| Fin |
St |
# |
Driver |
Sponsor / Owner |
Car |
Laps |
Money |
Status |
Led |
Points |
| 1 | 5 | 15 | Dale Earnhardt | Wrangler Jeans (Bud Moore) | Ford | 367 | 31,450 | running | 181 | 185 |
| 2 | 9 | 27 | Cale Yarborough | Valvoline (M.C. Anderson) | Buick | 367 | 12,550 | running | 4 | 175 |
| 3 | 12 | 9 | Bill Elliott | Melling Tool (Harry Melling) | Ford | 367 | 9,900 | running | 0 | 165 |
| 4 | 4 | 28 | Benny Parsons | J.D. Stacy (Harry Ranier) | Pontiac | 367 | 14,275 | running | 36 | 165 |
| 5 | 13 | 2 | Tim Richmond | J.D. Stacy (Jim Stacy) | Buick | 366 | 9,180 | running | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | 11 | 44 | Terry Labonte | J.D. Stacy (Billy Hagan) | Buick | 366 | 7,980 | running | 0 | 150 |
| 7 | 20 | 02 | Mark Martin | Apache Stove (Bud Reeder) | Buick | 356 | 5,700 | running | 0 | 146 |
| 8 | 27 | 67 | Buddy Arrington | Hills Racing (Buddy Arrington) | Dodge | 356 | 7,110 | running | 0 | 142 |
| 9 | 29 | 37 | Donnie Allison | Simoniz (Bob Rogers) | Buick | 355 | 6,600 | running | 0 | 138 |
| 10 | 30 | 24 | Lennie Pond | Gordon Racing (Cecil Gordon) | Buick | 352 | 6,630 | running | 0 | 134 |
| 11 | 34 | 52 | Jimmy Means | Broadway Motors (Jimmy Means) | Buick | 346 | 6,020 | running | 0 | 130 |
| 12 | 33 | 64 | Tommy Gale | Sunny King Ford & Honda (Elmo Langley) | Ford | 346 | 5,760 | running | 0 | 127 |
| 13 | 32 | 25 | Ronnie Thomas | Thomas Racing (Ronnie Thomas) | Pontiac | 344 | 2,650 | running | 0 | 124 |
| 14 | 36 | 20 | Rick Newsom | Superior Piping (Rick Newsom) | Chevrolet | 340 | 2,450 | running | 0 | 121 |
| 15 | 28 | 6 | D.K. Ulrich | Old Milwaukee (D.K. Ulrich) | Buick | 335 | 4,700 | running | 0 | 118 |
| 16 | 15 | 50 | Joe Millikan | Performance Connection (Cliff Stewart) | Pontiac | 329 | 9,300 | cylinder head | 0 | 115 |
| 17 | 37 | 17 | Lake Speed | Yazoo Mowers (Roger Hamby) | Buick | 327 | 4,290 | engine | 0 | 112 |
| 18 | 22 | 42 | Kyle Petty | STP (Petty Enterprises) | Pontiac | 322 | 4,030 | crash | 0 | 109 |
| 19 | 6 | 33 | Harry Gant | 7-Eleven / Skoal Bandit (Hal Needham) | Buick | 320 | 3,640 | running | 0 | 106 |
| 20 | 35 | 40 | Dick May | Price Racing (D.K. Ulrich) | Buick | 315 | 1,950 | running | 0 | 103 |
| 21 | 24 | 94 | Bobby Wawak | Wawak Racing (Bobby Wawak) | Chevrolet | 288 | 1,750 | electrical | 0 | 100 |
| 22 | 18 | 90 | Jody Ridley | J.D. Stacy (Junie Donlavey) | Ford | 287 | 9,050 | engine | 0 | 97 |
| 23 | 2 | 11 | Darrell Waltrip | Mountain Dew (Junior Johnson) | Buick | 254 | 11,650 | crash | 71 | 99 |
| 24 | 3 | 21 | Neil Bonnett | Warner Hodgdon / National Eng. (Wood Brothers) | Ford | 253 | 1,575 | crash | 14 | 96 |
| 25 | 19 | 88 | Bobby Allison | Gatorade (DiGard) | Chevrolet | 230 | 8,100 | engine | 45 | 93 |
| 26 | 25 | 48 | Slick Johnson | U.S. Army (James Hylton) | Buick | 209 | 3,130 | crash | 1 | 90 |
| 27 | 16 | 71 | Dave Marcis | J.D. Stacy (Dave Marcis) | Buick | 172 | 3,100 | engine | 0 | 82 |
| 28 | 23 | 19 | John Anderson | Belden Asphalt (Henley Gray) | Buick | 151 | 1,410 | engine | 0 | 79 |
| 29 | 7 | 3 | Ricky Rudd | Piedmont Airlines (Richard Childress) | Pontiac | 133 | 3,050 | transmission | 0 | 76 |
| 30 | 10 | 98 | Morgan Shepherd | Levi Garrett (Ron Benfield) | Buick | 96 | 1,370 | engine | 12 | 78 |
| 31 | 17 | 43 | Richard Petty | STP (Petty Enterprises) | Pontiac | 89 | 9,150 | engine | 1 | 75 |
| 32 | 14 | 13 | Dick Brooks | Carolina Tool (Bobby Hawkins) | Ford | 58 | 1,330 | head gasket | 0 | 67 |
| 33 | 21 | 5 | Jim Sauter | J.D. Stacy (Jim Stacy) | Buick | 33 | 1,235 | crash | 0 | 64 |
| 34 | 8 | 47 | Ron Bouchard | J.D. Stacy (Jack Beebe) | Buick | 28 | 8,190 | engine | 0 | 61 |
| 35 | 31 | 36 | H.B. Bailey | Almeda Auto Parts (H.B. Bailey) | Pontiac | 18 | 1,170 | engine | 0 | 58 |
| 36 | 26 | 70 | J.D. McDuffie | Macks Stores (J.D. McDuffie) | Pontiac | 9 | 1,150 | crash | 0 | 55 |
| 37 | 1 | 1 | Buddy Baker | UNO (Hoss Ellington) | Buick | 3 | 3,225 | flywheel | 1 | 57 |
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