| Fin |
St |
# |
Driver |
Sponsor / Owner |
Car |
Laps |
Money |
Status |
Led |
Points |
| 1 | 7 | 28 | Buddy Baker | W.I.N. (Harry Ranier) | Chevrolet | 500 | 19,900 | running | 209 | 185 |
| 2 | 6 | 43 | Richard Petty | STP (Petty Enterprises) | Chevrolet | 500 | 12,550 | running | 0 | 170 |
| 3 | 3 | 72 | Joe Millikan | Appliance Wheels (L.G. DeWitt) | Chevrolet | 499 | 9,650 | running | 74 | 170 |
| 4 | 8 | 15 | Bobby Allison | Hodgdon / Moore (Bud Moore) | Ford | 495 | 6,950 | running | 30 | 165 |
| 5 | 19 | 71 | Dave Marcis | Shoney's (Dave Marcis) | Chevrolet | 494 | 3,150 | running | 0 | 155 |
| 6 | 10 | 90 | Ricky Rudd | Truxmore (Junie Donlavey) | Ford | 491 | 4,700 | running | 0 | 150 |
| 7 | 12 | 67 | Buddy Arrington | Reid Trailer Sales (Buddy Arrington) | Dodge | 491 | 3,950 | running | 0 | 146 |
| 8 | 4 | 11 | Cale Yarborough | Busch (Junior Johnson) | Oldsmobile | 489 | 5,450 | running | 3 | 147 |
| 9 | 13 | 44 | Terry Labonte | Stratagraph (Billy Hagan) | Chevrolet | 483 | 3,080 | rear end | 0 | 138 |
| 10 | 16 | 40 | D.K. Ulrich | LaFayette (D.K. Ulrich) | Chevrolet | 479 | 2,970 | running | 0 | 134 |
| 11 | 1 | 88 | Darrell Waltrip | Gatorade (DiGard) | Chevrolet | 471 | 7,800 | running | 184 | 135 |
| 12 | 11 | 47 | Harry Gant | Race Hill Farm (Jack Beebe) | Chevrolet | 465 | 1,000 | running | 0 | 127 |
| 13 | 18 | 3 | Richard Childress | CRC Chemicals (Richard Childress) | Chevrolet | 455 | 2,300 | running | 0 | 124 |
| 14 | 30 | 45 | Baxter Price | Iron Peddlers (Baxter Price) | Chevrolet | 453 | 2,140 | running | 0 | 121 |
| 15 | 15 | 05 | Dick Brooks | Nelson Malloch | Chevrolet | 450 | 800 | running | 0 | 118 |
| 16 | 26 | 79 | Frank Warren | Native Tan (Frank Warren) | Dodge | 413 | 1,930 | running | 0 | 115 |
| 17 | 21 | 52 | Jimmy Means | Mr. Transmission (Jimmy Means) | Chevrolet | 386 | 1,795 | rear end | 0 | 112 |
| 18 | 2 | 21 | Neil Bonnett | Purolator (Wood Brothers) | Mercury | 384 | 950 | engine | 0 | 109 |
| 19 | 27 | 17 | Roger Hamby | Kings Inn (Roger Hamby) | Chevrolet | 362 | 1,635 | rear end | 0 | 106 |
| 20 | 24 | 25 | Ronnie Thomas | Stone's Cafeteria (Don Robertson) | Chevrolet | 352 | 2,450 | running | 0 | 103 |
| 21 | 17 | 70 | J.D. McDuffie | Bailey Excavating (J.D. McDuffie) | Chevrolet | 347 | 1,140 | engine | 0 | 100 |
| 22 | 22 | 64 | Tommy Gale | Sunny King Ford & Honda (Elmo Langley) | Ford | 282 | 1,130 | engine | 0 | 97 |
| 23 | 20 | 48 | James Hylton | Palatine Automotive Parts (James Hylton) | Chevrolet | 262 | 870 | engine | 0 | 94 |
| 24 | 28 | 24 | Cecil Gordon | Cecil Gordon | Oldsmobile | 250 | 860 | engine | 0 | 91 |
| 25 | 23 | 19 | Dick May | Belden Asphalt (Henley Gray) | Chevrolet | 258 | 850 | engine | 0 | 88 |
| 26 | 25 | 95 | Dave Dion | Miller Roofing (Junior Miller) | Chevrolet | 148 | 590 | rear end | 0 | 85 |
| 27 | 9 | 27 | Benny Parsons | M.C. Anderson | Chevrolet | 89 | 830 | engine | 0 | 82 |
| 28 | 14 | 12 | Butch Lindley | Kencoal Mining (Kennie Childers) | Chevrolet | 82 | 570 | overheating | 0 | 79 |
| 29 | 5 | 2 | Dale Earnhardt | Rod Osterlund | Chevrolet | 67 | 3,510 | crash | 0 | 76 |
| 30 | 29 | 99 | Bill Hollar | Hollar Auto Parts (Bill Hollar) | Chevrolet | 39 | 550 | quit | 0 | 73 |
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