No storylines for this race: recaps are written as races finish.
| Fin | St | ± | Driver | Team | Make | Laps | Led | Status | Pts | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | ▲ 1 | 11Cale Yarborough | Junior Johnson & Associates | Oldsmobile | 420 | 411 | running | 185 | — |
| 2 | 8 | ▲ 6 | 88Darrell Waltrip | DiGard Motorsports | Chevrolet | 418 | 1 | running | 175 | — |
| 3 | 9 | ▲ 6 | 3Richard Childress | Richard Childress Racing |
No leader segments recorded.
No cautions recorded (or a caution-free race).
| Oldsmobile |
| 415 |
| 7 |
| running |
| 170 |
| — |
| 4 | 5 | ▲ 1 | 2Dave Marcis | Osterlund Motorsports | Chevrolet | 414 | 0 | running | 160 | — |
| 5 | 4 | ▼ 1 | 70J.D. McDuffie | McDuffie Racing | Chevrolet | 413 | 1 | running | 160 | — |
| 6 | 6 | — | 72Benny Parsons | DeWitt Racing | Chevrolet | 412 | 0 | running | 150 | — |
| 7 | 11 | ▲ 4 | 15Bobby Allison | Bud Moore Engineering | Ford | 411 | 0 | running | 146 | — |
| 8 | 13 | ▲ 5 | 90Dick Brooks | Donlavey Racing | Ford | 409 | 0 | running | 142 | — |
| 9 | 15 | ▲ 6 | 81Ferrel Harris | Robert Gee (Owner) | Chevrolet | 405 | 0 | running | 0 | — |
| 10 | 26 | ▲ 16 | 25Ronnie Thomas | Robertson Racing | Chevrolet | 405 | 0 | running | 134 | — |
| 11 | 24 | ▲ 13 | 41Grant Adcox | Adcox-Kirby | Chevrolet | 405 | 0 | running | 130 | — |
| 12 | 18 | ▲ 6 | 67Buddy Arrington | Arrington Racing | Dodge | 402 | 0 | running | 127 | — |
| 13 | 17 | ▲ 4 | 79Frank Warren | Warren Racing | Dodge | 396 | 0 | running | 124 | — |
| 14 | 10 | ▼ 4 | 05Bruce Hill | Harry Clary (Owner) | Oldsmobile | 394 | 0 | running | 121 | — |
| 15 | 23 | ▲ 8 | 4Gary Myers | Gary Myers (Owner) | Chevrolet | 390 | 0 | running | 118 | — |
| 16 | 25 | ▲ 9 | 64Elmo Langley | Langley-Woodfield Racing | Ford | 389 | 0 | running | 115 | — |
| 17 | 19 | ▲ 2 | 17Roger Hamby | Hamby Racing | Chevrolet | 383 | 0 | running | 112 | — |
| 18 | 29 | ▲ 11 | 19Dick May | Gray Racing | Chevrolet | 380 | 0 | running | 109 | — |
| 19 | 28 | ▲ 9 | 24Cecil Gordon | Gordon Racing | Chevrolet | 379 | 0 | running | 106 | — |
| 20 | 21 | ▲ 1 | 40D.K. Ulrich | Ulrich Racing | Chevrolet | 377 | 0 | running | 103 | — |
| 21 | 27 | ▲ 6 | 97Ralph Jones | Ralph Jones (Owner) | Ford | 372 | 0 | running | 100 | — |
| 22 | 16 | ▼ 6 | 30Tighe Scott | Ballard Racing | Chevrolet | 357 | 0 | running | 97 | — |
| 23 | 12 | ▼ 11 | 43Richard Petty | Petty Enterprises | Dodge | 341 | 0 | crank housing | 94 | — |
| 24 | 14 | ▼ 10 | 52Jimmy Means | Jimmy Means Racing | Chevrolet | 201 | 0 | burned wiring | 91 | — |
| 25 | 7 | ▼ 18 | 14Sterling Marlin | Cunningham-Kelley | Chevrolet | 197 | 0 | brakes | 88 | — |
| 26 | 1 | ▼ 25 | 54Lennie Pond | Ranier Racing | Chevrolet | 171 | 0 | engine | 85 | — |
| 27 | 22 | ▼ 5 | 45Baxter Price | Price Racing | Chevrolet | 91 | 0 | engine | 82 | — |
| 28 | 3 | ▼ 25 | 5Neil Bonnett | Osterlund Motorsports | Chevrolet | 50 | 0 | clutch | 79 | — |
| 29 | 20 | ▼ 9 | 71Bobby Fisher | Bobby Fisher (Owner) | Chevrolet | 30 | 0 | accident | 0 | — |
| 30 | 30 | — | 48Walter Ballard | Hylton Engineering | Chevrolet | 0 | 0 | did not start | 73 | — |