| Fin |
St |
# |
Driver |
Sponsor / Owner |
Car |
Laps |
Money |
Status |
Led |
Points |
| 1 | 2 | 11 | Cale Yarborough | Holly Farms (Junior Johnson) | Chevrolet | 420 | 8,565 | running | 398 | 185 |
| 2 | 7 | 43 | Richard Petty | STP (Petty Enterprises) | Dodge | 420 | 6,965 | running | 1 | 175 |
| 3 | 1 | 72 | Benny Parsons | King's Row Fireplace (L.G. DeWitt) | Chevrolet | 420 | 4,645 | running | 5 | 170 |
| 4 | 5 | 15 | Buddy Baker | Norris Industries (Bud Moore) | Ford | 419 | 3,585 | running | 0 | 160 |
| 5 | 4 | 2 | Bobby Allison | CAM 2 (Roger Penske) | Mercury | 417 | 3,465 | running | 1 | 160 |
| 6 | 8 | 54 | Lennie Pond | Pepsi-Cola (Ronnie Elder) | Chevrolet | 414 | 1,605 | running | 1 | 155 |
| 7 | 3 | 71 | Dave Marcis | K & K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf) | Dodge | 411 | 3,345 | running | 7 | 151 |
| 8 | 14 | 30 | Walter Ballard | Clyde Lynn (Walter Ballard) | Chevrolet | 401 | 1,385 | running | 0 | 142 |
| 9 | 10 | 05 | David Sisco | David Sisco | Chevrolet | 398 | 1,275 | running | 0 | 138 |
| 10 | 15 | 79 | Frank Warren | Native Tan (Frank Warren) | Dodge | 394 | 1,215 | running | 0 | 134 |
| 11 | 12 | 40 | D.K. Ulrich | Garden State Auto (J.R. DeLotto) | Chevrolet | 394 | 965 | running | 0 | 130 |
| 12 | 6 | 88 | Darrell Waltrip | Gatorade (DiGard) | Chevrolet | 393 | 2,665 | rear end | 7 | 132 |
| 13 | 25 | 64 | Elmo Langley | Stamey's Bar-B-Q (Elmo Langley) | Ford | 393 | 890 | running | 0 | 124 |
| 14 | 17 | 24 | Cecil Gordon | Pruette (Cecil Gordon) | Chevrolet | 391 | 865 | running | 0 | 121 |
| 15 | 22 | 52 | Jimmy Means | Bill Gray | Chevrolet | 383 | 555 | running | 0 | 118 |
| 16 | 26 | 33 | Buck Baker | Handy's Transmission (Hiram Handy) | Chevrolet | 382 | 545 | running | 0 | |
| 17 | 9 | 3 | Richard Childress | Kansas Jack (Richard Childress) | Chevrolet | 354 | 745 | transmission | 0 | 112 |
| 18 | 27 | 48 | James Hylton | James Hylton | Chevrolet | 256 | 700 | engine | 0 | 109 |
| 19 | 20 | 8 | Ed Negre | Ed Negre | Dodge | 227 | 660 | overheating | 0 | 106 |
| 20 | 13 | 70 | J.D. McDuffie | Butler's (J.D. McDuffie) | Chevrolet | 176 | 650 | transmission | 0 | 103 |
| 21 | 28 | 25 | Jabe Thomas | Don Robertson | Chevrolet | 171 | 645 | engine | 0 | 100 |
| 22 | 11 | 92 | Skip Manning | Stratagraph (Billy Hagan) | Chevrolet | 167 | 385 | engine | 0 | 97 |
| 23 | 16 | 47 | Bruce Hill | Bruce Hill | Chevrolet | 142 | 625 | handling | 0 | 94 |
| 24 | 18 | 45 | Baxter Price | Baxter Price | Chevrolet | 131 | 365 | engine | 0 | 91 |
| 25 | 23 | 19 | Henley Gray | Belden Asphalt (Henley Gray) | Chevrolet | 73 | 355 | suspension | 0 | 88 |
| 26 | 19 | 67 | Buddy Arrington | Buddy Arrington | Dodge | 72 | 595 | overheating | 0 | 85 |
| 27 | 21 | 95 | Gary Myers | Miller Roofing (Junior Miller) | Chevrolet | 60 | 332 | vibration | 0 | 82 |
| 28 | 24 | 87 | Walter Wallace | Cunningham-Kelley (H.B. Cunningham) | Chevrolet | 59 | 325 | rear end | 0 | 79 |
| 29 | 30 | 14 | Sterling Marlin | Cunningham-Kelley (H.B. Cunningham) | Chevrolet | 55 | 565 | oil pump | 0 | 76 |
| 30 | 29 | 20 | Rick Newsom | Rick Newsom | Ford | 22 | 305 | ignition | 0 | 73 |