| Fin |
St |
# |
Driver |
Sponsor / Owner |
Car |
Laps |
Money |
Status |
Led |
Points |
| 1 | 1 | 28 | Buddy Baker | Spectra (Harry Ranier) | Oldsmobile | 328 | 35,975 | running | 88 | 180 |
| 2 | 2 | 15 | Bobby Allison | Hodgdon / Moore (Bud Moore) | Ford | 328 | 32,875 | running | 167 | 180 |
| 3 | 6 | 88 | Darrell Waltrip | Gatorade (DiGard) | Chevrolet | 328 | 15,400 | running | 3 | 170 |
| 4 | 4 | 11 | Cale Yarborough | Busch (Junior Johnson) | Oldsmobile | 327 | 11,725 | running | 22 | 165 |
| 5 | 3 | 27 | Benny Parsons | Griffin Marine (M.C. Anderson) | Chevrolet | 327 | 5,775 | running | 0 | 155 |
| 6 | 15 | 02 | Dave Marcis | Shoney's (Dave Marcis) | Chevrolet | 327 | 4,775 | running | 0 | 150 |
| 7 | 14 | 1 | Donnie Allison | Hawaiian Tropic (Hoss Ellington) | Chevrolet | 326 | 7,075 | running | 0 | 146 |
| 8 | 13 | 72 | Joe Millikan | Appliance Wheels (L.G. DeWitt) | Oldsmobile | 326 | 8,925 | running | 0 | 142 |
| 9 | 8 | 90 | Ricky Rudd | Truxmore (Junie Donlavey) | Mercury | 325 | 5,720 | running | 0 | 138 |
| 10 | 12 | 05 | Dick Brooks | Bearfinder (Nelson Malloch) | Oldsmobile | 325 | 3,025 | running | 0 | 134 |
| 11 | 11 | 43 | Richard Petty | STP (Petty Enterprises) | Oldsmobile | 324 | 6,025 | running | 0 | 130 |
| 12 | 17 | 2 | Dale Earnhardt | Rod Osterlund | Buick | 321 | 4,835 | running | 0 | 127 |
| 13 | 22 | 48 | James Hylton | Palatine Automotive Parts (James Hylton) | Chevrolet | 321 | 4,390 | running | 0 | 124 |
| 14 | 24 | 40 | D.K. Ulrich | Airport Howard Johnson's (D.K. Ulrich) | Buick | 321 | 4,155 | running | 0 | 121 |
| 15 | 16 | 50 | Bruce Hill | Ballard Racing (Walter Ballard) | Oldsmobile | 321 | 1,825 | running | 0 | 118 |
| 16 | 9 | 68 | Chuck Bown | Kings Mountain Truck Plaza (Jim Testa) | Buick | 315 | 1,600 | running | 0 | 115 |
| 17 | 32 | 70 | J.D. McDuffie | Bailey Excavating (J.D. McDuffie) | Oldsmobile | 314 | 3,640 | running | 0 | 112 |
| 18 | 5 | 21 | David Pearson | Purolator (Wood Brothers) | Mercury | 299 | 1,990 | engine | 42 | 114 |
| 19 | 37 | 45 | Baxter Price | Baxter Price | Chevrolet | 295 | 3,410 | running | 0 | 106 |
| 20 | 26 | 3 | Richard Childress | CRC Chemicals (Richard Childress) | Oldsmobile | 295 | 3,295 | running | 0 | 103 |
| 21 | 23 | 64 | Tommy Gale | Sunny King Ford & Honda (Elmo Langley) | Ford | 282 | 2,705 | running | 0 | 100 |
| 22 | 30 | 79 | Frank Warren | Native Tan (Frank Warren) | Dodge | 273 | 2,470 | engine | 0 | 97 |
| 23 | 29 | 24 | Cecil Gordon | Gordon-Barnicle (Cecil Gordon) | Oldsmobile | 249 | 2,285 | running | 0 | 94 |
| 24 | 27 | 19 | Dick May | Belden Asphalt (Henley Gray) | Chevrolet | 221 | 2,000 | overheating | 0 | 91 |
| 25 | 7 | 44 | Terry Labonte | Stratagraph (Billy Hagan) | Chevrolet | 211 | 1,965 | engine | 0 | 88 |
| 26 | 36 | 17 | Roger Hamby | Hamby-Ellis (Roger Hamby) | Chevrolet | 172 | 1,880 | crash | 0 | 85 |
| 27 | 35 | 6 | Claude Ballot-Lena | JMS (G.C. Spencer) | Oldsmobile | 168 | 950 | crash | 0 | |
| 28 | 34 | 41 | Grant Adcox | Adcox-Kirby (Herb Adcox) | Chevrolet | 133 | 925 | crash | 0 | 79 |
| 29 | 38 | 67 | Buddy Arrington | Sam Dell (Buddy Arrington) | Dodge | 129 | 1,785 | engine | 0 | 76 |
| 30 | 20 | 39 | Blackie Wangerin | Blackie Wangerin | Mercury | 126 | 875 | transmission | 0 | 73 |
| 31 | 31 | 98 | Ralph Jones | Ralph Jones | Ford | 126 | 1,835 | clutch | 0 | 70 |
| 32 | 18 | 37 | Dave Watson | Ams Oil (Phil Howard) | Chevrolet | 123 | 1,075 | quit | 6 | 72 |
| 33 | 25 | 52 | Jimmy Means | Mr. Transmission (Jimmy Means) | Chevrolet | 82 | 1,315 | transmission | 0 | 64 |
| 34 | 39 | 25 | Ronnie Thomas | 1st National City Travelers Checks (Don Robertson) | Buick | 71 | 1,305 | handling | 0 | 61 |
| 35 | 21 | 47 | Geoffrey Bodine | Race Hill Farm (Jack Beebe) | Oldsmobile | 66 | 795 | handling | 0 | 58 |
| 36 | 10 | 9 | Bill Elliott | Dahlonega Ford Sales (George Elliott) | Mercury | 61 | 765 | steering | 0 | |
| 37 | 28 | 30 | Tighe Scott | Russ Togs (Walter Ballard) | Buick | 54 | 1,255 | steering | 0 | 52 |
| 38 | 19 | 14 | Coo Coo Marlin | Cunningham-Kelley (H.B. Cunningham) | Chevrolet | 53 | 745 | crash | 0 | 49 |
| 39 | 33 | 0 | John Kennedy | Avanti CB (John Kennedy) | Chevrolet | 50 | 735 | crash | 0 | 46 |
| 40 | 40 | 53 | Keith Davis | Keith Davis | Chevrolet | 15 | 725 | rear end | 0 | 43 |
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