| Fin |
St |
# |
Driver |
Sponsor / Owner |
Car |
Laps |
Money |
Status |
Led |
Points |
| 1 | 2 | 15 | Bobby Allison | Mike Curb / Hodgdon (Bud Moore) | Ford | 400 | 17,725 | running | 166 | 185 |
| 2 | 5 | 88 | Darrell Waltrip | Gatorade (DiGard) | Chevrolet | 400 | 11,175 | running | 131 | 175 |
| 3 | 6 | 71 | Dave Marcis | Hudson / Buck Stove (Dave Marcis) | Chevrolet | 400 | 6,685 | running | 4 | 170 |
| 4 | 7 | 47 | Harry Gant | Race Hill Farm (Jack Beebe) | Chevrolet | 399 | 5,235 | running | 0 | 160 |
| 5 | 8 | 2 | Dale Earnhardt | Mike Curb / Hodgdon (Rod Osterlund) | Chevrolet | 399 | 6,925 | running | 0 | 155 |
| 6 | 4 | 27 | Benny Parsons | Melling Tool (M.C. Anderson) | Chevrolet | 399 | 5,550 | running | 0 | 150 |
| 7 | 9 | 44 | Terry Labonte | Apache Stove (Billy Hagan) | Chevrolet | 399 | 5,200 | running | 0 | 146 |
| 8 | 24 | 53 | Slick Johnson | Johnson Racing (J.D. Johnson) | Chevrolet | 391 | 1,900 | running | 0 | 142 |
| 10 | 1 | 11 | Cale Yarborough | Busch (Junior Johnson) | Chevrolet | 389 | 11,225 | running | 54 | 139 |
| 9 | 10 | 90 | Jody Ridley | Truxmore / Sunny King (Junie Donlavey) | Ford | 390 | 2,840 | running | 0 | 138 |
| 11 | 28 | 74 | Bobby Wawak | Wawak Racing (Bobby Wawak) | Chevrolet | 383 | 1,100 | running | 0 | 130 |
| 12 | 21 | 52 | Jimmy Means | Thompson Industries (Jimmy Means) | Chevrolet | 383 | 2,480 | running | 0 | 127 |
| 13 | 11 | 79 | Junior Miller | Miller Roofing (Junior Miller) | Chevrolet | 380 | 2,410 | running | 0 | 124 |
| 14 | 19 | 24 | Cecil Gordon | South Hill Texaco (Cecil Gordon) | Oldsmobile | 379 | 2,300 | running | 0 | 121 |
| 15 | 27 | 48 | James Hylton | Palatine Automotive Parts (James Hylton) | Chevrolet | 376 | 2,140 | running | 0 | 118 |
| 17 | 23 | 07 | Jeff McDuffie | Bailey Excavating (J.D. McDuffie) | Buick | 371 | 850 | running | 0 | 112 |
| 18 | 14 | 43 | Richard Petty | STP (Petty Enterprises) | Chevrolet | 361 | 5,725 | running | 0 | 109 |
| 19 | 16 | 3 | Richard Childress | CRC Chemicals (Richard Childress) | Chevrolet | 341 | 1,720 | running | 0 | 106 |
| 20 | 22 | 64 | Tommy Gale | Sunny King Ford & Honda (Elmo Langley) | Ford | 333 | 1,610 | running | 0 | 103 |
| 22 | 20 | 17 | Roger Hamby | Kings Inn Daytona (Roger Hamby) | Chevrolet | 227 | 1,085 | transmission | 0 | 97 |
| 24 | 17 | 70 | J.D. McDuffie | Bailey Excavating (J.D. McDuffie) | Chevrolet | 200 | 895 | valve | 0 | 91 |
| 25 | 13 | 25 | Ronnie Thomas | Stone's Cafeteria (Don Robertson) | Chevrolet | 184 | 885 | crash | 0 | 88 |
| 26 | 25 | 67 | Buddy Arrington | Reid Trailer Sales (Buddy Arrington) | Dodge | 159 | 810 | running | 0 | 85 |
| 28 | 3 | 68 | Lennie Pond | Kings Mountain Truck Plaza (Jim Testa) | Chevrolet | 91 | 645 | engine | 45 | 84 |
| 27 | 18 | 19 | John Anderson | Belden Asphalt (Henley Gray) | Chevrolet | 107 | 800 | valve | 0 | 82 |
| 30 | 12 | 40 | D.K. Ulrich | Ulrich Racing (D.K. Ulrich) | Chevrolet | 2 | 800 | oil pressure | 0 | 73 |
| 16 | 26 | 45 | Joel Stowe | Iron Peddlers / McWhitrer (Baxter Price) | Chevrolet | 375 | 1,955 | running | 0 | |
| 21 | 15 | 7 | Lake Speed | Sanyo (Nelson Malloch) | Chevrolet | 315 | 1,725 | crash | 0 | |
| 23 | 29 | 61 | Bub Strickler | Duro-Bond (Jim Norris) | Chevrolet | 224 | 610 | ignition | 0 | |
| 29 | 30 | 99 | Dick May | Hollar Auto Parts (Bill Hollar) | Chevrolet | 62 | 510 | engine | 0 | |