| Fin |
St |
# |
Driver |
Sponsor / Owner |
Car |
Laps |
Money |
Status |
Led |
Points |
| 1 | 1 | 11 | Cale Yarborough | 1st National City Travelers Checks (Junior Johnson) | Oldsmobile | 492 | 23,360 | running | 376 | 185 |
| 2 | 4 | 15 | Bobby Allison | Norris Industries (Bud Moore) | Ford | 490 | 14,650 | running | 0 | 170 |
| 3 | 3 | 88 | Darrell Waltrip | Gatorade (DiGard) | Chevrolet | 488 | 11,400 | running | 24 | 170 |
| 4 | 12 | 72 | Benny Parsons | 1st National City Travelers Checks (L.G. DeWitt) | Chevrolet | 486 | 8,500 | running | 11 | 165 |
| 5 | 8 | 90 | Dick Brooks | Truxmore (Junie Donlavey) | Ford | 486 | 6,330 | running | 1 | 160 |
| 6 | 11 | 43 | Richard Petty | STP (Petty Enterprises) | Chevrolet | 485 | 7,000 | running | 18 | 155 |
| 7 | 5 | 54 | Lennie Pond | W.I.N. (Harry Ranier) | Chevrolet | 485 | 6,100 | running | 12 | 151 |
| 8 | 10 | 2 | Dave Marcis | Rod Osterlund | Chevrolet | 484 | 4,700 | running | 2 | 147 |
| 9 | 21 | 67 | Buddy Arrington | Falls Radiator (Buddy Arrington) | Dodge | 473 | 4,230 | running | 0 | 138 |
| 10 | 24 | 3 | Richard Childress | Kansas Jack (Richard Childress) | Oldsmobile | 472 | 4,320 | running | 0 | 134 |
| 11 | 14 | 92 | Dick May | Duck Industries (Billy Hagan) | Chevrolet | 471 | 3,560 | running | 0 | 130 |
| 12 | 20 | 70 | J.D. McDuffie | Bailey Excavating (J.D. McDuffie) | Chevrolet | 468 | 3,240 | running | 1 | 132 |
| 13 | 23 | 52 | Jimmy Means | Means Racing (Jimmy Means) | Chevrolet | 465 | 2,960 | running | 0 | 124 |
| 14 | 13 | 48 | James Hylton | Palatine Automotive Parts (James Hylton) | Chevrolet | 464 | 2,720 | running | 10 | 126 |
| 15 | 26 | 24 | Cecil Gordon | Transmissions Unlimited (Cecil Gordon) | Chevrolet | 459 | 2,510 | running | 0 | 118 |
| 16 | 28 | 79 | Frank Warren | Native Tan (Frank Warren) | Dodge | 448 | 2,250 | running | 0 | 115 |
| 17 | 27 | 4 | Gary Myers | Spencer's Baby Wear (Gary Myers) | Chevrolet | 444 | 1,300 | running | 0 | 112 |
| 18 | 18 | 64 | Tommy Gale | Sunny King Ford & Honda (Elmo Langley) | Ford | 444 | 1,865 | running | 0 | 109 |
| 19 | 30 | 45 | Baxter Price | Baxter Price | Chevrolet | 441 | 1,720 | running | 0 | 106 |
| 20 | 2 | 1 | Donnie Allison | Hawaiian Tropic (Hoss Ellington) | Chevrolet | 423 | 1,250 | driver ill | 12 | 108 |
| 21 | 17 | 30 | Tighe Scott | Russ Togs (Walter Ballard) | Chevrolet | 374 | 1,495 | spindle | 3 | 105 |
| 22 | 7 | 27 | Buddy Baker | M.C. Anderson | Chevrolet | 324 | 1,400 | engine | 14 | 102 |
| 23 | 25 | 18 | Joe Frasson | Joe Frasson | Buick | 293 | 775 | engine | 0 | 94 |
| 24 | 16 | 21 | David Pearson | Purolator (Wood Brothers) | Mercury | 284 | 1,325 | clutch | 8 | 96 |
| 25 | 6 | 22 | Ricky Rudd | 1st National City Travelers Checks (Al Rudd) | Chevrolet | 262 | 2,225 | engine | 0 | 88 |
| 26 | 19 | 17 | Roger Hamby | Hamby-Ellis (Roger Hamby) | Chevrolet | 215 | 1,200 | engine | 0 | 85 |
| 27 | 36 | 31 | Bobby Wawak | Jim Norris | Chevrolet | 214 | 675 | engine | 0 | 82 |
| 28 | 33 | 95 | Junior Miller | Miller Roofing (Junior Miller) | Chevrolet | 122 | 630 | quit | 0 | 79 |
| 29 | 29 | 19 | Elmo Langley | Belden Asphalt (Henley Gray) | Chevrolet | 88 | 1,120 | engine | 0 | 76 |
| 30 | 32 | 87 | Johnny Halford | Satterfield Heating (Don Satterfield) | Chevrolet | 84 | 610 | engine | 0 | |
| 31 | 9 | 5 | Neil Bonnett | Armor All (Rod Osterlund) | Chevrolet | 76 | 4,300 | engine | 0 | 70 |
| 32 | 34 | 59 | Charlie Blanton | Danny Queen | Chevrolet | 52 | 590 | ignition | 0 | |
| 33 | 22 | 25 | Ronnie Thomas | Louise Smith (Don Robertson) | Chevrolet | 34 | 1,080 | engine | 0 | 64 |
| 34 | 31 | 81 | Ferrel Harris | L.R. Cook (Robert Gee) | Chevrolet | 6 | 570 | crash | 0 | 61 |
| 35 | 15 | 8 | Ed Negre | D & D Medical (Ed Negre) | Dodge | 4 | 1,060 | engine | 0 | 58 |
| 36 | 35 | 29 | Bill Hollar | Hollar Auto Parts (Bill Hollar) | Chevrolet | 0 | 550 | quit | 0 | 55 |
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