| Fin |
St |
# |
Driver |
Sponsor / Owner |
Car |
Laps |
Money |
Status |
Led |
Points |
| 1 | 7 | 43 | Richard Petty | STP (Petty Enterprises) | Chevrolet | 492 | 20,960 | running | 139 | 180 |
| 2 | 2 | 27 | Benny Parsons | Griffin Marine (M.C. Anderson) | Chevrolet | 492 | 15,950 | running | 168 | 180 |
| 3 | 9 | 11 | Cale Yarborough | Busch (Junior Johnson) | Chevrolet | 492 | 11,800 | running | 50 | 170 |
| 4 | 6 | 1 | Donnie Allison | Hawaiian Tropic (Hoss Ellington) | Chevrolet | 490 | 5,000 | running | 6 | 165 |
| 5 | 10 | 2 | Dale Earnhardt | Rod Osterlund | Chevrolet | 488 | 8,300 | running | 0 | 155 |
| 6 | 3 | 88 | Darrell Waltrip | Gatorade (DiGard) | Chevrolet | 484 | 7,100 | running | 29 | 155 |
| 7 | 15 | 3 | Richard Childress | CRC Chemicals (Richard Childress) | Chevrolet | 476 | 5,400 | running | 0 | 146 |
| 8 | 20 | 25 | Ronnie Thomas | Stone's Cafeteria (Don Robertson) | Chevrolet | 476 | 5,950 | running | 0 | 142 |
| 9 | 16 | 71 | Dave Marcis | Shoney's (Dave Marcis) | Chevrolet | 475 | 2,575 | running | 0 | 138 |
| 10 | 30 | 51 | Slick Johnson | J.D. Johnson | Chevrolet | 474 | 2,300 | running | 0 | 134 |
| 11 | 22 | 48 | James Hylton | Palatine Automotive Parts (James Hylton) | Chevrolet | 470 | 4,080 | running | 0 | 130 |
| 12 | 32 | 64 | Tommy Gale | Sunny King Ford & Honda (Elmo Langley) | Ford | 456 | 3,670 | running | 0 | 127 |
| 13 | 29 | 24 | Cecil Gordon | Cecil Gordon | Oldsmobile | 456 | 3,440 | running | 0 | 124 |
| 15 | 11 | 05 | Dick Brooks | Comp Con (Nelson Malloch) | Chevrolet | 452 | 1,750 | engine | 0 | 118 |
| 17 | 25 | 67 | Buddy Arrington | Reid Trailer Sales (Buddy Arrington) | Dodge | 434 | 2,890 | running | 0 | 112 |
| 18 | 5 | 72 | Joe Millikan | Appliance Wheels (L.G. DeWitt) | Chevrolet | 426 | 4,900 | running | 0 | 109 |
| 19 | 8 | 15 | Bobby Allison | Hodgdon / Moore (Bud Moore) | Ford | 422 | 4,800 | crash | 0 | 106 |
| 20 | 13 | 90 | Ricky Rudd | Truxmore (Junie Donlavey) | Ford | 420 | 2,480 | crash | 0 | 103 |
| 21 | 12 | 47 | Harry Gant | Race Hill Farm (Jack Beebe) | Chevrolet | 416 | 825 | running | 0 | 100 |
| 22 | 28 | 45 | Baxter Price | Iron Peddlers (Baxter Price) | Oldsmobile | 412 | 2,170 | crash | 0 | 97 |
| 23 | 19 | 17 | Bill Elliott | Kings Inn (Roger Hamby) | Chevrolet | 391 | 2,035 | running | 0 | 94 |
| 24 | 33 | 79 | Frank Warren | Native Tan (Frank Warren) | Dodge | 376 | 1,850 | overheating | 0 | 91 |
| 25 | 37 | 70 | J.D. McDuffie | Bailey Excavating (J.D. McDuffie) | Chevrolet | 354 | 1,615 | rear end | 0 | 88 |
| 27 | 14 | 44 | Terry Labonte | Technicraft (Billy Hagan) | Chevrolet | 259 | 1,555 | engine | 1 | 87 |
| 29 | 4 | 21 | Neil Bonnett | Purolator (Wood Brothers) | Mercury | 233 | 1,120 | crash | 95 | 81 |
| 28 | 21 | 40 | D.K. Ulrich | U.S. Army (D.K. Ulrich) | Buick | 253 | 1,500 | running | 0 | 79 |
| 31 | 23 | 52 | Jimmy Means | Mr. Transmission (Jimmy Means) | Chevrolet | 227 | 1,450 | overheating | 0 | 70 |
| 33 | 1 | 28 | Buddy Baker | W.I.N. (Harry Ranier) | Chevrolet | 141 | 2,580 | rear end | 4 | 69 |
| 32 | 18 | 19 | Glenn Jarrett | Belden Asphalt (Henley Gray) | Chevrolet | 164 | 1,115 | oil pressure | 0 | 67 |
| 34 | 24 | 46 | Travis Tiller | Ring Enterprises (Travis Tiller) | Buick | 76 | 570 | rotor | 0 | 61 |
| 36 | 26 | 61 | Bub Strickler | Budweiser (Jim Norris) | Oldsmobile | 67 | 550 | crash | 0 | 55 |
| 37 | 17 | 30 | Tighe Scott | Russ Togs (Walter Ballard) | Buick | 17 | 1,100 | oil cooler | 0 | 52 |
| 14 | 36 | 75 | Bill Elswick | RahMoc Enterprises | Oldsmobile | 453 | 2,100 | running | 0 | |
| 16 | 34 | 00 | Freddy Smith | Petty's of Spartanburg (Marvin Petty) | Chevrolet | 452 | 1,400 | running | 0 | |
| 26 | 31 | 99 | Dick May | Bill Hollar | Chevrolet | 267 | 700 | overheating | 0 | |
| 30 | 27 | 18 | Randy Ogden | Jack Ogden | Chevrolet | 227 | 610 | fatigue | 0 | |
| 35 | 35 | 76 | Mike Potter | Mike Potter | Chevrolet | 73 | 560 | engine | 0 | |
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