| Fin |
St |
# |
Driver |
Sponsor / Owner |
Car |
Laps |
Money |
Status |
Led |
Points |
| 1 | 2 | 71 | Dave Marcis | K & K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf) | Dodge | 328 | 20,165 | running | 224 | 185 |
| 4 | 7 | 11 | Cale Yarborough | Holly Farms (Junior Johnson) | Chevrolet | 328 | 8,670 | running | 45 | 165 |
| 2 | 3 | 21 | David Pearson | Purolator (Wood Brothers) | Mercury | 328 | 11,765 | running | 41 | 175 |
| 5 | 1 | 15 | Buddy Baker | Norris Industries (Bud Moore) | Ford | 327 | 8,985 | running | 11 | 160 |
| 6 | 11 | 72 | Benny Parsons | 1st National City Travelers Checks (L.G. DeWitt) | Chevrolet | 327 | 7,550 | running | 7 | 155 |
| 3 | 5 | 1 | Donnie Allison | Hoss Ellington | Chevrolet | 328 | 7,790 | running | 0 | 165 |
| 7 | 9 | 88 | Darrell Waltrip | Gatorade (DiGard) | Chevrolet | 323 | 6,930 | running | 0 | 146 |
| 8 | 14 | 12 | Neil Bonnett | Hawaiian Tropic (Neil Bonnett) | Chevrolet | 322 | 4,140 | running | 0 | 142 |
| 9 | 6 | 27 | Sam Sommers | M.C. Anderson | Chevrolet | 322 | 3,590 | running | 0 | 138 |
| 10 | 32 | 36 | Bobby Wawak | Gwinn-Wawak (John Gwinn) | Chevrolet | 318 | 3,240 | running | 0 | 134 |
| 11 | 26 | 47 | Bruce Hill | Howson Algraphy (Bruce Hill) | Chevrolet | 318 | 4,120 | running | 0 | 130 |
| 12 | 12 | 48 | James Hylton | Hylton Engineering (James Hylton) | Chevrolet | 314 | 3,660 | running | 0 | 127 |
| 13 | 35 | 70 | J.D. McDuffie | J.D. McDuffie | Chevrolet | 311 | 3,300 | running | 0 | 124 |
| 14 | 31 | 92 | Skip Manning | Stratagraph (Billy Hagan) | Chevrolet | 310 | 2,410 | running | 0 | 121 |
| 15 | 29 | 55 | Sonny Easley | Haddick's Towing (Jerry Lankford) | Ford | 309 | 1,835 | running | 0 | 118 |
| 16 | 36 | 93 | Gene Felton | Truxmore (Junie Donlavey) | Ford | 308 | 1,635 | running | 0 | 115 |
| 17 | 30 | 52 | Jimmy Means | WIXC (Bill Gray) | Chevrolet | 304 | 1,485 | running | 0 | 112 |
| 18 | 22 | 40 | D.K. Ulrich | Howard Johnson's (J.R. DeLotto) | Chevrolet | 304 | 2,735 | running | 0 | 109 |
| 19 | 16 | 77 | Dale Earnhardt | Hy Gain (Johnny Ray) | Chevrolet | 260 | 1,360 | crash | 0 | |
| 20 | 24 | 41 | Grant Adcox | Adcox-Kirby (Herb Adcox) | Chevrolet | 254 | 1,235 | engine | 0 | 103 |
| 21 | 20 | 99 | Richie Panch | Delbert Puro | Ford | 252 | 1,035 | valve spring | 0 | 100 |
| 22 | 15 | 30 | Terry Bivins | Ballard Racing (Walter Ballard) | Chevrolet | 250 | 2,300 | engine | 0 | 97 |
| 23 | 27 | 24 | Cecil Gordon | Cannon Farms (Cecil Gordon) | Chevrolet | 248 | 2,165 | running | 0 | 94 |
| 24 | 13 | 54 | Lennie Pond | Pepsi-Cola (Ronnie Elder) | Chevrolet | 228 | 2,030 | engine | 0 | 91 |
| 25 | 19 | 3 | Richard Childress | Kansas Jack (Richard Childress) | Chevrolet | 218 | 1,885 | engine | 0 | 88 |
| 26 | 8 | 2 | Bobby Allison | CAM 2 (Roger Penske) | Mercury | 189 | 1,925 | valve | 0 | 85 |
| 27 | 17 | 79 | Frank Warren | Native Tan (Frank Warren) | Dodge | 164 | 1,640 | overheating | 0 | 82 |
| 28 | 4 | 43 | Richard Petty | STP (Petty Enterprises) | Dodge | 157 | 5,430 | oil pressure | 0 | 79 |
| 29 | 23 | 90 | Dick Brooks | Truxmore (Junie Donlavey) | Ford | 156 | 1,395 | crash | 0 | 76 |
| 30 | 34 | 14 | Coo Coo Marlin | Cunningham-Kelley (H.B. Cunningham) | Chevrolet | 114 | 1,360 | engine | 0 | 73 |
| 31 | 10 | 01 | Chuck Bown | Lake's Drywall (Gerald Craker) | Chevrolet | 75 | 835 | wheel bearing | 0 | 70 |
| 32 | 33 | 91 | Dick May | Harold Miller | Chevrolet | 60 | 825 | oil pressure | 0 | 67 |
| 33 | 21 | 60 | David Sisco | Red Dog's (Lou Viglione) | Chevrolet | 34 | 815 | head gasket | 0 | 64 |
| 34 | 25 | 50 | Billy McGinnis | David Sisco | Chevrolet | 15 | 805 | engine | 0 | |
| 35 | 28 | 49 | G.C. Spencer | Lady & Son Auction (G.C. Spencer) | Dodge | 1 | 795 | crash | 0 | 58 |
| 36 | 18 | 7 | Jack Donohue | Thundercraft Boat (Dean Dalton) | Chevrolet | 0 | 785 | engine | 0 | 55 |
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