| Fin | St | Driver | # | Owner | Car | Laps | Money | Status | Laps Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Cale Yarborough | 11 | Junior Johnson | Chevrolet | 400 | 12,100 | running | 299 |
| 2 | 4 | Darrell Waltrip | 88 | DiGard | Chevrolet | 400 | 7,200 | running | 19 |
| 3 | 3 | Benny Parsons Dave Marcis | 72 | L.G. DeWitt | Chevrolet | 399 | 5,670 | running | 62 |
| 4 | 5 | Dick Brooks | 90 | Junie Donlavey | Ford | 396 | 3,400 | running | 0 |
| 5 | 15 | Tighe Scott | 30 | Walter Ballard | Chevrolet | 389 | 2,900 | running | 0 |
| 6 | 9 | Janet Guthrie John A. Utsman | 68 | Lynda Ferreri | Chevrolet | 387 | 2,200 | running | 0 |
| 7 | 14 | Skip Manning | 92 | Billy Hagan | Chevrolet | 385 | 3,180 | running | 0 |
| 8 | 17 | Richard Childress | 3 | Richard Childress | Chevrolet | 384 | 2,020 | running | 0 |
| 9 | 18 | James Hylton | 48 | James Hylton | Chevrolet | 383 | 1,900 | running | 0 |
| 10 | 19 | Buddy Arrington | 67 | Buddy Arrington | Dodge | 382 | 1,740 | running | 0 |
| 11 | 16 | D.K. Ulrich | 40 | J.R. DeLotto | Chevrolet | 381 | 1,680 | running | 0 |
| 12 | 23 | Ed Negre | 8 | Ed Negre | Dodge | 378 | 1,470 | running | 0 |
| 13 | 25 | Frank Warren | 79 | Frank Warren | Dodge | 361 | 1,260 | running | 0 |
| 14 | 26 | Ronnie Thomas Ferrel Harris | 25 | Don Robertson | Chevrolet | 324 | 1,125 | running | 0 |
| 15 | 8 | Buddy Baker | 15 | Bud Moore | Ford | 252 | 2,850 | engine | 2 |
| 16 | 11 | Ricky Rudd | 22 | Al Rudd | Chevrolet | 220 | 590 | running | 0 |
| 17 | 10 | Neil Bonnett | 5 | Jim Stacy | Dodge | 219 | 570 | ignition | 17 |
| 18 | 12 | J.D. McDuffie | 70 | J.D. McDuffie | Chevrolet | 215 | 990 | engine | 0 |
| 19 | 21 | Ralph Jones | 98 | Ralph Jones | Ford | 186 | 520 | rear end | 0 |
| 20 | 6 | Sam Sommers | 27 | M.C. Anderson | Chevrolet | 144 | 500 | engine | 0 |
| 21 | 24 | Travis Tiller | 46 | Travis Tiller | Dodge | 139 | 465 | overheating | 0 |
| 22 | 2 | Richard Petty | 43 | Petty Enterprises | Dodge | 118 | 2,855 | accident | 1 |
| 23 | 20 | Dean Dalton | 64 | Elmo Langley | Ford | 113 | 695 | accident | 0 |
| 24 | 29 | Bobby Wawak | 19 | Henley Gray | Chevrolet | 58 | 685 | engine | 0 |
| 25 | 28 | Earl Brooks | 33 | Hiram Handy | Chevrolet | 55 | 425 | engine | 0 |
| 26 | 27 | Baxter Price | 45 | Baxter Price | Chevrolet | 32 | 400 | oil leak | 0 |
| 27 | 13 | Jimmy Means | 52 | Bill Gray | Chevrolet | 25 | 480 | accident | 0 |
| 28 | 7 | Bobby Allison | 12 | Bobby Allison | AMC Matador | 15 | 370 | clutch | 0 |
| 29 | 22 | Cecil Gordon | 24 | Cecil Gordon | Chevrolet | 2 | 610 | engine | 0 |