| Fin |
St |
# |
Driver |
Sponsor / Owner |
Car |
Laps |
Money |
Status |
Led |
Points |
| 1 | 12 | 11 | Cale Yarborough | Busch (Junior Johnson) | Chevrolet | 328 | 31,600 | running | 269 | 185 |
| 3 | 13 | 2 | Dale Earnhardt | Mike Curb / Hodgdon (Rod Osterlund) | Chevrolet | 327 | 14,700 | running | 1 | 170 |
| 2 | 3 | 21 | Neil Bonnett | Purolator (Wood Brothers) | Mercury | 328 | 12,600 | running | 9 | 175 |
| 5 | 11 | 44 | Terry Labonte | Apache Stove (Billy Hagan) | Chevrolet | 327 | 9,850 | running | 4 | 160 |
| 6 | 25 | 90 | Jody Ridley | Truxmore / Sunny King (Junie Donlavey) | Ford | 326 | 9,675 | running | 1 | 155 |
| 38 | 1 | 15 | Bobby Allison | Mike Curb / Hodgdon (Bud Moore) | Mercury | 16 | 7,420 | crash | 14 | 54 |
| 8 | 27 | 25 | Ronnie Thomas | Stone's Cafeteria (Don Robertson) | Chevrolet | 323 | 7,265 | running | 0 | 142 |
| 21 | 15 | 43 | Richard Petty | STP (Petty Enterprises) | Chevrolet | 256 | 7,125 | engine | 1 | 105 |
| 4 | 10 | 28 | Buddy Baker | NAPA / Regal Ride Shocks (Harry Ranier) | Buick | 327 | 7,050 | running | 14 | 165 |
| 9 | 29 | 3 | Richard Childress | CRC Chemicals (Richard Childress) | Chevrolet | 322 | 5,995 | running | 10 | 143 |
| 10 | 24 | 40 | Stan Barrett | Needham-Reynolds (D.K. Ulrich) | Chevrolet | 321 | 5,885 | running | 0 | |
| 26 | 7 | 88 | Darrell Waltrip | Gatorade / DiGard (DiGard) | Chevrolet | 147 | 5,210 | overheating | 1 | 90 |
| 32 | 6 | 27 | Benny Parsons | Melling Tool (M.C. Anderson) | Chevrolet | 71 | 5,140 | engine | 0 | 67 |
| 7 | 20 | 68 | Lennie Pond | Kings Mountain Truck Plaza (Jim Testa) | Chevrolet | 326 | 5,000 | running | 0 | 146 |
| 11 | 28 | 67 | Buddy Arrington | Reid Trailer Sales (Buddy Arrington) | Dodge | 320 | 4,575 | running | 0 | 130 |
| 14 | 36 | 48 | James Hylton | Palatine Automotive Parts (James Hylton) | Chevrolet | 317 | 3,745 | running | 0 | 121 |
| 12 | 23 | 17 | Roger Hamby | Kings Inn / Busch (Roger Hamby) | Chevrolet | 319 | 3,655 | running | 0 | 127 |
| 15 | 19 | 64 | Tommy Gale | Sunny King Ford & Honda (Elmo Langley) | Ford | 313 | 3,385 | running | 0 | 118 |
| 16 | 35 | 45 | Charlie Chamblee | Ryan Homes (Baxter Price) | Buick | 298 | 2,825 | running | 0 | |
| 17 | 30 | 70 | J.D. McDuffie | Bailey Excavating (J.D. McDuffie) | Chevrolet | 289 | 2,615 | running | 0 | 112 |
| 20 | 37 | 52 | Jimmy Means | Thompson Industries (Jimmy Means) | Chevrolet | 264 | 2,200 | hub | 0 | 103 |
| 22 | 16 | 71 | Dave Marcis | Hudson / Buck Stove (Dave Marcis) | Chevrolet | 255 | 1,965 | running | 2 | 102 |
| 24 | 14 | 7 | Lake Speed | Sanyo (Nelson Malloch) | Chevrolet | 209 | 1,905 | flywheel | 0 | 91 |
| 25 | 34 | 19 | Cecil Gordon | Belden Asphalt (Henley Gray) | Chevrolet | 166 | 1,860 | hub | 0 | 88 |
| 13 | 17 | 73 | Steve Moore | Barnes Freight Lines (Willard Moore) | Chevrolet | 318 | 1,850 | running | 0 | 124 |
| 27 | 21 | 4 | Connie Saylor | Mitco (G.C. Spencer) | Chevrolet | 131 | 1,750 | engine | 1 | 87 |
| 18 | 2 | 9 | Bill Elliott | Melling Timing Components (George Elliott) | Mercury | 268 | 1,700 | running | 0 | 109 |
| 33 | 22 | 77 | John Anderson | Warren Fabricating (John Rebhan) | Chevrolet | 52 | 1,180 | oil line | 0 | 64 |
| 35 | 31 | 79 | Junior Miller | Warren Racing (Junior Miller) | Chevrolet | 50 | 1,160 | engine | 0 | 58 |
| 19 | 40 | 5 | Clay Young | Baird & Trivette | Oldsmobile | 265 | 1,150 | crash | 0 | |
| 36 | 9 | 47 | Harry Gant | Race Hill Farm (Jack Beebe) | Chevrolet | 17 | 1,140 | crash | 0 | 55 |
| 23 | 33 | 75 | Joe Millikan | RahMoc Enterprises | Chevrolet | 224 | 850 | cam | 1 | 99 |
| 28 | 18 | 96 | Mike Miller | Dairyland Transportation (Mike Miller) | Ford | 123 | 740 | overheating | 0 | 79 |
| 29 | 32 | 6 | Tim Richmond | UNO / Howard Johnson's (D.K. Ulrich) | Chevrolet | 110 | 730 | clutch | 0 | 76 |
| 30 | 39 | 46 | Travis Tiller | Ring Enterprises (Travis Tiller) | Oldsmobile | 104 | 720 | radiator | 0 | 73 |
| 31 | 5 | 1 | David Pearson | Hawaiian Tropic (Hoss Ellington) | Oldsmobile | 93 | 700 | quit | 0 | 70 |
| 34 | 38 | 39 | Blackie Wangerin | Wangerin Racing (Blackie Wangerin) | Mercury | 51 | 670 | valve | 0 | 61 |
| 37 | 4 | 12 | Donnie Allison | Ramey's Chevy City (Kennie Childers) | Chevrolet | 17 | 630 | crash | 0 | 52 |
| 39 | 8 | 87 | Gary Balough | Tri-City Aluminum (Billie Harvey) | Chevrolet | 16 | 610 | crash | 0 | 46 |
| 40 | 26 | 80 | John Callis | Bo Laws Automotive (John Callis) | Ford | 15 | 600 | engine | 0 | |