| Fin |
St |
# |
Driver |
Sponsor / Owner |
Car |
Laps |
Money |
Status |
Led |
Points |
| 1 | 1 | 43 | Richard Petty | STP (Petty Enterprises) | Dodge | 328 | 22,550 | running | 112 | 180 |
| 2 | 3 | 21 | David Pearson | Purolator (Wood Brothers) | Mercury | 328 | 12,850 | running | 80 | 175 |
| 3 | 5 | 11 | Cale Yarborough | Holly Farms (Junior Johnson) | Chevrolet | 327 | 13,025 | running | 136 | 175 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Donnie Allison | Hawaiian Tropic (Hoss Ellington) | Chevrolet | 327 | 6,000 | running | 0 | 160 |
| 5 | 7 | 15 | Buddy Baker | Norris Industries (Bud Moore) | Ford | 326 | 7,650 | running | 0 | 155 |
| 6 | 11 | 2 | Dave Marcis | CAM 2 (Roger Penske) | Chevrolet | 326 | 6,800 | running | 0 | 150 |
| 7 | 6 | 88 | Darrell Waltrip | Gatorade (DiGard) | Chevrolet | 325 | 6,500 | running | 0 | 146 |
| 8 | 15 | 14 | Coo Coo Marlin | Cunningham-Kelley (H.B. Cunningham) | Chevrolet | 322 | 2,900 | running | 0 | 142 |
| 9 | 14 | 54 | Lennie Pond | Historic Virginia (Ronnie Elder) | Chevrolet | 321 | 5,150 | running | 0 | 138 |
| 10 | 19 | 47 | Bruce Hill | Bruce Hill | Chevrolet | 320 | 2,650 | running | 0 | 134 |
| 11 | 26 | 67 | Buddy Arrington | Sub-Tropic (Buddy Arrington) | Dodge | 319 | 4,630 | running | 0 | 130 |
| 12 | 9 | 71 | Neil Bonnett | Rebel 500 (Nord Krauskopf) | Dodge | 318 | 5,405 | running | 0 | 127 |
| 13 | 10 | 27 | Sam Sommers | M.C. Anderson | Chevrolet | 317 | 3,130 | running | 0 | 124 |
| 14 | 32 | 84 | Jody Ridley | Makar Enterprises (Jim Makar) | Mercury | 316 | 2,080 | running | 0 | 121 |
| 15 | 12 | 60 | Ramo Stott | Lou Viglione | Chevrolet | 315 | 1,880 | running | 0 | 118 |
| 16 | 41 | 24 | Cecil Gordon | Transmissions Unlimited (Cecil Gordon) | Chevrolet | 308 | 2,785 | running | 0 | 115 |
| 17 | 30 | 91 | Harold Miller | Bartow Paving (Harold Miller) | Chevrolet | 305 | 1,630 | running | 0 | 112 |
| 18 | 27 | 26 | Jimmy Lee Capps | Hearne Produce (David Lee Sellers) | Chevrolet | 304 | 1,555 | running | 0 | 109 |
| 19 | 13 | 3 | Richard Childress | Kansas Jack (Richard Childress) | Chevrolet | 303 | 3,400 | engine | 0 | 106 |
| 20 | 39 | 52 | Jimmy Means | Means Racing (Bill Gray) | Chevrolet | 295 | 1,405 | running | 0 | 103 |
| 21 | 31 | 49 | G.C. Spencer | Lady & Son Auction (G.C. Spencer) | Dodge | 293 | 1,230 | rear end | 0 | 100 |
| 22 | 24 | 64 | Tommy Gale | Sunny King (Elmo Langley) | Ford | 288 | 2,920 | running | 0 | 97 |
| 23 | 22 | 90 | Dick Brooks | Truxmore (Junie Donlavey) | Ford | 277 | 2,755 | clutch | 0 | 94 |
| 24 | 33 | 25 | Terry Bivins | Thomas Racing (Don Robertson) | Chevrolet | 259 | 2,575 | engine | 0 | 91 |
| 25 | 42 | 30 | Tighe Scott | Scotty's Fashions (Walter Ballard) | Chevrolet | 248 | 2,220 | piston | 0 | 88 |
| 26 | 8 | 72 | Benny Parsons | 1st National City Travelers Checks (L.G. DeWitt) | Chevrolet | 239 | 4,155 | engine | 0 | 85 |
| 27 | 37 | 79 | Frank Warren | Native Tan (Frank Warren) | Dodge | 237 | 1,920 | engine | 0 | 82 |
| 28 | 17 | 92 | Skip Manning | 1st National City Travelers Checks (Billy Hagan) | Chevrolet | 233 | 1,840 | transmission | 0 | 79 |
| 29 | 29 | 40 | D.K. Ulrich | Howard Johnson's (J.R. DeLotto) | Chevrolet | 230 | 1,410 | overheating | 0 | 76 |
| 30 | 34 | 68 | Janet Guthrie | Kelly Girl (Lynda Ferreri) | Chevrolet | 215 | 750 | engine | 0 | 73 |
| 31 | 21 | 70 | J.D. McDuffie | J.D. McDuffie | Chevrolet | 208 | 1,335 | engine | 0 | 70 |
| 32 | 18 | 9 | Bill Elliott | Dahlonega Ford Sales (George Elliott) | Ford | 198 | 765 | engine | 0 | 67 |
| 33 | 36 | 19 | Henley Gray | Belden Asphalt (Henley Gray) | Chevrolet | 180 | 1,270 | engine | 0 | 64 |
| 34 | 4 | 51 | A.J. Foyt | Gilmore (A.J. Foyt) | Chevrolet | 157 | 785 | quit | 0 | |
| 35 | 35 | 80 | Phil Finney | Phil Finney | Chevrolet | 148 | 645 | engine | 0 | 58 |
| 36 | 20 | 29 | Elliott Forbes-Robinson | Cal-Tex (Dick Midgley) | Dodge | 139 | 650 | engine | 0 | 55 |
| 37 | 28 | 7 | Dean Dalton | Dean Dalton | Chevrolet | 133 | 565 | engine | 0 | 52 |
| 38 | 25 | 48 | James Hylton | Hylton Engineering (James Hylton) | Chevrolet | 121 | 1,180 | engine | 0 | 49 |
| 39 | 40 | 16 | Ed Negre | Reliable Plumbing (David Sisco) | Chevrolet | 77 | 1,040 | engine | 0 | 46 |
| 40 | 23 | 77 | Johnny Rutherford | t. edwards (Johnny Ray) | Chevrolet | 50 | 560 | engine | 0 | |
| 41 | 16 | 12 | Bobby Allison | 1st National City Travelers Checks (Bobby Allison) | Matador | 41 | 785 | engine | 0 | 40 |
| 42 | 38 | 35 | Jim Hurtubise | Avanti CB (Morris Davis) | Ford | 0 | 535 | ignition | 0 | 37 |
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