| Fin |
St |
# |
Driver |
Sponsor / Owner |
Car |
Laps |
Money |
Status |
Led |
Points |
| 1 | 2 | 88 | Darrell Waltrip | Gatorade (DiGard) | Chevrolet | 500 | 22,900 | running | 264 | 185 |
| 2 | 10 | 47 | Harry Gant | Race Hill Farm (Jack Beebe) | Chevrolet | 500 | 12,930 | running | 140 | 175 |
| 3 | 3 | 28 | Buddy Baker | NAPA / Regal Ride Shocks (Harry Ranier) | Chevrolet | 500 | 8,150 | running | 16 | 170 |
| 4 | 1 | 11 | Cale Yarborough | Busch (Junior Johnson) | Chevrolet | 499 | 10,700 | running | 30 | 165 |
| 5 | 6 | 27 | Benny Parsons | Melling Tool (M.C. Anderson) | Chevrolet | 499 | 8,425 | running | 1 | 160 |
| 6 | 8 | 21 | Neil Bonnett | Purolator (Wood Brothers) | Mercury | 499 | 3,175 | running | 5 | 155 |
| 7 | 13 | 12 | Donnie Allison | Ramey's Chevy City (Kennie Childers) | Chevrolet | 498 | 2,325 | running | 34 | 151 |
| 8 | 5 | 68 | Lennie Pond | Kings Mountain Truck Plaza (Jim Testa) | Chevrolet | 493 | 2,175 | running | 0 | |
| 9 | 16 | 90 | Jody Ridley | Truxmore / Sunny King (Junie Donlavey) | Ford | 491 | 4,980 | running | 0 | 138 |
| 10 | 21 | 25 | Ronnie Thomas | Carl Shelton Construction (Don Robertson) | Chevrolet | 489 | 4,235 | running | 0 | 134 |
| 11 | 15 | 7 | Lake Speed | Sanyo (Nelson Malloch) | Chevrolet | 488 | 3,750 | running | 0 | |
| 12 | 11 | 71 | Dave Marcis | Buck Stove / Hudson Transmission (Dave Marcis) | Chevrolet | 486 | 3,580 | running | 0 | 127 |
| 13 | 28 | 67 | Buddy Arrington | Hills Racing (Buddy Arrington) | Dodge | 485 | 3,375 | running | 0 | 124 |
| 14 | 22 | 29 | Dave Dion | Merrimack Lincoln-Mercury (Dave Dion) | Ford | 481 | 1,520 | running | 0 | 121 |
| 15 | 32 | 24 | Cecil Gordon | South Hill Texaco (Cecil Gordon) | Oldsmobile | 472 | 3,095 | running | 0 | 118 |
| 16 | 38 | 74 | Joe Booher | Booher Farms (Bobby Wawak) | Chevrolet | 469 | 1,350 | running | 0 | |
| 17 | 12 | 43 | Richard Petty | STP (Petty Enterprises) | Chevrolet | 468 | 7,465 | engine | 4 | 117 |
| 18 | 33 | 45 | Joel Stowe | Iron Peddlers (Baxter Price) | Chevrolet | 460 | 2,730 | running | 0 | 109 |
| 19 | 26 | 48 | James Hylton | Palatine Automotive Parts (James Hylton) | Chevrolet | 455 | 2,560 | running | 0 | 106 |
| 20 | 18 | 17 | Roger Hamby | Kings Inn Daytona (Roger Hamby) | Chevrolet | 453 | 1,790 | running | 0 | 103 |
| 21 | 36 | 80 | John Callis | Bo Laws Automotive (John Callis) | Ford | 449 | 900 | running | 0 | 100 |
| 22 | 40 | 97 | Eddie Dickerson | Reid Trailer Sales (Buddy Arrington) | Dodge | 448 | 850 | running | 0 | 97 |
| 23 | 24 | 75 | Kyle Petty | STP (RahMoc Enterprises) | Chevrolet | 416 | 775 | running | 0 | 94 |
| 24 | 35 | 99 | Dick May | Booher Farms (Bill Hollar) | Chevrolet | 415 | 700 | valve | 0 | |
| 25 | 34 | 9 | Frank Warren | Countian Press (Frank Warren) | Dodge | 405 | 675 | engine | 0 | |
| 26 | 27 | 46 | Travis Tiller | Ring Enterprises (Travis Tiller) | Oldsmobile | 403 | 650 | engine | 0 | 85 |
| 27 | 19 | 52 | Jimmy Means | Thompson Industries (Jimmy Means) | Chevrolet | 386 | 1,690 | engine | 0 | 82 |
| 28 | 4 | 44 | Terry Labonte | Apache Classic Stove (Billy Hagan) | Chevrolet | 357 | 5,050 | engine | 0 | 79 |
| 29 | 29 | 79 | Junior Miller | Miller Roofing (Junior Miller) | Chevrolet | 336 | 1,630 | rear end | 0 | 76 |
| 30 | 7 | 15 | Bobby Allison | Mike Curb / Hodgdon (Bud Moore) | Ford | 264 | 5,000 | valve | 1 | 78 |
| 31 | 17 | 40 | Tim Richmond | UNO (D.K. Ulrich) | Chevrolet | 258 | 1,585 | cylinder head | 0 | 70 |
| 32 | 23 | 19 | John Anderson | Belden Asphalt (Henley Gray) | Chevrolet | 248 | 1,555 | oil pump | 0 | 67 |
| 33 | 20 | 77 | Kenny Hemphill | Warren Fabricating (John Rebhan) | Chevrolet | 179 | 520 | crash | 4 | |
| 34 | 9 | 2 | Dale Earnhardt | Mike Curb / Hodgdon (Rod Osterlund) | Chevrolet | 151 | 6,210 | engine | 1 | 66 |
| 35 | 39 | 61 | Bub Strickler | Duro-Bond (Jim Norris) | Chevrolet | 149 | 500 | axle | 0 | |
| 36 | 31 | 64 | Tommy Gale | Sunny King Ford & Honda (Elmo Langley) | Ford | 115 | 990 | engine | 0 | 55 |
| 37 | 14 | 3 | Richard Childress | CRC Chemicals (Richard Childress) | Chevrolet | 66 | 980 | engine | 0 | 52 |
| 38 | 25 | 70 | J.D. McDuffie | Bailey Excavating (J.D. McDuffie) | Chevrolet | 65 | 970 | engine | 0 | 49 |
| 39 | 30 | 4 | Bob Riley | Atlantic Interstate Messenger (Joe May) | Chevrolet | 55 | 460 | oil leak | 0 | |
| 40 | 37 | 1 | Steve Gray | Belden Asphalt (Henley Gray) | Buick | 35 | 450 | head gasket | 0 | |