| Fin |
St |
# |
Driver |
Sponsor / Owner |
Car |
Laps |
Money |
Status |
Led |
Points |
| 1 | 4 | 43 | Richard Petty | STP (Petty Enterprises) | Dodge | 492 | 20,395 | running | 193 | 185 |
| 2 | 11 | 54 | Lennie Pond | Pepsi-Cola (Ronnie Elder) | Chevrolet | 491 | 12,870 | running | 113 | 175 |
| 3 | 8 | 88 | Darrell Waltrip | Gatorade (DiGard) | Chevrolet | 489 | 10,075 | running | 0 | 165 |
| 4 | 7 | 2 | Bobby Allison | CAM 2 (Roger Penske) | Mercury | 489 | 7,965 | running | 0 | 160 |
| 5 | 9 | 11 | Cale Yarborough | Holly Farms (Junior Johnson) | Chevrolet | 488 | 7,255 | running | 0 | 155 |
| 6 | 1 | 21 | David Pearson | Purolator (Wood Brothers) | Mercury | 488 | 6,535 | running | 31 | 155 |
| 7 | 5 | 1 | Donnie Allison | Pat's Tire Service (Hoss Ellington) | Chevrolet | 486 | 2,945 | fuel pump | 1 | 151 |
| 8 | 12 | 90 | Dick Brooks | Truxmore (Junie Donlavey) | Ford | 486 | 4,675 | running | 0 | 142 |
| 9 | 15 | 92 | Skip Manning | Stratagraph (Billy Hagan) | Chevrolet | 478 | 3,545 | running | 0 | 138 |
| 10 | 22 | 14 | Coo Coo Marlin | Cunningham-Kelley (H.B. Cunningham) | Chevrolet | 474 | 3,815 | running | 0 | 134 |
| 11 | 18 | 55 | Sonny Easley | Haddick's Towing (Jerry Lankford) | Ford | 469 | 2,170 | running | 0 | 130 |
| 12 | 21 | 41 | Grant Adcox | Adcox-Kirby (Herb Adcox) | Chevrolet | 468 | 1,945 | running | 0 | 127 |
| 13 | 32 | 8 | Ed Negre | Ed Negre | Dodge | 464 | 3,685 | running | 0 | 124 |
| 14 | 10 | 40 | D.K. Ulrich | Transit Damaged Freight (J.R. DeLotto) | Chevrolet | 464 | 2,945 | running | 0 | 121 |
| 15 | 23 | 24 | Cecil Gordon | Transmissions Unlimited (Cecil Gordon) | Chevrolet | 461 | 2,735 | running | 0 | 118 |
| 16 | 17 | 67 | Buddy Arrington | Hickory Garage (Buddy Arrington) | Dodge | 460 | 2,757 | running | 0 | 115 |
| 17 | 25 | 30 | Terry Bivins | Clyde Lynn (Walter Ballard) | Chevrolet | 459 | 2,315 | running | 0 | 112 |
| 18 | 31 | 20 | Rick Newsom | Gillespie Painting (Rick Newsom) | Ford | 456 | 1,235 | running | 0 | 109 |
| 19 | 13 | 60 | Jackie Rogers | Red Dog's (Lou Viglione) | Chevrolet | 454 | 1,135 | running | 0 | 106 |
| 20 | 24 | 05 | David Sisco | David Sisco | Chevrolet | 450 | 1,835 | running | 0 | 103 |
| 21 | 29 | 7 | Jack Donohue | Thundercraft Boat (Dean Dalton) | Chevrolet | 444 | 860 | running | 0 | 100 |
| 22 | 27 | 19 | Frank Warren | Belden Asphalt (Henley Gray) | Chevrolet | 434 | 835 | running | 0 | 97 |
| 23 | 28 | 52 | Jimmy Means | WIXC (Bill Gray) | Chevrolet | 432 | 810 | running | 0 | 94 |
| 24 | 26 | 64 | Tommy Gale | Elmo Langley | Ford | 423 | 1,295 | running | 0 | 91 |
| 25 | 2 | 71 | Dave Marcis | K & K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf) | Dodge | 413 | 4,010 | engine | 154 | 93 |
| 26 | 36 | 33 | J.D. McDuffie | Handy's Transmission (Jeff Handy) | Chevrolet | 389 | 735 | engine | 0 | 85 |
| 27 | 16 | 3 | Richard Childress | Kansas Jack (Richard Childress) | Chevrolet | 363 | 1,285 | engine | 0 | 82 |
| 28 | 3 | 15 | Buddy Baker | Norris Industries (Bud Moore) | Ford | 299 | 3,765 | throttle | 0 | 79 |
| 29 | 20 | 5 | James Hylton | Doc Faustina | Dodge | 171 | 655 | rear end | 0 | 76 |
| 30 | 35 | 25 | Dick May | Don Robertson | Chevrolet | 127 | 1,145 | engine | 0 | 73 |
| 31 | 6 | 72 | Benny Parsons | 1st National City Travelers Checks (L.G. DeWitt) | Chevrolet | 117 | 3,635 | engine | 0 | 70 |
| 32 | 33 | 46 | Travis Tiller | Little B / C & K Coal (Travis Tiller) | Dodge | 88 | 625 | engine | 0 | 67 |
| 33 | 14 | 36 | Bobby Wawak | Gwinn-Wawak (John Gwinn) | Chevrolet | 76 | 615 | overheating | 0 | 64 |
| 34 | 30 | 4 | Gary Myers | Hicks Pharmacy (Gary Myers) | Chevrolet | 5 | 605 | engine | 0 | 61 |
| 35 | 34 | 47 | Bruce Hill | Bruce Hill | Chevrolet | 2 | 1,095 | engine | 0 | 58 |
| 36 | 19 | 49 | Henley Gray | G.C. Spencer | Dodge | 1 | 585 | engine | 0 | 55 |
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