| Fin |
St |
# |
Driver |
Sponsor / Owner |
Car |
Laps |
Money |
Status |
Led |
| 3 | 1 | 11 | Cale Yarborough (WC) | Busch (Junior Johnson) | Oldsmobile | 200 | 18,000 | running | 55 |
| 1 | 2 | 27 | Benny Parsons (WC) | M.C. Anderson | Chevrolet | 200 | 27,050 | running | 56 |
| 2 | 3 | 15 | Bobby Allison (WC) | Hodgdon / Moore (Bud Moore) | Ford | 200 | 17,350 | running | 17 |
| 4 | 4 | 28 | Buddy Baker (WC) | W.I.N. (Harry Ranier) | Chevrolet | 200 | 7,000 | running | 39 |
| 5 | 5 | 43 | Richard Petty (WC) | STP (Petty Enterprises) | Chevrolet | 200 | 9,025 | running | 6 |
| 9 | 6 | 2 | Dale Earnhardt (WC) | Rod Osterlund | Chevrolet | 199 | 7,500 | running | 8 |
| 6 | 7 | 21 | Neil Bonnett (WC) | Purolator (Wood Brothers) | Mercury | 200 | 4,600 | running | 0 |
| 10 | 8 | 90 | Ricky Rudd (WC) | Truxmore Industries (Junie Donlavey) | Mercury | 199 | 5,860 | running | 1 |
| 11 | 9 | 1 | Donnie Allison (WC) | Hawaiian Tropic (Hoss Ellington) | Chevrolet | 199 | 2,600 | running | 0 |
| 8 | 10 | 88 | Darrell Waltrip (WC) | Gatorade (DiGard) | Chevrolet | 199 | 7,550 | running | 2 |
| 12 | 11 | 72 | Joe Millikan (WC) | Appliance Wheels (L.G. DeWitt) | Chevrolet | 199 | 6,075 | running | 0 |
| 29 | 12 | 12 | Buck Simmons | Kencoal Mining (Kennie Childers) | Chevrolet | 123 | 1,175 | transmission | 0 |
| 7 | 13 | 05 | Dick Brooks (WC) | Nelson Malloch | Chevrolet | 200 | 3,900 | running | 16 |
| 36 | 14 | 01 | Jimmy Insolo | Allstate Building Materials (Gerald Craker) | Oldsmobile | 36 | 1,825 | engine | 0 |
| 18 | 15 | 73 | Bill Schmitt | Old Milwaukee (Jim Schmitt) | Oldsmobile | 194 | 3,020 | running | 0 |
| 28 | 16 | 18 | Randy Ogden (WC) | Econ-Car (Jack Ogden) | Chevrolet | 135 | 1,225 | engine | 0 |
| 15 | 17 | 50 | Bruce Hill (WC) | Global Heat Exchanger (Walter Ballard) | Oldsmobile | 196 | 1,975 | running | 0 |
| 27 | 18 | 25 | Ronnie Thomas (WC) | Stone's Cafeteria (Don Robertson) | Chevrolet | 147 | 3,165 | engine | 0 |
| 20 | 19 | 47 | Harry Gant (WC) | Race Hill Farm (Jack Beebe) | Chevrolet | 193 | 1,750 | water pump | 0 |
| 31 | 20 | 70 | J.D. McDuffie (WC) | Bailey Excavating (J.D. McDuffie) | Chevrolet | 104 | 1,920 | engine | 0 |
| 13 | 21 | 44 | Terry Labonte (WC) | Technicraft (Billy Hagan) | Oldsmobile | 196 | 4,450 | running | 0 |
| 33 | 22 | 40 | D.K. Ulrich (WC) | Midwestern Farm Lines (D.K. Ulrich) | Chevrolet | 57 | 1,450 | engine | 0 |
| 16 | 23 | 3 | Richard Childress (WC) | CRC Chemicals (Richard Childress) | Chevrolet | 195 | 3,880 | running | 0 |
| 35 | 24 | 31 | John Rezek (WC) | Curtis Payne | Buick | 38 | 850 | crash | 0 |
| 19 | 25 | 67 | Buddy Arrington (WC) | Switzer Construction (Buddy Arrington) | Dodge | 194 | 3,410 | running | 0 |
| 14 | 26 | 42 | Kyle Petty (WC) | STP (Petty Enterprises) | Chevrolet | 196 | 2,050 | running | 0 |
| 26 | 27 | 48 | James Hylton (WC) | Palatine Automotive Parts (James Hylton) | Chevrolet | 153 | 2,425 | brakes | 0 |
| 17 | 28 | 71 | Dave Marcis (WC) | Shoney's (Dave Marcis) | Chevrolet | 195 | 1,800 | running | 0 |
| 23 | 29 | 74 | Hal Callentine | Cal-Four (Hal Callentine) | Oldsmobile | 191 | 1,475 | running | 0 |
| 21 | 30 | 45 | Roy Smith | Iron Peddlers (Baxter Price) | Oldsmobile | 193 | 2,690 | running | 0 |
| 24 | 31 | 24 | Cecil Gordon (WC) | Reliable RV (Cecil Gordon) | Oldsmobile | 190 | 2,795 | running | 0 |
| 37 | 32 | 19 | Vince Giamformaggio (WC) | Belden Asphalt (Henley Gray) | Chevrolet | 26 | 825 | engine | 0 |
| 22 | 33 | 10 | Tim Williamson | ThermaSol (Charles Williamson) | Chevrolet | 191 | 2,505 | running | 0 |
| 25 | 34 | 79 | Frank Warren (WC) | Golden Bear (Frank Warren) | Dodge | 186 | 2,635 | running | 0 |
| 32 | 35 | 78 | Jim Robinson | San-Val Supply (A.J. Kurten) | Chevrolet | 104 | 1,350 | ignition | 0 |
| 34 | 36 | 64 | Tommy Gale (WC) | Sunny King Ford & Honda (Elmo Langley) | Ford | 49 | 1,400 | running | 0 |
| 30 | 37 | 22 | Richard White | Boulevard Automotive (Mike White) | Chevrolet | 121 | 1,480 | running | 0 |
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