| Fin |
St |
# |
Driver |
Sponsor / Owner |
Car |
Laps |
Money |
Status |
Led |
Points |
| 1 | 5 | 2 | David Pearson | Rod Osterlund | Chevrolet | 367 | 29,925 | running | 74 | 180 |
| 2 | 6 | 17 | Bill Elliott | Kings Inn (George Elliott) | Mercury | 365 | 19,235 | running | 6 | 175 |
| 3 | 16 | 44 | Terry Labonte | Stratagraph (Billy Hagan) | Chevrolet | 365 | 13,460 | running | 0 | 165 |
| 11 | 3 | 88 | Darrell Waltrip | Gatorade (DiGard) | Chevrolet | 355 | 12,200 | running | 165 | 140 |
| 10 | 1 | 15 | Bobby Allison | Hodgdon / Moore (Bud Moore) | Ford | 356 | 10,950 | running | 37 | 139 |
| 5 | 13 | 27 | Benny Parsons | M.C. Anderson | Chevrolet | 364 | 8,915 | running | 0 | 155 |
| 19 | 11 | 11 | Cale Yarborough | Busch (Junior Johnson) | Chevrolet | 336 | 8,000 | running | 0 | 106 |
| 4 | 10 | 28 | Buddy Baker | W.I.N. (Harry Ranier) | Chevrolet | 365 | 7,975 | running | 1 | 165 |
| 9 | 4 | 43 | Richard Petty | STP (Petty Enterprises) | Chevrolet | 361 | 7,800 | running | 0 | 138 |
| 8 | 14 | 90 | Ricky Rudd | Truxmore (Junie Donlavey) | Mercury | 361 | 7,105 | running | 0 | 142 |
| 15 | 12 | 72 | Joe Millikan | Appliance Wheels (L.G. DeWitt) | Chevrolet | 347 | 7,000 | running | 0 | 118 |
| 6 | 19 | 71 | Dave Marcis | Shoney's (Dave Marcis) | Chevrolet | 362 | 5,650 | running | 0 | 150 |
| 13 | 17 | 40 | D.K. Ulrich | U.S. Army (D.K. Ulrich) | Buick | 350 | 5,595 | running | 0 | 124 |
| 14 | 22 | 67 | Buddy Arrington | Reid Trailer Sales (Buddy Arrington) | Dodge | 347 | 5,375 | running | 0 | 121 |
| 16 | 24 | 52 | Jimmy Means | Mr. Transmission (Jimmy Means) | Chevrolet | 345 | 5,015 | running | 0 | 115 |
| 7 | 8 | 05 | Dick Brooks | Dubie Corp. (Nelson Malloch) | Chevrolet | 361 | 4,900 | running | 0 | 146 |
| 31 | 2 | 1 | Donnie Allison | Hawaiian Tropic (Hoss Ellington) | Chevrolet | 195 | 4,550 | engine | 82 | 75 |
| 18 | 38 | 70 | J.D. McDuffie | Bailey Excavating (J.D. McDuffie) | Chevrolet | 341 | 4,530 | running | 0 | 109 |
| 24 | 28 | 25 | Ronnie Thomas | Stone's Cafeteria (Don Robertson) | Chevrolet | 310 | 4,215 | running | 0 | 91 |
| 12 | 7 | 47 | Harry Gant | Race Hill Farm (Jack Beebe) | Chevrolet | 352 | 4,100 | running | 0 | 127 |
| 21 | 30 | 64 | Tommy Gale | Sunny King Ford & Honda (Elmo Langley) | Ford | 332 | 3,845 | running | 0 | 100 |
| 22 | 32 | 79 | Frank Warren | Native Tan (Frank Warren) | Dodge | 331 | 3,585 | running | 0 | 97 |
| 23 | 35 | 45 | Baxter Price | Iron Peddlers (Baxter Price) | Chevrolet | 324 | 3,300 | running | 0 | 94 |
| 25 | 15 | 19 | Lennie Pond | Belden Asphalt (Henley Gray) | Chevrolet | 281 | 3,280 | running | 0 | 88 |
| 17 | 21 | 68 | Chuck Bown | Kings Mountain Truck Plaza (Jim Testa) | Buick | 342 | 3,100 | running | 0 | 112 |
| 26 | 31 | 24 | Cecil Gordon | Gordon Racing (Cecil Gordon) | Oldsmobile | 246 | 2,885 | running | 0 | 85 |
| 20 | 33 | 8 | Ed Negre | Dick Brooks Honda (Ed Negre) | Chrysler | 333 | 2,850 | running | 0 | 103 |
| 35 | 29 | 30 | Tighe Scott | Russ Togs (Walter Ballard) | Buick | 133 | 2,400 | crash | 0 | 58 |
| 29 | 25 | 3 | Richard Childress | CRC Chemicals (Richard Childress) | Chevrolet | 224 | 2,200 | engine | 0 | 76 |
| 32 | 9 | 21 | Neil Bonnett | Purolator (Wood Brothers) | Mercury | 185 | 2,150 | steering | 2 | 72 |
| 27 | 36 | 36 | H.B. Bailey | Almeda Auto Parts (H.B. Bailey) | Pontiac | 244 | 1,825 | overheating | 0 | 82 |
| 28 | 26 | 9 | Jim Vandiver | Kings Inn (Roger Hamby) | Chevrolet | 240 | 1,800 | running | 0 | 79 |
| 38 | 27 | 48 | James Hylton | Palatine Automotive Parts (James Hylton) | Chevrolet | 46 | 1,750 | engine | 0 | 49 |
| 30 | 20 | 12 | Jack Ingram | Kencoal Mining (Kennie Childers) | Oldsmobile | 206 | 1,650 | engine | 0 | 73 |
| 33 | 39 | 10 | Billy Smith | Tidewater Glass (Bill Champion) | Ford | 179 | 1,575 | driveshaft | 0 | 64 |
| 34 | 23 | 65 | Dick May | Spohn's Body Shop (Ron Spohn) | Ford | 148 | 1,450 | crash | 0 | |
| 36 | 18 | 14 | Coo Coo Marlin | Cunningham-Kelley (H.B. Cunningham) | Chevrolet | 112 | 1,300 | engine | 0 | 55 |
| 37 | 40 | 98 | Ralph Jones | Ralph Jones | Ford | 83 | 1,275 | engine | 0 | 52 |
| 40 | 34 | 96 | Ferrel Harris | Will Cronkrite | Ford | 2 | 1,260 | flagged | 0 | |
| 39 | 37 | 01 | Earle Canavan | Earle Canavan | Dodge | 17 | 1,225 | oil leak | 0 | 46 |
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