| Fin |
St |
# |
Driver |
Sponsor / Owner |
Car |
Laps |
Money |
Status |
Led |
Points |
| 1 | 3 | 43 | Richard Petty | STP (Petty Enterprises) | Dodge | 492 | 19,915 | running | 362 | 185 |
| 2 | 9 | 88 | Darrell Waltrip | Gatorade (DiGard) | Chevrolet | 490 | 14,055 | running | 0 | 170 |
| 3 | 8 | 11 | Cale Yarborough | Holly Farms (Junior Johnson) | Chevrolet | 490 | 10,665 | running | 25 | 170 |
| 4 | 2 | 15 | Buddy Baker | Norris Industries (Bud Moore) | Ford | 487 | 8,250 | running | 0 | 160 |
| 5 | 7 | 72 | Benny Parsons | King's Row Fireplace (L.G. DeWitt) | Chevrolet | 477 | 7,190 | running | 0 | 155 |
| 8 | 17 | 14 | Coo Coo Marlin | Cunningham-Kelley (H.B. Cunningham) | Chevrolet | 470 | 3,420 | running | 0 | 142 |
| 9 | 20 | 8 | Ed Negre | 10,000 RPM Speed Equipment (Ed Negre) | Dodge | 464 | 3,160 | running | 0 | 138 |
| 10 | 33 | 70 | J.D. McDuffie | Butler's (J.D. McDuffie) | Chevrolet | 461 | 2,940 | running | 0 | 134 |
| 12 | 18 | 60 | Jackie Rogers | Red Dog's (Lou Viglione) | Chevrolet | 460 | 1,905 | running | 0 | 127 |
| 13 | 12 | 63 | Terry Bivins | Billy Moyer | Chevrolet | 451 | 1,710 | running | 0 | 124 |
| 14 | 23 | 49 | John Utsman | G.C. Spencer | Dodge | 451 | 1,580 | running | 0 | 121 |
| 15 | 32 | 64 | Tommy Gale | Stamey's Bar-B-Q (Elmo Langley) | Ford | 447 | 2,130 | running | 0 | 118 |
| 17 | 11 | 40 | D.K. Ulrich | Garden State Auto (J.R. DeLotto) | Chevrolet | 438 | 1,280 | running | 0 | 112 |
| 18 | 30 | 46 | Travis Tiller | Little B Coal (Travis Tiller) | Dodge | 433 | 1,180 | running | 0 | 109 |
| 19 | 24 | 48 | James Hylton | Nitro 9 (James Hylton) | Chevrolet | 428 | 1,730 | running | 0 | 106 |
| 21 | 5 | 2 | Bobby Allison | CAM 2 (Roger Penske) | Mercury | 372 | 4,005 | crash | 91 | 105 |
| 20 | 26 | 05 | David Sisco | David Sisco | Chevrolet | 418 | 1,645 | engine | 0 | 103 |
| 22 | 10 | 47 | Bruce Hill | Bruce Hill | Chevrolet | 363 | 1,475 | crash | 0 | 97 |
| 23 | 19 | 3 | Richard Childress | Kansas Jack (Richard Childress) | Chevrolet | 359 | 1,430 | crash | 0 | 94 |
| 24 | 6 | 90 | Dick Brooks | Truxmore (Junie Donlavey) | Ford | 356 | 1,305 | engine | 0 | 91 |
| 26 | 1 | 71 | Dave Marcis | K & K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf) | Dodge | 263 | 4,755 | engine | 5 | 90 |
| 25 | 14 | 30 | Walter Ballard | Clyde Lynn (Walter Ballard) | Chevrolet | 338 | 1,280 | engine | 0 | 88 |
| 27 | 21 | 0 | Glenn McDuffie | Butler's (J.D. McDuffie) | Chevrolet | 205 | 730 | engine | 0 | 82 |
| 29 | 4 | 21 | David Pearson | Purolator (Wood Brothers) | Mercury | 186 | 1,380 | oil pump | 9 | 81 |
| 28 | 15 | 79 | Frank Warren | Native Tan (Frank Warren) | Dodge | 205 | 1,205 | engine | 0 | 79 |
| 30 | 16 | 54 | Lennie Pond | Pepsi-Cola (Ronnie Elder) | Chevrolet | 183 | 1,230 | engine | 0 | 73 |
| 31 | 27 | 67 | Buddy Arrington | J.R. Stanley Trucking (Buddy Arrington) | Dodge | 174 | 1,150 | engine | 0 | 70 |
| 33 | 34 | 9 | Bill Elliott | Dahlonega Ford Sales (George Elliott) | Ford | 32 | 640 | engine | 0 | 64 |
| 34 | 28 | 24 | Cecil Gordon | Pruette (Cecil Gordon) | Chevrolet | 32 | 1,135 | oil pump | 0 | 61 |
| 35 | 35 | 92 | Skip Manning | Stratagraph (Billy Hagan) | Chevrolet | 9 | 630 | engine | 0 | 58 |
| 36 | 29 | 19 | Henley Gray | Belden Asphalt (Henley Gray) | Chevrolet | 1 | 625 | engine | 0 | 55 |
| 6 | 13 | 6 | Bobby Isaac | Howard Furniture (Richard Howard) | Chevrolet | 473 | 3,280 | running | 0 | |
| 7 | 25 | 41 | Grant Adcox | Adcox-Kirby (Herb Adcox) | Chevrolet | 471 | 2,880 | running | 0 | |
| 11 | 22 | 50 | Darrell Bryant | Hot Rod Barns (Cliff Stewart) | Chevrolet | 461 | 2,080 | running | 0 | |
| 16 | 36 | 33 | Dick May | Handy's Transmission (Hiram Handy) | Chevrolet | 444 | 1,380 | running | 0 | |
| 32 | 31 | 28 | A.J. Foyt | Gilmore (Hoss Ellington) | Chevrolet | 57 | 645 | rear end | 0 | |
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