No storylines for this race: recaps are written as races finish.
| Fin | St | ± | Driver | Team | Make | Laps | Led | Status | Pts | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | — | 11Cale Yarborough | Junior Johnson & Associates | Oldsmobile | 492 | 376 | running | 185 | — |
| 2 | 4 | ▲ 2 | 15Bobby Allison | Bud Moore Engineering | Ford | 490 | 0 | running | 170 | — |
| 3 | 3 | — | 88Darrell Waltrip | DiGard Motorsports |
No leader segments recorded.
No cautions recorded (or a caution-free race).
| Chevrolet |
| 488 |
| 24 |
| running |
| 170 |
| — |
| 4 | 12 | ▲ 8 | 72Benny Parsons | DeWitt Racing | Chevrolet | 486 | 11 | running | 165 | — |
| 5 | 8 | ▲ 3 | 90Dick Brooks | Donlavey Racing | Ford | 486 | 1 | running | 160 | — |
| 6 | 11 | ▲ 5 | 43Richard Petty | Petty Enterprises | Chevrolet | 485 | 18 | running | 155 | — |
| 7 | 5 | ▼ 2 | 54Lennie Pond | Ranier Racing | Chevrolet | 485 | 12 | running | 151 | — |
| 8 | 10 | ▲ 2 | 2Dave Marcis | Osterlund Motorsports | Chevrolet | 484 | 2 | running | 147 | — |
| 9 | 21 | ▲ 12 | 67Buddy Arrington | Arrington Racing | Dodge | 473 | 0 | running | 138 | — |
| 10 | 24 | ▲ 14 | 3Richard Childress | Richard Childress Racing | Oldsmobile | 472 | 0 | running | 134 | — |
| 11 | 14 | ▲ 3 | 92Dick May | Hagan Enterprises | Chevrolet | 471 | 0 | running | 130 | — |
| 12 | 20 | ▲ 8 | 70J.D. McDuffie | McDuffie Racing | Chevrolet | 468 | 1 | running | 132 | — |
| 13 | 23 | ▲ 10 | 52Jimmy Means | Jimmy Means Racing | Chevrolet | 465 | 0 | running | 124 | — |
| 14 | 13 | ▼ 1 | 48James Hylton | Hylton Engineering | Chevrolet | 464 | 10 | running | 126 | — |
| 15 | 26 | ▲ 11 | 24Cecil Gordon | Gordon Racing | Oldsmobile | 459 | 0 | running | 118 | — |
| 16 | 28 | ▲ 12 | 79Frank Warren | Warren Racing | Dodge | 448 | 0 | running | 115 | — |
| 17 | 27 | ▲ 10 | 4Gary Myers | Gary Myers (Owner) | Chevrolet | 444 | 0 | running | 112 | — |
| 18 | 18 | — | 64Tommy Gale | Langley-Woodfield Racing | Ford | 444 | 0 | running | 109 | — |
| 19 | 30 | ▲ 11 | 45Baxter Price | Price Racing | Chevrolet | 441 | 0 | running | 106 | — |
| 20 | 2 | ▼ 18 | 1Donnie Allison | Ellington Racing | Chevrolet | 423 | 12 | driver sick | 108 | — |
| 21 | 17 | ▼ 4 | 30Tighe Scott | Ballard Racing | Chevrolet | 374 | 3 | broken spindle | 105 | — |
| 22 | 7 | ▼ 15 | 27Buddy Baker | M.C. Anderson Racing | Chevrolet | 324 | 14 | cylinder head | 102 | — |
| 23 | 25 | ▲ 2 | 18Joe Frasson | Frasson Racing | Buick | 293 | 0 | engine | 94 | — |
| 24 | 16 | ▼ 8 | 21David Pearson | Wood Brothers Racing | Mercury | 284 | 8 | clutch | 96 | — |
| 25 | 6 | ▼ 19 | 22Ricky Rudd | Al Rudd Auto | Chevrolet | 262 | 0 | broken valve | 88 | — |
| 26 | 19 | ▼ 7 | 17Roger Hamby | Hamby Racing | Chevrolet | 215 | 0 | head gasket | 85 | — |
| 27 | 36 | ▲ 9 | 31Bobby Wawak | Jim Norris (Owner) | Chevrolet | 214 | 0 | engine | 82 | — |
| 28 | 33 | ▲ 5 | 95Junior Miller | Junior Miller Racing | Chevrolet | 122 | 0 | quit | 79 | — |
| 29 | 29 | — | 19Elmo Langley | Gray Racing | Buick | 88 | 0 | engine | 76 | — |
| 30 | 32 | ▲ 2 | 87Johnny Halford | Satterfield Racing | Chevrolet | 84 | 0 | engine | 0 | — |
| 31 | 9 | ▼ 22 | 5Neil Bonnett | Osterlund Motorsports | Chevrolet | 76 | 0 | engine | 70 | — |
| 32 | 34 | ▲ 2 | 59Charlie Blanton | Danny Queen (Owner) | Chevrolet | 52 | 0 | ignition | 0 | — |
| 33 | 22 | ▼ 11 | 25Ronnie Thomas | Robertson Racing | Chevrolet | 34 | 0 | engine | 64 | — |
| 34 | 31 | ▼ 3 | 81Ferrel Harris | Robert Gee (Owner) | Chevrolet | 6 | 0 | accident | 61 | — |
| 35 | 15 | ▼ 20 | 8Ed Negre | Negre Racing | Dodge | 4 | 0 | engine | 58 | — |
| 36 | 35 | ▼ 1 | 29Bill Hollar | Hollar Racing | Chevrolet | 0 | 0 | quit | 55 | — |