| Fin |
St |
# |
Driver |
Sponsor / Owner |
Car |
Laps |
Money |
Status |
Led |
Points |
| 24 | 1 | 28 | Cale Yarborough | Hardee's (Harry Ranier) | Chevrolet | 140 | 5,820 | engine | 21 | 96 |
| 8 | 2 | 9 | Bill Elliott | Melling Oil Pumps (Harry Melling) | Ford | 187 | 8,445 | running | 0 | 142 |
| 22 | 3 | 55 | Benny Parsons | Copenhagen (Johnny Hayes) | Chevrolet | 151 | 2,880 | ignition | 1 | 102 |
| 1 | 4 | 15 | Dale Earnhardt | Wrangler (Bud Moore) | Ford | 188 | 46,950 | running | 41 | 185 |
| 7 | 5 | 90 | Dick Brooks | Chameleon Sunglasses (Junie Donlavey) | Ford | 187 | 9,575 | running | 0 | 146 |
| 28 | 6 | 21 | Buddy Baker | Valvoline (Wood Brothers) | Ford | 69 | 3,770 | brakes | 30 | 84 |
| 29 | 7 | 44 | Terry Labonte | Budweiser (Billy Hagan) | Chevrolet | 64 | 5,045 | crank | 20 | 81 |
| 10 | 8 | 4 | Mark Martin | Jim Magill (Larry McClure) | Chevrolet | 186 | 5,775 | running | 0 | 134 |
| 6 | 9 | 88 | Geoffrey Bodine | Gatorade (Cliff Stewart) | Pontiac | 188 | 12,445 | running | 2 | 155 |
| 2 | 10 | 11 | Darrell Waltrip | Pepsi / Burger King (Junior Johnson) | Chevrolet | 188 | 32,965 | running | 21 | 175 |
| 26 | 11 | 1 | Lake Speed | UNO / Bull Frog Knits (Hoss Ellington) | Chevrolet | 90 | 2,390 | piston | 0 | 85 |
| 4 | 12 | 43 | Richard Petty | STP (Petty Enterprises) | Pontiac | 188 | 17,475 | running | 3 | 165 |
| 11 | 13 | 7 | Kyle Petty | 7-Eleven (Petty Enterprises) | Pontiac | 186 | 7,205 | running | 0 | 130 |
| 35 | 14 | 75 | Neil Bonnett | Hodgdon (RahMoc Enterprises) | Chevrolet | 1 | 8,350 | engine | 0 | 58 |
| 25 | 15 | 16 | David Pearson | Chattanooga Chew (Bobby Hawkins) | Chevrolet | 127 | 2,450 | valve | 0 | 88 |
| 36 | 16 | 29 | Grant Adcox | Adcox Racing (Herb Adcox) | Chevrolet | 1 | 1,790 | crash | 0 | 55 |
| 16 | 17 | 3 | Ricky Rudd | Piedmont Airlines (Richard Childress) | Chevrolet | 182 | 5,750 | running | 0 | 115 |
| 3 | 18 | 27 | Tim Richmond | Old Milwaukee (Raymond Beadle) | Pontiac | 188 | 20,680 | running | 41 | 175 |
| 12 | 19 | 47 | Ron Bouchard | Race Hill Farm (Jack Beebe) | Buick | 185 | 6,860 | running | 0 | 127 |
| 31 | 20 | 84 | Jody Ridley | Cumberland Mills (Robert McEntyre) | Chevrolet | 37 | 2,090 | oil pressure | 0 | 70 |
| 15 | 21 | 98 | Joe Ruttman | Levi Garrett (Ron Benfield) | Chevrolet | 182 | 7,125 | running | 0 | 118 |
| 21 | 22 | 17 | Sterling Marlin | Hesco Exhaust (Roger Hamby) | Chevrolet | 167 | 5,555 | engine | 0 | 100 |
| 5 | 23 | 33 | Harry Gant | Skoal Bandit (Hal Needham) | Buick | 188 | 17,650 | running | 0 | 155 |
| 9 | 24 | 22 | Bobby Allison | Miller High Life (DiGard) | Buick | 186 | 12,925 | running | 8 | 143 |
| 18 | 25 | 67 | Buddy Arrington | Arrington Racing (Buddy Arrington) | Dodge | 178 | 5,315 | running | 0 | 109 |
| 17 | 26 | 48 | Trevor Boys | Hylton-McCaig (James Hylton) | Chevrolet | 181 | 5,510 | lug bolts | 0 | 112 |
| 34 | 27 | 74 | Bobby Wawak | Superior Piping (Bobby Wawak) | Chevrolet | 5 | 1,935 | crash | 0 | 61 |
| 33 | 28 | 24 | Cecil Gordon | Talladega Short Track (Cecil Gordon) | Chrysler | 13 | 2,020 | ignition | 0 | 64 |
| 14 | 29 | 77 | Ken Ragan | Clinomint (Marvin Ragan) | Chevrolet | 183 | 3,575 | running | 0 | 121 |
| 37 | 30 | 31 | Billie Harvey | Gray Racing (Henley Gray) | Buick | 1 | 1,730 | crash | 0 | 52 |
| 13 | 31 | 8 | Bobby Hillin, Jr. | Trap Rock Industries (Bobby Hillin, Sr.) | Buick | 184 | 5,300 | running | 0 | 124 |
| 27 | 32 | 2 | Morgan Shepherd | ACM Equipment Sales (Jim Stacy) | Buick | 78 | 9,930 | engine | 0 | 82 |
| 19 | 33 | 6 | Al Elmore | Ulrich Racing (D.K. Ulrich) | Chevrolet | 174 | 4,785 | running | 0 | 106 |
| 38 | 34 | 64 | Tommy Gale | Sunny King Ford & Honda (Elmo Langley) | Ford | 1 | 2,670 | crash | 0 | 49 |
| 30 | 35 | 76 | Mike Potter | Cam Farm / Larry's (Mike Potter) | Oldsmobile | 60 | 2,150 | overheating | 0 | 73 |
| 32 | 36 | 71 | Dave Marcis | Hudson / Transmissions Unlimited (Dave Marcis) | Chevrolet | 22 | 9,430 | push rod | 0 | 67 |
| 20 | 37 | 41 | Ronnie Thomas | McCord Gaskets (Ronnie Thomas) | Pontiac | 173 | 3,000 | running | 0 | 103 |
| 23 | 38 | 70 | J.D. McDuffie | Bailey Excavating (J.D. McDuffie) | Pontiac | 144 | 4,325 | running | 0 | 94 |
| 40 | 39 | 78 | Dick Skillen | Truss Builders (Tom Goff) | Pontiac | 1 | 1,450 | crash | 0 | 43 |
| 39 | 40 | 46 | Travis Tiller | Intermtn. Video Stms. (Travis Tiller) | Chevrolet | 1 | 1,610 | crash | 0 | 46 |
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