| Fin |
St |
# |
Driver |
Sponsor / Owner |
Car |
Laps |
Money |
Status |
Led |
Points |
| 1 | 4 | 11 | Cale Yarborough | Holly Farms (Junior Johnson) | Chevrolet | 400 | 11,885 | running | 292 | 185 |
| 2 | 3 | 72 | Benny Parsons | 1st National City Travelers Checks (L.G. DeWitt) | Chevrolet | 399 | 6,975 | running | 63 | 175 |
| 3 | 7 | 43 | Richard Petty | STP (Petty Enterprises) | Dodge | 399 | 6,705 | running | 0 | 165 |
| 4 | 2 | 15 | Buddy Baker | Norris Industries (Bud Moore) | Ford | 399 | 4,370 | running | 29 | 165 |
| 5 | 6 | 54 | Lennie Pond | Pepsi-Cola (Ronnie Elder) | Chevrolet | 395 | 2,925 | running | 0 | 155 |
| 6 | 9 | 90 | Dick Brooks | Truxmore (Junie Donlavey) | Ford | 389 | 2,490 | running | 15 | 155 |
| 7 | 20 | 70 | J.D. McDuffie | Sanford Auto Supply (J.D. McDuffie) | Chevrolet | 386 | 1,995 | running | 0 | 146 |
| 8 | 14 | 36 | Bobby Wawak | Gwinn-Wawak (John Gwinn) | Chevrolet | 386 | 850 | running | 0 | 142 |
| 9 | 28 | 30 | Terry Bivins | Clyde Lynn (Walter Ballard) | Chevrolet | 384 | 1,770 | running | 0 | 138 |
| 10 | 27 | 92 | Sonny Easley | Rogers-Astin (Jerry Lankford) | Ford | 383 | 1,300 | running | 0 | 134 |
| 11 | 13 | 48 | James Hylton | Hylton Engineering (James Hylton) | Chevrolet | 379 | 1,635 | running | 0 | 130 |
| 12 | 16 | 67 | Buddy Arrington | Hickory Garage (Buddy Arrington) | Plymouth | 379 | 1,500 | running | 0 | 127 |
| 13 | 12 | 24 | Cecil Gordon | Transmissions Unlimited (Cecil Gordon) | Chevrolet | 378 | 1,225 | running | 0 | 124 |
| 14 | 26 | 05 | David Sisco | David Sisco | Chevrolet | 376 | 1,100 | running | 0 | 121 |
| 15 | 23 | 95 | Junior Miller | Miller Roofing (Junior Miller) | Chevrolet | 374 | 650 | running | 0 | 118 |
| 16 | 18 | 23 | Larry LaMay | Schlitz (Don Robertson) | Chevrolet | 373 | 625 | running | 0 | 115 |
| 17 | 5 | 71 | Dave Marcis | K & K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf) | Dodge | 372 | 2,600 | running | 0 | 112 |
| 18 | 24 | 04 | Gary Myers | Hicks Pharmacy (Gary Myers) | Chevrolet | 370 | 575 | running | 0 | 109 |
| 19 | 15 | 19 | Henley Gray | Belden Asphalt (Henley Gray) | Chevrolet | 368 | 550 | running | 0 | 106 |
| 20 | 30 | 25 | Dick May | Don Robertson | Chevrolet | 366 | 850 | running | 0 | 103 |
| 21 | 19 | 64 | Skip Manning | Elmo Langley | Ford | 360 | 750 | running | 0 | 100 |
| 22 | 22 | 79 | Frank Warren | Native Tan (Frank Warren) | Dodge | 359 | 700 | running | 0 | 97 |
| 23 | 11 | 3 | Richard Childress | Kansas Jack (Richard Childress) | Chevrolet | 355 | 680 | running | 0 | 94 |
| 24 | 1 | 88 | Darrell Waltrip | Gatorade (DiGard) | Chevrolet | 347 | 2,910 | engine | 1 | 96 |
| 25 | 17 | 8 | Ed Negre | Ed Negre | Dodge | 278 | 675 | engine | 0 | 88 |
| 26 | 21 | 40 | D.K. Ulrich | Transit Damaged Freight (J.R. DeLotto) | Chevrolet | 270 | 640 | engine | 0 | 85 |
| 27 | 29 | 52 | Jimmy Means | WIXC (Bill Gray) | Chevrolet | 241 | 380 | engine | 0 | 82 |
| 28 | 10 | 12 | Neil Bonnett | Hawaiian Tropic (Neil Bonnett) | Chevrolet | 186 | 370 | engine | 0 | 79 |
| 29 | 8 | 2 | Bobby Allison | CAM 2 (Roger Penske) | Mercury | 76 | 2,385 | engine | 0 | 76 |
| 30 | 25 | 44 | Richard D. Brown | Bush Olds (Jerry Brown) | Pontiac | 65 | 375 | flagged | 0 | 73 |