| Fin |
St |
# |
Driver |
Sponsor / Owner |
Car |
Laps |
Money |
Status |
Led |
Points |
| 22 | 29 | 74 | Bobby Wawak | Wawak Racing (Bobby Wawak) | Buick | 73 | 875 | engine | 0 | 97 |
| 32 | 26 | 08 | Rick McCray | McCray Racing (Rick McCray) | Buick | 17 | 625 | transmission | 0 | 67 |
| 1 | 2 | 88 | Darrell Waltrip | Gatorade (DiGard) | Chevrolet | 95 | 22,100 | running | 23 | 185 |
| 3 | 8 | 27 | Benny Parsons | Melling Tool (M.C. Anderson) | Chevrolet | 95 | 10,950 | running | 0 | 165 |
| 4 | 1 | 11 | Cale Yarborough | Busch (Junior Johnson) | Chevrolet | 95 | 9,650 | running | 3 | 165 |
| 5 | 5 | 2 | Dale Earnhardt | Mike Curb / Hodgdon (Rod Osterlund) | Chevrolet | 95 | 9,100 | running | 21 | 160 |
| 6 | 9 | 71 | Dave Marcis | Buck Stove / Hudson Transmission (Dave Marcis) | Chevrolet | 94 | 5,180 | running | 1 | 155 |
| 7 | 14 | 75 | Harry Gant | RahMoc Enterprises | Chevrolet | 94 | 3,930 | running | 1 | 151 |
| 8 | 6 | 43 | Richard Petty | STP (Petty Enterprises) | Chevrolet | 93 | 8,000 | running | 0 | 142 |
| 9 | 18 | 70 | J.D. McDuffie | Bailey Excavating (J.D. McDuffie) | Chevrolet | 93 | 3,960 | running | 0 | 138 |
| 12 | 20 | 48 | James Hylton | Palatine Automotive Parts (James Hylton) | Chevrolet | 92 | 3,270 | running | 0 | 127 |
| 16 | 16 | 25 | Ronnie Thomas | Stone's Cafeteria (Don Robertson) | Chevrolet | 91 | 2,465 | running | 0 | 115 |
| 17 | 30 | 13 | Don Puskarich | Oil Field Construction (Matt Puskarich) | Chevrolet | 90 | 1,780 | running | 0 | 112 |
| 18 | 11 | 3 | Richard Childress | CRC Chemicals (Richard Childress) | Chevrolet | 89 | 2,040 | running | 0 | 109 |
| 20 | 23 | 78 | Jim Robinson | San Fernando Valley Lumber (A.J. Kurten) | Chevrolet | 82 | 1,470 | running | 0 | 103 |
| 21 | 34 | 94 | Steve Pfeifer | K-P Racing (Steve Pfeifer) | Chevrolet | 75 | 900 | transmission | 0 | 100 |
| 23 | 31 | 17 | Roger Hamby | Kings Inn Daytona (Roger Hamby) | Chevrolet | 69 | 850 | brakes | 0 | 94 |
| 24 | 22 | 29 | Hershel McGriff | Tropical Car Rental (Dick Midgley) | Chevrolet | 67 | 825 | running | 0 | 91 |
| 26 | 19 | 66 | Lake Speed | Speed Investments (Lake Speed) | Chevrolet | 62 | 775 | engine | 0 | 85 |
| 27 | 36 | 57 | Jim Hopkinson | Bill's Custom Machine | Chevrolet | 42 | 750 | oil leak | 0 | 82 |
| 29 | 35 | 52 | Ed Hale | Hale Racing (Ed Hale) | Chevrolet | 37 | 1,200 | transmission | 0 | 76 |
| 30 | 13 | 12 | Donnie Allison | Kencoal Mining (Kennie Childers) | Chevrolet | 26 | 675 | engine | 0 | |
| 31 | 27 | 7 | Dick Brooks | Sanyo (Nelson Malloch) | Chevrolet | 25 | 1,150 | engine | 0 | 70 |
| 33 | 10 | 44 | Terry Labonte | Stratagraph (Billy Hagan) | Chevrolet | 12 | 1,100 | oil leak | 0 | 64 |
| 34 | 24 | 81 | John Borneman | Borneman Plastering (John Borneman) | Chevrolet | 12 | 550 | engine | 0 | 61 |
| 35 | 21 | 64 | Don Whittington | Sun Systems | Chevrolet | 11 | 1,000 | transmission | 0 | 58 |
| 36 | 17 | 40 | D.K. Ulrich | Midwestern Farm Lines (D.K. Ulrich) | Chevrolet | 0 | 1,000 | engine | 0 | 55 |
| 14 | 12 | 67 | Buddy Arrington | 10,000 RPM Speed Equipment (Buddy Arrington) | Dodge | 92 | 2,850 | running | 0 | 121 |
| 19 | 32 | 79 | Joe Booher | Warren Racing (Frank Warren) | Dodge | 83 | 2,005 | running | 0 | 106 |
| 11 | 33 | 90 | Jody Ridley | Truxmore / Sunny King (Junie Donlavey) | Ford | 92 | 3,990 | running | 0 | 130 |
| 15 | 3 | 15 | Bobby Allison | Mike Curb / Hodgdon (Bud Moore) | Ford | 91 | 5,875 | valve | 23 | 128 |
| 2 | 7 | 21 | Neil Bonnett | Purolator (Wood Brothers) | Mercury | 95 | 10,950 | running | 20 | 175 |
| 10 | 25 | 24 | Cecil Gordon | Reliable RV (Cecil Gordon) | Oldsmobile | 93 | 3,900 | running | 0 | 134 |
| 13 | 4 | 73 | Bill Schmitt | Fluro-Cote (Bill Schmitt) | Oldsmobile | 92 | 3,650 | running | 0 | 124 |
| 25 | 28 | 38 | Don Waterman | St. John's Auto Parts (Don Waterman) | Oldsmobile | 64 | 1,325 | engine | 0 | 88 |
| 28 | 15 | 45 | Roy Smith | Aircraft Standards (Robert Beadle) | Oldsmobile | 39 | 1,225 | throttle | 3 | 84 |