| Fin |
St |
# |
Driver |
Sponsor / Owner |
Car |
Laps |
Money |
Status |
Led |
Points |
| 23 | 15 | 5 | Neil Bonnett | Armor All (Rod Osterlund) | Chevrolet | 140 | 4,440 | clutch | 0 | 94 |
| 27 | 10 | 15 | Bobby Allison | Norris Industries (Bud Moore) | Ford | 75 | 4,940 | crash | 8 | 87 |
| 39 | 5 | 92 | Skip Manning | Stratagraph (Billy Hagan) | Buick | 9 | 1,460 | crash | 0 | 46 |
| 40 | 17 | 05 | Bruce Hill | Bearfinder (Harry Clary) | Oldsmobile | 9 | 905 | crash | 0 | 43 |
| 21 | 25 | 22 | Ricky Rudd | 1st National City Travelers Checks (Al Rudd) | Buick | 143 | 2,970 | engine | 0 | 100 |
| 22 | 18 | 41 | Grant Adcox | Krystal (Herb Adcox) | Chevrolet | 142 | 1,290 | engine | 0 | 97 |
| 26 | 2 | 72 | Benny Parsons | 1st National City Travelers Checks (L.G. DeWitt) | Oldsmobile | 92 | 5,465 | engine | 11 | 90 |
| 29 | 21 | 16 | Raymond Williams | Thundercraft Boat (Bobby Reeves) | Buick | 74 | 1,290 | engine | 0 | 76 |
| 30 | 12 | 48 | Al Holbert | Southland Industries (James Hylton) | Oldsmobile | 69 | 1,555 | engine | 0 | 73 |
| 31 | 16 | 39 | Blackie Wangerin | Blackie Wangerin | Mercury | 61 | 1,030 | engine | 0 | 70 |
| 32 | 39 | 24 | Cecil Gordon | Transmissions Unlimited (Cecil Gordon) | Chevrolet | 57 | 1,505 | engine | 0 | 67 |
| 34 | 24 | 67 | Buddy Arrington | Rossmeyer (Buddy Arrington) | Dodge | 55 | 1,455 | engine | 0 | 61 |
| 37 | 4 | 27 | Buddy Baker | Olympic Tan (M.C. Anderson) | Oldsmobile | 28 | 1,620 | engine | 3 | 57 |
| 38 | 6 | 14 | Coo Coo Marlin | Cunningham-Kelley (H.B. Cunningham) | Chevrolet | 22 | 915 | engine | 0 | 49 |
| 35 | 27 | 49 | Claude Ballot-Lena | Lady & Son Auction (G.C. Spencer) | Dodge | 45 | 1,005 | oil cooler | 0 | |
| 1 | 3 | 21 | David Pearson | Purolator (Wood Brothers) | Mercury | 160 | 18,450 | running | 57 | 185 |
| 2 | 1 | 11 | Cale Yarborough | 1st National City Travelers Checks (Junior Johnson) | Oldsmobile | 160 | 18,350 | running | 56 | 175 |
| 3 | 8 | 88 | Darrell Waltrip | Gatorade (DiGard) | Chevrolet | 159 | 13,550 | running | 14 | 170 |
| 4 | 7 | 43 | Richard Petty | STP (Petty Enterprises) | Dodge | 159 | 10,800 | running | 4 | 165 |
| 5 | 14 | 54 | Lennie Pond | W.I.N. (Harry Ranier) | Chevrolet | 158 | 7,350 | running | 2 | 160 |
| 6 | 9 | 2 | Dave Marcis | Shoney's (Rod Osterlund) | Chevrolet | 158 | 6,390 | running | 4 | 155 |
| 7 | 28 | 96 | Dale Earnhardt | Cardinal Tractor (Will Cronkrite) | Ford | 157 | 3,990 | running | 0 | 146 |
| 8 | 33 | 81 | Ferrel Harris | Autowize (Robert Gee) | Chevrolet | 157 | 3,390 | running | 0 | |
| 9 | 23 | 9 | Bill Elliott | Dahlonega Ford Sales (George Elliott) | Mercury | 157 | 3,190 | running | 0 | 138 |
| 10 | 22 | 30 | Tighe Scott | Russ Togs (Walter Ballard) | Oldsmobile | 156 | 5,020 | running | 0 | 134 |
| 11 | 36 | 68 | Janet Guthrie | Kelly Girl (Lynda Ferreri) | Chevrolet | 154 | 4,710 | running | 0 | 130 |
| 12 | 20 | 70 | J.D. McDuffie | Bailey Excavating (J.D. McDuffie) | Chevrolet | 153 | 4,500 | running | 0 | 127 |
| 13 | 40 | 52 | Jimmy Means | Means Racing (Jimmy Means) | Chevrolet | 152 | 4,280 | running | 0 | 124 |
| 14 | 34 | 18 | Joe Frasson | Joe Frasson | Chevrolet | 152 | 2,490 | running | 0 | 121 |
| 15 | 29 | 64 | Tommy Gale | Sunny King Ford & Honda (Elmo Langley) | Ford | 152 | 3,820 | running | 0 | 118 |
| 16 | 30 | 19 | Dick May | Belden Asphalt (Henley Gray) | Chevrolet | 151 | 3,310 | running | 0 | 115 |
| 17 | 26 | 79 | Frank Warren | Native Tan (Frank Warren) | Dodge | 151 | 2,950 | running | 0 | 112 |
| 18 | 37 | 47 | Satch Worley | Race Hill Farm (Jack Beebe) | Oldsmobile | 150 | 1,790 | running | 0 | 109 |
| 19 | 35 | 40 | D.K. Ulrich | Ulbricht Construction (D.K. Ulrich) | Chevrolet | 149 | 2,590 | running | 0 | 106 |
| 20 | 31 | 45 | Baxter Price | Baxter Price | Chevrolet | 146 | 2,305 | running | 0 | 103 |
| 24 | 19 | 3 | Richard Childress | Kansas Jack (Richard Childress) | Oldsmobile | 136 | 1,835 | running | 0 | 91 |
| 25 | 38 | 25 | Ronnie Thomas | Louise Smith (Don Robertson) | Chevrolet | 129 | 2,290 | running | 0 | 88 |
| 33 | 13 | 1 | Donnie Allison | Hawaiian Tropic (Hoss Ellington) | Chevrolet | 55 | 980 | steering | 1 | 69 |
| 36 | 11 | 90 | Dick Brooks | Truxmore (Junie Donlavey) | Mercury | 35 | 1,425 | throttle | 0 | 55 |
| 28 | 32 | 82 | Paul Fess | Lasky Construction (Stan Lasky) | Chevrolet | 75 | 835 | transmission | 0 | |
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