No storylines for this race: recaps are written as races finish.
| Fin | St | ± | Driver | Team | Make | Laps | Led | Status | Pts | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | ▲ 3 | 88Darrell Waltrip | DiGard Motorsports | Chevrolet | 200 | 125 | running | 185 | — |
| 2 | 3 | ▲ 1 | 21David Pearson | Wood Brothers Racing | Mercury | 200 | 66 | running | 175 | — |
| 3 | 9 | ▲ 6 | 15Bobby Allison | Bud Moore Engineering |
No leader segments recorded.
No cautions recorded (or a caution-free race).
| Ford |
| 199 |
| 0 |
| running |
| 165 |
| — |
| 4 | 6 | ▲ 2 | 2Dave Marcis | Osterlund Motorsports | Chevrolet | 197 | 0 | running | 160 | — |
| 5 | 5 | — | 27Buddy Baker | M.C. Anderson Racing | Chevrolet | 197 | 0 | running | 155 | — |
| 6 | 17 | ▲ 11 | 22Ricky Rudd | Al Rudd Auto | Chevrolet | 197 | 0 | running | 150 | — |
| 7 | 7 | — | 90Dick Brooks | Donlavey Racing | Mercury | 197 | 0 | running | 146 | — |
| 8 | 19 | ▲ 11 | 30Tighe Scott | Ballard Racing | Chevrolet | 194 | 0 | running | 142 | — |
| 9 | 25 | ▲ 16 | 47Satch Worley | Race Hill Farm Team | Oldsmobile | 194 | 0 | running | 138 | — |
| 10 | 18 | ▲ 8 | 70J.D. McDuffie | McDuffie Racing | Chevrolet | 194 | 0 | running | 134 | — |
| 11 | 14 | ▲ 3 | 57Dick May | McClure Motors | Ford | 194 | 0 | running | 130 | — |
| 12 | 15 | ▲ 3 | 48Al Holbert | Hylton Engineering | Chevrolet | 190 | 0 | running | 127 | — |
| 13 | 16 | ▲ 3 | 52Jimmy Means | Jimmy Means Racing | Chevrolet | 189 | 0 | running | 124 | — |
| 14 | 23 | ▲ 9 | 67Buddy Arrington | Arrington Racing | Dodge | 187 | 0 | running | 121 | — |
| 15 | 20 | ▲ 5 | 39Blackie Wangerin | Wangerin Racing | Mercury | 186 | 0 | running | 118 | — |
| 16 | 24 | ▲ 8 | 64Tommy Gale | Langley-Woodfield Racing | Ford | 186 | 0 | running | 115 | — |
| 17 | 13 | ▼ 4 | 05Bruce Hill | Harry Clary (Owner) | Oldsmobile | 184 | 0 | engine | 112 | — |
| 18 | 32 | ▲ 14 | 79Frank Warren | Warren Racing | Dodge | 184 | 0 | running | 109 | — |
| 19 | 34 | ▲ 15 | 4Gary Myers | Gary Myers (Owner) | Chevrolet | 183 | 0 | running | 106 | — |
| 20 | 31 | ▲ 11 | 8Ferrel Harris | Robert Gee (Owner) | Chevrolet | 181 | 0 | running | 103 | — |
| 21 | 40 | ▲ 19 | 34Nestor Peles | Steve Peles (Owner) | Chevrolet | 180 | 0 | running | 100 | — |
| 22 | 33 | ▲ 11 | 19Joe Booher | Gray Racing | Chevrolet | 178 | 0 | running | 97 | — |
| 23 | 26 | ▲ 3 | 84Kenny Brightbill | Makar Enterprises | Mercury | 177 | 0 | running | 0 | — |
| 24 | 12 | ▼ 12 | 3Richard Childress | Richard Childress Racing | Oldsmobile | 177 | 0 | running | 91 | — |
| 25 | 10 | ▼ 15 | 40D.K. Ulrich | Ulrich Racing | Chevrolet | 166 | 0 | engine | 88 | — |
| 26 | 2 | ▼ 24 | 11Cale Yarborough | Junior Johnson & Associates | Oldsmobile | 166 | 4 | running | 90 | — |
| 27 | 27 | — | 17Roger Hamby | Hamby Racing | Chevrolet | 166 | 0 | running | 82 | — |
| 28 | 28 | — | 45Baxter Price | Price Racing | Chevrolet | 165 | 0 | running | 79 | — |
| 29 | 1 | ▼ 28 | 72Benny Parsons | DeWitt Racing | Chevrolet | 154 | 0 | running | 76 | — |
| 30 | 8 | ▼ 22 | 43Richard Petty | Petty Enterprises | Dodge | 152 | 5 | engine | 78 | — |
| 31 | 22 | ▼ 9 | 68Janet Guthrie | Lynda Ferreri (Owner) | Buick | 117 | 0 | engine | 70 | — |
| 32 | 39 | ▲ 7 | 61Joe Mihalic | Jim Norris (Owner) | Chevrolet | 99 | 0 | engine | 67 | — |
| 33 | 29 | ▼ 4 | 25Ronnie Thomas | Robertson Racing | Chevrolet | 69 | 0 | rear end | 64 | — |
| 34 | 38 | ▲ 4 | 85Bobby Wawak | Greg Heller (Owner) | Ford | 65 | 0 | engine | 61 | — |
| 35 | 11 | ▼ 24 | 1Donnie Allison | Pee Wee Griffin (Owner) | Oldsmobile | 59 | 0 | engine | 0 | — |
| 36 | 21 | ▼ 15 | 5Neil Bonnett | Osterlund Motorsports | Chevrolet | 45 | 0 | engine | 55 | — |
| 37 | 37 | — | 63Jocko Maggiacomo | Jockos Racing | Matador | 45 | 0 | engine | 52 | — |
| 38 | 35 | ▼ 3 | 29Dave Dion | Dion Racing | Ford | 12 | 0 | transmission | 49 | — |
| 39 | 30 | ▼ 9 | 18James Hylton | Hylton Engineering | Chevrolet | 5 | 0 | engine | 0 | — |
| 40 | 36 | ▼ 4 | 24Cecil Gordon | Gordon Racing | Chevrolet | 3 | 0 | engine | 43 | — |