| Fin | St | Driver | # | Owner | Car | Laps | Money | Status | Laps Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | David Pearson | 21 | Wood Brothers | Mercury | 500 | 16,600 | running | 147 |
| 2 | 5 | Cale Yarborough | 11 | Junior Johnson | Oldsmobile | 500 | 15,100 | running | 1 |
| 3 | 4 | Lennie Pond | 54 | Harry Ranier | Chevrolet | 499 | 8,200 | running | 3 |
| 4 | 2 | Benny Parsons | 72 | L.G. DeWitt | Chevrolet | 498 | 8,000 | running | 5 |
| 5 | 10 | Neil Bonnett | 5 | Jim Stacy | Dodge | 497 | 6,500 | running | 26 |
| 6 | 7 | Darrell Waltrip | 88 | DiGard | Bertha/Chevrolet | 497 | 6,200 | running | 291 |
| 7 | 15 | Richard Petty | 43 | Petty Enterprises | Dodge Magnum | 494 | 5,700 | running | 0 |
| 8 | 9 | Bobby Allison | 15 | Bud Moore | Ford | 493 | 5,600 | running | 1 |
| 9 | 13 | Dick Brooks | 90 | Junie Donlavey | Ford | 492 | 3,800 | running | 0 |
| 10 | 14 | Al Holbert | 48 | James Hylton | Chevrolet | 492 | 3,430 | running | 0 |
| 11 | 19 | Tighe Scott | 30 | Walter Ballard | Chevrolet | 489 | 3,120 | running | 0 |
| 12 | 16 | Skip Manning | 92 | Billy Hagan | Buick | 486 | 2,960 | running | 0 |
| 13 | 21 | Buddy Arrington | 67 | Buddy Arrington | Dodge | 485 | 2,765 | running | 0 |
| 14 | 18 | Satch Worley | 47 | Jack Beebe | Chevrolet | 481 | 1,350 | running | 0 |
| 15 | 6 | Dave Marcis | 2 | Rod Osterlund | Chevrolet | 480 | 2,005 | running | 1 |
| 16 | 17 | D.K. Ulrich | 40 | D.K. Ulrich | Chevrolet | 477 | 2,320 | running | 0 |
| 17 | 25 | Jimmy Means | 52 | Jimmy Means | Chevrolet | 474 | 2,135 | running | 0 |
| 18 | 23 | Tom Gale | 64 | Elmo Langley | Ford | 470 | 1,900 | running | 0 |
| 19 | 8 | Bruce Hill | 05 | Harry Clary | Oldsmobile | 456 | 1,000 | oil pump | 0 |
| 20 | 22 | Earle Canavan | 01 | Earle Canavan | Dodge | 448 | 900 | running | 0 |
| 21 | 32 | Dick May | 19 | Henley Gray | Chevrolet | 438 | 1,440 | running | 0 |
| 22 | 34 | Baxter Price | 45 | Baxter Price | Chevrolet | 379 | 1,405 | engine | 0 |
| 23 | 1 | Buddy Baker | 27 | M.C. Anderson | Chevrolet | 363 | 1,845 | engine | 25 |
| 24 | 36 | Nestor Peles | 34 | Steve Peles | Chevrolet | 360 | 700 | fatigue | 0 |
| 25 | 33 | Cecil Gordon | 24 | Cecil Gordon | Chevrolet | 324 | 1,275 | running | 0 |
| 26 | 27 | Gary Myers | 4 | Gary Myers | Chevrolet | 308 | 650 | oil pump | 0 |
| 27 | 31 | Frank Warren | 79 | Frank Warren | Dodge | 302 | 1,225 | engine | 0 |
| 28 | 35 | Bobby Wawak | 74 | Bobby Wawak | Chevrolet | 261 | 600 | transmission | 0 |
| 29 | 39 | Greg Heller Ronnie Thomas | 85 | Greg Heller | Ford | 250 | 575 | overheating | 0 |
| 30 | 29 | Joe Mihalic | 61 | Jim Norris | Chevrolet | 215 | 550 | engine | 0 |
| 31 | 20 | Roger Hamby | 17 | Roger Hamby | Chevrolet | 201 | 1,040 | clutch | 0 |
| 32 | 26 | Ronnie Thomas | 25 | Don Robertson | Chevrolet | 75 | 1,030 | engine | 0 |
| 33 | 11 | Richard Childress | 3 | Richard Childress | Oldsmobile | 64 | 1,120 | engine | 0 |
| 34 | 12 | J.D. McDuffie | 70 | J.D. McDuffie | Chevrolet | 35 | 1,010 | oil pan | 0 |
| 35 | 30 | Ed Negre | 8 | Ed Negre | Dodge | 15 | 1,000 | oil line | 0 |
| 36 | 37 | Bill Hollar | 29 | Bill Hollar | Chevrolet | 14 | 490 | transmission | 0 |
| 37 | 24 | Elmo Langley | 19 | Henley Gray | Chevrolet | 5 | 480 | engine | 0 |
| 38 | 38 | Nelson Oswald | 09 | Nelson Oswald | Chevrolet | 5 | 470 | accident | 0 |
| 39 | 40 | Wayne Morgan | 80 | Wayne Morgan | Chevrolet | 3 | 460 | engine | 0 |
| 40 | 28 | Dave Dion | 28 | Dave Dion | Ford | 0 | 450 | engine | 0 |