| Fin |
St |
# |
Driver |
Sponsor / Owner |
Car |
Laps |
Money |
Status |
Led |
Points |
| 1 | 1 | 33 | Harry Gant | 7-Eleven / Skoal Bandit (Hal Needham) | Buick | 334 | 47,740 | running | 24 | 180 |
| 2 | 5 | 9 | Bill Elliott | Melling Tool (Harry Melling) | Ford | 334 | 33,040 | running | 22 | 175 |
| 3 | 10 | 03 | David Pearson | Chattanooga Chew (Bobby Hawkins) | Buick | 333 | 13,915 | running | 0 | 165 |
| 4 | 13 | 75 | Joe Ruttman | Pet Dairy (RahMoc Enterprises) | Buick | 331 | 14,010 | running | 1 | 165 |
| 5 | 9 | 55 | Benny Parsons | Weyman & Bruton (Johnny Hayes) | Buick | 331 | 8,765 | running | 0 | 155 |
| 6 | 12 | 28 | Buddy Baker | Ranier Racing (Harry Ranier) | Pontiac | 331 | 15,440 | running | 0 | 150 |
| 7 | 17 | 90 | Jody Ridley | J.D. Stacy (Junie Donlavey) | Ford | 329 | 13,640 | running | 0 | 146 |
| 8 | 8 | 43 | Richard Petty | STP (Petty Enterprises) | Pontiac | 328 | 13,420 | running | 0 | 142 |
| 9 | 11 | 88 | Bobby Allison | Gatorade (DiGard) | Buick | 326 | 13,620 | engine | 280 | 148 |
| 10 | 25 | 62 | Rick Wilson | Wilson Racing (Rick Wilson) | Oldsmobile | 326 | 9,815 | running | 0 | 134 |
| 11 | 28 | 52 | Jimmy Means | Broadway Motors (Jimmy Means) | Buick | 323 | 7,240 | running | 0 | 130 |
| 12 | 33 | 84 | Rick Baldwin | Aladdin Hotel (Rick Baldwin) | Dodge | 323 | 6,065 | running | 0 | 127 |
| 13 | 2 | 50 | Geoffrey Bodine | Spectrum Furniture (Cliff Stewart) | Pontiac | 319 | 13,815 | engine | 5 | 129 |
| 14 | 3 | 11 | Darrell Waltrip | Mountain Dew (Junior Johnson) | Buick | 318 | 14,165 | running | 2 | 126 |
| 15 | 26 | 6 | D.K. Ulrich | Pentax Cameras (D.K. Ulrich) | Buick | 310 | 6,630 | running | 0 | 118 |
| 16 | 18 | 44 | Terry Labonte | Texas Jeans / Stratagraph (Billy Hagan) | Buick | 309 | 8,470 | engine | 0 | 115 |
| 17 | 37 | 24 | John Anderson | Western Carolina Forklift (Cecil Gordon) | Buick | 305 | 6,100 | running | 0 | 112 |
| 18 | 40 | 70 | J.D. McDuffie | Macks Stores (J.D. McDuffie) | Pontiac | 288 | 5,890 | engine | 0 | 109 |
| 19 | 20 | 2 | Tim Richmond | Stacy-Pak (Jim Stacy) | Buick | 282 | 5,580 | running | 0 | 106 |
| 20 | 36 | 48 | Lennie Pond | Palatine Auto Parts (James Hylton) | Chevrolet | 265 | 5,365 | running | 0 | 103 |
| 21 | 23 | 17 | Lake Speed | Yazoo Mowers (Roger Hamby) | Buick | 261 | 6,260 | engine | 0 | 100 |
| 22 | 19 | 67 | Buddy Arrington | Reid Trailer Sales (Buddy Arrington) | Chrysler | 260 | 3,690 | running | 0 | 97 |
| 23 | 32 | 41 | Sterling Marlin | Jiffy Lube (Billy Matthews) | Oldsmobile | 256 | 3,615 | engine | 0 | 94 |
| 24 | 21 | 8 | Dick Brooks | Sonny's Barbeque (Steve Harrison) | Pontiac | 239 | 1,515 | clutch | 0 | 91 |
| 25 | 15 | 15 | Dale Earnhardt | Wrangler Jeans (Bud Moore) | Ford | 237 | 9,565 | ball joint | 0 | 88 |
| 26 | 34 | 36 | H.B. Bailey | Almeda Auto Parts (H.B. Bailey) | Pontiac | 227 | 1,415 | crash | 0 | 85 |
| 27 | 39 | 78 | Richard Brickhouse | Sundrop (Tom Goff) | Pontiac | 220 | 1,390 | crash | 0 | 82 |
| 28 | 7 | 21 | Neil Bonnett | Warner Hodgdon / National Eng. (Wood Brothers) | Ford | 219 | 1,855 | ignition | 0 | 79 |
| 29 | 22 | 1 | Kyle Petty | UNO / STP (Hoss Ellington) | Buick | 191 | 1,340 | engine | 0 | 76 |
| 30 | 4 | 98 | Morgan Shepherd | Levi Garrett (Ron Benfield) | Buick | 178 | 3,580 | engine | 0 | 73 |
| 31 | 6 | 3 | Ricky Rudd | Piedmont Airlines (Richard Childress) | Pontiac | 122 | 3,445 | engine | 0 | 70 |
| 32 | 24 | 71 | Dave Marcis | Hudson / Transmissions Unlimited (Dave Marcis) | Buick | 99 | 2,900 | engine | 0 | 67 |
| 33 | 14 | 27 | Cale Yarborough | Valvoline (M.C. Anderson) | Buick | 98 | 1,640 | engine | 0 | 64 |
| 34 | 27 | 77 | Dean Combs | Boulevard Datsun (Irv Sanderson) | Buick | 91 | 1,115 | transmission | 0 | 61 |
| 35 | 29 | 47 | Ron Bouchard | J.D. Stacy (Jack Beebe) | Oldsmobile | 79 | 8,090 | engine | 0 | 58 |
| 36 | 30 | 64 | Tommy Gale | Sunny King Ford & Honda (Elmo Langley) | Ford | 68 | 2,080 | oil pump | 0 | 55 |
| 37 | 38 | 42 | Ronnie Thomas | Thomas Racing (Ronnie Thomas) | Pontiac | 66 | 1,070 | valve | 0 | 52 |
| 38 | 16 | 02 | Mark Martin | Jolly Rancher (Bud Reeder) | Buick | 59 | 2,565 | valve | 0 | 49 |
| 39 | 31 | 4 | Connie Saylor | Spencer Racing (G.C. Spencer) | Oldsmobile | 37 | 1,055 | water pump | 0 | 46 |
| 40 | 35 | 46 | Travis Tiller | Ring Enterprises (Travis Tiller) | Buick | 7 | 1,050 | crash | 0 | 43 |
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