| Fin |
St |
# |
Driver |
Sponsor / Owner |
Car |
Laps |
Money |
Status |
Led |
Points |
| 1 | 13 | 21 | Neil Bonnett | Warner Hodgdon / National Eng. (Wood Brothers) | Ford | 400 | 50,650 | running | 67 | 180 |
| 2 | 14 | 9 | Bill Elliott | Melling Tool (Harry Melling) | Ford | 400 | 35,625 | running | 75 | 175 |
| 3 | 9 | 88 | Bobby Allison | Gatorade (DiGard) | Buick | 399 | 29,525 | running | 99 | 170 |
| 4 | 5 | 27 | Cale Yarborough | Valvoline (M.C. Anderson) | Buick | 398 | 15,850 | running | 0 | 160 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Buddy Baker | UNO / Jolly Rancher (Hoss Ellington) | Buick | 398 | 17,440 | running | 3 | 160 |
| 6 | 20 | 90 | Jody Ridley | J.D. Stacy (Junie Donlavey) | Ford | 398 | 17,150 | running | 1 | 155 |
| 7 | 10 | 3 | Ricky Rudd | Piedmont Airlines (Richard Childress) | Pontiac | 397 | 11,130 | running | 0 | 146 |
| 8 | 21 | 43 | Richard Petty | STP (Petty Enterprises) | Pontiac | 394 | 14,425 | running | 1 | 147 |
| 9 | 12 | 71 | Dave Marcis | J.D. Stacy (Dave Marcis) | Buick | 391 | 9,670 | running | 1 | 143 |
| 10 | 17 | 47 | Ron Bouchard | J.D. Stacy (Jack Beebe) | Buick | 391 | 13,300 | running | 0 | 134 |
| 11 | 27 | 67 | Buddy Arrington | Hills Racing (Buddy Arrington) | Dodge | 390 | 8,650 | running | 0 | 130 |
| 12 | 33 | 17 | Lake Speed | Yazoo Mowers (Roger Hamby) | Buick | 390 | 8,065 | running | 0 | 127 |
| 13 | 4 | 33 | Harry Gant | 7-Eleven / Skoal Bandit (Hal Needham) | Buick | 388 | 10,180 | running | 19 | 129 |
| 14 | 37 | 52 | Jimmy Means | Broadway Motors (Jimmy Means) | Buick | 387 | 7,535 | running | 0 | 121 |
| 15 | 28 | 4 | Connie Saylor | Mitchell Industrial Tire (G.C. Spencer) | Oldsmobile | 385 | 4,475 | running | 0 | 118 |
| 16 | 40 | 32 | Bosco Lowe | Clinomint (Bill Terry) | Buick | 381 | 3,900 | running | 0 | 115 |
| 17 | 25 | 42 | Kyle Petty | STP (Petty Enterprises) | Pontiac | 379 | 6,405 | engine | 0 | 112 |
| 18 | 32 | 40 | Slick Johnson | Turbo Sales & Service (D.K. Ulrich) | Buick | 375 | 3,620 | running | 0 | 109 |
| 19 | 16 | 98 | Morgan Shepherd | Levi Garrett (Ron Benfield) | Buick | 373 | 6,100 | engine | 6 | 111 |
| 20 | 38 | 94 | Bobby Wawak | Wawak Racing (Bobby Wawak) | Buick | 363 | 3,675 | running | 0 | 103 |
| 21 | 1 | 03 | David Pearson | Carolina Tool / Chattanooga Chew (Bobby Hawkins) | Buick | 362 | 19,240 | engine | 2 | 105 |
| 22 | 6 | 11 | Darrell Waltrip | Mountain Dew (Junior Johnson) | Buick | 354 | 13,130 | engine | 0 | 97 |
| 23 | 42 | 48 | Tommy Gale | Palatine Auto Parts (James Hylton) | Buick | 351 | 5,020 | running | 0 | 94 |
| 24 | 30 | 26 | Brad Teague | Food Country USA (Charlie Henderson) | Chevrolet | 350 | 3,060 | engine | 0 | 91 |
| 25 | 3 | 50 | Geoffrey Bodine | Performance Connection (Cliff Stewart) | Pontiac | 350 | 13,000 | rear end | 0 | 88 |
| 26 | 29 | 36 | H.B. Bailey | Almeda Auto Parts (H.B. Bailey) | Pontiac | 337 | 1,975 | running | 0 | 85 |
| 27 | 18 | 02 | Mark Martin | Apache Stove (Bud Reeder) | Pontiac | 328 | 3,990 | running | 0 | 82 |
| 28 | 34 | 6 | D.K. Ulrich | Ulrich Racing (D.K. Ulrich) | Buick | 316 | 3,610 | running | 0 | 79 |
| 29 | 23 | 72 | Rusty Wallace | Southland Fire Equipment (John Childs) | Buick | 307 | 1,800 | crash | 0 | 76 |
| 30 | 15 | 15 | Dale Earnhardt | Wrangler Jeans (Bud Moore) | Ford | 279 | 18,470 | head gasket | 122 | 83 |
| 31 | 39 | 24 | Lennie Pond | Western Carolina Forklift (Cecil Gordon) | Buick | 261 | 3,510 | engine | 0 | 70 |
| 32 | 26 | 0 | Delma Cowart | Coastal Transmissions (Heyward Grooms) | Buick | 253 | 1,665 | engine | 0 | 67 |
| 33 | 41 | 70 | J.D. McDuffie | Macks Stores (J.D. McDuffie) | Pontiac | 202 | 3,340 | oil leak | 0 | 64 |
| 34 | 7 | 44 | Terry Labonte | J.D. Stacy / Stratagraph (Billy Hagan) | Buick | 179 | 3,440 | engine | 4 | 66 |
| 35 | 36 | 73 | Steve Moore | Franklin City Music Park (Willard Moore) | Pontiac | 150 | 1,525 | engine | 0 | 58 |
| 36 | 31 | 62 | Rick Wilson | Wilson Racing (Rick Wilson) | Buick | 104 | 1,495 | engine | 0 | 55 |
| 37 | 22 | 37 | Donnie Allison | Simoniz Super Poly (Bob Rogers) | Buick | 103 | 2,465 | engine | 0 | 52 |
| 38 | 24 | 77 | Dean Combs | People's Car (Irv Sanderson) | Buick | 97 | 1,435 | handling | 0 | 49 |
| 39 | 8 | 28 | Benny Parsons | J.D. Stacy (Harry Ranier) | Pontiac | 97 | 9,555 | steering | 0 | 46 |
| 40 | 19 | 2 | Tim Richmond | Clyde Turkle's Chicken Pit Special (Jim Stacy) | Buick | 44 | 2,375 | crash | 0 | 43 |
| 41 | 11 | 75 | Joe Ruttman | Pet Dairy (RahMoc Enterprises) | Buick | 43 | 2,475 | crash | 0 | 40 |
| 42 | 35 | 19 | John Anderson | Shoney's (Henley Gray) | Buick | 5 | 1,375 | engine | 0 | 37 |
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