| Fin |
St |
# |
Driver |
Sponsor / Owner |
Car |
Laps |
Money |
Status |
Led |
Points |
| 37 | 1 | 03 | David Pearson | Chattanooga Chew / Carolina Tool (Bobby Hawkins) | Buick | 78 | 4,490 | axle | 5 | 57 |
| 24 | 2 | 11 | Darrell Waltrip | Mountain Dew (Junior Johnson) | Buick | 240 | 13,735 | engine | 23 | 96 |
| 20 | 3 | 88 | Bobby Allison | Gatorade (DiGard) | Buick | 327 | 11,875 | running | 88 | 108 |
| 13 | 4 | 75 | Joe Ruttman | Pet Dairy (RahMoc Enterprises) | Buick | 357 | 7,755 | running | 26 | 129 |
| 3 | 5 | 15 | Dale Earnhardt | Wrangler Jeans (Bud Moore) | Ford | 367 | 21,225 | running | 36 | 170 |
| 31 | 6 | 3 | Ricky Rudd | Piedmont Airlines (Richard Childress) | Pontiac | 168 | 4,175 | engine | 1 | 75 |
| 30 | 7 | 2 | Tim Richmond | Stacy-Pak (Jim Stacy) | Buick | 177 | 4,240 | engine | 21 | 78 |
| 2 | 8 | 43 | Richard Petty | STP (Petty Enterprises) | Pontiac | 367 | 26,165 | running | 20 | 175 |
| 1 | 9 | 27 | Cale Yarborough | Valvoline (M.C. Anderson) | Buick | 367 | 34,300 | running | 99 | 185 |
| 34 | 10 | 21 | Neil Bonnett | Warner Hodgdon (Wood Brothers) | Ford | 131 | 1,805 | valve | 1 | 66 |
| 35 | 11 | 44 | Terry Labonte | Texas Jeans / Stratagraph (Billy Hagan) | Chevrolet | 120 | 3,760 | engine | 0 | 58 |
| 11 | 12 | 33 | Harry Gant | 7-Eleven / Skoal Bandit (Hal Needham) | Buick | 359 | 8,065 | running | 7 | 135 |
| 4 | 13 | 9 | Bill Elliott | Melling Tool (Harry Melling) | Ford | 367 | 13,925 | running | 27 | 165 |
| 36 | 14 | 98 | Morgan Shepherd | Levi Garrett (Ron Benfield) | Buick | 106 | 2,770 | valve | 0 | 55 |
| 7 | 15 | 50 | Geoffrey Bodine | Performance Connection (Cliff Stewart) | Pontiac | 364 | 13,825 | running | 0 | 146 |
| 28 | 16 | 90 | Jody Ridley | J.D. Stacy (Junie Donlavey) | Ford | 224 | 9,605 | crash | 1 | 84 |
| 10 | 17 | 71 | Dave Marcis | Hudson / Transmissions Unlimited (Dave Marcis) | Chevrolet | 362 | 8,125 | running | 5 | 139 |
| 5 | 18 | 28 | Buddy Baker | J.D. Stacy (Harry Ranier) | Pontiac | 365 | 16,140 | running | 0 | 155 |
| 22 | 19 | 02 | Mark Martin | Jolly Rancher / Rogers (Bud Reeder) | Buick | 310 | 5,245 | running | 0 | 97 |
| 8 | 20 | 55 | Benny Parsons | Weyman & Bruton (Johnny Hayes) | Buick | 364 | 5,375 | running | 0 | 142 |
| 26 | 21 | 47 | Ron Bouchard | J.D. Stacy (Jack Beebe) | Buick | 225 | 9,340 | crash | 0 | 85 |
| 6 | 22 | 17 | Lake Speed | Yazoo Mowers (Roger Hamby) | Buick | 365 | 10,205 | running | 0 | 150 |
| 27 | 23 | 6 | D.K. Ulrich | Pentax Cameras (D.K. Ulrich) | Buick | 225 | 3,965 | engine | 0 | 82 |
| 14 | 24 | 1 | Kyle Petty | UNO / STP (Hoss Ellington) | Chevrolet | 355 | 3,950 | running | 0 | 121 |
| 25 | 25 | 64 | Tommy Gale | Sunny King Ford & Honda (Elmo Langley) | Ford | 232 | 5,220 | crash | 0 | 88 |
| 29 | 26 | 36 | H.B. Bailey | Almeda Auto Parts (H.B. Bailey) | Pontiac | 200 | 2,010 | brakes | 0 | 76 |
| 9 | 27 | 67 | Buddy Arrington | Reid Trailer Sales (Buddy Arrington) | Dodge | 364 | 8,820 | running | 0 | 138 |
| 40 | 28 | 24 | Lennie Pond | Carolina Bank & Trust (Cecil Gordon) | Buick | 34 | 2,500 | a frame | 0 | 43 |
| 32 | 29 | 40 | Slick Johnson | Price Racing (D.K. Ulrich) | Buick | 151 | 2,075 | engine | 2 | 72 |
| 12 | 30 | 4 | Connie Saylor | Connie Mining Tire (G.C. Spencer) | Oldsmobile | 357 | 4,750 | running | 3 | 132 |
| 23 | 31 | 52 | Jimmy Means | Broadway Motors (Jimmy Means) | Pontiac | 255 | 5,000 | wheel | 0 | 94 |
| 18 | 32 | 48 | James Hylton | Palatine Auto Parts (James Hylton) | Pontiac | 343 | 6,095 | running | 0 | 109 |
| 39 | 33 | 13 | Earle Canavan | J & B (Earle Canavan) | Buick | 69 | 1,530 | engine | 0 | 46 |
| 33 | 34 | 66 | Mike Potter | Cam Farm / King's Inn (Roger Hamby) | Oldsmobile | 141 | 1,860 | rear end | 0 | 64 |
| 21 | 35 | 94 | Bobby Wawak | Wawak Racing (Bobby Wawak) | Chevrolet | 316 | 2,990 | running | 2 | 105 |
| 16 | 36 | 70 | J.D. McDuffie | Macks Stores (J.D. McDuffie) | Pontiac | 350 | 6,135 | running | 0 | 115 |
| 17 | 37 | 99 | Philip Duffie | U.S. Duffie Sand & Gravel (Philip Duffie) | Buick | 349 | 3,580 | running | 0 | 112 |
| 38 | 38 | 42 | Ronnie Thomas | Thomas Racing (Ronnie Thomas) | Pontiac | 74 | 1,560 | engine | 0 | 49 |
| 15 | 39 | 19 | Dick May | Gray Racing (Henley Gray) | Buick | 352 | 3,925 | running | 0 | 118 |
| 19 | 40 | 20 | Rick Newsom | Bojangles' (Rick Newsom) | Chevrolet | 341 | 3,260 | running | 0 | 106 |
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