| Fin |
St |
# |
Driver |
Sponsor / Owner |
Car |
Laps |
Money |
Status |
Led |
Points |
| 1 | 2 | 28 | Buddy Baker | NAPA / Regal Ride Shocks (Harry Ranier) | Oldsmobile | 188 | 32,150 | running | 61 | 185 |
| 2 | 4 | 2 | Dale Earnhardt | Mike Curb / Hodgdon (Rod Osterlund) | Oldsmobile | 188 | 28,700 | running | 55 | 175 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | David Pearson | Hawaiian Tropic (Hoss Ellington) | Oldsmobile | 188 | 23,150 | running | 21 | 170 |
| 4 | 7 | 68 | Lennie Pond | Kings Mountain Truck Plaza (Jim Testa) | Oldsmobile | 187 | 10,500 | running | 1 | 165 |
| 5 | 9 | 30 | Tighe Scott | Russ Togs (Walter Ballard) | Oldsmobile | 186 | 9,200 | running | 4 | 160 |
| 6 | 3 | 11 | Cale Yarborough | Busch (Junior Johnson) | Oldsmobile | 186 | 14,300 | running | 32 | 155 |
| 7 | 20 | 66 | Lake Speed | Dozie & Company (Lake Speed) | Chevrolet | 185 | 8,075 | running | 2 | 151 |
| 8 | 6 | 27 | Benny Parsons | Melling Tool (M.C. Anderson) | Oldsmobile | 185 | 11,750 | running | 3 | 147 |
| 9 | 31 | 7 | Dick Brooks | Sanyo (Nelson Malloch) | Oldsmobile | 184 | 8,350 | running | 0 | 138 |
| 10 | 17 | 90 | Jody Ridley | Truxmore / Sunny King (Junie Donlavey) | Mercury | 183 | 9,165 | running | 0 | 134 |
| 11 | 32 | 14 | Coo Coo Marlin | Marlin Racing (H.B. Cunningham) | Chevrolet | 181 | 4,390 | running | 0 | 130 |
| 12 | 18 | 3 | Richard Childress | CRC Chemicals (Richard Childress) | Oldsmobile | 180 | 7,775 | running | 2 | 132 |
| 13 | 42 | 48 | James Hylton | Palatine Automotive Parts (James Hylton) | Chevrolet | 178 | 6,355 | running | 0 | 124 |
| 14 | 34 | 73 | Steve Moore | Tuesday's Tavern (Willard Moore) | Chevrolet | 178 | 3,760 | running | 0 | 121 |
| 15 | 35 | 82 | Dick May | Dick Brooks Honda (Norman Negre) | Dodge | 178 | 3,550 | running | 0 | |
| 16 | 40 | 64 | Tommy Gale | Sunny King Ford & Honda (Elmo Langley) | Ford | 176 | 5,615 | running | 0 | 115 |
| 17 | 25 | 17 | Roger Hamby | Kings Inn Daytona (Roger Hamby) | Chevrolet | 173 | 4,885 | running | 0 | 112 |
| 18 | 12 | 67 | Buddy Arrington | Reid Trailer Sales (Buddy Arrington) | Dodge | 166 | 6,115 | running | 0 | 109 |
| 19 | 27 | 79 | Frank Warren | Fellowship Baptist Church (Frank Warren) | Dodge | 158 | 4,745 | running | 0 | 106 |
| 20 | 41 | 25 | Ronnie Thomas | Stone's Cafeteria (Don Robertson) | Buick | 156 | 4,275 | running | 0 | 103 |
| 21 | 16 | 9 | Bill Elliott | Elliott Racing (George Elliott) | Mercury | 154 | 3,545 | ignition | 1 | 105 |
| 22 | 15 | 4 | Gary Baker | Waylon Jennings (G.C. Spencer) | Chevrolet | 145 | 3,440 | oil pump | 0 | |
| 23 | 38 | 24 | Cecil Gordon | Sadler Motors / Smith Used Cars (Cecil Gordon) | Oldsmobile | 137 | 3,675 | overheating | 0 | 94 |
| 24 | 26 | 12 | Buck Simmons | Kencoal Mining (Kennie Childers) | Oldsmobile | 127 | 2,180 | running | 0 | 91 |
| 25 | 37 | 02 | Donnie Allison | Halpern Enterprises (Joel Halpern) | Oldsmobile | 127 | 2,125 | oil pump | 0 | 88 |
| 26 | 39 | 19 | John Anderson | Belden Asphalt (Henley Gray) | Buick | 120 | 2,905 | engine | 0 | 85 |
| 27 | 5 | 21 | Neil Bonnett | Purolator (Wood Brothers) | Mercury | 99 | 3,450 | engine | 5 | 87 |
| 28 | 22 | 40 | Dick Skillen | Ulrich Racing (D.K. Ulrich) | Buick | 76 | 2,785 | engine | 0 | 79 |
| 29 | 8 | 71 | Dave Marcis | Buck Stove (Dave Marcis) | Oldsmobile | 72 | 3,720 | engine | 1 | 81 |
| 30 | 33 | 74 | Bobby Wawak | The Protector (Bobby Wawak) | Dodge | 58 | 1,585 | engine | 0 | 73 |
| 31 | 10 | 43 | Richard Petty | STP (Petty Enterprises) | Oldsmobile | 57 | 8,730 | engine | 0 | 70 |
| 32 | 19 | 44 | Terry Labonte | Stratagraph (Billy Hagan) | Oldsmobile | 57 | 3,560 | engine | 0 | 67 |
| 33 | 36 | 6 | Marty Robbins | Robbins Racing (Marty Robbins) | Dodge | 54 | 1,470 | engine | 0 | 64 |
| 34 | 14 | 51 | Don Whittington | Sun Systems (Don Whittington) | Oldsmobile | 46 | 2,435 | crash | 0 | 61 |
| 35 | 23 | 75 | Bill Elswick | Performer Boats (RahMoc Enterprises) | Oldsmobile | 43 | 1,405 | engine | 0 | 58 |
| 36 | 28 | 50 | Bruce Hill | Global Heat Exchanger (Walter Ballard) | Oldsmobile | 42 | 1,375 | engine | 0 | 55 |
| 37 | 24 | 47 | Harry Gant | Race Hill Farm (Jack Beebe) | Oldsmobile | 36 | 1,345 | engine | 0 | 52 |
| 38 | 30 | 04 | Phil Finney | Asheville Savings Bank (Phil Finney) | Oldsmobile | 36 | 1,315 | engine | 0 | 49 |
| 39 | 29 | 89 | Jim Vandiver | Vandiver Racing (O.L. Nixon) | Oldsmobile | 33 | 1,285 | ignition | 0 | 46 |
| 40 | 11 | 15 | Bobby Allison | Mike Curb / Hodgdon (Bud Moore) | Mercury | 28 | 6,705 | clutch | 0 | 43 |
| 41 | 21 | 70 | J.D. McDuffie | Bailey Excavating (J.D. McDuffie) | Buick | 19 | 1,755 | engine | 0 | 40 |
| 42 | 13 | 88 | Darrell Waltrip | Gatorade (DiGard) | Oldsmobile | 4 | 6,955 | cam | 0 | 37 |
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