| Pos | St | # | Driver | Car | Laps | Money | Status | Led |
|---|
| 1 | 5 | 21 |  Neil Bonnett | Purolator (Wood Brothers) | Mercury | 50 | 12000 | running | 7 |
| 2 | 2 | 11 | Cale Yarborough | Busch (Junior Johnson) | Oldsmobile | 50 | 6125 | running | 0 |
| 3 | 1 | 28 | Buddy Baker | NAPA / Regal Ride Shocks (Harry Ranier) | Oldsmobile | 50 | 3875 | running | 29 |
| 4 | 10 | 88 | Darrell Waltrip | Gatorade (DiGard) | Oldsmobile | 50 | 2725 | running | 1 |
| 5 | 4 | 15 | Bobby Allison | Mike Curb / Hodgdon (Bud Moore) | Mercury | 50 | 1700 | running | 1 |
| 6 | 8 | 51 | A.J. Foyt | Valvoline / Gilmore (A.J. Foyt) | Oldsmobile | 50 | 1650 | running | 0 |
| 7 | 9 | 71 | Dave Marcis | Buck Stove / Hudson Transmission (Dave Marcis) | Oldsmobile | 50 | 1600 | running | 11 |
| 8 | 16 | 68 | Chuck Bown | Kings Mountain Truck Plaza (Jim Testa) | Oldsmobile | 50 | 1550 | running | 0 |
| 9 | 6 | 44 | Terry Labonte | Stratagraph (Billy Hagan) | Oldsmobile | 50 | 1500 | running | 0 |
| 10 | 29 | 24 | Cecil Gordon | Sadler Motors / Smith Used Parts (Cecil Gordon) | Oldsmobile | 49 | 1350 | running | 0 |
| 11 | 32 | 8 | Kevin Housby | Taylor & Martin / Marina Inn (Housby Racing) | Chevrolet | 48 | 1300 | running | 0 |
| 12 | 17 | 17 | Roger Hamby | Kings Inn Daytona (Hamby Automotive) | Chevrolet | 48 | 1250 | running | 0 |
| 13 | 21 | 19 | Bill Dennis | Belden Asphalt (Henley Gray) | Buick | 48 | 1200 | running | 0 |
| 14 | 18 | 90 | Jody Ridley | Truxmore / Sunny King (Junie Donlavey) | Ford | 48 | 1150 | running | 0 |
| 15 | 30 | 64 | Tommy Gale | Sunny King Ford & Honda (Elmo Langley) | Ford | 48 | 1075 | running | 0 |
| 16 | 33 | 65 | Ralph Jones | Spohn's Body Shop (Ron Spohn) | Ford | 48 | 1040 | running | 0 |
| 17 | 19 | 7 | Dick Brooks | Sanyo (Nelson Malloch) | Oldsmobile | 47 | 1005 | running | 0 |
| 18 | 20 | 81 | Terry Ryan | Ryan Racing (Bill Monaghan) | Oldsmobile | 47 | 970 | – | 0 |
| 19 | 24 | 34 | Steve Peles | Peles Racing | Oldsmobile | 46 | 935 | – | 0 |
| 20 | 22 | 85 | Wayne Watercutter | Ward Racing (Ward Racing) | Oldsmobile | 46 | 900 | – | 0 |
| 21 | 27 | 05 | Bill Elswick | Elswick Racing (RahMoc Enterprises) | Oldsmobile | 29 | 815 | crash | 0 |
| 22 | 13 | 12 | Buck Simmons | Kencoal Mining (Kennie Childers) | Oldsmobile | 25 | 780 | crash | 0 |
| 23 | 11 | 00 | John Utsman | Kingsport Speedway (Ed Whitaker) | Chevrolet | 25 | 745 | crash | 0 |
| 24 | 31 | 04 | Phil Finney | Finney Racing (Phil Finney) | Oldsmobile | 25 | 725 | crash | 0 |
| 25 | 26 | 63 | Jocko Maggiacomo | Shaw Motors (Jocko Maggiacomo) | Oldsmobile | 25 | 710 | crash | 0 |
| 26 | 12 | 4 | Gary Baker | Waylon Jennings (G.C. Spencer) | Oldsmobile | 24 | 600 | crash | 0 |
| 27 | 14 | 42 | Kyle Petty | STP (Petty Enterprises) | Dodge | 24 | 305 | crash | 0 |
| 28 | 7 | 55 | Don Whittington | DiGard Racing (DiGard) | Chevrolet | 23 | 285 | crash | 0 |
| 29 | 15 | 45 | Baxter Price | Iron Peddlers (Baxter Price) | Oldsmobile | 23 | 270 | crash | 0 |
| 30 | 28 | 40 | Bill Whittington | Jim Morrison (D.K. Ulrich) | Buick | 12 | 250 | – | 0 |
| 31 | 3 | 2 | Dale Earnhardt | Mike Curb / Hodgdon (Rod Osterlund) | Oldsmobile | 7 | | engine | 1 |
| 32 | 26 | 50 | Bruce Hill | Hill Racing | Oldsmobile | 5 | | – | 0 |
| 33 | 23 | 20 | Rick Newsom | Louise Smith (Rick Newsom) | Oldsmobile | 4 | | – | 0 |
| 34 | 35 | 60 | Bob Riley | NRS Motorgard (Joe May) | Chevrolet | 0 | | – | 0 |
