| Pos | St | # | Driver | Car | Laps | Money | Status | Led |
|---|
| 1 | 4 | 88 |  Darrell Waltrip | Gatorade (DiGard) | Chevrolet | 50 | 10000 | running | 20 |
| 2 | 2 | 43 | Richard Petty | STP (Petty Enterprises) | Dodge | 50 | 5000 | running | 26 |
| 3 | 3 | 72 | Benny Parsons | 1st National City Travelers Checks (L.G. DeWitt) | Oldsmobile | 50 | 3000 | running | 2 |
| 4 | 1 | 53 | Ron Hutcherson | Valvoline (A.J. Foyt) | Buick | 50 | 2000 | running | 1 |
| 5 | 21 | 2 | Dave Marcis | Shoney's (Rod Osterlund) | Chevrolet | 50 | 1000 | running | 0 |
| 6 | 17 | 5 | Neil Bonnett | Armor All (Jim Stacy) | Dodge | 50 | 975 | running | 0 |
| 7 | 13 | 48 | Al Holbert | Southland Industries (James Hylton) | Chevrolet | 50 | 950 | running | 0 |
| 8 | 5 | 14 | Coo Coo Marlin | Cunningham-Kelley (H.B. Cunningham) | Chevrolet | 50 | 925 | running | 0 |
| 9 | 7 | 92 | Skip Manning | Valvoline (Billy Hagan) | Buick | 50 | 900 | running | 0 |
| 10 | 15 | 66 | Harry Gant | C.C.C. (Emerson Racing) | Buick | 49 | 875 | running | 0 |
| 11 | 8 | 70 | J.D. McDuffie | Bailey Excavating (J.D. McDuffie) | Chevrolet | 49 | 850 | running | 0 |
| 12 | 27 | 89 | Jim Vandiver | O.L. Nixon | Chevrolet | 49 | 825 | running | 0 |
| 13 | 14 | 28 | Jerry Jolly | Ski Machine (Charles Dean) | Chevrolet | 49 | 800 | running | 0 |
| 14 | 12 | 54 | Lennie Pond | W.I.N. (Harry Ranier) | Oldsmobile | 48 | 775 | running | 1 |
| 15 | 20 | 17 | Roger Hamby | Burger King (Hamby Automotive) | Chevrolet | 48 | 725 | running | 0 |
| 16 | 19 | 00 | John Utsman | Ed Whitaker | Chevrolet | 48 | 700 | running | 0 |
| 17 | 22 | 40 | D.K. Ulrich | D.K. Ulrich | Chevrolet | 48 | 675 | running | 0 |
| 18 | 24 | 24 | Cecil Gordon | Transmissions Unlimited (Cecil Gordon) | Chevrolet | 32 | 650 | – | 0 |
| 19 | 10 | 68 | Janet Guthrie | Kelly Girl (Lynda Ferreri) | Chevrolet | 28 | 625 | – | 0 |
| 20 | 9 | 22 | Ricky Rudd | 1st National City Travelers Checks (Al Rudd) | Chevrolet | 21 | 600 | crash | 0 |
| 21 | 29 | 09 | Nelson Oswald | Perfect Alignment (Nelson Oswald) | Chevrolet | 13 | 575 | – | 0 |
| 22 | 18 | 84 | Morgan Shepherd | Makar Enterprises (Jim Makar) | Mercury | 10 | 550 | – | 0 |
| 23 | 6 | 90 | Dick Brooks | Truxmore (Junie Donlavey) | Mercury | 5 | 525 | engine | 0 |
| 24 | 25 | 91 |  Earl Ross | Valvoline of Canada (Harold Miller) | Chevrolet | 5 | 500 | – | 0 |
| 25 | 30 | 07 | Steve Stolarek | Auto Parts Plus (Jerry Hansen) | Chevrolet | 4 | 400 | – | 0 |
| 26 | 26 | 8 | Ed Negre | Ed Negre | Dodge | 3 | 150 | – | 0 |
| 27 | 28 | 01 | Earle Canavan | Earle Canavan | Dodge | 1 | 125 | – | 0 |
| 28 | 23 | 19 | Woody Fisher | Belden Asphalt (Henley Gray) | Chevrolet | 1 | 115 | – | 0 |
| 29 | 11 | 60 | Tom Frank | Viglione Racing (Lou Viglione) | Chevrolet | 0 | | did not start | 0 |
| 30 | 16 | 74 | Bobby Wawak | Wawak Racing (Bobby Wawak) | Chevrolet | 0 | | did not start | 0 |
