| Fin | St | Driver | # | Owner | Car | Laps | Money | Status | Laps Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 | Benny Parsons | 72 | L.G. DeWitt | Chevrolet | 500 | 15,675 | running | 267 |
| 2 | 6 | David Pearson | 21 | Wood Brothers | Mercury | 500 | 9,600 | running | 0 |
| 3 | 2 | Cale Yarborough | 11 | Junior Johnson | Chevrolet | 499 | 10,925 | running | 10 |
| 4 | 4 | Donnie Allison | 1 | Hoss Ellington | Chevrolet | 498 | 3,900 | running | 203 |
| 5 | 9 | Darrell Waltrip | 88 | DiGard | Chevrolet | 497 | 6,400 | running | 0 |
| 6 | 3 | Buddy Baker | 15 | Bud Moore | Ford | 495 | 5,500 | running | 0 |
| 7 | 5 | Richard Childress | 3 | Richard Childress | Chevrolet | 493 | 4,250 | running | 0 |
| 8 | 10 | Dick Brooks | 90 | Junie Donlavey | Ford | 492 | 3,900 | running | 0 |
| 9 | 11 | Bobby Allison | 12 | Bobby Allison | AMC Matador | 489 | 3,130 | running | 0 |
| 10 | 20 | Sam Sommers | 27 | M.C. Anderson | Chevrolet | 483 | 2,700 | running | 0 |
| 11 | 15 | Janet Guthrie Ricky Rudd | 68 | Lynda Ferreri | Chevrolet | 483 | 1,600 | running | 0 |
| 12 | 13 | J.D. McDuffie | 70 | J.D. McDuffie | Chevrolet | 482 | 3,020 | running | 0 |
| 13 | 37 | Buddy Arrington Dean Dalton | 67 | Buddy Arrington | Dodge | 482 | 2,885 | running | 0 |
| 14 | 16 | Jimmy Means | 52 | Bill Gray | Chevrolet | 477 | 2,190 | did not finish | 0 |
| 15 | 21 | Ed Negre | 8 | Ed Negre | Dodge | 474 | 2,505 | running | 0 |
| 16 | 18 | James Hylton | 48 | James Hylton | Chevrolet | 471 | 2,320 | running | 0 |
| 17 | 1 | Neil Bonnett | 5 | Jim Stacy | Dodge | 469 | 1,625 | water pump | 20 |
| 18 | 30 | Joe Mihalic | 61 | Joe Mihalic | Chevrolet | 451 | 1,050 | running | 0 |
| 19 | 26 | Skip Manning | 92 | Billy Hagan | Chevrolet | 422 | 3,010 | running | 0 |
| 20 | 24 | Dick May | 19 | Henley Gray | Chevrolet | 414 | 1,750 | running | 0 |
| 21 | 33 | Cecil Gordon | 24 | Cecil Gordon | Chevrolet | 402 | 1,440 | engine | 0 |
| 22 | 27 | Frank Warren | 79 | Frank Warren | Dodge | 372 | 1,405 | running | 0 |
| 23 | 8 | Richard Petty | 43 | Petty Enterprises | Dodge | 301 | 3,925 | engine | 0 |
| 24 | 22 | Tighe Scott | 30 | Walter Ballard | Chevrolet | 288 | 1,320 | engine | 0 |
| 25 | 28 | Ronnie Thomas | 25 | Don Robertson | Chevrolet | 271 | 1,275 | running | 0 |
| 26 | 31 | Tom Gale Elmo Langley | 64 | Elmo Langley | Ford | 270 | 1,150 | engine | 0 |
| 27 | 34 | Rick Newsom | 6 | Rick Newsom | Chevrolet | 253 | 625 | overheating | 0 |
| 28 | 35 | Jocko Maggiacomo | 63 | Jocko Maggiacomo | AMC Matador | 203 | 600 | water pump | 0 |
| 29 | 32 | Dean Dalton | 7 | Dean Dalton | Dodge | 200 | 575 | steering | 0 |
| 30 | 14 | Lennie Pond | 54 | Ronnie Elder | Chevrolet | 190 | 1,050 | sway bar | 0 |
| 31 | 23 | D.K. Ulrich | 40 | J.R. DeLotto | Chevrolet | 179 | 1,040 | clutch | 0 |
| 32 | 12 | Ricky Rudd | 22 | Al Rudd | Chevrolet | 178 | 530 | engine | 0 |
| 33 | 19 | Bill Seifert | 03 | Chevrolet | 152 | 520 | engine | 0 | |
| 34 | 36 | Gary Myers | 4 | Gary Myers | Chevrolet | 102 | 510 | steering | 0 |
| 35 | 39 | Nestor Peles | 34 | Steve Peles | Chevrolet | 33 | 500 | steering | 0 |
| 36 | 40 | Steve Stolarek | 07 | Norris Price | Chevrolet | 21 | 490 | wheel | 0 |
| 37 | 38 | Baxter Price | 45 | Baxter Price | Chevrolet | 17 | 480 | radiator | 0 |
| 38 | 25 | Marv Acton | 98 | Rod Osterlund | Chevrolet | 16 | 470 | accident | 0 |
| 39 | 29 | Jim Hurtubise | 0 | John Kennedy | Ford | 12 | 460 | accident | 0 |
| 40 | 17 | Kenny Brightbill | 84 | Jim Makar | Mercury | 12 | 450 | accident | 0 |