| Fin |
St |
# |
Driver |
Sponsor / Owner |
Car |
Laps |
Money |
Status |
Led |
Points |
| 1 | 2 | 9 | Bill Elliott | Coors (Harry Melling) | Ford | 334 | 52,633 | running | 130 | 180 |
| 2 | 1 | 55 | Benny Parsons | Copenhagen (Johnny Hayes) | Chevrolet | 334 | 68,475 | running | 154 | 180 |
| 3 | 17 | 28 | Cale Yarborough | Hardee's (Harry Ranier) | Chevrolet | 334 | 23,258 | running | 8 | 170 |
| 4 | 3 | 33 | Harry Gant | Skoal Bandit (Hal Needham) | Chevrolet | 334 | 34,938 | running | 28 | 165 |
| 5 | 12 | 44 | Terry Labonte | Piedmont Airlines (Billy Hagan) | Chevrolet | 333 | 19,228 | running | 1 | 160 |
| 6 | 9 | 5 | Geoffrey Bodine | Northwestern Security Life (Rick Hendrick) | Chevrolet | 333 | 15,025 | running | 0 | 150 |
| 7 | 26 | 84 | Jody Ridley | Cumberland Carpet Mills (Robert McEntyre) | Chevrolet | 332 | 6,725 | running | 0 | 146 |
| 8 | 7 | 15 | Ricky Rudd | Wrangler Jeans (Bud Moore) | Ford | 332 | 14,225 | running | 0 | 142 |
| 9 | 23 | 43 | Richard Petty | STP (Mike Curb) | Pontiac | 332 | 8,900 | running | 0 | 138 |
| 10 | 6 | 22 | Bobby Allison | Miller High Life (DiGard) | Buick | 332 | 16,725 | running | 0 | 134 |
| 11 | 11 | 47 | Ron Bouchard | Hawaiian Punch (Jack Beebe) | Buick | 330 | 8,465 | running | 0 | 130 |
| 12 | 28 | 48 | Trevor Boys | Hylton-McCaig (James Hylton) | Chevrolet | 330 | 7,675 | running | 0 | 127 |
| 13 | 25 | 90 | Dick Brooks | Chameleon Sunglasses (Junie Donlavey) | Ford | 330 | 7,575 | running | 0 | 124 |
| 14 | 14 | 88 | Rusty Wallace | Gatorade (Cliff Stewart) | Pontiac | 330 | 8,175 | running | 0 | 121 |
| 15 | 21 | 8 | Bobby Hillin, Jr. | Trap Rock Industries (Stavola Brothers) | Chevrolet | 328 | 4,275 | running | 0 | 118 |
| 16 | 8 | 12 | Neil Bonnett | Budweiser (Junior Johnson) | Chevrolet | 328 | 5,340 | running | 0 | 115 |
| 17 | 38 | 7 | Kyle Petty | 7-Eleven (Petty Enterprises) | Ford | 326 | 12,625 | running | 0 | 112 |
| 18 | 34 | 51 | Greg Sacks | Sacks & Sons (Arnie Sacks) | Chevrolet | 325 | 3,275 | running | 0 | 109 |
| 19 | 35 | 52 | Jimmy Means | Broadway Motors (Jimmy Means) | Pontiac | 325 | 5,930 | running | 0 | 106 |
| 20 | 39 | 2 | Elliott Forbes-Robinson | Red Roof Inns (Robert Harrington) | Buick | 324 | 3,375 | running | 0 | 103 |
| 21 | 20 | 98 | L.D. Ottinger | Levi Garrett (Ron Benfield) | Chevrolet | 320 | 4,670 | running | 0 | 100 |
| 22 | 37 | 74 | Bobby Wawak | Superior Piping (Bobby Wawak) | Buick | 317 | 1,750 | running | 0 | 97 |
| 23 | 29 | 6 | Morgan Shepherd | California Cooler (D.K. Ulrich) | Chevrolet | 311 | 3,725 | running | 0 | 94 |
| 24 | 24 | 75 | Dave Marcis | Rahilly & Grady (RahMoc Enterprises) | Pontiac | 309 | 9,475 | vibration | 0 | 91 |
| 25 | 41 | 71 | Lennie Pond | Eskimo Pie (Dave Marcis) | Oldsmobile | 285 | 3,685 | engine | 0 | 88 |
| 26 | 31 | 64 | Ken Schrader | Sunny King Ford & Honda (Elmo Langley) | Ford | 276 | 3,550 | running | 0 | 85 |
| 27 | 4 | 11 | Darrell Waltrip | Budweiser (Junior Johnson) | Chevrolet | 271 | 15,603 | running | 12 | 87 |
| 28 | 18 | 97 | Dean Combs | Best Products (Irv Sanderson) | Chevrolet | 266 | 1,245 | vibration | 0 | 79 |
| 29 | 15 | 21 | Buddy Baker | Valvoline (Wood Brothers) | Ford | 226 | 1,720 | oil leak | 0 | 76 |
| 30 | 13 | 27 | Tim Richmond | Old Milwaukee (Raymond Beadle) | Pontiac | 205 | 12,525 | engine | 1 | 78 |
| 31 | 30 | 66 | Phil Parsons | Skoal Bandit (Johnny Hayes) | Chevrolet | 190 | 1,165 | engine | 0 | 70 |
| 32 | 10 | 1 | Lake Speed | Bull Frog Knits (Hoss Ellington) | Chevrolet | 160 | 1,640 | engine | 0 | 67 |
| 33 | 22 | 4 | Tommy Ellis | Morgan-McClure (Larry McClure) | Chevrolet | 158 | 1,115 | transmission | 0 | 64 |
| 34 | 19 | 23 | Connie Saylor | Bahre Racing (Dick Bahre) | Chevrolet | 153 | 1,090 | transmission | 0 | 61 |
| 35 | 32 | 95 | Sterling Marlin | Sadler Racing (Sadler Brothers) | Chevrolet | 151 | 2,060 | crash | 0 | 58 |
| 36 | 36 | 77 | Ken Ragan | McCord Gaskets (Marvin Ragan) | Chevrolet | 151 | 1,050 | crash | 0 | 55 |
| 37 | 40 | 01 | Doug Heveron | Syracuse Classic (Tom Heveron) | Chevrolet | 103 | 1,040 | engine | 0 | 52 |
| 38 | 5 | 16 | David Pearson | Chattanooga Chew (Bobby Hawkins) | Chevrolet | 77 | 1,530 | engine | 0 | 49 |
| 39 | 16 | 3 | Dale Earnhardt | Wrangler Jeans (Richard Childress) | Chevrolet | 74 | 8,010 | engine | 0 | 46 |
| 40 | 27 | 38 | Joe Ruttman | Barclays American (Phil Barkdoll) | Chevrolet | 8 | 1,005 | suspension | 0 | 43 |
| 41 | 33 | 53 | Donny Paul | Paul Brothers (Donny Paul) | Chevrolet | 1 | 1,005 | engine | 0 | 40 |
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Failed to qualify: Buddy Arrington, Jonathan Lee Edwards, Rick Newsom, Blackie Wangerin, Mark Stahl, Jim Southard, Buddy Fox, J.D. McDuffie, Ronnie Thomas
| Lap leader breakdown: |
| Leader | From Lap | To Lap | # Of Laps |
| Benny Parsons | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Darrell Waltrip | 11 | 15 | 5 |
| Benny Parsons | 16 | 65 | 50 |
| Cale Yarborough | 66 | 68 | 3 |
| Harry Gant | 69 | 69 | 1 |
| Tim Richmond | 70 | 70 | 1 |
| Benny Parsons | 71 | 133 | 63 |
| Cale Yarborough | 134 | 134 | 1 |
| Bill Elliott | 135 | 136 | 2 |
| Benny Parsons | 137 | 157 | 21 |
| Terry Labonte | 158 | 158 | 1 |
| Benny Parsons | 159 | 164 | 6 |
| Harry Gant | 165 | 175 | 11 |
| Darrell Waltrip | 176 | 182 | 7 |
| Harry Gant | 183 | 183 | 1 |
| Benny Parsons | 184 | 186 | 3 |
| Harry Gant | 187 | 200 | 14 |
| Cale Yarborough | 201 | 202 | 2 |
| Harry Gant | 203 | 203 | 1 |
| Cale Yarborough | 204 | 205 | 2 |
| Bill Elliott | 206 | 273 | 68 |
| Benny Parsons | 274 | 274 | 1 |
| Bill Elliott | 275 | 334 | 60 |
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