| Fin |
St |
# |
Driver |
Sponsor / Owner |
Car |
Laps |
Money |
Status |
Led |
Points |
| 1 | 9 | 88 | Bobby Allison | Gatorade (DiGard) | Buick | 160 | 42,100 | running | 112 | 185 |
| 2 | 7 | 9 | Bill Elliott | Melling Tool (Harry Melling) | Ford | 160 | 21,800 | running | 0 | 170 |
| 3 | 14 | 47 | Ron Bouchard | J.D. Stacy (Jack Beebe) | Buick | 160 | 22,500 | running | 0 | 165 |
| 4 | 11 | 98 | Morgan Shepherd | Levi Garrett (Ron Benfield) | Buick | 160 | 13,030 | running | 0 | 160 |
| 5 | 18 | 03 | David Pearson | Carolina Tool / Chattanooga Chew (Bobby Hawkins) | Buick | 160 | 8,190 | running | 0 | 155 |
| 6 | 1 | 50 | Geoffrey Bodine | Performance Connection (Cliff Stewart) | Pontiac | 160 | 16,700 | running | 4 | 155 |
| 7 | 2 | 3 | Ricky Rudd | Piedmont Airlines (Richard Childress) | Pontiac | 160 | 10,420 | running | 0 | 146 |
| 8 | 3 | 28 | Buddy Baker | J.D. Stacy (Harry Ranier) | Pontiac | 158 | 14,025 | running | 2 | 147 |
| 9 | 12 | 17 | Lake Speed | Yazoo Mowers (Roger Hamby) | Buick | 157 | 8,700 | running | 0 | 138 |
| 10 | 20 | 71 | Dave Marcis | Marcis Racing (Dave Marcis) | Buick | 157 | 8,290 | running | 0 | 134 |
| 11 | 23 | 70 | J.D. McDuffie | McDuffie Racing (J.D. McDuffie) | Pontiac | 156 | 7,555 | running | 0 | 130 |
| 12 | 28 | 67 | Buddy Arrington | Hills Racing (Buddy Arrington) | Dodge | 156 | 7,135 | running | 0 | 127 |
| 13 | 37 | 66 | Lowell Cowell | Kings Inn Daytona (Roger Hamby) | Oldsmobile | 155 | 3,975 | running | 0 | 124 |
| 14 | 39 | 64 | Tommy Gale | Sunny King Ford & Honda (Elmo Langley) | Ford | 153 | 6,375 | running | 0 | 121 |
| 15 | 30 | 90 | Jody Ridley | J.D. Stacy (Junie Donlavey) | Ford | 152 | 10,925 | running | 0 | 118 |
| 16 | 36 | 24 | Lennie Pond | Native Tan (Cecil Gordon) | Buick | 152 | 5,615 | running | 0 | 115 |
| 17 | 22 | 0 | Delma Cowart | Bon Trucking (H.L. Waters) | Buick | 151 | 3,005 | running | 0 | 112 |
| 18 | 35 | 99 | Philip Duffie | U.S. Duffie Sand & Gravel (Philip Duffie) | Buick | 150 | 2,670 | running | 0 | 109 |
| 19 | 34 | 48 | James Hylton | Palatine Auto Parts (James Hylton) | Buick | 146 | 4,785 | running | 0 | 106 |
| 20 | 24 | 8 | Bobby Hillin, Jr. | Hillin Drilling (Bobby Hillin, Sr.) | Buick | 144 | 2,550 | running | 0 | 103 |
| 21 | 29 | 52 | Jimmy Means | Broadway Motors (Jimmy Means) | Buick | 143 | 4,330 | running | 0 | 100 |
| 22 | 5 | 27 | Cale Yarborough | Valvoline (M.C. Anderson) | Buick | 141 | 2,820 | suspension | 17 | 102 |
| 23 | 17 | 2 | Tim Richmond | Stacy-Pak (Jim Stacy) | Buick | 138 | 3,980 | crash | 3 | 99 |
| 24 | 8 | 33 | Harry Gant | 7-Eleven / Skoal Bandit (Hal Needham) | Buick | 135 | 4,355 | crash | 16 | 96 |
| 25 | 10 | 43 | Richard Petty | STP (Petty Enterprises) | Pontiac | 135 | 10,375 | crash | 5 | 93 |
| 26 | 32 | 46 | Travis Tiller | Ring Enterprises (Travis Tiller) | Buick | 133 | 1,860 | headers | 0 | 85 |
| 27 | 6 | 44 | Terry Labonte | Texas Jeans (Billy Hagan) | Buick | 121 | 3,550 | engine | 1 | 87 |
| 28 | 26 | 19 | Benny Parsons | Gray Racing (Henley Gray) | Buick | 100 | 1,730 | clutch | 0 | 79 |
| 29 | 13 | 15 | Dale Earnhardt | Wrangler Jeans (Bud Moore) | Ford | 89 | 9,265 | engine | 0 | 76 |
| 30 | 40 | 39 | Blackie Wangerin | Oak Ridge Boys (Blackie Wangerin) | Ford | 73 | 1,600 | piston | 0 | 73 |
| 31 | 15 | 02 | Mark Martin | Apache Stove / Rogers (Bud Reeder) | Pontiac | 64 | 3,275 | crash | 0 | 70 |
| 32 | 19 | 21 | Neil Bonnett | Warner Hodgdon / National Eng. (Wood Brothers) | Ford | 59 | 1,480 | crash | 0 | 67 |
| 33 | 33 | 62 | Rick Wilson | Wilson Racing (Rick Wilson) | Buick | 59 | 1,420 | crash | 0 | 64 |
| 34 | 25 | 40 | Slick Johnson | Price Racing (D.K. Ulrich) | Buick | 59 | 1,385 | overheating | 0 | 61 |
| 35 | 38 | 6 | Bob Jarvis | Clinomint (D.K. Ulrich) | Buick | 47 | 2,300 | crash | 0 | 58 |
| 36 | 4 | 11 | Darrell Waltrip | Mountain Dew (Junior Johnson) | Buick | 45 | 11,330 | engine | 0 | 55 |
| 37 | 31 | 22 | Marty Robbins | Marty Robbins | Buick | 45 | 1,260 | engine | 0 | 52 |
| 38 | 16 | 1 | Kyle Petty | STP / UNO (Hoss Ellington) | Buick | 41 | 1,240 | clutch | 0 | 49 |
| 39 | 27 | 4 | Connie Saylor | Spencer Racing (G.C. Spencer) | Oldsmobile | 14 | 1,220 | piston | 0 | 46 |
| 40 | 21 | 75 | Joe Ruttman | Pet Dairy (RahMoc Enterprises) | Buick | 6 | 2,900 | fuel pump | 0 | 43 |
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