| Fin | St | Driver | # | Owner | Car | Laps | Money | Status | Laps Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | Cale Yarborough | 11 | Junior Johnson | Chevrolet | 500 | 17,175 | running | 141 |
| 2 | 4 | David Pearson | 21 | Wood Brothers | Mercury | 500 | 9,600 | running | 297 |
| 3 | 1 | Richard Petty | 43 | Petty Enterprises | Dodge | 499 | 9,830 | running | 51 |
| 4 | 3 | Darrell Waltrip | 88 | DiGard | Chevrolet | 496 | 7,870 | running | 1 |
| 5 | 8 | Dick Brooks | 90 | Junie Donlavey | Ford | 496 | 5,250 | running | 0 |
| 6 | 2 | Benny Parsons | 72 | L.G. DeWitt | Chevrolet | 495 | 6,590 | running | 10 |
| 7 | 11 | Lennie Pond | 54 | Ronnie Elder | Chevrolet | 494 | 4,000 | running | 0 |
| 8 | 5 | Bobby Allison | 12 | Bobby Allison | AMC Matador | 493 | 3,280 | running | 0 |
| 9 | 7 | Buddy Baker | 15 | Bud Moore | Ford | 490 | 5,620 | running | 0 |
| 10 | 10 | Morgan Shepherd | 84 | Jim Makar | Mercury | 486 | 1,700 | running | 0 |
| 11 | 24 | Buddy Arrington | 67 | Buddy Arrington | Dodge | 482 | 3,120 | running | 0 |
| 12 | 25 | Cecil Gordon | 24 | Cecil Gordon | Chevrolet | 480 | 2,960 | running | 0 |
| 13 | 12 | J.D. McDuffie | 70 | J.D. McDuffie | Chevrolet | 480 | 2,865 | running | 0 |
| 14 | 15 | Tighe Scott | 30 | Walter Ballard | Chevrolet | 479 | 2,805 | running | 0 |
| 15 | 26 | Ed Negre | 8 | Ed Negre | Dodge | 475 | 2,395 | running | 0 |
| 16 | 21 | Dick May | 57 | Alfred McClure | Ford | 473 | 1,200 | running | 0 |
| 17 | 9 | Skip Manning | 92 | Billy Hagan | Chevrolet | 469 | 3,135 | running | 0 |
| 18 | 23 | Tom Gale | 64 | Elmo Langley | Ford | 454 | 1,900 | running | 0 |
| 19 | 33 | Ferrel Harris | 25 | Don Robertson | Chevrolet | 449 | 1,640 | running | 0 |
| 20 | 18 | D.K. Ulrich | 40 | J.R. DeLotto | Chevrolet | 407 | 1,530 | running | 0 |
| 21 | 19 | Richard Childress | 3 | Richard Childress | Chevrolet | 389 | 1,420 | water pump | 0 |
| 22 | 30 | Gary Myers | 4 | Gary Myers | Chevrolet | 371 | 775 | steering | 0 |
| 23 | 28 | Earle Canavan | 01 | Earle Canavan | Dodge | 313 | 725 | transmission | 0 |
| 24 | 32 | Baxter Price | 45 | Baxter Price | Chevrolet | 303 | 1,200 | overheating | 0 |
| 25 | 34 | Earl Brooks | 33 | Hiram Handy | Chevrolet | 274 | 675 | engine | 0 |
| 26 | 22 | Frank Warren | 79 | Frank Warren | Dodge | 247 | 1,250 | engine | 0 |
| 27 | 20 | Ricky Rudd | 22 | Al Rudd | Chevrolet | 190 | 1,125 | oil pump | 0 |
| 28 | 29 | Rick Newsom | 20 | Rick Newsom | Ford | 176 | 600 | engine | 0 |
| 29 | 14 | Jimmy Means | 52 | Bill Gray | Chevrolet | 139 | 650 | engine | 0 |
| 30 | 16 | David Sisco | 16 | David Sisco | Chevrolet | 126 | 1,050 | oil pump | 0 |
| 31 | 36 | Elmo Langley | 95 | Junior Miller | Chevrolet | 119 | 540 | engine | 0 |
| 32 | 31 | Henley Gray Dean Dalton | 19 | Henley Gray | Chevrolet | 97 | 1,030 | suspension | 0 |
| 33 | 13 | James Hylton | 48 | James Hylton | Chevrolet | 82 | 1,020 | engine | 0 |
| 34 | 27 | Dean Dalton | 7 | Dean Dalton | Chevrolet | 40 | 510 | clutch | 0 |
| 35 | 17 | Bruce Hill | 47 | Bruce Hill | Chevrolet | 34 | 500 | engine | 0 |
| 36 | 35 | Ray Williams | 10 | Bill Champion | Ford | 0 | 490 | engine | 0 |