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Failed to qualify: Ray Hendrick (#02), Wayne Gillette (#09), Paul Dean Holt (#16), Danny Turner (#80), J.D. McDuffie (#70), Ken Meisenhelder (#04), Bobby Parker (#28)
| Caution flag breakdown: |
| Condition | From Lap | To Lap | # Of Laps | Reason | 'Lucky Dog' |
 | 1 | 2 | 2 | | |
 | 3 | 6 | 4 | #14,71 accident turn 2 | |
 | 7 | 9 | 3 | | |
 | 10 | 12 | 3 | #9 blew engine | |
 | 13 | 15 | 3 | | |
 | 16 | 19 | 4 | #43 spun backstretch | |
 | 20 | 25 | 6 | | |
 | 26 | 29 | 4 | #0 blew engine | |
 | 30 | 121 | 92 | | |
 | 122 | 126 | 5 | #61 debris | |
 | 127 | 136 | 10 | | |
 | 137 | 143 | 7 | #15 accident turn 1 | |
 | 144 | 246 | 103 | | |
 | 247 | 253 | 7 | #06 oil on track | |
 | 254 | 317 | 64 | | |
 | 318 | 321 | 4 | #81 stalled on track | |
 | 322 | 391 | 70 | | |
 | 392 | 397 | 6 | #34 blew engine | |
 | 398 | 400 | 3 | | |
 | 401 | 411 | 11 | #21 accident turn 2 | |
 | 412 | 419 | 8 | | |
 | 420 | 425 | 6 | debris | |
 | 426 | 500 | 75 | | |
| Percent of race run under caution: 12.2% Average green flag run: 36.6 laps |
| Lap leader breakdown: |
| Leader | From Lap | To Lap | # Of Laps |
| Cale Yarborough | 1 | 125 | 125 |
| David Pearson | 126 | 129 | 4 |
| LeeRoy Yarbrough | 130 | 130 | 1 |
| David Pearson | 131 | 151 | 21 |
| Buddy Baker | 152 | 250 | 99 |
| LeeRoy Yarbrough | 251 | 266 | 16 |
| Bobby Isaac | 267 | 304 | 38 |
| LeeRoy Yarbrough | 305 | 309 | 5 |
| Buddy Baker | 310 | 453 | 144 |
| David Pearson | 454 | 464 | 11 |
| Richard Petty | 465 | 500 | 36 |
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