| Fin |
St |
# |
Driver |
Sponsor / Owner |
Car |
Laps |
Money |
Status |
Led |
Points |
| 13 | 12 | 88 | Bobby Allison | Gatorade (DiGard) | Buick | 182 | 15,565 | running | 8 | 129 |
| 6 | 17 | 37 | Donnie Allison | Simoniz (Bob Rogers) | Buick | 186 | 12,125 | running | 1 | 155 |
| 20 | 30 | 19 | John Anderson | Shoney's Racing (Henley Gray) | Buick | 164 | 2,970 | engine | 0 | 103 |
| 11 | 32 | 67 | Buddy Arrington | Hills Racing (Buddy Arrington) | Dodge | 184 | 7,100 | running | 1 | 135 |
| 25 | 13 | 1 | Buddy Baker | UNO (Hoss Ellington) | Buick | 109 | 2,445 | steering | 0 | 88 |
| 33 | 5 | 50 | Geoffrey Bodine | Performance Connection (Cliff Stewart) | Pontiac | 53 | 8,890 | engine | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | 19 | 21 | Neil Bonnett | Warner Hodgdon / National Eng. (Wood Brothers) | Ford | 165 | 3,030 | running | 1 | 111 |
| 36 | 8 | 47 | Ron Bouchard | J.D. Stacy (Jack Beebe) | Buick | 23 | 8,680 | engine | 0 | 55 |
| 21 | 26 | 66 | Lowell Cowell | Kings Inn Daytona (Roger Hamby) | Buick | 161 | 2,805 | running | 0 | 100 |
| 17 | 25 | 99 | Philip Duffie | U.S. Duffie Sand & Gravel (Philip Duffie) | Buick | 179 | 3,345 | running | 0 | 112 |
| 8 | 20 | 15 | Dale Earnhardt | Wrangler Jeans (Bud Moore) | Ford | 186 | 14,850 | running | 3 | 147 |
| 26 | 7 | 9 | Bill Elliott | Melling Tool (Harry Melling) | Ford | 100 | 2,355 | transmission | 0 | 85 |
| 29 | 18 | 96 | Elliott Forbes-Robinson | Jolly Rancher / Western Steer (Will Cronkrite) | Buick | 73 | 2,085 | engine | 0 | 76 |
| 16 | 35 | 64 | Tommy Gale | Sunny King Ford & Honda (Elmo Langley) | Ford | 180 | 5,350 | running | 0 | 115 |
| 14 | 14 | 33 | Harry Gant | 7-Eleven / Skoal Bandit (Hal Needham) | Buick | 182 | 6,335 | running | 4 | 126 |
| 23 | 40 | 40 | Ferrel Harris | Price Racing (D.K. Ulrich) | Buick | 146 | 2,625 | running | 0 | 94 |
| 12 | 37 | 48 | Slick Johnson | Palatine Auto Parts (James Hylton) | Buick | 183 | 6,710 | running | 0 | 127 |
| 2 | 4 | 44 | Terry Labonte | J.D. Stacy (Billy Hagan) | Buick | 188 | 29,230 | running | 21 | 175 |
| 30 | 10 | 71 | Dave Marcis | J.D. Stacy (Dave Marcis) | Buick | 66 | 2,995 | engine | 0 | 73 |
| 10 | 11 | 02 | Mark Martin | Apache Stove (Bud Reeder) | Buick | 184 | 8,660 | running | 0 | 134 |
| 18 | 38 | 70 | J.D. McDuffie | Macks Stores (J.D. McDuffie) | Pontiac | 177 | 4,930 | running | 0 | 109 |
| 9 | 33 | 52 | Jimmy Means | Broadway Motors (Jimmy Means) | Buick | 184 | 13,530 | running | 0 | 138 |
| 35 | 27 | 73 | Steve Moore | Franklin City Music Park (Willard Moore) | Pontiac | 32 | 1,925 | clutch | 4 | 63 |
| 3 | 1 | 28 | Benny Parsons | J.D. Stacy (Harry Ranier) | Pontiac | 188 | 33,565 | running | 84 | 175 |
| 4 | 15 | 42 | Kyle Petty | STP (Petty Enterprises) | Pontiac | 188 | 17,095 | running | 0 | 160 |
| 27 | 9 | 43 | Richard Petty | STP (Petty Enterprises) | Pontiac | 82 | 10,065 | fuel pump | 0 | 82 |
| 31 | 23 | 24 | Lennie Pond | Gordon Racing (Cecil Gordon) | Buick | 66 | 2,905 | crash | 1 | 75 |
| 7 | 24 | 2 | Tim Richmond | Stacy-Pak (Jim Stacy) | Buick | 186 | 10,890 | running | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | 34 | 90 | Jody Ridley | J.D. Stacy (Junie Donlavey) | Ford | 16 | 8,990 | engine | 0 | 49 |
| 24 | 3 | 3 | Ricky Rudd | Piedmont Airlines (Richard Childress) | Pontiac | 116 | 4,470 | running | 1 | 96 |
| 22 | 21 | 75 | Joe Ruttman | RahMoc Enterprises | Pontiac | 159 | 4,870 | engine | 0 | 97 |
| 28 | 39 | 07 | Bill Scott | Brown Racing (Spencer Brown) | Buick | 75 | 2,175 | piston | 0 | 79 |
| 5 | 16 | 98 | Morgan Shepherd | Levi Garrett (Ron Benfield) | Buick | 188 | 11,100 | running | 5 | 160 |
| 40 | 29 | 54 | David Simko | Mound Steel (Elmer Simko) | Pontiac | 4 | 1,500 | crash | 0 | 43 |
| 34 | 26 | 17 | Lake Speed | Yazoo Mowers / 95 Rock (Roger Hamby) | Buick | 39 | 2,770 | engine | 0 | 61 |
| 15 | 31 | 6 | D.K. Ulrich | Ulrich Racing (D.K. Ulrich) | Buick | 181 | 5,800 | running | 0 | 118 |
| 1 | 2 | 11 | Darrell Waltrip | Mountain Dew (Junior Johnson) | Buick | 188 | 44,250 | running | 54 | 180 |
| 32 | 22 | 62 | Rick Wilson | Wilson Racing (Rick Wilson) | Oldsmobile | 57 | 1,860 | valve | 0 | 67 |
| 39 | 36 | 34 | L.W. Wright | Music City Racing (L.W. Wright) | Chevrolet | 13 | 1,545 | engine | 0 | 46 |
| 37 | 6 | 27 | Cale Yarborough | Valvoline (M.C. Anderson) | Buick | 17 | 1,635 | engine | 0 | 52 |
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