Race winner Richard Petty with the trophy for capturing the Music City 420.  The win would be his 192nd career Winston Cup Victory. 

Petty would go on to capture a record 200 wins in the series. His final victory would come at the 1984 Firecracker 400 at Daytona.

 With nine victories to his credit, Petty is the all-time Winston Cup race winner at Fairgrounds Speedway

Prior to the race, NASCAR implemented a change to the rulebook which would impose a two-lap penalty on any team which changes one or more tires under a yellow flag.  “The tire rule probably won for me tonight,” admitted race winner Richard Petty. “I’m not sold on this rule. It confuses me. More importantly it confuses the fans.”

Cale Yarborough's 106.591 mph pole speed would stand as the fastest recorded since the track's reconfiguration in 1973. 

Cale Yarborough had the dominant car for the event but finished third due to the new rule “I had a tire losing air and I couldn’t change it under the yellow (18 laps from the finish),” stated a disgruntled Yarborough.  

Chevrolet recorded its 100th NASCAR Winston Cup victory. Though the Winston Cup (Grand National) series would begin in 1949, Chevrolet would not claim its first victory until 1956.  Paul Goldsmith would pilot his Smokey Yunick prepared 1956 Chevrolet to a dominating win at Langhorne Speedway, in Langhorne, Pennsylvania. Lee Petty, Richard's father, would finish second in a Dodge.

A record 25 cars were running at the checkered flag, an incredible 83% of the field.

The Chevrolet Monte Carlo of Richard Petty during qualifying.	Hometown favorite Darrell Waltrip and his father LeRoy, prior to the start of the race. (Photo: Bill Easly The Tennessean)
Cale Yarborough paces the field in his Junior Johnson Chevrolet Monte Carlo.  He would lead 279 laps but would finish third. (Photo: Ricky Rogers The Tennessean)	This would be the first Winston Cup start for Franklin, Tennessee's Mike Alexander.  He would start 74 races during his seven year career.  His best finish would be a third place in the 1988 Atlanta Journal 500 at Atlanta International Raceway.