| Fin |
St |
# |
Driver |
Sponsor / Owner |
Car |
Laps |
Money |
Status |
Led |
Points |
| 1 | 7 | 21 | David Pearson | Purolator (Wood Brothers) | Mercury | 200 | 46,800 | running | 37 | 180 |
| 2 | 6 | 43 | Richard Petty | STP (Petty Enterprises) | Dodge | 199 | 35,750 | crash | 40 | 175 |
| 3 | 32 | 72 | Benny Parsons | King's Row Fireplace (L.G. DeWitt) | Chevrolet | 199 | 23,680 | running | 16 | 170 |
| 4 | 11 | 54 | Lennie Pond | Pepsi-Cola (Ronnie Elder) | Chevrolet | 198 | 16,890 | running | 0 | 160 |
| 5 | 13 | 12 | Neil Bonnett | Armor All (Neil Bonnett) | Chevrolet | 197 | 14,000 | running | 0 | 155 |
| 6 | 2 | 81 | Terry Ryan | WAM Racing (Bill Monaghan) | Chevrolet | 196 | 13,800 | running | 1 | 155 |
| 7 | 41 | 70 | J.D. McDuffie | Butler's (J.D. McDuffie) | Chevrolet | 193 | 11,260 | running | 0 | 146 |
| 8 | 19 | 63 | Terry Bivins | Billy Moyer | Chevrolet | 193 | 9,665 | running | 6 | 147 |
| 9 | 36 | 3 | Richard Childress | Kansas Jack (Richard Childress) | Chevrolet | 191 | 8,990 | running | 0 | 138 |
| 10 | 34 | 79 | Frank Warren | Native Tan (Frank Warren) | Dodge | 190 | 8,340 | running | 0 | 134 |
| 11 | 37 | 67 | Buddy Arrington | J.R. Stanley Trucking (Buddy Arrington) | Dodge | 190 | 6,720 | running | 0 | 130 |
| 12 | 26 | 4 | Salt Walther | R & H Air Craft (Salt Walther) | Chevrolet | 187 | 5,880 | running | 0 | |
| 13 | 42 | 8 | Ed Negre | 10,000 RPM Speed Equipment (Ed Negre) | Dodge | 185 | 5,310 | running | 0 | 124 |
| 14 | 22 | 18 | Joe Frasson | Excuse Lounge (Joe Frasson) | Chevrolet | 183 | 4,600 | running | 0 | 121 |
| 15 | 23 | 60 | Jackie Rogers | Lou Viglione | Chevrolet | 183 | 4,325 | running | 1 | 123 |
| 16 | 15 | 95 | Jim Hurtubise | Moran Electric (Junior Miller) | Chevrolet | 180 | 3,975 | engine | 0 | 115 |
| 17 | 21 | 61 | Joe Mihalic | Lou Viglione | Chevrolet | 159 | 3,575 | running | 0 | 112 |
| 18 | 17 | 24 | Cecil Gordon | Pruette (Cecil Gordon) | Chevrolet | 158 | 4,160 | running | 0 | 109 |
| 19 | 27 | 40 | D.K. Ulrich | Garden State Auto (J.R. DeLotto) | Chevrolet | 151 | 2,980 | axle | 0 | 106 |
| 20 | 39 | 29 | Roy Smith | Mercury Marine (Dick Midgley) | Chevrolet | 148 | 2,690 | clutch | 0 | 103 |
| 21 | 10 | 14 | Coo Coo Marlin | Cunningham-Kelley (H.B. Cunningham) | Chevrolet | 147 | 3,345 | engine | 0 | 100 |
| 22 | 31 | 28 | A.J. Foyt | Gilmore (Hoss Ellington) | Chevrolet | 143 | 4,600 | engine | 66 | |
| 23 | 29 | 48 | James Hylton | Nitro 9 (James Hylton) | Chevrolet | 138 | 2,785 | running | 0 | 94 |
| 24 | 24 | 26 | Jimmy Lee Capps | Gray's Guard (David Lee Sellers) | Chevrolet | 133 | 2,090 | engine | 0 | 91 |
| 25 | 8 | 2 | Bobby Allison | CAM 2 (Roger Penske) | Mercury | 123 | 5,905 | engine | 2 | 93 |
| 26 | 1 | 83 | Ramo Stott | Smithville Farms (Norris Reed) | Chevrolet | 113 | 6,830 | engine | 0 | |
| 27 | 3 | 71 | Dave Marcis | K & K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf) | Dodge | 112 | 7,895 | running | 0 | 82 |
| 28 | 35 | 10 | Johnny Ray | Blackwell Kenworth (Clay Blackwell) | Chevrolet | 111 | 2,270 | crash | 0 | 79 |
| 29 | 40 | 05 | David Sisco | Roger's (David Sisco) | Chevrolet | 110 | 2,020 | running | 0 | 76 |
| 30 | 30 | 82 | Skip Manning | Rossmeyer (Ferrel Harris) | Dodge | 107 | 1,835 | crash | 0 | 73 |
| 31 | 28 | 78 | Dick Skillen | Singer Climate Control (Tom Goff) | Chevrolet | 99 | 1,770 | overheating | 0 | 70 |
| 32 | 4 | 88 | Darrell Waltrip | Gatorade (DiGard) | Chevrolet | 87 | 7,575 | engine | 0 | 67 |
| 33 | 5 | 15 | Buddy Baker | Norris Industries (Bud Moore) | Ford | 83 | 7,600 | engine | 28 | 69 |
| 34 | 16 | 73 | David Hobbs | Coca-Cola (L.G. DeWitt) | Chevrolet | 68 | 1,900 | crash | 2 | 66 |
| 35 | 18 | 30 | Tighe Scott | Scotty's Fashions (Walter Ballard) | Chevrolet | 58 | 2,340 | crash | 0 | 58 |
| 36 | 33 | 47 | Bruce Hill | Howson Algraphy (Bruce Hill) | Chevrolet | 43 | 1,725 | engine | 0 | 55 |
| 37 | 25 | 38 | Tom Williams | Varner Realty (Tom Williams) | Chevrolet | 41 | 1,615 | engine | 0 | 52 |
| 38 | 38 | 33 | Dick May | Handy's Transmission (Hiram Handy) | Chevrolet | 36 | 1,490 | engine | 0 | 49 |
| 39 | 12 | 52 | Earl Ross | Coca-Cola Ltd. (L.G. DeWitt) | Chevrolet | 28 | 2,025 | engine | 0 | 46 |
| 40 | 20 | 5 | Jimmy Means | Means Racing (Bill Gray) | Chevrolet | 20 | 1,600 | engine | 1 | 48 |
| 41 | 9 | 90 | Dick Brooks | Truxmore (Junie Donlavey) | Ford | 5 | 2,600 | engine | 0 | 40 |
| 42 | 14 | 11 | Cale Yarborough | Holly Farms (Junior Johnson) | Chevrolet | 1 | 4,725 | engine | 0 | 37 |
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