| Fin |
St |
# |
Driver |
Sponsor / Owner |
Car |
Laps |
Money |
Status |
Led |
| 1 | 4 | 27 | Benny Parsons (WC) | Melling Tool (M.C. Anderson) | Chevrolet | 200 | 24,835 | running | 8 |
| 2 | 3 | 21 | Neil Bonnett (WC) | Purolator (Wood Brothers) | Mercury | 200 | 13,335 | running | 8 |
| 3 | 1 | 11 | Cale Yarborough (WC) | Busch (Junior Johnson) | Chevrolet | 200 | 17,035 | running | 65 |
| 4 | 5 | 15 | Bobby Allison (WC) | Mike Curb / Hodgdon (Bud Moore) | Ford | 200 | 10,985 | running | 17 |
| 5 | 2 | 2 | Dale Earnhardt (WC) | Wrangler Jeans (Rod Osterlund) | Chevrolet | 200 | 10,835 | running | 3 |
| 6 | 11 | 7 | Lake Speed (WC) | Sanyo (Nelson Malloch) | Chevrolet | 199 | 7,305 | running | 0 |
| 7 | 12 | 75 | Joe Millikan (WC) | RahMoc Enterprises | Chevrolet | 199 | 3,925 | running | 0 |
| 8 | 10 | 44 | Terry Labonte (WC) | Apache Stove (Billy Hagan) | Chevrolet | 198 | 8,075 | running | 0 |
| 9 | 18 | 77 | John Anderson (WC) | Warren Fabricating (John Rebhan) | Chevrolet | 197 | 3,325 | running | 0 |
| 10 | 21 | 67 | Buddy Arrington (WC) | Hills Racing (Buddy Arrington) | Dodge | 196 | 5,655 | running | 0 |
| 11 | 22 | 73 | Bill Schmitt | Fluro-Cote / Old Milwaukee (Bill Schmitt) | Oldsmobile | 196 | 5,385 | running | 0 |
| 12 | 20 | 17 | Glenn Jarrett (WC) | Gardena Honda (Roger Hamby) | Chevrolet | 195 | 3,850 | running | 0 |
| 13 | 28 | 40 | Stan Barrett | Needham-Reynolds (D.K. Ulrich) | Chevrolet | 194 | 4,115 | running | 0 |
| 14 | 31 | 70 | J.D. McDuffie (WC) | Bailey Excavating (J.D. McDuffie) | Chevrolet | 194 | 3,845 | running | 0 |
| 15 | 16 | 71 | Dave Marcis (WC) | Buck Stove / Hudson Transmission (Dave Marcis) | Chevrolet | 192 | 3,660 | running | 9 |
| 16 | 19 | 64 | Tommy Gale (WC) | Sunny King Ford & Honda (Elmo Langley) | Ford | 191 | 3,475 | running | 0 |
| 17 | 27 | 24 | Cecil Gordon (WC) | Pressley's Truck Center (Cecil Gordon) | Oldsmobile | 191 | 3,265 | running | 0 |
| 18 | 17 | 90 | Jody Ridley (WC) | Truxmore / Sunny King (Junie Donlavey) | Ford | 189 | 3,055 | running | 0 |
| 19 | 35 | 08 | Rick McCray | Ken McCray (Rick McCray) | Buick | 187 | 2,290 | running | 0 |
| 20 | 36 | 38 | Don Waterman | Edwards Auto Repair (Don Waterman) | Oldsmobile | 186 | 2,230 | running | 0 |
| 21 | 25 | 3 | Richard Childress (WC) | CRC Chemicals (Richard Childress) | Chevrolet | 182 | 2,670 | running | 0 |
| 22 | 39 | 74 | Henry Jones (WC) | Wawak Racing (Bobby Wawak) | Buick | 178 | 1,550 | running | 0 |
| 23 | 14 | 98 | Hershel McGriff | Olympia Beer (John Kieper) | Chevrolet | 158 | 1,500 | ignition | 0 |
| 24 | 30 | 48 | James Hylton (WC) | Palatine Automotive Parts (James Hylton) | Chevrolet | 148 | 2,475 | engine | 0 |
| 25 | 7 | 88 | Darrell Waltrip (WC) | Gatorade (DiGard) | Chevrolet | 145 | 5,850 | engine | 90 |
| 26 | 38 | 49 | Kevin Housby (WC) | Taylor & Martin (Jack Housby) | Chevrolet | 133 | 1,350 | lug nuts | 0 |
| 27 | 33 | 93 | Chuck Bown | 10,000 RPM Speed Equipment (John Kieper) | Dodge | 120 | 1,300 | crash | 0 |
| 28 | 37 | 78 | Jim Robinson | San Fernando Valley Lumber (A.J. Kurten) | Chevrolet | 103 | 1,250 | overheating | 0 |
| 29 | 15 | 68 | Lennie Pond (WC) | Kings Mountain Truck Plaza (Jim Testa) | Chevrolet | 99 | 1,200 | rear end | 0 |
| 30 | 8 | 43 | Richard Petty (WC) | STP (Petty Enterprises) | Chevrolet | 97 | 7,325 | engine | 0 |
| 31 | 34 | 52 | Jimmy Means (WC) | Broadway Motors (Jimmy Means) | Chevrolet | 94 | 1,575 | engine | 0 |
| 32 | 29 | 33 | Glenn Francis | Excel Trailer (Trent Francis) | Chevrolet | 91 | 1,025 | engine | 0 |
| 33 | 23 | 42 | Kyle Petty (WC) | STP (Petty Enterprises) | Chevrolet | 81 | 975 | engine | 0 |
| 34 | 32 | 79 | Joe Booher (WC) | Harris Electric (Frank Warren) | Dodge | 78 | 1,425 | crank | 0 |
| 35 | 42 | 60 | Glen Ward | Rogue Valley Spa (Glen Ward) | Chevrolet | 77 | 875 | crank | 0 |
| 36 | 13 | 45 | Roy Smith | Aircraft Standards (Robert Beadle) | Oldsmobile | 70 | 850 | valve | 0 |
| 37 | 24 | 4 | D.K. Ulrich (WC) | Juarez Racing (D.K. Ulrich) | Chevrolet | 55 | 875 | valve | 0 |
| 38 | 26 | 25 | Ronnie Thomas (WC) | Stone's Cafeteria (Don Robertson) | Chevrolet | 47 | 1,340 | brakes | 0 |
| 39 | 9 | 12 | Donnie Allison (WC) | Ramey's Chevy City (Kennie Childers) | Chevrolet | 31 | 810 | rear end | 0 |
| 40 | 40 | 5 | Joe Ruttman (WC) | The 5 Racers (Jim Stacy) | Oldsmobile | 29 | 1,055 | transmission | 0 |
| 41 | 6 | 47 | Harry Gant (WC) | Race Hill Farm (Jack Beebe) | Chevrolet | 16 | 1,305 | engine | 0 |
| 42 | 41 | 13 | Don Puskarich | Puskarich Racing (Matt Puskarich) | Chevrolet | 2 | 805 | engine | 0 |
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