| Fin |
St |
# |
Driver |
Sponsor / Owner |
Car |
Laps |
Money |
Status |
Led |
Points |
| 1 | 2 | 43 | Richard Petty | STP (Petty Enterprises) | Chevrolet | 500 | 23,400 | running | 247 | 185 |
| 2 | 4 | 28 | Buddy Baker | Spectra (Harry Ranier) | Chevrolet | 500 | 14,700 | running | 196 | 175 |
| 3 | 1 | 88 | Darrell Waltrip | Gatorade (DiGard) | Chevrolet | 499 | 10,200 | running | 49 | 170 |
| 4 | 3 | 15 | Bobby Allison | Hodgdon / Moore (Bud Moore) | Ford | 498 | 7,100 | running | 1 | 165 |
| 5 | 8 | 72 | Joe Millikan | Appliance Wheels (L.G. DeWitt) | Chevrolet | 497 | 6,550 | running | 0 | 155 |
| 6 | 21 | 47 | Harry Gant | Race Hill Farm (Jack Beebe) | Chevrolet | 497 | 2,500 | running | 0 | 150 |
| 7 | 14 | 48 | James Hylton | Palatine Automotive Parts (James Hylton) | Chevrolet | 495 | 4,200 | engine | 7 | 151 |
| 8 | 11 | 2 | Dale Earnhardt | Rod Osterlund | Chevrolet | 495 | 4,200 | running | 0 | 142 |
| 9 | 19 | 44 | Terry Labonte | Stratagraph (Billy Hagan) | Chevrolet | 494 | 3,350 | running | 0 | 138 |
| 10 | 10 | 70 | J.D. McDuffie | Bailey Excavating (J.D. McDuffie) | Chevrolet | 493 | 3,080 | running | 0 | 134 |
| 11 | 5 | 11 | Cale Yarborough | Busch (Junior Johnson) | Oldsmobile | 492 | 5,050 | running | 0 | 130 |
| 12 | 17 | 90 | Ricky Rudd | Truxmore (Junie Donlavey) | Ford | 489 | 2,470 | running | 0 | 127 |
| 13 | 22 | 30 | Tighe Scott | Russ Togs (Walter Ballard) | Buick | 488 | 2,300 | running | 0 | 124 |
| 14 | 16 | 3 | Richard Childress | CRC Chemicals (Richard Childress) | Chevrolet | 485 | 2,140 | running | 0 | 121 |
| 15 | 15 | 40 | D.K. Ulrich | Midwestern Farm Lines (D.K. Ulrich) | Chevrolet | 476 | 1,980 | running | 0 | 118 |
| 16 | 25 | 64 | Tommy Gale | Sunny King Ford & Honda (Elmo Langley) | Ford | 476 | 1,820 | running | 0 | 115 |
| 17 | 30 | 24 | Cecil Gordon | Gordon-Barnicle (Cecil Gordon) | Oldsmobile | 474 | 1,685 | running | 0 | 112 |
| 18 | 20 | 79 | Frank Warren | Native Tan (Frank Warren) | Dodge | 472 | 1,500 | running | 0 | 109 |
| 19 | 13 | 27 | Benny Parsons | Power Tool Service (M.C. Anderson) | Chevrolet | 458 | 675 | running | 0 | 106 |
| 20 | 26 | 25 | Ronnie Thomas | 1st National City Travelers Checks (Don Robertson) | Chevrolet | 454 | 2,150 | running | 0 | 103 |
| 21 | 27 | 05 | Dick Brooks | Bearfinder (Nelson Malloch) | Oldsmobile | 437 | 640 | running | 0 | 100 |
| 22 | 18 | 67 | Buddy Arrington | Reid Trailer Sales (Buddy Arrington) | Dodge | 312 | 1,130 | engine | 0 | 97 |
| 23 | 7 | 68 | Chuck Bown | Kings Mountain Truck Plaza (Jim Testa) | Buick | 263 | 620 | engine | 0 | |
| 24 | 29 | 45 | Baxter Price | Baxter Price | Chevrolet | 247 | 860 | engine | 0 | 91 |
| 25 | 9 | 21 | Neil Bonnett | Purolator (Wood Brothers) | Mercury | 207 | 850 | engine | 0 | 88 |
| 26 | 24 | 02 | Dave Marcis | Shoney's (Dave Marcis) | Chevrolet | 167 | 590 | engine | 0 | 85 |
| 27 | 12 | 1 | Donnie Allison | Hawaiian Tropic (Hoss Ellington) | Chevrolet | 137 | 3,030 | engine | 0 | 82 |
| 28 | 28 | 52 | Jimmy Means | Mr. Transmission (Jimmy Means) | Chevrolet | 132 | 820 | overheating | 0 | 79 |
| 29 | 6 | 12 | Lennie Pond | Kencoal Mining (Kennie Childers) | Chevrolet | 10 | 810 | engine | 0 | 76 |
| 30 | 23 | 19 | Dick May | Belden Asphalt (Henley Gray) | Chevrolet | 0 | 800 | engine | 0 | |