| Fin |
St |
# |
Driver |
Sponsor / Owner |
Car |
Laps |
Money |
Status |
Led |
Points |
| 1 | 1 | 88 | Darrell Waltrip | Gatorade (DiGard) | Chevrolet | 500 | 26,850 | running | 303 | 185 |
| 2 | 3 | 27 | Benny Parsons | Melling Tool (M.C. Anderson) | Chevrolet | 500 | 15,400 | running | 5 | 175 |
| 3 | 8 | 43 | Richard Petty | STP (Petty Enterprises) | Chevrolet | 500 | 13,475 | running | 72 | 170 |
| 4 | 5 | 11 | Cale Yarborough | Busch (Junior Johnson) | Chevrolet | 500 | 8,750 | running | 58 | 165 |
| 5 | 7 | 72 | Joe Millikan | DeWitt Racing (L.G. DeWitt) | Chevrolet | 496 | 6,800 | running | 0 | 155 |
| 6 | 6 | 21 | Neil Bonnett | Purolator (Wood Brothers) | Mercury | 495 | 3,000 | running | 0 | 150 |
| 7 | 17 | 90 | Jody Ridley | Truxmore / Sunny King (Junie Donlavey) | Ford | 492 | 5,460 | running | 0 | 146 |
| 8 | 12 | 71 | Dave Marcis | Hudson Transmission (Dave Marcis) | Chevrolet | 490 | 3,860 | running | 0 | 142 |
| 9 | 27 | 53 | Slick Johnson | Western Sizzlin (J.D. Johnson) | Chevrolet | 490 | 1,400 | running | 0 | 138 |
| 10 | 25 | 67 | Buddy Arrington | Reid Trailer Sales (Buddy Arrington) | Dodge | 487 | 3,315 | running | 0 | 134 |
| 11 | 23 | 3 | Richard Childress | CRC Chemicals (Richard Childress) | Chevrolet | 486 | 2,830 | running | 0 | 130 |
| 12 | 32 | 52 | Jimmy Means | Thompson Industries (Jimmy Means) | Chevrolet | 485 | 2,660 | running | 0 | 127 |
| 13 | 11 | 2 | Dale Earnhardt | Mike Curb / Hodgdon (Rod Osterlund) | Chevrolet | 484 | 5,400 | running | 0 | 124 |
| 14 | 28 | 79 | Junior Miller | Warren Racing (Frank Warren) | Dodge | 478 | 2,400 | engine | 0 | 121 |
| 15 | 15 | 42 | Kyle Petty | STP (Petty Enterprises) | Chevrolet | 478 | 850 | running | 0 | 118 |
| 16 | 20 | 12 | Buck Simmons | Ramey's Chevy City (Kennie Childers) | Chevrolet | 474 | 800 | running | 0 | 115 |
| 17 | 24 | 24 | Cecil Gordon | Sadler Motors / Smith Used Cars (Cecil Gordon) | Oldsmobile | 466 | 2,165 | running | 0 | 112 |
| 18 | 14 | 48 | James Hylton | Palatine Automotive Parts (James Hylton) | Chevrolet | 466 | 2,030 | running | 0 | 109 |
| 19 | 31 | 45 | Baxter Price | Iron Peddlers / McWhirter (Baxter Price) | Chevrolet | 462 | 735 | running | 0 | 106 |
| 20 | 26 | 99 | Dick May | Hollar Auto Parts (Bill Hollar) | Chevrolet | 461 | 700 | running | 0 | |
| 21 | 9 | 47 | Harry Gant | Race Hill Farm (Jack Beebe) | Chevrolet | 437 | 1,610 | running | 0 | 100 |
| 22 | 21 | 25 | Ronnie Thomas | Stone's Cafeteria (Don Robertson) | Chevrolet | 420 | 1,690 | running | 0 | 97 |
| 23 | 13 | 44 | Terry Labonte | Stratagraph (Billy Hagan) | Chevrolet | 385 | 1,370 | rear end | 0 | 94 |
| 24 | 2 | 28 | Buddy Baker | NAPA / Regal Ride Shocks (Harry Ranier) | Chevrolet | 344 | 1,160 | engine | 62 | 96 |
| 25 | 4 | 15 | Bobby Allison | Mike Curb / Hodgdon (Bud Moore) | Ford | 342 | 4,100 | crash | 0 | 88 |
| 26 | 10 | 7 | Dick Brooks | Sanyo (Nelson Malloch) | Chevrolet | 332 | 1,340 | crash | 0 | 85 |
| 27 | 16 | 75 | Bill Elswick | RahMoc Enterprises | Chevrolet | 308 | 630 | engine | 0 | 82 |
| 28 | 18 | 40 | D.K. Ulrich | Mastin Pool Company (D.K. Ulrich) | Chevrolet | 124 | 870 | engine | 0 | 79 |
| 29 | 30 | 64 | Tommy Gale | Sunny King Ford & Honda (Elmo Langley) | Ford | 118 | 860 | engine | 0 | 76 |
| 30 | 19 | 70 | J.D. McDuffie | Bailey Excavating (J.D. McDuffie) | Chevrolet | 73 | 850 | engine | 0 | 73 |
| 31 | 29 | 74 | Bobby Wawak | Wawak Racing (Bobby Wawak) | Chevrolet | 45 | 600 | engine | 0 | 70 |
| 32 | 22 | 20 | Rick Newsom | Louise Smith (Rick Newsom) | Oldsmobile | 30 | 600 | engine | 0 | 67 |