| Fin |
St |
# |
Driver |
Sponsor / Owner |
Car |
Laps |
Money |
Status |
Led |
Points |
| 1 | 2 | 21 | Neil Bonnett | Purolator (Wood Brothers) | Mercury | 160 | 21,705 | running | 77 | 185 |
| 2 | 3 | 27 | Benny Parsons | Griffin Marine (M.C. Anderson) | Oldsmobile | 160 | 16,875 | running | 6 | 175 |
| 3 | 21 | 2 | Dale Earnhardt | Rod Osterlund | Oldsmobile | 160 | 14,980 | running | 1 | 170 |
| 4 | 6 | 88 | Darrell Waltrip | Gatorade (DiGard) | Oldsmobile | 159 | 12,280 | running | 54 | 165 |
| 5 | 11 | 43 | Richard Petty | STP (Petty Enterprises) | Oldsmobile | 158 | 9,480 | running | 2 | 160 |
| 6 | 12 | 68 | Chuck Bown | Kings Mountain Truck Plaza (Jim Testa) | Buick | 157 | 4,990 | running | 0 | 150 |
| 7 | 15 | 47 | Harry Gant | Race Hill Farm (Jack Beebe) | Oldsmobile | 157 | 4,240 | running | 0 | 146 |
| 8 | 24 | 72 | Joe Millikan | Appliance Wheels (L.G. DeWitt) | Oldsmobile | 156 | 7,540 | running | 0 | 142 |
| 9 | 37 | 05 | Dick Brooks | Sub-Tropic (Nelson Malloch) | Oldsmobile | 156 | 5,575 | running | 0 | 138 |
| 11 | 27 | 9 | Bill Elliott | Yandle / Thermol King (George Elliott) | Mercury | 156 | 2,960 | running | 0 | 130 |
| 12 | 23 | 1 | Donnie Allison | Hawaiian Tropic (Hoss Ellington) | Chevrolet | 155 | 2,935 | running | 0 | 127 |
| 13 | 19 | 90 | Ricky Rudd | Truxmore (Junie Donlavey) | Mercury | 155 | 5,075 | running | 0 | 124 |
| 14 | 9 | 30 | Tighe Scott | Russ Togs (Walter Ballard) | Buick | 154 | 4,865 | running | 0 | 121 |
| 15 | 7 | 67 | Buddy Arrington | Rossmeyer (Buddy Arrington) | Dodge | 154 | 4,555 | running | 0 | 118 |
| 17 | 22 | 71 | Dave Marcis | Shoney's (Dave Marcis) | Chevrolet | 151 | 3,635 | running | 0 | 112 |
| 19 | 30 | 48 | James Hylton | Palatine Automotive Parts (James Hylton) | Chevrolet | 151 | 3,415 | running | 1 | 111 |
| 18 | 35 | 40 | D.K. Ulrich | U.S. Army (D.K. Ulrich) | Buick | 151 | 3,775 | running | 0 | 109 |
| 20 | 5 | 11 | Cale Yarborough | Busch (Junior Johnson) | Oldsmobile | 149 | 6,960 | running | 0 | 103 |
| 21 | 32 | 70 | J.D. McDuffie | Bailey Excavating (J.D. McDuffie) | Chevrolet | 146 | 2,855 | running | 0 | 100 |
| 22 | 38 | 52 | Jimmy Means | Mr. Transmission (Jimmy Means) | Chevrolet | 146 | 2,645 | running | 0 | 97 |
| 23 | 40 | 20 | Rick Newsom | MARS (Rick Newsom) | Oldsmobile | 145 | 1,410 | running | 0 | 94 |
| 24 | 33 | 39 | Blackie Wangerin | Blackie Wangerin | Mercury | 144 | 1,385 | blew tire | 0 | 91 |
| 25 | 28 | 14 | Coo Coo Marlin | Cunningham-Kelley (H.B. Cunningham) | Chevrolet | 138 | 1,360 | engine | 0 | 88 |
| 26 | 17 | 17 | Roger Hamby | Kings Inn (Roger Hamby) | Oldsmobile | 137 | 2,260 | running | 0 | 85 |
| 27 | 36 | 64 | Tommy Gale | Sunny King Ford & Honda (Elmo Langley) | Ford | 121 | 2,225 | rear end | 0 | 82 |
| 28 | 13 | 12 | Lennie Pond | Burger King (Kennie Childers) | Oldsmobile | 105 | 1,285 | engine | 0 | 79 |
| 29 | 10 | 44 | Terry Labonte | Stratagraph (Billy Hagan) | Buick | 89 | 2,165 | crash | 0 | 76 |
| 30 | 20 | 15 | Bobby Allison | Hodgdon / Moore (Bud Moore) | Ford | 89 | 4,925 | crash | 0 | 73 |
| 34 | 1 | 28 | Buddy Baker | W.I.N. (Harry Ranier) | Oldsmobile | 57 | 4,255 | ignition | 16 | 66 |
| 33 | 4 | 41 | Grant Adcox | Adcox-Kirby (Herb Adcox) | Oldsmobile | 81 | 1,180 | engine | 0 | 64 |
| 35 | 41 | 24 | Cecil Gordon | Cecil Gordon | Oldsmobile | 50 | 1,915 | engine | 0 | 58 |
| 36 | 39 | 46 | Travis Tiller | Ring Enterprises (Travis Tiller) | Dodge | 46 | 1,025 | engine | 0 | 55 |
| 37 | 16 | 3 | Richard Childress | CRC Chemicals (Richard Childress) | Oldsmobile | 28 | 1,520 | engine | 0 | 52 |
| 38 | 29 | 38 | Sandy Satullo | Copper Kettle Marina (Sandy Satullo) | Buick | 18 | 1,015 | crash | 0 | 49 |
| 39 | 34 | 32 | Jimmy Finger | Vita Fresh / Pharis Chevy (Don Bierschwale) | Buick | 17 | 1,010 | crash | 0 | 46 |
| 40 | 14 | 79 | Frank Warren | Native Tan (Frank Warren) | Dodge | 7 | 1,505 | engine | 0 | 43 |
| 41 | 25 | 50 | Bruce Hill | Global Heat Exchanger (Walter Ballard) | Buick | 1 | 1,035 | engine | 0 | 40 |
| 10 | 8 | 51 | A.J. Foyt | Valvoline (A.J. Foyt) | Oldsmobile | 156 | 3,140 | running | 3 | |
| 16 | 26 | 87 | Gary Balough | Fast Lane Ltd. (Billie Harvey) | Oldsmobile | 154 | 1,750 | running | 0 | |
| 31 | 31 | 6 | Claude Ballot-Lena | Lady & Son Auction (G.C. Spencer) | Oldsmobile | 83 | 1,130 | engine | 0 | |
| 32 | 18 | 7 | Al Holbert | Holbert Porsche-Audi (Al Holbert) | Chevrolet | 82 | 895 | spindle | 0 | |
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