| Fin | St | Driver | # | Owner | Car | Laps | Money | Status | Laps Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Bobby Allison | 15 | Bud Moore | Ford | 500 | 19,500 | running | 267 |
| 2 | 8 | Cale Yarborough | 11 | Junior Johnson | Oldsmobile | 500 | 15,100 | running | 221 |
| 3 | 6 | Buddy Baker | 27 | M.C. Anderson | Chevrolet | 499 | 8,700 | running | 1 |
| 4 | 5 | David Pearson | 21 | Wood Brothers | Mercury | 498 | 4,600 | running | 0 |
| 5 | 7 | Darrell Waltrip | 88 | DiGard | Chevrolet | 497 | 7,000 | running | 1 |
| 6 | 14 | Dick Brooks | 90 | Junie Donlavey | Ford | 496 | 4,300 | running | 0 |
| 7 | 12 | Lennie Pond | 54 | Harry Ranier | Oldsmobile | 493 | 5,300 | running | 0 |
| 8 | 10 | Dave Marcis | 2 | Rod Osterlund | Chevrolet | 493 | 3,130 | running | 0 |
| 9 | 13 | Donnie Allison | 1 | Pee Wee Griffin | Oldsmobile | 489 | 1,800 | running | 0 |
| 10 | 15 | Terry Labonte Dick May | 92 | Billy Hagan | Chevrolet | 485 | 3,220 | running | 0 |
| 11 | 16 | Ronnie Thomas | 25 | Norman Negre | Chevrolet | 483 | 3,560 | running | 0 |
| 12 | 3 | Richard Childress | 3 | Richard Childress | Oldsmobile | 482 | 3,340 | running | 0 |
| 13 | 18 | Al Holbert | 48 | James Hylton | Chevrolet | 472 | 2,655 | running | 0 |
| 14 | 27 | Cecil Gordon | 24 | Cecil Gordon | Chevrolet | 468 | 2,470 | running | 0 |
| 15 | 29 | Ed Negre | 8 | Ed Negre | Dodge | 467 | 2,285 | running | 0 |
| 16 | 26 | Earle Canavan | 01 | Earle Canavan | Dodge | 460 | 1,200 | running | 0 |
| 17 | 20 | Tom Gale | 64 | Elmo Langley | Ford | 458 | 1,975 | running | 0 |
| 18 | 22 | Roger Hamby | 17 | Roger Hamby | Chevrolet | 457 | 1,050 | running | 0 |
| 19 | 31 | Nestor Peles | 34 | Steve Peles | Chevrolet | 439 | 1,000 | running | 0 |
| 20 | 21 | Gary Myers | 4 | Gary Myers | Chevrolet | 438 | 900 | engine | 0 |
| 21 | 32 | Frank Warren | 79 | Frank Warren | Dodge | 438 | 1,440 | running | 0 |
| 22 | 23 | Buddy Arrington | 67 | Buddy Arrington | Dodge | 432 | 1,405 | running | 0 |
| 23 | 30 | Baxter Price | 45 | Baxter Price | Chevrolet | 420 | 1,345 | running | 0 |
| 24 | 36 | Nelson Oswald | 09 | Nelson Oswald | Chevrolet | 335 | 700 | engine | 0 |
| 25 | 19 | Tighe Scott | 30 | Walter Ballard | Chevrolet | 320 | 1,275 | oil pan | 0 |
| 26 | 9 | Benny Parsons | 72 | L.G. DeWitt | Chevrolet | 311 | 4,350 | engine | 0 |
| 27 | 11 | Richard Petty | 43 | Petty Enterprises | Chevrolet Monte Carlo | 269 | 4,525 | ignition | 0 |
| 28 | 25 | Dave Dion | 29 | Dave Dion | Ford | 238 | 600 | engine | 0 |
| 29 | 4 | Neil Bonnett | 5 | Rod Osterlund | Oldsmobile | 220 | 3,775 | accident | 0 |
| 30 | 28 | Ralph Jones | 97 | Ralph Jones | Ford | 186 | 550 | engine | 0 |
| 31 | 33 | Joey Arrington | 19 | Buddy Arrington | Dodge | 143 | 1,040 | rear end | 0 |
| 32 | 24 | Jimmy Means | 52 | Jimmy Means | Chevrolet | 140 | 1,030 | engine | 0 |
| 33 | 1 | J.D. McDuffie | 70 | J.D. McDuffie | Chevrolet | 80 | 1,520 | engine | 10 |
| 34 | 17 | James Hylton | 18 | James Hylton | Chevrolet | 10 | 510 | quit | 0 |
| 35 | 37 | Louis Gatto | 35 | Chevrolet | 5 | 500 | flagged | 0 | |
| 36 | 34 | Ferrel Harris | 61 | Ed Negre | Chrysler | 3 | 490 | quit | 0 |
| 37 | 35 | Jabe Thomas | 81 | Don Robertson | Chevrolet | 1 | 480 | quit | 0 |