| Fin |
St |
# |
Driver |
Sponsor / Owner |
Car |
Laps |
Money |
Status |
Led |
Points |
| 1 | 7 | 2 | Dale Earnhardt | Mike Curb / Hodgdon (Rod Osterlund) | Chevrolet | 500 | 25,375 | running | 176 | 185 |
| 2 | 1 | 28 | Buddy Baker | NAPA / Regal Ride Shocks (Harry Ranier) | Chevrolet | 500 | 16,400 | running | 73 | 175 |
| 3 | 2 | 11 | Cale Yarborough | Busch (Junior Johnson) | Oldsmobile | 500 | 11,975 | running | 51 | 170 |
| 4 | 8 | 27 | Benny Parsons | Melling Tool (M.C. Anderson) | Chevrolet | 499 | 7,700 | running | 0 | 160 |
| 5 | 10 | 71 | Dave Marcis | Buck Stove / Hudson Transmission (Dave Marcis) | Chevrolet | 499 | 5,860 | running | 36 | 160 |
| 6 | 6 | 12 | Donnie Allison | Ramey's Chevy City (Kennie Childers) | Chevrolet | 499 | 2,950 | running | 36 | 155 |
| 7 | 11 | 44 | Terry Labonte | Apache Classic Stove (Billy Hagan) | Chevrolet | 497 | 5,700 | running | 0 | 146 |
| 8 | 16 | 67 | Buddy Arrington | Reid Trailer Sales (Buddy Arrington) | Dodge | 496 | 3,660 | running | 0 | 142 |
| 9 | 13 | 90 | Jody Ridley | Truxmore / Sunny King (Junie Donlavey) | Ford | 496 | 3,790 | running | 0 | 138 |
| 10 | 25 | 48 | James Hylton | Palatine Automotive Parts (James Hylton) | Chevrolet | 484 | 3,080 | running | 0 | 134 |
| 11 | 26 | 64 | Tommy Gale | Sunny King (Elmo Langley) | Ford | 471 | 2,760 | running | 0 | 130 |
| 12 | 20 | 40 | Tim Richmond | UNO (D.K. Ulrich) | Chevrolet | 469 | 2,550 | running | 0 | 127 |
| 13 | 28 | 24 | Cecil Gordon | South Hill Texaco (Cecil Gordon) | Oldsmobile | 465 | 2,340 | running | 0 | 124 |
| 14 | 21 | 17 | Roger Hamby | Kings Inn Daytona (Roger Hamby) | Chevrolet | 449 | 1,930 | running | 0 | 121 |
| 15 | 12 | 43 | Richard Petty | STP (Petty Enterprises) | Chevrolet | 443 | 5,800 | running | 1 | 123 |
| 16 | 18 | 75 | John Anderson | RahMoc Enterprises | Buick | 396 | 800 | overheating | 0 | 115 |
| 17 | 22 | 79 | Junior Miller | Miller Roofing (Junior Miller) | Chevrolet | 349 | 1,945 | engine | 0 | 112 |
| 18 | 15 | 25 | Ronnie Thomas | Stone's Cafeteria (Don Robertson) | Chevrolet | 330 | 1,760 | sway bar | 0 | 109 |
| 19 | 4 | 21 | Neil Bonnett | Purolator (Wood Brothers) | Mercury | 319 | 1,225 | engine | 0 | 106 |
| 20 | 31 | 7 | Lake Speed | Sanyo (Nelson Malloch) | Chevrolet | 314 | 1,500 | rear end | 0 | 103 |
| 21 | 5 | 88 | Darrell Waltrip | Gatorade (DiGard) | Chevrolet | 308 | 5,140 | engine | 47 | 105 |
| 22 | 3 | 15 | Bobby Allison | Mike Curb / Hodgdon (Bud Moore) | Ford | 288 | 4,130 | spindle | 64 | 102 |
| 23 | 14 | 37 | Don Sprouse | Rogers Auto Leasing (Bob Rogers) | Chevrolet | 239 | 670 | crash | 0 | 94 |
| 24 | 19 | 53 | Slick Johnson | Johnson Racing (J.D. Johnson) | Chevrolet | 215 | 660 | oil pump | 0 | 91 |
| 25 | 17 | 3 | Richard Childress | CRC Chemicals (Richard Childress) | Chevrolet | 182 | 1,350 | crash | 0 | 88 |
| 26 | 23 | 70 | J.D. McDuffie | Bailey Excavating (J.D. McDuffie) | Chevrolet | 135 | 890 | engine | 0 | 85 |
| 27 | 29 | 42 | Kyle Petty | STP (Petty Enterprises) | Oldsmobile | 113 | 630 | rear end | 0 | 82 |
| 28 | 9 | 68 | Lennie Pond | Kings Mountain Truck Plaza (Jim Testa) | Chevrolet | 96 | 620 | engine | 16 | 84 |
| 29 | 30 | 47 | Harry Gant | Race Hill Farm (Jack Beebe) | Chevrolet | 42 | 860 | engine | 0 | 76 |
| 30 | 27 | 45 | Jimmy Means | Iron Peddlers / McWhirter (Baxter Price) | Chevrolet | 35 | 850 | engine | 0 | 73 |
| 31 | 24 | 29 | Dave Dion | Merrimack Lincoln-Mercury (Dave Dion) | Ford | 13 | 600 | oil pump | 0 | 70 |