| Fin | St | Driver | # | Owner | Car | Laps | Money | Status | Laps Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | Cale Yarborough | 11 | Junior Johnson | Chevrolet | 500 | 23,700 | running | 352 |
| 2 | 6 | Benny Parsons | 72 | L.G. DeWitt | Chevrolet | 500 | 11,850 | running | 73 |
| 3 | 10 | Donnie Allison David Pearson | 21 | Wood Brothers | Mercury | 500 | 5,700 | running | 35 |
| 4 | 4 | Richard Petty Bobby Allison | 43 | Petty Enterprises | Dodge | 499 | 5,850 | running | 0 |
| 5 | 15 | Sam Sommers | 27 | M.C. Anderson | Chevrolet | 491 | 3,550 | running | 0 |
| 6 | 8 | Lennie Pond Jimmy Hensley | 63 | Jimmy Hensley | Chevrolet | 491 | 2,050 | running | 0 |
| 7 | 19 | Buddy Arrington | 67 | Buddy Arrington | Dodge | 487 | 3,500 | running | 0 |
| 8 | 24 | James Hylton | 48 | James Hylton | Chevrolet | 483 | 3,150 | running | 0 |
| 9 | 21 | Jimmy Means | 52 | Bill Gray | Chevrolet | 482 | 2,580 | running | 0 |
| 10 | 2 | Darrell Waltrip | 88 | DiGard | Chevrolet | 472 | 4,000 | rear end | 36 |
| 11 | 17 | Frank Warren | 79 | Frank Warren | Dodge | 466 | 2,270 | running | 0 |
| 12 | 23 | D.K. Ulrich | 40 | J.R. DeLotto | Chevrolet | 457 | 2,100 | running | 0 |
| 13 | 11 | Skip Manning | 92 | Billy Hagan | Chevrolet | 423 | 2,940 | running | 0 |
| 14 | 28 | Dick May | 19 | Henley Gray | Chevrolet | 420 | 1,780 | running | 0 |
| 15 | 18 | Richard Childress | 3 | Richard Childress | Chevrolet | 420 | 1,620 | running | 0 |
| 16 | 20 | Elmo Langley | 64 | Elmo Langley | Ford | 413 | 1,460 | running | 0 |
| 17 | 12 | J.D. McDuffie | 70 | J.D. McDuffie | Chevrolet | 400 | 1,275 | running | 0 |
| 18 | 25 | Cecil Gordon | 24 | Cecil Gordon | Chevrolet | 392 | 950 | running | 0 |
| 19 | 26 | Earl Brooks Ronnie Thomas | 25 | Don Robertson | Chevrolet | 373 | 925 | engine | 0 |
| 20 | 27 | Tighe Scott | 30 | Walter Ballard | Chevrolet | 360 | 900 | engine | 0 |
| 21 | 9 | Buddy Baker | 15 | Bud Moore | Ford | 336 | 2,840 | rear end | 0 |
| 22 | 1 | Neil Bonnett | 5 | Jim Stacy | Dodge | 304 | 2,580 | rear end | 0 |
| 23 | 5 | Bobby Allison | 12 | Bobby Allison | AMC Matador | 216 | 620 | rear end | 4 |
| 24 | 22 | Ed Negre | 8 | Ed Negre | Dodge | 103 | 860 | oil pump | 0 |
| 25 | 13 | Lennie Pond | 54 | Ronnie Elder | Chevrolet | 95 | 850 | brakes | 0 |
| 26 | 16 | Dick Brooks | 90 | Junie Donlavey | Ford | 95 | 840 | rear end | 0 |
| 27 | 14 | Ricky Rudd | 22 | Al Rudd | Chevrolet | 84 | 580 | rear end | 0 |
| 28 | 7 | Donnie Allison | 1 | Hoss Ellington | Chevrolet | 42 | 570 | brakes | 0 |
| 29 | 30 | Travis Tiller | 46 | Travis Tiller | Dodge | 8 | 560 | radiator | 0 |
| 30 | 29 | Baxter Price | 45 | Baxter Price | Chevrolet | 4 | 550 | oil leak | 0 |