| Fin |
St |
# |
Driver |
Sponsor / Owner |
Car |
Laps |
Money |
Status |
Led |
Points |
| 3 | 1 | 15 | Bobby Allison | Mike Curb / Hodgdon (Bud Moore) | Ford | 399 | 13,675 | running | 26 | 170 |
| 12 | 2 | 88 | Darrell Waltrip | Gatorade (DiGard) | Chevrolet | 387 | 4,625 | running | 10 | 132 |
| 4 | 3 | 11 | Cale Yarborough | Busch (Junior Johnson) | Chevrolet | 397 | 8,475 | running | 0 | 160 |
| 6 | 4 | 2 | Dale Earnhardt | Mike Curb / Hodgdon (Rod Osterlund) | Chevrolet | 395 | 6,525 | running | 0 | 150 |
| 2 | 5 | 47 | Harry Gant | Race Hill Farm (Jack Beebe) | Chevrolet | 399 | 9,160 | running | 0 | 170 |
| 5 | 6 | 27 | Benny Parsons | Melling Tool (M.C. Anderson) | Chevrolet | 397 | 5,925 | running | 37 | 160 |
| 1 | 7 | 43 | Richard Petty | STP (Petty Enterprises) | Chevrolet | 400 | 18,925 | running | 327 | 185 |
| 10 | 8 | 72 | Joe Millikan | DeWitt Racing (L.G. DeWitt) | Chevrolet | 390 | 4,675 | running | 0 | 134 |
| 27 | 9 | 7 | Dick Brooks | Sanyo (Nelson Malloch) | Chevrolet | 153 | 1,200 | rear end | 0 | 82 |
| 26 | 10 | 40 | D.K. Ulrich | Mastin Pool Company (D.K. Ulrich) | Chevrolet | 172 | 1,310 | engine | 0 | 85 |
| 23 | 11 | 25 | Ronnie Thomas | Stone's Cafeteria (Don Robertson) | Chevrolet | 269 | 1,580 | crash | 0 | 94 |
| 30 | 12 | 70 | J.D. McDuffie | Bailey Excavating (J.D. McDuffie) | Chevrolet | 88 | 750 | cam | 0 | 73 |
| 31 | 13 | 95 | Tommy Houston | Carpenter Designs (Junior Miller) | Chevrolet | 9 | 550 | oil leak | 0 | 70 |
| 9 | 14 | 53 | Slick Johnson | Johnson Racing (J.D. Johnson) | Chevrolet | 391 | 1,300 | running | 0 | 138 |
| 11 | 15 | 3 | Richard Childress | CRC Chemicals (Richard Childress) | Chevrolet | 388 | 2,590 | running | 0 | 130 |
| 21 | 16 | 71 | Dave Marcis | Hudson Transmission (Dave Marcis) | Chevrolet | 334 | 1,915 | running | 0 | 100 |
| 17 | 17 | 48 | James Hylton | Palatine Automotive Parts (James Hylton) | Chevrolet | 376 | 2,100 | running | 0 | 112 |
| 8 | 18 | 42 | Kyle Petty | STP (Petty Enterprises) | Chevrolet | 392 | 1,450 | running | 0 | 142 |
| 25 | 19 | 17 | Roger Hamby | Kings Inn Daytona (Roger Hamby) | Chevrolet | 179 | 1,245 | engine | 0 | 88 |
| 18 | 20 | 07 | Jeff McDuffie | Bailey Excavating (J.D. McDuffie) | Buick | 365 | 775 | running | 0 | 109 |
| 14 | 21 | 52 | Jimmy Means | Thompson Industries (Jimmy Means) | Chevrolet | 382 | 2,310 | running | 0 | 121 |
| 15 | 22 | 99 | Dick May | Hollar Auto Parts (Bill Hollar) | Chevrolet | 378 | 950 | running | 0 | |
| 20 | 23 | 20 | Rick Newsom | Louise Smith (Rick Newsom) | Chevrolet | 354 | 750 | running | 0 | 103 |
| 13 | 24 | 67 | Buddy Arrington | Reid Trailer Sales (Buddy Arrington) | Dodge | 384 | 2,490 | running | 0 | 124 |
| 24 | 25 | 75 | Bill Elswick | RahMoc Enterprises | Chevrolet | 211 | 595 | oil line | 0 | 91 |
| 29 | 26 | 64 | Tommy Gale | Sunny King Ford & Honda (Elmo Langley) | Ford | 115 | 760 | oil pressure | 0 | 76 |
| 22 | 27 | 44 | Terry Labonte | Stratagraph (Billy Hagan) | Chevrolet | 325 | 1,765 | crash | 0 | 97 |
| 16 | 28 | 74 | Bobby Wawak | Wawak Racing (Bobby Wawak) | Chevrolet | 377 | 875 | running | 0 | 115 |
| 28 | 29 | 19 | John Anderson | Belden Asphalt (Henley Gray) | Chevrolet | 149 | 820 | engine | 0 | |
| 19 | 30 | 45 | Baxter Price | Iron Peddlers (Baxter Price) | Chevrolet | 363 | 750 | running | 0 | 106 |
| 7 | 31 | 90 | Jody Ridley | Truxmore / Sunny King (Junie Donlavey) | Ford | 393 | 3,910 | running | 0 | 146 |