No storylines for this race: recaps are written as races finish.
| Fin | St | ± | Driver | Team | Make | Laps | Led | Status | Pts | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | ▲ 1 | 15Bobby Allison | Bud Moore Engineering | Ford | 500 | 267 | running | 185 | — |
| 2 | 8 | ▲ 6 | 11Cale Yarborough | Junior Johnson & Associates | Oldsmobile | 500 | 221 | running | 175 | — |
| 3 | 6 | ▲ 3 | 27Buddy Baker | M.C. Anderson Racing |
No leader segments recorded.
No cautions recorded (or a caution-free race).
| Chevrolet |
| 499 |
| 1 |
| running |
| 170 |
| — |
| 4 | 5 | ▲ 1 | 21David Pearson | Wood Brothers Racing | Mercury | 498 | 0 | running | 160 | — |
| 5 | 7 | ▲ 2 | 88Darrell Waltrip | DiGard Motorsports | Chevrolet | 497 | 1 | running | 160 | — |
| 6 | 14 | ▲ 8 | 90Dick Brooks | Donlavey Racing | Ford | 496 | 0 | running | 150 | — |
| 7 | 12 | ▲ 5 | 54Lennie Pond | Ranier Racing | Oldsmobile | 493 | 0 | running | 146 | — |
| 8 | 10 | ▲ 2 | 2Dave Marcis | Osterlund Motorsports | Chevrolet | 493 | 0 | running | 142 | — |
| 9 | 13 | ▲ 4 | 1Donnie Allison | Pee Wee Griffin (Owner) | Oldsmobile | 489 | 0 | running | 138 | — |
| 10 | 15 | ▲ 5 | 92Dick May | Hagan Enterprises | Chevrolet | 485 | 0 | running | 134 | — |
| 11 | 16 | ▲ 5 | 25Ronnie Thomas | Negre Racing | Chevrolet | 483 | 0 | running | 130 | — |
| 12 | 3 | ▼ 9 | 3Richard Childress | Richard Childress Racing | Oldsmobile | 482 | 0 | running | 127 | — |
| 13 | 18 | ▲ 5 | 48Al Holbert | Hylton Engineering | Chevrolet | 472 | 0 | steering | 124 | — |
| 14 | 27 | ▲ 13 | 24Cecil Gordon | Gordon Racing | Chevrolet | 468 | 0 | running | 121 | — |
| 15 | 29 | ▲ 14 | 8Ed Negre | Negre Racing | Dodge | 467 | 0 | running | 118 | — |
| 16 | 26 | ▲ 10 | 01Earle Canavan | Canavan Racing | Dodge | 460 | 0 | running | 0 | — |
| 17 | 20 | ▲ 3 | 64Tommy Gale | Langley-Woodfield Racing | Ford | 458 | 0 | running | 112 | — |
| 18 | 22 | ▲ 4 | 17Roger Hamby | Hamby Racing | Oldsmobile | 457 | 0 | running | 109 | — |
| 19 | 31 | ▲ 12 | 34Nestor Peles | Steve Peles (Owner) | Chevrolet | 439 | 0 | running | 106 | — |
| 20 | 21 | ▲ 1 | 4Gary Myers | Gary Myers (Owner) | Chevrolet | 438 | 0 | piston | 103 | — |
| 21 | 32 | ▲ 11 | 79Frank Warren | Warren Racing | Dodge | 438 | 0 | running | 100 | — |
| 22 | 23 | ▲ 1 | 67Buddy Arrington | Arrington Racing | Dodge | 432 | 0 | running | 97 | — |
| 23 | 30 | ▲ 7 | 45Baxter Price | Price Racing | Chevrolet | 420 | 0 | running | 94 | — |
| 24 | 36 | ▲ 12 | 09Nelson Oswald | Oswald Racing | Chevrolet | 335 | 0 | piston | 91 | — |
| 25 | 19 | ▼ 6 | 30Tighe Scott | Ballard Racing | Chevrolet | 320 | 0 | oil pan | 88 | — |
| 26 | 9 | ▼ 17 | 72Benny Parsons | DeWitt Racing | Chevrolet | 311 | 0 | timing chain | 85 | — |
| 27 | 11 | ▼ 16 | 43Richard Petty | Petty Enterprises | Chevrolet | 269 | 0 | ignition | 82 | — |
| 28 | 25 | ▼ 3 | 29Dave Dion | Dion Racing | Ford | 238 | 0 | broken valve | 79 | — |
| 29 | 4 | ▼ 25 | 5Neil Bonnett | Osterlund Motorsports | Oldsmobile | 220 | 0 | accident | 76 | — |
| 30 | 28 | ▼ 2 | 97Ralph Jones | Ralph Jones (Owner) | Ford | 186 | 0 | engine | 73 | — |
| 31 | 33 | ▲ 2 | 19Joey Arrington | Arrington Racing | Dodge | 143 | 0 | rear end | 70 | — |
| 32 | 24 | ▼ 8 | 52Jimmy Means | Jimmy Means Racing | Chevrolet | 140 | 0 | broken valve | 67 | — |
| 33 | 1 | ▼ 32 | 70J.D. McDuffie | McDuffie Racing | Chevrolet | 80 | 10 | piston | 69 | — |
| 34 | 17 | ▼ 17 | 18James Hylton | Hylton Engineering | Chevrolet | 10 | 0 | quit | 0 | — |
| 35 | 37 | ▲ 2 | 35Louis Gatto | — | Chevrolet | 5 | 0 | too slow | 58 | — |
| 36 | 34 | ▼ 2 | 61Ferrel Harris | Negre Racing | Chrysler | 3 | 0 | quit | 0 | — |
| 37 | 35 | ▼ 2 | 81Jabe Thomas | Robertson Racing | Chevrolet | 1 | 0 | quit | 52 | — |