| Fin |
St |
# |
Driver |
Sponsor / Owner |
Car |
Laps |
Money |
Status |
Led |
Points |
| 1 | 11 | 27 | Cale Yarborough | Valvoline (M.C. Anderson) | Buick | 492 | 17,360 | running | 51 | 180 |
| 2 | 9 | 44 | Terry Labonte | J.D. Stacy (Billy Hagan) | Chevrolet | 491 | 13,705 | running | 5 | 175 |
| 3 | 1 | 28 | Benny Parsons | J.D. Stacy (Harry Ranier) | Pontiac | 491 | 17,300 | running | 2 | 170 |
| 4 | 14 | 88 | Bobby Allison | Gatorade (DiGard) | Chevrolet | 491 | 10,825 | running | 18 | 165 |
| 5 | 20 | 98 | Morgan Shepherd | Levi Garrett (Ron Benfield) | Buick | 489 | 4,825 | running | 0 | 155 |
| 6 | 5 | 50 | Joe Millikan | Performance Connection (Cliff Stewart) | Pontiac | 489 | 10,300 | running | 5 | 155 |
| 7 | 4 | 11 | Darrell Waltrip | Mountain Dew (Junior Johnson) | Buick | 489 | 14,700 | running | 148 | 156 |
| 8 | 3 | 33 | Harry Gant | 7-Eleven / Skoal Bandit (Hal Needham) | Buick | 488 | 5,930 | running | 28 | 147 |
| 9 | 31 | 67 | Buddy Arrington | Arrington Racing (Buddy Arrington) | Dodge | 471 | 5,360 | running | 0 | 138 |
| 10 | 25 | 70 | J.D. McDuffie | Macks Stores (J.D. McDuffie) | Pontiac | 468 | 5,200 | running | 0 | 134 |
| 11 | 32 | 64 | Tommy Gale | Sunny King Ford & Honda (Elmo Langley) | Ford | 450 | 4,780 | running | 0 | 130 |
| 12 | 21 | 75 | Gary Balough | Sanyo (RahMoc Enterprises) | Buick | 444 | 4,515 | crash | 0 | 127 |
| 13 | 26 | 40 | Dick May | Baxter Price (D.K. Ulrich) | Buick | 444 | 1,800 | running | 0 | 124 |
| 14 | 19 | 1 | Buddy Baker | UNO (Hoss Ellington) | Buick | 441 | 1,700 | crash | 6 | 126 |
| 15 | 10 | 3 | Ricky Rudd | Piedmont Airlines (Richard Childress) | Pontiac | 437 | 3,960 | running | 0 | 118 |
| 16 | 8 | 47 | Ron Bouchard | J.D. Stacy (Jack Beebe) | Buick | 435 | 8,550 | crash | 0 | 115 |
| 17 | 34 | 52 | Jimmy Means | Broadway Motors (Jimmy Means) | Pontiac | 403 | 2,670 | running | 0 | 112 |
| 18 | 22 | 48 | Slick Johnson | Palatine Auto Parts (James Hylton) | Buick | 402 | 3,505 | running | 0 | 109 |
| 19 | 13 | 21 | Neil Bonnett | Warner Hodgdon / National Eng. (Wood Brothers) | Ford | 386 | 2,050 | engine | 128 | 111 |
| 20 | 33 | 25 | Ronnie Thomas | Jabe Thomas (Ronnie Thomas) | Pontiac | 376 | 1,360 | running | 0 | 103 |
| 21 | 29 | 71 | Dave Marcis | J.D. Stacy (Dave Marcis) | Chevrolet | 347 | 3,200 | running | 0 | 100 |
| 22 | 23 | 18 | Donnie Allison | Hodges (Jack Ogden) | Buick | 271 | 1,180 | engine | 0 | 97 |
| 23 | 12 | 9 | Bill Elliott | Melling Tool (Harry Melling) | Ford | 255 | 1,140 | steering | 0 | 94 |
| 24 | 2 | 2 | Joe Ruttman | J.D. Stacy (Jim Stacy) | Buick | 206 | 3,790 | steering | 70 | 96 |
| 25 | 6 | 15 | Dale Earnhardt | Wrangler Jeans (Bud Moore) | Ford | 191 | 8,660 | overheating | 30 | 93 |
| 26 | 17 | 6 | D.K. Ulrich | Ulrich Racing (D.K. Ulrich) | Buick | 175 | 2,700 | engine | 0 | 85 |
| 27 | 18 | 42 | Kyle Petty | STP (Petty Enterprises) | Pontiac | 170 | 2,650 | clutch | 0 | 82 |
| 28 | 24 | 94 | Bobby Wawak | Wawak Racing (Bobby Wawak) | Buick | 162 | 940 | shocks | 0 | 79 |
| 29 | 28 | 06 | Ernie Cline | Bob Haas | Pontiac | 154 | 900 | rear end | 0 | 76 |
| 30 | 15 | 43 | Richard Petty | STP (Petty Enterprises) | Pontiac | 119 | 8,660 | crash | 1 | 78 |
| 31 | 30 | 29 | Tim Richmond | Fast Company Ltd. (Billie Harvey) | Ford | 112 | 820 | engine | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | 27 | 37 | Mark Martin | Simoniz (Bud Reeder) | Buick | 111 | 2,440 | valve | 0 | 67 |
| 33 | 7 | 90 | Jody Ridley | J.D. Stacy (Junie Donlavey) | Ford | 79 | 9,140 | crash | 0 | 64 |
| 34 | 16 | 17 | Lake Speed | Kings Inn (Roger Hamby) | Buick | 42 | 1,700 | crash | 0 | 61 |
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