| Fin |
St |
# |
Driver |
Sponsor / Owner |
Car |
Laps |
Money |
Status |
Led |
Points |
| 1 | 7 | 2 | Dale Earnhardt | Mike Curb / Hodgdon (Rod Osterlund) | Chevrolet | 420 | 14,600 | running | 103 | 180 |
| 2 | 1 | 11 | Cale Yarborough | Busch (Junior Johnson) | Chevrolet | 420 | 10,160 | running | 151 | 180 |
| 3 | 2 | 27 | Benny Parsons | Melling Tool (M.C. Anderson) | Chevrolet | 420 | 7,910 | running | 147 | 170 |
| 4 | 3 | 88 | Darrell Waltrip | Gatorade (DiGard) | Chevrolet | 419 | 5,750 | running | 2 | 165 |
| 5 | 10 | 43 | Richard Petty | STP (Petty Enterprises) | Chevrolet | 416 | 6,630 | running | 17 | 160 |
| 6 | 6 | 15 | Bobby Allison | Mike Curb / Hodgdon (Bud Moore) | Ford | 413 | 5,075 | running | 0 | 150 |
| 7 | 17 | 40 | Sterling Marlin | Waylon Jennings (D.K. Ulrich) | Chevrolet | 413 | 4,335 | running | 0 | |
| 8 | 8 | 90 | Jody Ridley | Truxmore / Sunny King (Junie Donlavey) | Ford | 412 | 4,185 | running | 0 | 142 |
| 9 | 14 | 3 | Richard Childress | CRC Chemicals (Richard Childress) | Chevrolet | 411 | 3,315 | running | 0 | 138 |
| 10 | 18 | 67 | Buddy Arrington | Reid Trailer Sales (Buddy Arrington) | Dodge | 411 | 3,055 | running | 0 | 134 |
| 11 | 12 | 70 | J.D. McDuffie | Bailey Excavating (J.D. McDuffie) | Chevrolet | 408 | 2,735 | running | 0 | 130 |
| 12 | 23 | 75 | John Anderson | RahMoc Enterprises | Chevrolet | 408 | 2,225 | running | 0 | 127 |
| 13 | 20 | 53 | Slick Johnson | Johnson Racing (J.D. Johnson) | Chevrolet | 407 | 700 | running | 0 | 124 |
| 14 | 13 | 71 | Dave Marcis | Buck Stove / Hudson Transmission (Dave Marcis) | Chevrolet | 403 | 1,890 | running | 0 | 121 |
| 15 | 26 | 17 | Roger Hamby | Kings Inn Daytona (Roger Hamby) | Chevrolet | 403 | 600 | running | 0 | 118 |
| 16 | 27 | 52 | Jimmy Means | Thompson Industries (Jimmy Means) | Chevrolet | 400 | 1,630 | running | 0 | 115 |
| 17 | 25 | 48 | James Hylton | Palatine Automotive Parts (James Hylton) | Chevrolet | 399 | 1,490 | running | 0 | 112 |
| 18 | 22 | 64 | Tommy Gale | Sunny King Ford & Honda (Elmo Langley) | Ford | 398 | 1,360 | running | 0 | 109 |
| 19 | 28 | 45 | Baxter Price | Iron Peddlers / McWhirter (Baxter Price) | Chevrolet | 378 | 1,230 | running | 0 | 106 |
| 20 | 21 | 79 | Junior Miller | Warren Racing (Frank Warren) | Chevrolet | 338 | 1,115 | running | 0 | 103 |
| 21 | 24 | 09 | Cecil Gordon | Oswald Racing (Nelson Oswald) | Buick | 335 | 450 | running | 0 | 100 |
| 22 | 5 | 44 | Terry Labonte | Apache Classic Stove (Billy Hagan) | Chevrolet | 330 | 690 | rear end | 0 | 97 |
| 23 | 30 | 74 | Bobby Wawak | Wawak Racing (Bobby Wawak) | Buick | 328 | 430 | running | 0 | 94 |
| 24 | 19 | 37 | Don Sprouse | Rogers Auto Leasing (Bob Rogers) | Chevrolet | 296 | 520 | a frame | 0 | 91 |
| 25 | 15 | 19 | Steve Spencer | Central AMC-Jeep (Henley Gray) | Chevrolet | 242 | 660 | head gasket | 0 | |
| 26 | 16 | 25 | Ronnie Thomas | Stone's Cafeteria (Don Robertson) | Chevrolet | 193 | 650 | ball joint | 0 | 85 |
| 27 | 11 | 12 | Donnie Allison | Ramey's Chevy City (Kennie Childers) | Chevrolet | 186 | 395 | engine | 0 | 82 |
| 28 | 9 | 7 | Ricky Rudd | Sanyo (Nelson Malloch) | Chevrolet | 164 | 640 | engine | 0 | 79 |
| 29 | 4 | 47 | Harry Gant | Race Hill Farm (Jack Beebe) | Chevrolet | 59 | 635 | engine | 0 | 76 |
| 30 | 29 | 77 | Dick May | Reid Trailer Sales (Buddy Arrington) | Dodge | 4 | 380 | brakes | 0 | 73 |