| Fin |
St |
# |
Driver |
Sponsor / Owner |
Car |
Laps |
Money |
Status |
Led |
Points |
| 1 | 1 | 11 | Cale Yarborough | Holly Farms (Junior Johnson) | Chevrolet | 400 | 12,100 | running | 299 | 185 |
| 2 | 4 | 88 | Darrell Waltrip | Gatorade (DiGard) | Chevrolet | 400 | 7,200 | running | 19 | 175 |
| 3 | 3 | 72 | Benny Parsons | 1st National City Travelers Checks (L.G. DeWitt) | Chevrolet | 399 | 5,670 | running | 62 | 170 |
| 4 | 5 | 90 | Dick Brooks | Truxmore (Junie Donlavey) | Ford | 396 | 3,400 | running | 0 | 160 |
| 5 | 15 | 30 | Tighe Scott | Scotty's Fashions (Walter Ballard) | Chevrolet | 389 | 2,900 | running | 0 | 155 |
| 6 | 9 | 68 | Janet Guthrie | Kelly Girl (Lynda Ferreri) | Chevrolet | 387 | 2,200 | running | 0 | 150 |
| 7 | 14 | 92 | Skip Manning | 1st National City Travelers Checks (Billy Hagan) | Chevrolet | 389 | 3,180 | running | 0 | 146 |
| 8 | 17 | 3 | Richard Childress | Kansas Jack (Richard Childress) | Chevrolet | 384 | 2,020 | running | 0 | 142 |
| 9 | 18 | 48 | James Hylton | Eddie's Auto Parts (James Hylton) | Chevrolet | 383 | 1,900 | running | 0 | 138 |
| 10 | 19 | 67 | Buddy Arrington | Mistec Transmission (Buddy Arrington) | Dodge | 382 | 1,740 | running | 0 | 134 |
| 11 | 16 | 40 | D.K. Ulrich | J.R. DeLotto | Chevrolet | 381 | 1,680 | running | 0 | 130 |
| 12 | 23 | 8 | Ed Negre | Ed Negre | Dodge | 378 | 1,470 | running | 0 | 127 |
| 13 | 25 | 79 | Frank Warren | Native Tan (Frank Warren) | Dodge | 361 | 1,260 | running | 0 | 124 |
| 14 | 26 | 25 | Ferrel Harris | Don Robertson | Chevrolet | 324 | 1,125 | running | 0 | 121 |
| 15 | 8 | 15 | Buddy Baker | Norris Industries (Bud Moore) | Ford | 252 | 2,850 | engine | 2 | 123 |
| 16 | 11 | 22 | Ricky Rudd | Al Rudd Auto Parts (Al Rudd) | Chevrolet | 220 | 590 | running | 0 | 115 |
| 17 | 10 | 5 | Neil Bonnett | Jim Stacy | Dodge | 219 | 570 | ignition | 17 | 117 |
| 18 | 12 | 70 | J.D. McDuffie | Bailey Excavating (J.D. McDuffie) | Chevrolet | 215 | 990 | engine | 0 | 109 |
| 19 | 21 | 98 | Ralph Jones | Ralph Jones | Ford | 186 | 520 | rear end | 0 | 106 |
| 20 | 6 | 27 | Sam Sommers | M.C. Anderson | Chevrolet | 144 | 500 | engine | 0 | 103 |
| 21 | 24 | 46 | Travis Tiller | Little B Coal (Travis Tiller) | Dodge | 139 | 465 | overheating | 0 | 100 |
| 22 | 2 | 43 | Richard Petty | STP (Petty Enterprises) | Dodge | 118 | 2,855 | crash | 1 | 102 |
| 23 | 20 | 64 | Dean Dalton | Sunny King Ford & Honda (Elmo Langley) | Ford | 113 | 695 | crash | 0 | 94 |
| 24 | 29 | 19 | Dick May | Clear-Lam (Henley Gray) | Chevrolet | 58 | 685 | engine | 0 | 91 |
| 25 | 28 | 33 | Earl Brooks | Handy's Transmission (Hiram Handy) | Chevrolet | 55 | 425 | engine | 0 | 88 |
| 26 | 27 | 45 | Baxter Price | Baxter Price | Chevrolet | 32 | 400 | oil leak | 0 | 85 |
| 27 | 13 | 52 | Jimmy Means | Bill Gray | Chevrolet | 25 | 480 | crash | 0 | 82 |
| 28 | 7 | 12 | Bobby Allison | 1st National City Travelers Checks (Bobby Allison) | Matador | 15 | 370 | clutch | 0 | 79 |
| 29 | 22 | 24 | Cecil Gordon | Transmissions Unlimited (Cecil Gordon) | Chevrolet | 2 | 610 | engine | 0 | 76 |