| Fin |
St |
# |
Driver |
Sponsor / Owner |
Car |
Laps |
Money |
Status |
Led |
Points |
| 1 | 15 | 1 | Donnie Allison | Ellington Insulation (Hoss Ellington) | Chevrolet | 334 | 22,435 | running | 59 | 180 |
| 2 | 4 | 11 | Cale Yarborough | Holly Farms (Junior Johnson) | Chevrolet | 334 | 22,955 | running | 81 | 175 |
| 3 | 5 | 2 | Bobby Allison | CAM 2 (Roger Penske) | Mercury | 334 | 17,069 | running | 8 | 170 |
| 4 | 2 | 15 | Buddy Baker | Norris Industries (Bud Moore) | Ford | 334 | 17,710 | running | 106 | 170 |
| 5 | 14 | 72 | Benny Parsons | 1st National City Travelers Checks (L.G. DeWitt) | Chevrolet | 333 | 9,279 | running | 0 | 155 |
| 6 | 1 | 21 | David Pearson | Purolator (Wood Brothers) | Mercury | 331 | 20,040 | running | 59 | 155 |
| 7 | 10 | 54 | Lennie Pond | Pepsi-Cola (Ronnie Elder) | Chevrolet | 329 | 6,695 | running | 0 | 146 |
| 8 | 3 | 43 | Richard Petty | STP (Petty Enterprises) | Dodge | 328 | 9,049 | running | 5 | 147 |
| 9 | 12 | 90 | Dick Brooks | Truxmore (Junie Donlavey) | Ford | 328 | 5,575 | running | 0 | 138 |
| 10 | 17 | 36 | Bobby Wawak | Gwinn-Wawak (John Gwinn) | Chevrolet | 326 | 3,055 | running | 0 | 134 |
| 11 | 7 | 88 | Darrell Waltrip | Gatorade (DiGard) | Chevrolet | 325 | 5,755 | running | 0 | 130 |
| 12 | 31 | 67 | Buddy Arrington | Sub-Tropic (Buddy Arrington) | Dodge | 323 | 4,345 | running | 0 | 127 |
| 13 | 13 | 92 | Skip Manning | Gatorade (Billy Hagan) | Chevrolet | 322 | 3,520 | running | 0 | 124 |
| 14 | 28 | 41 | Grant Adcox | Adcox-Kirby (Herb Adcox) | Chevrolet | 319 | 2,195 | running | 0 | 121 |
| 15 | 32 | 3 | Richard Childress | Kansas Jack (Richard Childress) | Chevrolet | 319 | 3,835 | running | 0 | 118 |
| 16 | 33 | 22 | Ricky Rudd | Al Rudd Auto Parts (Al Rudd) | Chevrolet | 318 | 1,995 | running | 0 | 115 |
| 17 | 16 | 49 | G.C. Spencer | Rowe for N.C. Senate (G.C. Spencer) | Dodge | 316 | 1,920 | running | 0 | 112 |
| 18 | 36 | 48 | James Hylton | Nakato (James Hylton) | Chevrolet | 315 | 3,425 | running | 0 | 109 |
| 19 | 22 | 05 | David Sisco | Sisco Racing (David Sisco) | Chevrolet | 315 | 3,165 | running | 0 | 106 |
| 20 | 34 | 33 | Earl Brooks | Perfection Auto Body (Hiram Handy) | Chevrolet | 314 | 1,595 | running | 0 | 103 |
| 21 | 21 | 19 | Bill Dennis | Belden Asphalt (Henley Gray) | Chevrolet | 313 | 1,385 | running | 0 | 100 |
| 22 | 26 | 68 | Janet Guthrie | Kelly Girl (Lynda Ferreri) | Chevrolet | 313 | 1,335 | running | 0 | |
| 23 | 37 | 70 | J.D. McDuffie | Sanford Auto Supply (J.D. McDuffie) | Chevrolet | 306 | 2,485 | running | 0 | 94 |
| 24 | 38 | 59 | Buck Baker | Hadacol (H.C. Porter) | Chevrolet | 301 | 1,235 | running | 0 | 91 |
| 25 | 25 | 30 | Terry Bivins | Baby Tenda (Walter Ballard) | Chevrolet | 299 | 2,085 | running | 0 | 88 |
| 26 | 30 | 79 | Frank Warren | Native Tan (Frank Warren) | Dodge | 295 | 1,855 | running | 0 | 85 |
| 27 | 39 | 63 | Bruce Jacobi | Ressler Racing (Billy Moyer) | Chevrolet | 291 | 1,080 | running | 0 | 82 |
| 28 | 27 | 24 | Cecil Gordon | Transmissions Unlimited (Cecil Gordon) | Chevrolet | 268 | 1,555 | rear end | 0 | 79 |
| 29 | 8 | 71 | Dave Marcis | K & K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf) | Dodge | 262 | 4,080 | valve | 16 | 81 |
| 30 | 24 | 40 | D.K. Ulrich | Transit Damaged Freight (J.R. DeLotto) | Chevrolet | 250 | 1,505 | engine | 0 | 73 |
| 31 | 18 | 77 | Johnny Rutherford | Hy Gain (Johnny Ray) | Chevrolet | 208 | 1,005 | engine | 0 | |
| 32 | 23 | 14 | Coo Coo Marlin | Cunningham-Kelley (H.B. Cunningham) | Chevrolet | 189 | 1,465 | valve | 0 | 67 |
| 33 | 35 | 55 | Sonny Easley | Haddick's Towing (Jerry Lankford) | Ford | 148 | 950 | valve | 0 | 64 |
| 34 | 29 | 47 | Bruce Hill | Hill Racing (Bruce Hill) | Chevrolet | 144 | 1,435 | engine | 0 | 61 |
| 35 | 20 | 12 | Neil Bonnett | Hawaiian Tropic (Neil Bonnett) | Chevrolet | 126 | 945 | engine | 0 | 58 |
| 36 | 6 | 27 | Sam Sommers | Anderson Racing (M.C. Anderson) | Chevrolet | 80 | 1,090 | clutch | 0 | 55 |
| 37 | 40 | 8 | Ed Negre | Negre Racing (Ed Negre) | Dodge | 70 | 1,385 | valve | 0 | 52 |
| 38 | 11 | 28 | A.J. Foyt | Gilmore (Hoss Ellington) | Chevrolet | 59 | 885 | quit | 0 | |
| 39 | 9 | 17 | Gordon Johncock | Sharpstown (Nord Krauskopf) | Dodge | 41 | 870 | valve | 0 | |
| 40 | 19 | 9 | Al Holbert | Days Inn (George Elliott) | Ford | 7 | 855 | engine | 0 | |
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