| Fin |
St |
# |
Driver |
Sponsor / Owner |
Car |
Laps |
Money |
Status |
Led |
Points |
| 1 | 3 | 88 | Darrell Waltrip | Gatorade (DiGard) | Chevrolet | 500 | 22,700 | running | 310 | 185 |
| 16 | 2 | 11 | Cale Yarborough | 1st National City Travelers Checks (Junior Johnson) | Oldsmobile | 443 | 5,700 | running | 133 | 120 |
| 18 | 1 | 54 | Lennie Pond | W.I.N. (Harry Ranier) | Chevrolet | 429 | 2,700 | rear end | 57 | 114 |
| 2 | 5 | 5 | Neil Bonnett | Armor All (Jim Stacy) | Dodge | 497 | 11,450 | running | 0 | 170 |
| 3 | 7 | 43 | Richard Petty | STP (Petty Enterprises) | Dodge | 497 | 8,700 | running | 0 | 165 |
| 4 | 6 | 2 | Dave Marcis | Shoney's (Rod Osterlund) | Chevrolet | 489 | 4,000 | running | 0 | 160 |
| 5 | 16 | 67 | Buddy Arrington | Reid Trailer Sales (Buddy Arrington) | Dodge | 485 | 4,950 | running | 0 | 155 |
| 6 | 9 | 15 | Bobby Allison | Norris Industries (Bud Moore) | Ford | 483 | 5,200 | running | 0 | 150 |
| 7 | 15 | 48 | James Hylton | Denbigh Plumbing (James Hylton) | Chevrolet | 477 | 1,700 | running | 0 | 146 |
| 8 | 21 | 3 | Richard Childress | Kansas Jack (Richard Childress) | Oldsmobile | 467 | 2,930 | running | 0 | 142 |
| 9 | 18 | 24 | Cecil Gordon | Transmissions Unlimited (Cecil Gordon) | Chevrolet | 460 | 2,620 | running | 0 | 138 |
| 10 | 20 | 52 | Jimmy Means | Means Racing (Jimmy Means) | Chevrolet | 457 | 2,450 | running | 0 | 134 |
| 11 | 19 | 45 | Baxter Price | Baxter Price | Chevrolet | 455 | 1,100 | running | 0 | 130 |
| 12 | 30 | 74 | Bobby Wawak | Booher Farms (Bobby Wawak) | Chevrolet | 452 | 1,000 | running | 0 | 127 |
| 13 | 11 | 40 | D.K. Ulrich | D.K. Ulrich | Chevrolet | 449 | 1,940 | running | 0 | 124 |
| 14 | 27 | 17 | Roger Hamby | Hamby-Ellis (Roger Hamby) | Chevrolet | 448 | 1,350 | running | 0 | 121 |
| 15 | 4 | 72 | Benny Parsons | 1st National City Travelers Checks (L.G. DeWitt) | Chevrolet | 446 | 3,500 | running | 0 | 118 |
| 17 | 17 | 64 | Tommy Gale | Sunny King Ford & Honda (Elmo Langley) | Ford | 442 | 1,655 | running | 0 | 112 |
| 19 | 25 | 8 | Ed Negre | Ed Negre | Dodge | 419 | 1,495 | running | 0 | 106 |
| 20 | 28 | 25 | Ronnie Thomas | Louise Smith (Don Robertson) | Chevrolet | 387 | 1,360 | sump belt | 0 | 103 |
| 21 | 8 | 21 | David Pearson | Purolator (Wood Brothers) | Mercury | 361 | 890 | rear end | 0 | 100 |
| 22 | 24 | 79 | Frank Warren | Native Tan (Frank Warren) | Dodge | 331 | 1,180 | rear end | 0 | 97 |
| 23 | 14 | 92 | Skip Manning | Stratagraph (Billy Hagan) | Chevrolet | 164 | 870 | rear end | 0 | 94 |
| 24 | 13 | 77 | Chuck Bown | Johnny Ray | Chevrolet | 163 | 610 | rear end | 0 | 91 |
| 25 | 22 | 30 | Tighe Scott | Scotty's Fashions (Walter Ballard) | Chevrolet | 160 | 850 | engine | 0 | 88 |
| 26 | 10 | 70 | J.D. McDuffie | Bailey Excavating (J.D. McDuffie) | Chevrolet | 140 | 840 | ignition | 0 | 85 |
| 27 | 12 | 90 | Dick Brooks | Truxmore (Junie Donlavey) | Ford | 96 | 830 | brakes | 0 | 82 |
| 28 | 26 | 19 | Dick May | Belden Asphalt (Henley Gray) | Chevrolet | 50 | 820 | rear end | 0 | 79 |
| 29 | 29 | 0 | John Kennedy | Avanti CB (John Kennedy) | Ford | 28 | 560 | brakes | 0 | 76 |
| 30 | 23 | 4 | Gary Myers | Spencer's Baby Wear (Gary Myers) | Chevrolet | 13 | 550 | transmission | 0 | 73 |
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