| Fin |
St |
# |
Driver |
Sponsor / Owner |
Car |
Laps |
Money |
Status |
Led |
| 1 | 2 | 5 | Neil Bonnett (WC) | Jim Stacy | Dodge | 200 | 22,510 | running | 96 |
| 2 | 1 | 43 | Richard Petty (WC) | STP (Petty Enterprises) | Dodge | 200 | 17,535 | running | 59 |
| 5 | 4 | 21 | David Pearson (WC) | Purolator (Wood Brothers) | Mercury | 199 | 5,285 | running | 11 |
| 29 | 6 | 88 | Darrell Waltrip (WC) | Gatorade (DiGard) | Chevrolet | 137 | 4,250 | engine | 8 |
| 7 | 14 | 12 | Bobby Allison (WC) | 1st National City Travelers Checks (Bobby Allison) | Matador | 198 | 5,085 | running | 6 |
| 24 | 15 | 68 | Janet Guthrie (WC) | Kelly Girl (Lynda Ferreri) | Chevrolet | 175 | 1,300 | running | 5 |
| 3 | 5 | 11 | Cale Yarborough (WC) | Holly Farms (Junior Johnson) | Chevrolet | 200 | 14,285 | running | 4 |
| 12 | 8 | 72 | Benny Parsons (WC) | 1st National City Travelers Checks (L.G. DeWitt) | Chevrolet | 197 | 5,410 | running | 4 |
| 8 | 16 | 22 | Ricky Rudd (WC) | Al Rudd Auto Parts (Al Rudd) | Chevrolet | 197 | 5,515 | running | 3 |
| 9 | 17 | 48 | James Hylton (WC) | Hylton Engineering (James Hylton) | Chevrolet | 197 | 4,505 | running | 3 |
| 6 | 10 | 90 | Dick Brooks (WC) | Truxmore (Junie Donlavey) | Ford | 199 | 6,135 | running | 1 |
| 4 | 13 | 15 | Buddy Baker (WC) | Norris Industries (Bud Moore) | Ford | 200 | 9,385 | running | 0 |
| 10 | 28 | 3 | Richard Childress (WC) | Kansas Jack (Richard Childress) | Chevrolet | 197 | 4,145 | running | 0 |
| 11 | 3 | 51 | A.J. Foyt (WC) | Gilmore (A.J. Foyt) | Chevrolet | 197 | 2,385 | running | 0 |
| 13 | 33 | 25 | Joe Ruttman | Pearson Realtors (Robert Switzer) | Ford | 196 | 2,035 | running | 0 |
| 14 | 11 | 2 | Dave Marcis (WC) | Rod Osterlund | Chevrolet | 196 | 1,885 | running | 0 |
| 15 | 36 | 98 | Roland Wlodyka (WC) | Rod Osterlund | Chevrolet | 196 | 1,810 | running | 0 |
| 16 | 27 | 79 | Frank Warren (WC) | Native Tan (Frank Warren) | Dodge | 195 | 3,065 | running | 0 |
| 17 | 21 | 30 | Tighe Scott (WC) | Scotty's Fashions (Walter Ballard) | Chevrolet | 195 | 2,880 | running | 0 |
| 18 | 34 | 95 | Harry Jefferson | George Jefferson | Ford | 195 | 1,600 | running | 0 |
| 19 | 23 | 67 | Buddy Arrington (WC) | Mistec Transmission (Buddy Arrington) | Ford | 191 | 2,670 | running | 0 |
| 20 | 26 | 70 | J.D. McDuffie (WC) | J.D. McDuffie | Chevrolet | 190 | 2,510 | running | 0 |
| 21 | 20 | 40 | D.K. Ulrich (WC) | Pacific Coast (J.R. DeLotto) | Chevrolet | 190 | 2,300 | running | 0 |
| 22 | 30 | 64 | Tommy Gale (WC) | Sunny King Ford & Honda (Elmo Langley) | Ford | 189 | 2,040 | running | 0 |
| 23 | 31 | 97 | Bill Osborne | Bill Osborne | Chevrolet | 188 | 1,350 | running | 0 |
| 25 | 29 | 20 | Richard White | Lindsey Auto Parts (Mike White) | Chevrolet | 175 | 1,380 | running | 0 |
| 26 | 22 | 6 | Sonny Easley | San Fernando Valley Lumber (Sonny Easley) | Ford | 153 | 1,200 | engine | 0 |
| 27 | 24 | 8 | Ed Negre (WC) | Ed Negre | Dodge | 151 | 1,770 | fire | 0 |
| 28 | 41 | 81 | John Borneman | Borneman Plastering (Arthur Godfrey) | Chevrolet | 150 | 1,200 | engine | 0 |
| 30 | 42 | 52 | Don Graham | Herbert Performance (Bob Lehman) | Chevrolet | 118 | 1,000 | engine | 0 |
| 31 | 40 | 03 | Ron McGee | M.C. Productions (Steve Temme) | Chevrolet | 103 | 950 | running | 0 |
| 32 | 39 | 24 | Cecil Gordon (WC) | Transmissions Unlimited (Cecil Gordon) | Chevrolet | 101 | 1,400 | engine | 0 |
| 33 | 32 | 39 | Vince Giamformaggio | Cal-French Bread (Sam Arakalian) | Chevrolet | 93 | 850 | fire | 0 |
| 34 | 25 | 93 | Norm Palmer | Herborn Alignment (Norm Palmer) | Dodge | 55 | 800 | running | 0 |
| 35 | 35 | 41 | Ernie Stierly | Allied Plating (Ernie Stierly) | Chevrolet | 54 | 750 | drive line | 0 |
| 36 | 19 | 9 | John Kieper | Wholesale Truck Parts (John Kieper) | Chevrolet | 50 | 740 | engine | 0 |
| 37 | 37 | 09 | Eddie Bradshaw | C & M Racing (Chester Papienski) | Chevrolet | 38 | 730 | engine | 0 |
| 38 | 12 | 27 | Sam Sommers (WC) | M.C. Anderson | Chevrolet | 28 | 720 | engine | 0 |
| 39 | 18 | 01 | Chuck Bown | Lake's Drywall (Gerald Craker) | Chevrolet | 26 | 1,710 | crash | 0 |
| 40 | 38 | 74 | Roger McCluskey (WC) | Black Gold Oil | Chevrolet | 20 | 700 | engine | 0 |
| 41 | 9 | 73 | Bill Schmitt | Old Milwaukee (Bill Schmitt) | Chevrolet | 15 | 700 | engine | 0 |
| 42 | 7 | 1 | Donnie Allison (WC) | Hawaiian Tropic (Hoss Ellington) | Chevrolet | 9 | 3,400 | electrical | 0 |
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