| Fin |
St |
# |
Driver |
Sponsor / Owner |
Car |
Laps |
Money |
Status |
Led |
Points |
| 1 | 4 | 11 | Darrell Waltrip | Budweiser (Junior Johnson) | Chevrolet | 400 | 90,733 | running | 91 | 180 |
| 2 | 2 | 33 | Harry Gant | Skoal Bandit (Hal Needham) | Chevrolet | 400 | 49,300 | running | 82 | 175 |
| 3 | 16 | 22 | Bobby Allison | Miller American (DiGard) | Buick | 400 | 30,900 | running | 15 | 170 |
| 4 | 5 | 3 | Dale Earnhardt | Wrangler Jeans (Richard Childress) | Chevrolet | 399 | 49,238 | running | 97 | 170 |
| 5 | 18 | 44 | Terry Labonte | Piedmont Airlines (Billy Hagan) | Chevrolet | 398 | 24,000 | running | 0 | 155 |
| 6 | 25 | 75 | Lake Speed | Nationwise Auto Parts (RahMoc Enterprises) | Pontiac | 397 | 16,055 | running | 0 | 150 |
| 7 | 28 | 4 | Joe Ruttman | Folger's (Larry McClure) | Chevrolet | 396 | 10,600 | running | 0 | 146 |
| 8 | 15 | 2 | Rusty Wallace | Alugard (Cliff Stewart) | Pontiac | 396 | 14,695 | running | 0 | 142 |
| 9 | 6 | 27 | Tim Richmond | Old Milwaukee (Raymond Beadle) | Pontiac | 394 | 12,575 | running | 1 | 143 |
| 10 | 31 | 1 | Dick Brooks | Exxon (Rick Hendrick) | Chevrolet | 393 | 9,000 | running | 0 | |
| 11 | 22 | 71 | Dave Marcis | Transmissions Unlimited (Dave Marcis) | Oldsmobile | 392 | 10,940 | running | 0 | 130 |
| 12 | 41 | 8 | Bobby Hillin, Jr. | All Pro Auto Parts (Stavola Brothers) | Chevrolet | 392 | 8,970 | running | 0 | 127 |
| 13 | 17 | 15 | Ricky Rudd | Motorcraft (Bud Moore) | Ford | 391 | 13,255 | running | 0 | 124 |
| 14 | 11 | 7 | Kyle Petty | 7-Eleven (Wood Brothers) | Ford | 391 | 9,830 | running | 0 | 121 |
| 15 | 13 | 12 | Neil Bonnett | Budweiser (Junior Johnson) | Chevrolet | 388 | 13,085 | running | 0 | 118 |
| 16 | 3 | 5 | Geoffrey Bodine | Levi Garrett (Rick Hendrick) | Chevrolet | 384 | 16,450 | running | 32 | 120 |
| 17 | 32 | 05 | Slick Johnson | Spohn Racing (Ron Spohn) | Ford | 383 | 5,100 | running | 0 | 112 |
| 18 | 1 | 9 | Bill Elliott | Coors (Harry Melling) | Ford | 379 | 46,783 | running | 81 | 114 |
| 19 | 42 | 6 | Eddie Bierschwale | U.S. Racing (D.K. Ulrich) | Chevrolet | 379 | 7,975 | running | 0 | 106 |
| 20 | 27 | 18 | Tommy Ellis | Eric Freedlander | Chevrolet | 375 | 4,650 | transmission | 0 | 103 |
| 21 | 40 | 82 | Mark Stahl | Auto Bell Car Wash (Mark Stahl) | Ford | 375 | 3,800 | running | 0 | 100 |
| 22 | 34 | 67 | Buddy Arrington | Vinton Motors (Buddy Arrington) | Ford | 367 | 6,465 | rear end | 0 | 97 |
| 23 | 35 | 64 | Clark Dwyer | Sunny King Ford & Honda (Elmo Langley) | Ford | 362 | 6,005 | running | 0 | 94 |
| 24 | 30 | 84 | Mike Alexander | Sims Brothers Construction (Sims Brothers) | Chevrolet | 353 | 3,050 | running | 0 | 91 |
| 25 | 10 | 00 | Morgan Shepherd | Helen Rae Special (Helen Rae Smith) | Chevrolet | 341 | 3,100 | oil leak | 0 | 88 |
| 26 | 29 | 43 | Richard Petty | STP (Mike Curb) | Pontiac | 310 | 9,050 | engine | 0 | 85 |
| 27 | 8 | 21 | David Pearson | Chattanooga Chew (Hoss Ellington) | Chevrolet | 286 | 2,500 | ignition | 0 | 82 |
| 28 | 24 | 23 | Michael Waltrip | Mell-Gear (Dick Bahre) | Chevrolet | 278 | 2,050 | transmission | 0 | |
| 29 | 23 | 47 | Ron Bouchard | Valvoline (Jack Beebe) | Buick | 270 | 4,495 | engine | 0 | 76 |
| 30 | 36 | 17 | Lennie Pond | McCord Gaskets (Roger Hamby) | Chevrolet | 261 | 4,125 | engine | 1 | 78 |
| 31 | 39 | 89 | Jim Sauter | Evinrude (Mueller Brothers) | Pontiac | 208 | 1,750 | rear end | 0 | 70 |
| 32 | 37 | 52 | Jimmy Means | Broadway Motors (Jimmy Means) | Pontiac | 148 | 3,965 | oil pressure | 0 | 67 |
| 33 | 21 | 66 | Phil Parsons | Skoal Bandit (Leo Jackson / Richard Jackson) | Chevrolet | 129 | 1,650 | engine | 0 | 64 |
| 34 | 20 | 95 | Sterling Marlin | Native Tan (Sadler Brothers) | Chevrolet | 129 | 1,600 | steering | 0 | 61 |
| 35 | 19 | 49 | Greg Sacks | Cleaner Hands Formula (James Hylton) | Chevrolet | 125 | 3,805 | engine | 0 | |
| 36 | 33 | 09 | Dick Trickle | Matthews Racing (Billy Matthews) | Chevrolet | 115 | 1,550 | oil leak | 0 | |
| 37 | 26 | 88 | Buddy Baker | Bull Frog Knits / Liquid Wrench (Buddy Baker / Danny Schiff) | Oldsmobile | 59 | 3,685 | oil leak | 0 | 52 |
| 38 | 12 | 90 | Ken Schrader | Ultra Seal (Junie Donlavey) | Ford | 29 | 3,125 | engine | 0 | 49 |
| 39 | 38 | 70 | J.D. McDuffie | Rumple Furniture (J.D. McDuffie) | Pontiac | 21 | 2,900 | ignition | 0 | 46 |
| 40 | 7 | 28 | Cale Yarborough | Hardee's (Harry Ranier) | Ford | 19 | 1,575 | engine | 0 | 43 |
| 41 | 14 | 98 | Trevor Boys | McCaig Racing (Ron Benfield) | Chevrolet | 10 | 1,575 | valve | 0 | 40 |
| 42 | 9 | 55 | Benny Parsons | Copenhagen (Leo Jackson / Richard Jackson) | Chevrolet | 8 | 1,575 | engine | 0 | 37 |
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Failed to qualify: Dick Skillen, Jonathan Lee Edwards, Delma Cowart, Connie Saylor, H.B. Bailey, Jim Southard, Mike Potter, Bobby Wawak, Rick Baldwin, John Haver
| Lap leader breakdown: |
| Leader | From Lap | To Lap | # Of Laps |
| Bill Elliott | 1 | 13 | 13 |
| Geoffrey Bodine | 14 | 43 | 30 |
| Darrell Waltrip | 44 | 61 | 18 |
| Lennie Pond | 62 | 62 | 1 |
| Bobby Allison | 63 | 74 | 12 |
| Dale Earnhardt | 75 | 85 | 11 |
| Bill Elliott | 86 | 133 | 48 |
| Tim Richmond | 134 | 134 | 1 |
| Dale Earnhardt | 135 | 135 | 1 |
| Bill Elliott | 136 | 155 | 20 |
| Bobby Allison | 156 | 156 | 1 |
| Darrell Waltrip | 157 | 174 | 18 |
| Dale Earnhardt | 175 | 176 | 2 |
| Darrell Waltrip | 177 | 179 | 3 |
| Dale Earnhardt | 180 | 204 | 25 |
| Darrell Waltrip | 205 | 224 | 20 |
| Dale Earnhardt | 225 | 257 | 33 |
| Darrell Waltrip | 258 | 265 | 8 |
| Geoffrey Bodine | 266 | 267 | 2 |
| Darrell Waltrip | 268 | 272 | 5 |
| Bobby Allison | 273 | 273 | 1 |
| Darrell Waltrip | 274 | 277 | 4 |
| Harry Gant | 278 | 296 | 19 |
| Darrell Waltrip | 297 | 298 | 2 |
| Dale Earnhardt | 299 | 315 | 17 |
| Bobby Allison | 316 | 316 | 1 |
| Dale Earnhardt | 317 | 324 | 8 |
| Darrell Waltrip | 325 | 327 | 3 |
| Harry Gant | 328 | 390 | 63 |
| Darrell Waltrip | 391 | 400 | 10 |
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