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 | 160 | 57 | running | 185 | — |
| 2 | 1 | ▼ 1 | 11Cale Yarborough | Junior Johnson & Associates | Oldsmobile | 160 | 56 | running | 175 | — |
| 3 | 8 | ▲ 5 | 88Darrell Waltrip | DiGard Motorsports |
No leader segments recorded.
No cautions recorded (or a caution-free race).
| Chevrolet |
| 159 |
| 14 |
| running |
| 170 |
| — |
| 4 | 7 | ▲ 3 | 43Richard Petty | Petty Enterprises | Dodge | 159 | 4 | running | 165 | — |
| 5 | 14 | ▲ 9 | 54Lennie Pond | Ranier Racing | Chevrolet | 158 | 2 | running | 160 | — |
| 6 | 9 | ▲ 3 | 2Dave Marcis | Osterlund Motorsports | Chevrolet | 158 | 4 | running | 155 | — |
| 7 | 28 | ▲ 21 | 96Dale Earnhardt | Cronkrite Racing | Ford | 157 | 0 | running | 146 | — |
| 8 | 33 | ▲ 25 | 81Ferrel Harris | Robert Gee (Owner) | Chevrolet | 157 | 0 | running | 0 | — |
| 9 | 23 | ▲ 14 | 9Bill Elliott | George Elliott Racing | Mercury | 157 | 0 | running | 138 | — |
| 10 | 22 | ▲ 12 | 30Tighe Scott | Ballard Racing | Oldsmobile | 156 | 0 | running | 134 | — |
| 11 | 36 | ▲ 25 | 68Janet Guthrie | Lynda Ferreri (Owner) | Chevrolet | 154 | 0 | running | 130 | — |
| 12 | 20 | ▲ 8 | 70J.D. McDuffie | McDuffie Racing | Chevrolet | 153 | 0 | running | 127 | — |
| 13 | 40 | ▲ 27 | 52Jimmy Means | Jimmy Means Racing | Chevrolet | 152 | 0 | running | 124 | — |
| 14 | 34 | ▲ 20 | 18Joe Frasson | Frasson Racing | Chevrolet | 152 | 0 | running | 121 | — |
| 15 | 29 | ▲ 14 | 64Tommy Gale | Langley-Woodfield Racing | Ford | 152 | 0 | running | 118 | — |
| 16 | 30 | ▲ 14 | 19Dick May | Gray Racing | Chevrolet | 151 | 0 | running | 115 | — |
| 17 | 26 | ▲ 9 | 79Frank Warren | Warren Racing | Dodge | 151 | 0 | running | 112 | — |
| 18 | 37 | ▲ 19 | 47Satch Worley | Race Hill Farm Team | Oldsmobile | 150 | 0 | running | 109 | — |
| 19 | 35 | ▲ 16 | 40D.K. Ulrich | Ulrich Racing | Chevrolet | 149 | 0 | running | 106 | — |
| 20 | 31 | ▲ 11 | 45Baxter Price | Price Racing | Chevrolet | 146 | 0 | running | 103 | — |
| 21 | 25 | ▲ 4 | 22Ricky Rudd | Al Rudd Auto | Buick | 143 | 0 | crank pulley | 100 | — |
| 22 | 18 | ▼ 4 | 41Grant Adcox | Adcox-Kirby | Chevrolet | 142 | 0 | engine | 97 | — |
| 23 | 15 | ▼ 8 | 5Neil Bonnett | Osterlund Motorsports | Chevrolet | 140 | 0 | clutch | 94 | — |
| 24 | 19 | ▼ 5 | 3Richard Childress | Richard Childress Racing | Oldsmobile | 136 | 0 | running | 91 | — |
| 25 | 38 | ▲ 13 | 25Ronnie Thomas | Robertson Racing | Chevrolet | 129 | 0 | running | 88 | — |
| 26 | 2 | ▼ 24 | 72Benny Parsons | DeWitt Racing | Oldsmobile | 92 | 11 | engine | 90 | — |
| 27 | 10 | ▼ 17 | 15Bobby Allison | Bud Moore Engineering | Ford | 75 | 8 | accident | 87 | — |
| 28 | 32 | ▲ 4 | 82Paul Fess | Stan Lasky (Owner) | Chevrolet | 75 | 0 | transmission | 0 | — |
| 29 | 21 | ▼ 8 | 16Raymond Williams | Bobby Reeves (Owner) | Buick | 74 | 0 | broken valve | 76 | — |
| 30 | 12 | ▼ 18 | 48Al Holbert | Hylton Engineering | Oldsmobile | 69 | 0 | engine | 73 | — |
| 31 | 16 | ▼ 15 | 39Blackie Wangerin | Wangerin Racing | Mercury | 61 | 0 | engine | 70 | — |
| 32 | 39 | ▲ 7 | 24Cecil Gordon | Gordon Racing | Chevrolet | 57 | 0 | engine | 67 | — |
| 33 | 13 | ▼ 20 | 1Donnie Allison | Ellington Racing | Chevrolet | 55 | 1 | steering | 69 | — |
| 34 | 24 | ▼ 10 | 67Buddy Arrington | Arrington Racing | Dodge | 55 | 0 | engine | 61 | — |
| 35 | 27 | ▼ 8 | 49Claude Ballot-Lena | GC Spencer Racing | Dodge | 45 | 0 | oil cooler | 0 | — |
| 36 | 11 | ▼ 25 | 90Dick Brooks | Donlavey Racing | Mercury | 35 | 0 | throttle linkage | 55 | — |
| 37 | 4 | ▼ 33 | 27Buddy Baker | M.C. Anderson Racing | Oldsmobile | 28 | 3 | cylinder head | 57 | — |
| 38 | 6 | ▼ 32 | 14Coo Coo Marlin | Cunningham-Kelley | Chevrolet | 22 | 0 | broken valve | 49 | — |
| 39 | 5 | ▼ 34 | 92Skip Manning | Hagan Enterprises | Buick | 9 | 0 | accident | 46 | — |
| 40 | 17 | ▼ 23 | 05Bruce Hill | Harry Clary (Owner) | Oldsmobile | 9 | 0 | accident | 43 | — |