No storylines for this race: recaps are written as races finish.
| Fin | St | ± | Driver | Team | Make | Laps | Led | Status | Pts | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | ▲ 2 | 11Cale Yarborough | Junior Johnson & Associates | Oldsmobile | 200 | 60 | running | 180 | — |
| 2 | 1 | ▼ 1 | 21David Pearson | Wood Brothers Racing | Mercury | 200 | 18 | running | 175 | — |
| 3 | 2 | ▼ 1 | 72Benny Parsons | DeWitt Racing |
No leader segments recorded.
No cautions recorded (or a caution-free race).
| Oldsmobile |
| 200 |
| 24 |
| running |
| 170 |
| — |
| 4 | 7 | ▲ 3 | 2Dave Marcis | Osterlund Motorsports | Chevrolet | 200 | 5 | running | 165 | — |
| 5 | 5 | — | 1Donnie Allison | Ellington Racing | Chevrolet | 199 | 1 | running | 160 | — |
| 6 | 12 | ▲ 6 | 43Richard Petty | Petty Enterprises | Dodge | 199 | 0 | running | 150 | — |
| 7 | 13 | ▲ 6 | 90Dick Brooks | Donlavey Racing | Ford | 198 | 0 | running | 146 | — |
| 8 | 10 | ▲ 2 | 27Buddy Baker | M.C. Anderson Racing | Chevrolet | 198 | 0 | running | 142 | — |
| 9 | 11 | ▲ 2 | 22Ricky Rudd | Al Rudd Auto | Chevrolet | 195 | 0 | running | 138 | — |
| 10 | 19 | ▲ 9 | 3Richard Childress | Richard Childress Racing | Oldsmobile | 194 | 0 | running | 134 | — |
| 11 | 20 | ▲ 9 | 30Tighe Scott | Ballard Racing | Oldsmobile | 193 | 0 | running | 130 | — |
| 12 | 21 | ▲ 9 | 67Buddy Arrington | Arrington Racing | Dodge | 192 | 0 | running | 127 | — |
| 13 | 28 | ▲ 15 | 70J.D. McDuffie | McDuffie Racing | Chevrolet | 191 | 0 | running | 124 | — |
| 14 | 23 | ▲ 9 | 40D.K. Ulrich | Ulrich Racing | Chevrolet | 190 | 0 | running | 121 | — |
| 15 | 29 | ▲ 14 | 52Jimmy Means | Jimmy Means Racing | Chevrolet | 189 | 0 | running | 118 | — |
| 16 | 15 | ▼ 1 | 92Skip Manning | Hagan Enterprises | Chevrolet | 188 | 0 | engine | 115 | — |
| 17 | 33 | ▲ 16 | 24Cecil Gordon | Gordon Racing | Chevrolet | 187 | 0 | running | 112 | — |
| 18 | 24 | ▲ 6 | 25Ronnie Thomas | Robertson Racing | Chevrolet | 184 | 0 | running | 109 | — |
| 19 | 25 | ▲ 6 | 19Dick May | Gray Racing | Chevrolet | 182 | 0 | running | 106 | — |
| 20 | 27 | ▲ 7 | 79Frank Warren | Warren Racing | Dodge | 180 | 0 | running | 103 | — |
| 21 | 31 | ▲ 10 | 64Tommy Gale | Langley-Woodfield Racing | Chevrolet | 179 | 0 | running | 100 | — |
| 22 | 18 | ▼ 4 | 41Grant Adcox | Adcox-Kirby | Chevrolet | 172 | 0 | dead battery | 97 | — |
| 23 | 26 | ▲ 3 | 4Gary Myers | Gary Myers (Owner) | Chevrolet | 169 | 0 | engine | 94 | — |
| 24 | 4 | ▼ 20 | 15Bobby Allison | Bud Moore Engineering | Ford | 168 | 4 | engine | 96 | — |
| 25 | 9 | ▼ 16 | 54Lennie Pond | Ranier Racing | Oldsmobile | 152 | 0 | engine | 88 | — |
| 26 | 34 | ▲ 8 | 45Baxter Price | Price Racing | Chevrolet | 142 | 0 | running | 85 | — |
| 27 | 17 | ▼ 10 | 17Roger Hamby | Hamby Racing | Oldsmobile | 130 | 0 | engine | 82 | — |
| 28 | 6 | ▼ 22 | 88Darrell Waltrip | DiGard Motorsports | Chevrolet | 129 | 88 | engine | 89 | — |
| 29 | 8 | ▼ 21 | 05Bruce Hill | Harry Clary (Owner) | Oldsmobile | 127 | 0 | engine | 76 | — |
| 30 | 32 | ▲ 2 | 0John Kennedy | John Kennedy (Owner) | Ford | 122 | 0 | transmission | 73 | — |
| 31 | 14 | ▼ 17 | 48Al Holbert | Hylton Engineering | Chevrolet | 108 | 0 | accident | 70 | — |
| 32 | 16 | ▼ 16 | 39Blackie Wangerin | Wangerin Racing | Mercury | 106 | 0 | accident | 67 | — |
| 33 | 35 | ▲ 2 | 01Earle Canavan | Canavan Racing | Dodge | 82 | 0 | engine | 64 | — |
| 34 | 36 | ▲ 2 | 74Joe Booher | Wawak Racing | Chevrolet | 46 | 0 | engine | 61 | — |
| 35 | 30 | ▼ 5 | 8Ed Negre | Negre Racing | Dodge | 30 | 0 | rear end | 58 | — |