No storylines for this race: recaps are written as races finish.
| Fin | St | ± | Driver | Team | Make | Laps | Led | Status | Pts | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | ▲ 3 | 11Cale Yarborough | Junior Johnson & Associates | Oldsmobile | 500 | 327 | running | 185 | — |
| 2 | 3 | ▲ 1 | 72Benny Parsons | DeWitt Racing | Oldsmobile | 500 | 65 | running | 175 | — |
| 3 | 2 | ▼ 1 | 88Darrell Waltrip | DiGard Motorsports |
No leader segments recorded.
No cautions recorded (or a caution-free race).
| Chevrolet |
| 499 |
| 46 |
| running |
| 170 |
| — |
| 4 | 12 | ▲ 8 | 90Dick Brooks | Donlavey Racing | Ford | 497 | 0 | running | 160 | — |
| 5 | 11 | ▲ 6 | 43Richard Petty | Petty Enterprises | Chevrolet | 495 | 2 | running | 160 | — |
| 6 | 9 | ▲ 3 | 2Dave Marcis | Osterlund Motorsports | Chevrolet | 495 | 0 | running | 150 | — |
| 7 | 13 | ▲ 6 | 3Richard Childress | Richard Childress Racing | Oldsmobile | 494 | 24 | running | 151 | — |
| 8 | 5 | ▼ 3 | 70J.D. McDuffie | McDuffie Racing | Chevrolet | 481 | 0 | running | 142 | — |
| 9 | 10 | ▲ 1 | 40D.K. Ulrich | Ulrich Racing | Chevrolet | 477 | 0 | running | 138 | — |
| 10 | 15 | ▲ 5 | 17Roger Hamby | Hamby Racing | Chevrolet | 477 | 0 | running | 134 | — |
| 11 | 7 | ▼ 4 | 25Ronnie Thomas | Robertson Racing | Chevrolet | 476 | 0 | running | 130 | — |
| 12 | 21 | ▲ 9 | 67Buddy Arrington | Arrington Racing | Dodge | 475 | 0 | running | 127 | — |
| 13 | 26 | ▲ 13 | 24Cecil Gordon | Gordon Racing | Chevrolet | 469 | 0 | running | 124 | — |
| 14 | 19 | ▲ 5 | 4Gary Myers | Gary Myers (Owner) | Chevrolet | 465 | 0 | running | 121 | — |
| 15 | 24 | ▲ 9 | 79Frank Warren | Warren Racing | Dodge | 458 | 0 | running | 118 | — |
| 16 | 22 | ▲ 6 | 45Baxter Price | Price Racing | Chevrolet | 443 | 0 | running | 115 | — |
| 17 | 16 | ▼ 1 | 48James Hylton | Hylton Engineering | Chevrolet | 438 | 0 | running | 112 | — |
| 18 | 8 | ▼ 10 | 8Ferrel Harris | Robert Gee (Owner) | Chevrolet | 425 | 0 | running | 109 | — |
| 19 | 23 | ▲ 4 | 52Jimmy Means | Jimmy Means Racing | Chevrolet | 353 | 0 | ignition | 106 | — |
| 20 | 14 | ▼ 6 | 5Neil Bonnett | Osterlund Motorsports | Chevrolet | 287 | 0 | engine | 103 | — |
| 21 | 20 | ▼ 1 | 64Tommy Gale | Langley-Woodfield Racing | Ford | 279 | 0 | engine | 100 | — |
| 22 | 6 | ▼ 16 | 15Bobby Allison | Bud Moore Engineering | Ford | 253 | 6 | engine | 102 | — |
| 23 | 17 | ▼ 6 | 30Tighe Scott | Ballard Racing | Chevrolet | 232 | 0 | broken spindle | 94 | — |
| 24 | 29 | ▲ 5 | 09Nelson Oswald | Oswald Racing | Chevrolet | 195 | 0 | too slow | 91 | — |
| 25 | 18 | ▼ 7 | 19Dick May | Gray Racing | Chevrolet | 123 | 0 | accident | 88 | — |
| 26 | 1 | ▼ 25 | 54Lennie Pond | Ranier Racing | Oldsmobile | 103 | 30 | handling | 90 | — |
| 27 | 25 | ▼ 2 | 97Ralph Jones | Ralph Jones (Owner) | Ford | 37 | 0 | engine | 82 | — |
| 28 | 27 | ▼ 1 | 74Bobby Wawak | Wawak Racing | Chevrolet | 13 | 0 | transmission | 79 | — |
| 29 | 30 | ▲ 1 | 7Ed Negre | Arrington Racing | Dodge | 3 | 0 | clutch | 76 | — |
| 30 | 28 | ▼ 2 | 36Bill Green | Charles Dean (Owner) | Chevrolet | 0 | 0 | accident | 73 | — |