsmobile | 400 | 5 | running | 155 | — |
| 7 | 10 | ▲ 3 | 27Buddy Baker | M.C. Anderson Racing | Chevrolet | 399 | 0 | running | 146 | — |
| 8 | 16 | ▲ 8 | 43Richard Petty | Petty Enterprises | Dodge | 398 | 0 | running | 142 | — |
| 9 | 7 | ▼ 2 | 14Sterling Marlin | Cunningham-Kelley | Chevrolet | 394 | 0 | running | 138 | — |
| 10 | 24 | ▲ 14 | 05Bruce Hill | Harry Clary (Owner) | Oldsmobile | 393 | 0 | running | 134 | — |
| 11 | 26 | ▲ 15 | 41Grant Adcox | Adcox-Kirby | Chevrolet | 389 | 0 | running | 130 | — |
| 12 | 33 | ▲ 21 | 84Morgan Shepherd | Makar Enterprises | Mercury | 389 | 0 | running | 127 | — |
| 13 | 40 | ▲ 27 | 57Dick May | McClure Motors | Ford | 388 | 0 | running | 124 | — |
| 14 | 23 | ▲ 9 | 9Bill Elliott | George Elliott Racing | Mercury | 387 | 0 | running | 121 | — |
| 15 | 34 | ▲ 19 | 67Buddy Arrington | Arrington Racing | Dodge | 386 | 0 | running | 118 | — |
| 16 | 29 | ▲ 13 | 00John A. Utsman | Wellrich Motorsports | Chevrolet | 384 | 0 | running | 115 | — |
| 17 | 28 | ▲ 11 | 96Dale Earnhardt | Cronkrite Racing | Ford | 382 | 0 | running | 0 | — |
| 18 | 31 | ▲ 13 | 4Gary Myers | Gary Myers (Owner) | Chevrolet | 380 | 0 | running | 109 | — |
| 19 | 5 | ▼ 14 | 90Dick Brooks | Donlavey Racing | Mercury | 373 | 0 | running | 106 | — |
| 20 | 22 | ▲ 2 | 3Richard Childress | Richard Childress Racing | Oldsmobile | 372 | 0 | running | 103 | — |
| 21 | 19 | ▼ 2 | 98Roland Wlodyka | Osterlund Motorsports | Chevrolet | 369 | 0 | running | 100 | — |
| 22 | 30 | ▲ 8 | 70J.D. McDuffie | McDuffie Racing | Chevrolet | 369 | 0 | running | 97 | — |
| 23 | 36 | ▲ 13 | 19Frank Warren | Warren Racing | Chevrolet | 369 | 0 | running | 94 | — |
| 24 | 21 | ▼ 3 | 64Tommy Gale | Langley-Woodfield Racing | Ford | 356 | 0 | running | 91 | — |
| 25 | 38 | ▲ 13 | 45Baxter Price | Price Racing | Chevrolet | 355 | 0 | running | 88 | — |
| 26 | 15 | ▼ 11 | 92Skip Manning | Hagan Enterprises | Chevrolet | 352 | 0 | running | 85 | — |
| 27 | 35 | ▲ 8 | 89Jim Vandiver | Vandiver Racing | Chevrolet | 343 | 0 | timing chain | 82 | — |
| 28 | 20 | ▼ 8 | 22Ricky Rudd | Al Rudd Auto | Chevrolet | 331 | 0 | running | 79 | — |
| 29 | 25 | ▼ 4 | 40D.K. Ulrich | Ulrich Racing | Chevrolet | 323 | 0 | running | 76 | — |
| 30 | 37 | ▲ 7 | 25Ronnie Thomas | Robertson Racing | Chevrolet | 318 | 0 | steering | 73 | — |
| 31 | 27 | ▼ 4 | 30Tighe Scott | Ballard Racing | Oldsmobile | 240 | 0 | engine | 70 | — |
| 32 | 3 | ▼ 29 | 2Dave Marcis | Osterlund Motorsports | Chevrolet | 198 | 0 | engine | 67 | — |
| 33 | 9 | ▼ 24 | 54Lennie Pond | Ranier Racing | Oldsmobile | 195 | 0 | accident | 64 | — |
| 34 | 18 | ▼ 16 | 49Connie Saylor | GC Spencer Racing | Dodge | 184 | 0 | engine | 61 | — |
| 35 | 13 | ▼ 22 | 5Neil Bonnett | Jim Stacy Racing | Oldsmobile | 157 | 0 | engine | 58 | — |
| 36 | 4 | ▼ 32 | 12Harry Gant | Kennie Childers (Owner) | Chevrolet | 140 | 0 | overheating | 55 | — |
| 37 | 39 | ▲ 2 | 52Jimmy Means | Jimmy Means Racing | Chevrolet | 129 | 0 | throttle cable | 52 | — |
| 38 | 8 | ▼ 30 | 48Al Holbert | Hylton Engineering | Oldsmobile | 113 | 0 | accident | 49 | — |
| 39 | 11 | ▼ 28 | 51Ron Hutcherson | A.J. Foyt Racing | Buick | 112 | 0 | accident | 0 | — |
| 40 | 32 | ▼ 8 | 28Jerry Jolly | Charles Dean (Owner) | Chevrolet | 20 | 0 | sway bar | 43 | — |