| Fin |
St |
# |
Driver |
Sponsor / Owner |
Car |
Laps |
Money |
Status |
Led |
Points |
| 1 | 1 | 11 | Darrell Waltrip | Mountain Dew (Junior Johnson) | Buick | 95 | 23,650 | running | 39 | 185 |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | Dale Earnhardt | Wrangler (Rod Osterlund) | Pontiac | 95 | 18,725 | running | 11 | 175 |
| 3 | 3 | 43 | Richard Petty | STP (Petty Enterprises) | Buick | 95 | 12,200 | running | 25 | 170 |
| 4 | 4 | 21 | Neil Bonnett | Purolator (Wood Brothers) | Ford | 95 | 4,650 | running | 14 | 165 |
| 5 | 6 | 88 | Ricky Rudd | Gatorade (DiGard) | Buick | 95 | 8,900 | running | 0 | 155 |
| 6 | 13 | 42 | Kyle Petty | STP (Petty Enterprises) | Buick | 95 | 4,860 | running | 2 | 155 |
| 7 | 25 | 90 | Jody Ridley | Truxmore / Sunny King (Junie Donlavey) | Ford | 95 | 5,610 | running | 0 | 146 |
| 8 | 14 | 0 | Roy Smith | Aircraft Standards (Robert Beadle) | Buick | 95 | 4,740 | running | 0 | 142 |
| 9 | 21 | 71 | Dave Marcis | Buck Stove / Hudson Transmission (Dave Marcis) | Chevrolet | 95 | 3,930 | running | 0 | 138 |
| 10 | 22 | 78 | Jim Robinson | Hammer Security (Jack Williams) | Oldsmobile | 93 | 3,595 | running | 0 | 134 |
| 11 | 24 | 22 | Stan Barrett | Skoal Bandit (Hal Needham) | Pontiac | 93 | 2,100 | running | 0 | 130 |
| 12 | 19 | 70 | J.D. McDuffie | Bailey Excavating (J.D. McDuffie) | Pontiac | 93 | 3,450 | running | 0 | 127 |
| 13 | 33 | 24 | Cecil Gordon | Johnson Truck Body (Cecil Gordon) | Buick | 93 | 3,240 | running | 0 | 124 |
| 14 | 35 | 17 | Steve Pfeifer | Kings Inn Daytona (Roger Hamby) | Chevrolet | 92 | 3,080 | running | 0 | 121 |
| 15 | 30 | 18 | Randy Ogden | Piedmont Airlines (Jack Ogden) | Oldsmobile | 88 | 1,175 | running | 0 | 118 |
| 16 | 27 | 8 | Rick O'Dell | Behn's Ent. / Delta Inst. (Torsten Behn) | Buick | 86 | 2,145 | running | 0 | 115 |
| 17 | 31 | 13 | Don Puskarich | Puskarich Racing (Matt Puskarich) | Oldsmobile | 86 | 1,960 | running | 0 | 112 |
| 18 | 23 | 3 | Richard Childress | McDonald's (Richard Childress) | Pontiac | 83 | 2,215 | crash | 0 | 109 |
| 19 | 26 | 48 | James Hylton | Palatine Auto Parts (James Hylton) | Pontiac | 79 | 2,180 | running | 0 | 106 |
| 20 | 5 | 15 | Benny Parsons | Melling Tool (Bud Moore) | Ford | 72 | 6,375 | crash | 0 | 103 |
| 21 | 10 | 5 | Morgan Shepherd | Performance Connection (Cliff Stewart) | Pontiac | 72 | 5,850 | crash | 0 | 100 |
| 22 | 9 | 44 | Terry Labonte | Stratagraph (Billy Hagan) | Buick | 71 | 6,375 | engine | 2 | 102 |
| 23 | 20 | 38 | Don Waterman | St. John's Auto Parts (Don Waterman) | Buick | 68 | 1,570 | oil leak | 1 | 99 |
| 24 | 15 | 73 | Bill Schmitt | Pro-Power Engines (Bill Schmitt) | Buick | 56 | 1,525 | engine | 0 | 91 |
| 25 | 11 | 01 | Hershel McGriff | Industrial Leasing (Gerald Craker) | Buick | 53 | 800 | engine | 1 | 93 |
| 26 | 32 | 67 | Buddy Arrington | Hills Racing (Buddy Arrington) | Dodge | 48 | 1,275 | engine | 0 | 85 |
| 27 | 18 | 64 | D.K. Ulrich | Bondurant Driving School (D.K. Ulrich) | Oldsmobile | 43 | 1,250 | crash | 0 | 82 |
| 28 | 29 | 52 | Jimmy Means | Broadway Motors (Jimmy Means) | Pontiac | 29 | 1,225 | crash | 0 | 79 |
| 29 | 7 | 28 | Bobby Allison | Hardee's (Harry Ranier) | Buick | 26 | 6,150 | engine | 0 | 76 |
| 30 | 28 | 40 | Tommy Gale | Price Racing (D.K. Ulrich) | Buick | 25 | 675 | engine | 0 | 73 |
| 31 | 8 | 33 | Harry Gant | Skoal Bandit (Hal Needham) | Chevrolet | 23 | 650 | engine | 0 | 70 |
| 32 | 17 | 16 | Jim Bown | Rose Auto Wrecking (Dick Bown) | Oldsmobile | 14 | 625 | overheating | 0 | 67 |
| 33 | 16 | 99 | Tim Richmond | UNO (D.K. Ulrich) | Buick | 12 | 1,100 | crash | 0 | 64 |
| 34 | 34 | 25 | Ronnie Thomas | Thomas Racing (Ronnie Thomas) | Pontiac | 7 | 1,050 | engine | 0 | 61 |
| 35 | 12 | 86 | Elliott Forbes-Robinson | Cal-Tex (Richard Howard) | Buick | 2 | 500 | engine | 0 | 58 |
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