| Fin |
St |
# |
Driver |
Sponsor / Owner |
Car |
Laps |
Money |
Status |
Led |
Points |
| 1 | 6 | 43 | Richard Petty | STP (Petty Enterprises) | Chevrolet | 420 | 15,350 | running | 96 | 180 |
| 2 | 2 | 27 | Benny Parsons | Melling Tool (M.C. Anderson) | Chevrolet | 420 | 10,310 | running | 0 | 170 |
| 3 | 1 | 11 | Cale Yarborough | Busch (Junior Johnson) | Chevrolet | 420 | 8,660 | running | 279 | 175 |
| 4 | 5 | 88 | Darrell Waltrip | Gatorade (DiGard) | Chevrolet | 419 | 5,750 | running | 18 | 165 |
| 5 | 3 | 15 | Bobby Allison | Mike Curb / Hodgdon (Bud Moore) | Ford | 418 | 5,130 | running | 0 | 155 |
| 6 | 7 | 2 | Dale Earnhardt | Mike Curb / Hodgdon (Rod Osterlund) | Chevrolet | 418 | 5,825 | running | 27 | 155 |
| 7 | 11 | 44 | Terry Labonte | Stratagraph (Billy Hagan) | Chevrolet | 414 | 4,035 | running | 0 | 146 |
| 8 | 17 | 90 | Jody Ridley | Truxmore / Sunny King (Junie Donlavey) | Ford | 413 | 4,185 | running | 0 | 142 |
| 9 | 4 | 47 | Harry Gant | Race Hill Farm (Jack Beebe) | Chevrolet | 411 | 3,315 | running | 0 | 138 |
| 10 | 12 | 40 | Mike Alexander | Midwestern Farm Lines (D.K. Ulrich) | Chevrolet | 409 | 3,130 | running | 0 | |
| 11 | 8 | 71 | Dave Marcis | Buck Stove / Hudson Transmission (Dave Marcis) | Chevrolet | 405 | 2,735 | running | 0 | 130 |
| 12 | 22 | 52 | Jimmy Means | Thompson Industries (Jimmy Means) | Chevrolet | 401 | 2,775 | running | 0 | 127 |
| 13 | 23 | 48 | James Hylton | Palatine Automotive Parts (James Hylton) | Chevrolet | 399 | 1,940 | running | 0 | 124 |
| 14 | 24 | 37 | Don Sprouse | Rogers Auto Leasing (Bob Rogers) | Chevrolet | 399 | 750 | running | 0 | |
| 15 | 21 | 64 | Tommy Gale | Sunny King Ford & Honda (Elmo Langley) | Ford | 396 | 1,680 | running | 0 | 118 |
| 16 | 28 | 79 | Junior Miller | Miller Roofing (Junior Miller) | Chevrolet | 392 | 1,520 | running | 0 | 115 |
| 17 | 29 | 99 | Dick May | Hollar Auto Parts (Bill Hollar) | Chevrolet | 382 | 520 | running | 0 | |
| 18 | 25 | 74 | Bobby Wawak | Wawak Racing (Bobby Wawak) | Chevrolet | 382 | 500 | running | 0 | 109 |
| 19 | 30 | 24 | Cecil Gordon | Sadler Motors / Smith Used Cars (Cecil Gordon) | Oldsmobile | 380 | 1,340 | running | 0 | 106 |
| 20 | 14 | 70 | J.D. McDuffie | Bailey Excavating (J.D. McDuffie) | Chevrolet | 376 | 1,215 | running | 0 | 103 |
| 21 | 27 | 25 | Ronnie Thomas | Stone's Cafeteria (Don Robertson) | Chevrolet | 374 | 1,100 | running | 0 | 100 |
| 22 | 19 | 45 | Baxter Price | Iron Peddlers / McWhirter (Baxter Price) | Chevrolet | 373 | 440 | running | 0 | 97 |
| 23 | 15 | 17 | Roger Hamby | Kings Inn Daytona (Roger Hamby) | Chevrolet | 370 | 430 | running | 0 | 94 |
| 24 | 9 | 75 | John Anderson | RahMoc Enterprises | Chevrolet | 367 | 420 | running | 0 | 91 |
| 25 | 16 | 53 | Slick Johnson | Johnson Racing (J.D. Johnson) | Chevrolet | 348 | 660 | crash | 0 | 88 |
| 26 | 18 | 20 | Rick Newsom | Louise Smith (Rick Newsom) | Oldsmobile | 326 | 400 | running | 0 | 85 |
| 27 | 20 | 67 | Buddy Arrington | Reid Trailer Sales (Buddy Arrington) | Dodge | 295 | 645 | transmission | 0 | 82 |
| 28 | 26 | 19 | Steve Spencer | Belden Asphalt (Henley Gray) | Chevrolet | 153 | 640 | engine | 0 | |
| 29 | 13 | 3 | Richard Childress | CRC Chemicals (Richard Childress) | Chevrolet | 148 | 635 | engine | 0 | 76 |
| 30 | 10 | 7 | Dick Brooks | Sanyo (Nelson Malloch) | Chevrolet | 46 | 630 | rear end | 0 | 73 |