| Fin |
St |
# |
Driver |
Sponsor / Owner |
Car |
Laps |
Money |
Status |
Led |
Points |
| 1 | 2 | 15 | Bobby Allison | Norris Industries (Bud Moore) | Ford | 500 | 19,500 | running | 267 | 185 |
| 2 | 8 | 11 | Cale Yarborough | 1st National City Travelers Checks (Junior Johnson) | Oldsmobile | 500 | 15,100 | running | 221 | 175 |
| 3 | 6 | 27 | Buddy Baker | M.C. Anderson | Chevrolet | 499 | 8,700 | running | 1 | 170 |
| 4 | 5 | 21 | David Pearson | Purolator (Wood Brothers) | Mercury | 498 | 4,600 | running | 0 | 160 |
| 5 | 7 | 88 | Darrell Waltrip | Gatorade (DiGard) | Chevrolet | 497 | 7,000 | running | 1 | 160 |
| 6 | 14 | 90 | Dick Brooks | Truxmore (Junie Donlavey) | Ford | 496 | 4,300 | running | 0 | 150 |
| 7 | 12 | 54 | Lennie Pond | W.I.N. (Harry Ranier) | Oldsmobile | 493 | 5,300 | running | 0 | 146 |
| 8 | 10 | 2 | Dave Marcis | Rod Osterlund | Chevrolet | 493 | 3,130 | running | 0 | 142 |
| 9 | 13 | 1 | Donnie Allison | Grog Pond (Pee Wee Griffin) | Oldsmobile | 489 | 1,800 | running | 0 | 138 |
| 10 | 15 | 92 | Dick May | Duck Industries (Billy Hagan) | Chevrolet | 485 | 3,220 | running | 0 | 134 |
| 11 | 16 | 25 | Ronnie Thomas | Autowize (Norman Negre) | Chevrolet | 483 | 3,560 | running | 0 | 130 |
| 12 | 3 | 3 | Richard Childress | CRC Chemicals (Richard Childress) | Oldsmobile | 482 | 3,340 | running | 0 | 127 |
| 13 | 18 | 48 | Al Holbert | Southland Industries (James Hylton) | Chevrolet | 472 | 2,655 | running | 0 | 124 |
| 14 | 27 | 24 | Cecil Gordon | Transmissions Unlimited (Cecil Gordon) | Chevrolet | 468 | 2,470 | running | 0 | 121 |
| 15 | 29 | 8 | Ed Negre | Jones Chrysler-Plymouth (Ed Negre) | Dodge | 467 | 2,285 | running | 0 | 118 |
| 16 | 26 | 01 | Earle Canavan | Earle Canavan | Dodge | 460 | 1,200 | running | 0 | |
| 17 | 20 | 64 | Tommy Gale | Sunny King Ford & Honda (Elmo Langley) | Ford | 458 | 1,975 | running | 0 | 112 |
| 18 | 22 | 17 | Roger Hamby | Hamby-Ellis (Roger Hamby) | Chevrolet | 457 | 1,050 | running | 0 | 109 |
| 19 | 31 | 34 | Nestor Peles | Steve Peles | Chevrolet | 439 | 1,000 | running | 0 | 106 |
| 20 | 21 | 4 | Gary Myers | Spencer's Baby Wear (Gary Myers) | Chevrolet | 438 | 900 | engine | 0 | 103 |
| 21 | 32 | 79 | Frank Warren | Native Tan (Frank Warren) | Dodge | 438 | 1,440 | running | 0 | 100 |
| 22 | 23 | 67 | Buddy Arrington | Lafayette Radio (Buddy Arrington) | Dodge | 432 | 1,405 | running | 0 | 97 |
| 23 | 30 | 45 | Baxter Price | Baxter Price | Chevrolet | 420 | 1,345 | running | 0 | 94 |
| 24 | 36 | 09 | Nelson Oswald | G & S Truck Service (Nelson Oswald) | Chevrolet | 335 | 700 | engine | 0 | 91 |
| 25 | 19 | 30 | Tighe Scott | Russ Togs (Walter Ballard) | Chevrolet | 320 | 1,275 | oil pan | 0 | 88 |
| 26 | 9 | 72 | Benny Parsons | 1st National City Travelers Checks (L.G. DeWitt) | Chevrolet | 311 | 4,350 | engine | 0 | 85 |
| 27 | 11 | 43 | Richard Petty | STP (Petty Enterprises) | Chevrolet | 269 | 4,525 | ignition | 0 | 82 |
| 28 | 25 | 29 | Dave Dion | Green Mountain (Dave Dion) | Ford | 238 | 600 | engine | 0 | 79 |
| 29 | 4 | 5 | Neil Bonnett | Armor All (Rod Osterlund) | Oldsmobile | 220 | 3,775 | crash | 0 | 76 |
| 30 | 28 | 97 | Ralph Jones | Ralph Jones | Ford | 186 | 550 | engine | 0 | 73 |
| 31 | 33 | 19 | Joey Arrington | Rossmeyer (Buddy Arrington) | Dodge | 143 | 1,040 | rear end | 0 | 70 |
| 32 | 24 | 52 | Jimmy Means | Means Racing (Jimmy Means) | Chevrolet | 140 | 1,030 | engine | 0 | 67 |
| 33 | 1 | 70 | J.D. McDuffie | Bailey Excavating (J.D. McDuffie) | Chevrolet | 80 | 1,520 | engine | 10 | 69 |
| 34 | 17 | 18 | James Hylton | Hylton Engineering (James Hylton) | Chevrolet | 10 | 510 | quit | 0 | |
| 35 | 37 | 35 | Louis Gatto | L & J Automotive | Chevrolet | 5 | 500 | flagged | 0 | 58 |
| 36 | 34 | 61 | Ferrel Harris | Jones Chrysler-Plymouth (Ed Negre) | Chrysler | 3 | 490 | quit | 0 | |
| 37 | 35 | 81 | Jabe Thomas | Louise Smith (Don Robertson) | Chevrolet | 1 | 480 | quit | 0 | 52 |
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