| Fin |
St |
# |
Driver |
Sponsor / Owner |
Car |
Laps |
Money |
Status |
Led |
| 1 | 1 | 88 | Darrell Waltrip (WC) | Gatorade (DiGard) | Chevrolet | 119 | 24,700 | running | 56 |
| 2 | 5 | 2 | Dale Earnhardt (WC) | Rod Osterlund | Chevrolet | 119 | 19,400 | running | 0 |
| 3 | 3 | 43 | Richard Petty (WC) | STP (Petty Enterprises) | Chevrolet | 119 | 15,100 | running | 13 |
| 4 | 9 | 72 | Joe Millikan (WC) | DeWitt Trucking (L.G. DeWitt) | Chevrolet | 119 | 10,200 | running | 0 |
| 5 | 10 | 73 | Bill Schmitt | Shasta County Bank (Bill Schmitt) | Oldsmobile | 119 | 7,455 | running | 0 |
| 6 | 13 | 3 | Richard Childress (WC) | CRC Chemicals (Richard Childress) | Chevrolet | 118 | 5,280 | running | 0 |
| 7 | 15 | 44 | Terry Labonte (WC) | Stratagraph (Billy Hagan) | Chevrolet | 118 | 4,810 | running | 0 |
| 8 | 28 | 40 | Bill Whittington | Midwestern Farm Lines (D.K. Ulrich) | Chevrolet | 117 | 4,400 | running | 0 |
| 9 | 26 | 55 | Don Whittington | Warner / Curb (DiGard) | Chevrolet | 117 | 2,300 | running | 0 |
| 10 | 14 | 25 | Ronnie Thomas (WC) | Stone's Cafeteria (Don Robertson) | Chevrolet | 116 | 4,190 | running | 0 |
| 11 | 22 | 8 | James Hylton (WC) | G.W. Dickinson (James Hylton) | Chevrolet | 115 | 3,720 | running | 0 |
| 12 | 20 | 75 | Harry Gant (WC) | RahMoc Enterprises | Oldsmobile | 115 | 1,800 | running | 0 |
| 13 | 34 | 45 | Roy Smith | Iron Peddlers (Baxter Price) | Chevrolet | 114 | 1,700 | running | 0 |
| 14 | 16 | 67 | Buddy Arrington (WC) | Switzer Construction (Buddy Arrington) | Dodge | 114 | 3,260 | running | 0 |
| 15 | 17 | 70 | J.D. McDuffie (WC) | Bailey Excavating (J.D. McDuffie) | Chevrolet | 113 | 3,050 | running | 0 |
| 16 | 35 | 90 | Jody Ridley (WC) | Truxmore / Sunny King (Junie Donlavey) | Ford | 113 | 3,340 | running | 0 |
| 17 | 6 | 71 | Dave Marcis (WC) | Hudson Transmission (Dave Marcis) | Chevrolet | 112 | 2,630 | running | 9 |
| 18 | 4 | 15 | Bobby Allison (WC) | Hodgdon / Moore (Bud Moore) | Ford | 109 | 5,750 | engine | 0 |
| 19 | 24 | 13 | Don Puskarich | Matt Puskarich | Chevrolet | 109 | 1,250 | running | 0 |
| 20 | 31 | 19 | Vince Giamformaggio | Belden Asphalt (Henley Gray) | Chevrolet | 109 | 2,260 | running | 0 |
| 21 | 37 | 52 | Jimmy Means (WC) | Mr. Transmission (Jimmy Means) | Chevrolet | 108 | 2,185 | running | 0 |
| 22 | 11 | 7 | Dick Brooks (WC) | Sanyo (Nelson Malloch) | Chevrolet | 104 | 2,150 | sway bar | 0 |
| 23 | 2 | 11 | Cale Yarborough (WC) | Busch (Junior Johnson) | Chevrolet | 103 | 5,530 | engine | 41 |
| 24 | 21 | 78 | Jim Robinson | San-Val Supply (A.J. Kurten) | Chevrolet | 103 | 1,580 | running | 0 |
| 25 | 23 | 37 | Chuck Wahl | Excel Trailer (DuWayne Wahl) | Chevrolet | 88 | 1,005 | running | 0 |
| 26 | 12 | 93 | Hershel McGriff | Bigelow Paint | Dodge | 82 | 955 | engine | 0 |
| 27 | 36 | 57 | Steve Pfeifer | Don Guy | Chevrolet | 82 | 905 | running | 0 |
| 28 | 7 | 48 | Dan Gurney (WC) | Lubri-Lon (Rod Osterlund) | Chevrolet | 79 | 1,105 | transmission | 0 |
| 29 | 32 | 24 | Lake Speed (WC) | Reliable RV (Cecil Gordon) | Oldsmobile | 79 | 1,305 | engine | 0 |
| 30 | 25 | 18 | Randy Ogden (WC) | Jack Ogden | Chevrolet | 73 | 755 | engine | 0 |
| 31 | 18 | 81 | John Borneman | Borneman Plastering (John Borneman) | Chevrolet | 72 | 700 | transmission | 0 |
| 32 | 30 | 79 | Dick May (WC) | Native Tan (Frank Warren) | Dodge | 71 | 1,150 | oil pump | 0 |
| 33 | 8 | 27 | Benny Parsons (WC) | Melling Tool (M.C. Anderson) | Chevrolet | 52 | 5,050 | transmission | 0 |
| 34 | 27 | 21 | Neil Bonnett (WC) | Purolator (Wood Brothers) | Mercury | 35 | 1,050 | oil line | 0 |
| 35 | 29 | 08 | Rick McCray | Rick McCray | Buick | 34 | 500 | engine | 0 |
| 36 | 19 | 47 | Chuck Bown (WC) | J & S Trucking | Chevrolet | 30 | 500 | engine | 0 |
| 37 | 33 | 97 | Bill Osborne | Ivan Baldwin | Chevrolet | 20 | 500 | rear end | 0 |
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