| Fin |
St |
# |
Driver |
Sponsor / Owner |
Car |
Laps |
Money |
Status |
Led |
Points |
| 1 | 20 | 43 | Richard Petty | STP (Petty Enterprises) | Pontiac | 334 | 40,400 | running | 23 | 76 |
| 2 | 6 | 11 | Darrell Waltrip | Pepsi / Burger King (Junior Johnson) | Chevrolet | 334 | 34,850 | running | 18 | 175 |
| 3 | 2 | 55 | Benny Parsons | Copenhagen (Johnny Hayes) | Chevrolet | 334 | 43,775 | running | 52 | 170 |
| 4 | 5 | 44 | Terry Labonte | Budweiser (Billy Hagan) | Chevrolet | 334 | 16,230 | running | 31 | 165 |
| 5 | 1 | 27 | Tim Richmond | Old Milwaukee (Raymond Beadle) | Pontiac | 334 | 35,195 | running | 99 | 165 |
| 6 | 3 | 21 | Buddy Baker | Valvoline (Wood Brothers) | Ford | 334 | 8,500 | running | 37 | 155 |
| 7 | 25 | 22 | Bobby Allison | Miller High Life (DiGard) | Buick | 334 | 16,000 | running | 3 | 151 |
| 8 | 7 | 9 | Bill Elliott | Melling Oil Pumps (Harry Melling) | Ford | 334 | 12,875 | running | 43 | 147 |
| 9 | 13 | 3 | Ricky Rudd | Piedmont Airlines (Richard Childress) | Chevrolet | 334 | 8,265 | running | 1 | 143 |
| 10 | 11 | 28 | Cale Yarborough | Hardee's (Harry Ranier) | Chevrolet | 333 | 6,650 | running | 10 | 139 |
| 11 | 18 | 1 | Lake Speed | UNO / Bull Frog Knits (Hoss Ellington) | Chevrolet | 333 | 6,000 | running | 9 | 135 |
| 12 | 17 | 84 | Jody Ridley | Cumberland Mills (Robert McEntyre) | Chevrolet | 333 | 3,850 | running | 0 | 127 |
| 13 | 10 | 98 | Joe Ruttman | Levi Garrett (Ron Benfield) | Chevrolet | 333 | 7,205 | running | 0 | 124 |
| 14 | 16 | 15 | Dale Earnhardt | Wrangler (Bud Moore) | Ford | 332 | 11,650 | running | 6 | 126 |
| 15 | 9 | 47 | Ron Bouchard | Race Hill Farm (Jack Beebe) | Buick | 331 | 7,085 | running | 0 | 118 |
| 16 | 27 | 48 | Trevor Boys | Hylton-McCaig (James Hylton) | Chevrolet | 331 | 6,525 | running | 2 | 120 |
| 17 | 39 | 71 | Dave Marcis | American Legion Posts (Dave Marcis) | Oldsmobile | 330 | 11,650 | running | 0 | 112 |
| 18 | 24 | 7 | Kyle Petty | 7-Eleven (Petty Enterprises) | Pontiac | 329 | 5,615 | running | 0 | 109 |
| 19 | 15 | 66 | Phil Parsons | Skoal (Johnny Hayes) | Chevrolet | 329 | 3,650 | running | 0 | 106 |
| 20 | 35 | 6 | D.K. Ulrich | Rob's Roost (D.K. Ulrich) | Chevrolet | 322 | 5,355 | running | 0 | 103 |
| 21 | 22 | 02 | Jim Sauter | D.E.R. Inc. (Bud Reeder) | Chevrolet | 321 | 4,145 | running | 0 | 100 |
| 22 | 33 | 12 | Rodney Combs | Stroh's (Jim Stacy) | Buick | 320 | 1,725 | engine | 0 | 97 |
| 23 | 40 | 52 | Jimmy Means | Broadway Motors (Jimmy Means) | Chevrolet | 319 | 3,200 | running | 0 | 94 |
| 24 | 19 | 31 | John Anderson | Lebe's Tire Service (Henley Gray) | Chevrolet | 317 | 1,350 | running | 0 | 91 |
| 25 | 31 | 2 | Morgan Shepherd | My Car (Jim Stacy) | Buick | 317 | 8,900 | running | 0 | 88 |
| 26 | 14 | 75 | Neil Bonnett | Hodgdon (RahMoc Enterprises) | Chevrolet | 317 | 7,775 | running | 0 | 85 |
| 27 | 29 | 99 | Philip Duffie | U.S. Duffie Sand & Gravel (Philip Duffie) | Buick | 314 | 1,250 | running | 0 | 82 |
| 28 | 4 | 88 | Geoffrey Bodine | Gatorade (Cliff Stewart) | Pontiac | 309 | 5,490 | engine | 0 | 79 |
| 29 | 8 | 33 | Harry Gant | Skoal Bandit (Hal Needham) | Buick | 301 | 9,500 | ignition | 0 | 76 |
| 30 | 34 | 5 | Greg Sacks | Uniden (Arnie Sacks) | Chevrolet | 293 | 1,175 | crash | 0 | 73 |
| 31 | 37 | 64 | Tommy Gale | Sunny King Ford & Honda (Elmo Langley) | Ford | 285 | 2,905 | running | 0 | 70 |
| 32 | 26 | 97 | Dean Combs | Best Products (Irv Sanderson) | Oldsmobile | 283 | 1,125 | engine | 0 | 67 |
| 33 | 21 | 4 | Mark Martin | Morgan-McClure (Larry McClure) | Chevrolet | 274 | 1,110 | rear end | 0 | 64 |
| 34 | 32 | 67 | Buddy Arrington | Reid Trailer Sales (Buddy Arrington) | Chrysler | 252 | 2,810 | head gasket | 0 | 61 |
| 35 | 38 | 0 | Delma Cowart | Coastal Transmissions (H.L. Waters) | Chevrolet | 239 | 1,050 | engine | 0 | 58 |
| 36 | 28 | 8 | Bobby Hillin, Jr. | Trap Rock Industries (Bobby Hillin, Sr.) | Buick | 184 | 1,040 | engine | 0 | 55 |
| 37 | 23 | 90 | Dick Brooks | Chameleon Sunglasses (Junie Donlavey) | Ford | 161 | 2,030 | engine | 0 | 52 |
| 38 | 36 | 77 | Ken Ragan | Clinomint (Marvin Ragan) | Chevrolet | 137 | 1,020 | running | 0 | 49 |
| 39 | 12 | 16 | David Pearson | Chattanooga Chew (Bobby Hawkins) | Chevrolet | 106 | 1,505 | valve | 0 | 46 |
| 40 | 30 | 17 | Sterling Marlin | Hesco Exhaust (Roger Hamby) | Chevrolet | 53 | 2,000 | engine | 0 | 43 |
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