| Fin |
St |
# |
Driver |
Sponsor / Owner |
Car |
Laps |
Money |
Status |
Led |
Points |
| 1 | 3 | 11 | Darrell Waltrip | Mountain Dew (Junior Johnson) | Buick | 500 | 29,600 | running | 287 | 185 |
| 2 | 18 | 42 | Kyle Petty | UNO / STP (Petty Enterprises) | Pontiac | 500 | 11,500 | running | 5 | 175 |
| 3 | 5 | 9 | Bill Elliott | Melling Tool (Harry Melling) | Ford | 500 | 8,400 | running | 0 | 165 |
| 4 | 10 | 50 | Geoffrey Bodine | Performance Connection (Cliff Stewart) | Pontiac | 500 | 12,650 | running | 4 | 165 |
| 5 | 13 | 55 | Benny Parsons | Weyman & Bruton (Johnny Hayes) | Buick | 496 | 4,150 | running | 0 | 155 |
| 6 | 19 | 71 | Dave Marcis | George & Sons (Dave Marcis) | Chevrolet | 495 | 6,505 | running | 1 | 155 |
| 7 | 23 | 67 | Buddy Arrington | Reid Trailer Sales (Buddy Arrington) | Dodge | 491 | 5,990 | running | 0 | 146 |
| 8 | 17 | 47 | Ron Bouchard | J.D. Stacy (Jack Beebe) | Oldsmobile | 490 | 9,460 | running | 0 | 142 |
| 9 | 12 | 2 | Tim Richmond | Stacy-Pak (Jim Stacy) | Buick | 487 | 5,085 | running | 0 | 138 |
| 10 | 2 | 88 | Bobby Allison | Gatorade (DiGard) | Buick | 487 | 8,825 | running | 2 | 139 |
| 11 | 1 | 3 | Ricky Rudd | Piedmont Airlines (Richard Childress) | Pontiac | 478 | 6,875 | crash | 2 | 135 |
| 12 | 7 | 33 | Harry Gant | 7-Eleven / Skoal Bandit (Hal Needham) | Buick | 478 | 4,555 | crash | 12 | 132 |
| 13 | 28 | 70 | J.D. McDuffie | McDuffie Racing (J.D. McDuffie) | Pontiac | 475 | 4,295 | running | 0 | 124 |
| 14 | 24 | 64 | Tommy Gale | Sunny King Ford & Honda (Elmo Langley) | Ford | 474 | 4,085 | running | 0 | 121 |
| 15 | 27 | 48 | James Hylton | Palatine Auto Parts (James Hylton) | Pontiac | 472 | 3,975 | running | 0 | 118 |
| 16 | 30 | 24 | Cecil Gordon | Gordon Racing (Cecil Gordon) | Buick | 458 | 3,715 | running | 0 | 115 |
| 17 | 31 | 52 | Jimmy Means | Broadway Motors (Jimmy Means) | Pontiac | 453 | 3,405 | running | 0 | 112 |
| 18 | 11 | 75 | Joe Ruttman | Pet Dairy (RahMoc Enterprises) | Buick | 449 | 3,015 | engine | 0 | 109 |
| 19 | 22 | 6 | D.K. Ulrich | Pentax Cameras (D.K. Ulrich) | Buick | 436 | 2,905 | running | 0 | 106 |
| 20 | 16 | 15 | Dale Earnhardt | Wrangler Jeans (Bud Moore) | Ford | 402 | 8,825 | battery | 101 | 108 |
| 21 | 6 | 21 | Neil Bonnett | Warner Hodgdon (Wood Brothers) | Ford | 304 | 1,525 | ignition | 34 | 105 |
| 22 | 21 | 17 | Lake Speed | Yazoo Mowers (Roger Hamby) | Pontiac | 280 | 3,145 | oil pressure | 0 | 97 |
| 23 | 29 | 40 | Dick May | Price Racing (D.K. Ulrich) | Buick | 280 | 925 | crash | 0 | 94 |
| 24 | 4 | 98 | Morgan Shepherd | Levi Garrett (Ron Benfield) | Buick | 279 | 2,535 | engine | 0 | 91 |
| 25 | 15 | 90 | Jody Ridley | J.D. Stacy (Junie Donlavey) | Ford | 270 | 8,225 | engine | 0 | 88 |
| 26 | 35 | 80 | John Callis | Vel-Loc Industries (John Callis) | Pontiac | 248 | 800 | axle | 0 | 85 |
| 27 | 9 | 44 | Terry Labonte | Texas Jeans / Stratagraph (Billy Hagan) | Buick | 204 | 1,775 | crash | 12 | 87 |
| 28 | 32 | 63 | Jocko Maggiacomo | Kenwood Stereo (Jocko Maggiacomo) | Oldsmobile | 191 | 750 | ball joint | 0 | 79 |
| 29 | 20 | 28 | Buddy Baker | J.D. Stacy (Harry Ranier) | Pontiac | 186 | 8,725 | cylinder head | 0 | 76 |
| 30 | 8 | 43 | Richard Petty | STP (Petty Enterprises) | Pontiac | 160 | 8,500 | steering | 40 | 78 |
| 31 | 26 | 25 | Ronnie Thomas | Drummond Racing Ltd. (Ronnie Thomas) | Pontiac | 155 | 675 | engine | 0 | 70 |
| 32 | 25 | 87 | J.R. Charbonneau | Buck Baker Driving School (Buck Baker) | Buick | 118 | 650 | crash | 0 | 67 |
| 33 | 14 | 02 | Mark Martin | Martin Racing (Bud Reeder) | Pontiac | 97 | 1,625 | ball joint | 0 | 64 |
| 34 | 33 | 65 | Gil Roth | G.R.R. Racing (Gil Roth) | Oldsmobile | 91 | 615 | rear end | 0 | 61 |
| 35 | 34 | 20 | Rick Newsom | Bojangles' (Rick Newsom) | Chevrolet | 13 | 605 | handling | 0 | 58 |