| Fin |
St |
# |
Driver |
Sponsor / Owner |
Car |
Laps |
Money |
Status |
Led |
Points |
| 1 | 1 | 11 | Darrell Waltrip | Mountain Dew (Junior Johnson) | Buick | 500 | 26,520 | running | 222 | 180 |
| 3 | 4 | 98 | Morgan Shepherd | Levi Garrett (Ron Benfield) | Buick | 500 | 6,705 | running | 2 | 170 |
| 6 | 8 | 33 | Harry Gant | 7-Eleven / Skoal Bandit (Hal Needham) | Buick | 498 | 4,950 | running | 1 | 155 |
| 8 | 13 | 47 | Ron Bouchard | J.D. Stacy (Jack Beebe) | Buick | 497 | 7,630 | running | 0 | 142 |
| 18 | 2 | 2 | Joe Ruttman | J.D. Stacy (Jim Stacy) | Buick | 457 | 2,570 | running | 0 | 109 |
| 22 | 14 | 37 | Neil Bonnett | Warner Hodgdon / National Eng. (Bob Rogers) | Buick | 400 | 1,855 | a frame | 0 | 97 |
| 23 | 12 | 75 | Gary Balough | RahMoc Enterprises | Buick | 391 | 1,830 | crash | 0 | 94 |
| 24 | 28 | 86 | John McFadden | Setzer Well Company (Will Cronkrite) | Buick | 368 | 655 | crash | 0 | 91 |
| 26 | 26 | 6 | D.K. Ulrich | Ulrich Racing (D.K. Ulrich) | Buick | 297 | 620 | rear end | 0 | 85 |
| 29 | 22 | 17 | Lake Speed | Yazoo Mowers (Roger Hamby) | Buick | 68 | 1,090 | oil pump | 0 | 76 |
| 30 | 29 | 40 | Dick May | Stihl Chain Saw (D.K. Ulrich) | Buick | 34 | 580 | engine | 0 | 73 |
| 4 | 10 | 44 | Terry Labonte | J.D. Stacy (Billy Hagan) | Chevrolet | 499 | 6,575 | running | 13 | 165 |
| 5 | 6 | 88 | Bobby Allison | Gatorade (DiGard) | Chevrolet | 498 | 7,680 | running | 0 | 155 |
| 10 | 5 | 71 | Dave Marcis | J.D. Stacy (Dave Marcis) | Chevrolet | 495 | 4,180 | running | 0 | 134 |
| 12 | 23 | 26 | Brad Teague | Food Country USA (Charlie Henderson) | Chevrolet | 487 | 1,830 | running | 0 | 127 |
| 15 | 18 | 67 | Buddy Arrington | Hills Racing (Buddy Arrington) | Dodge | 480 | 3,100 | running | 0 | 118 |
| 2 | 9 | 15 | Dale Earnhardt | Wrangler Jeans (Bud Moore) | Ford | 500 | 18,480 | running | 255 | 180 |
| 17 | 27 | 64 | Tommy Gale | Sunny King Ford & Honda (Elmo Langley) | Ford | 473 | 2,730 | running | 0 | 112 |
| 20 | 15 | 90 | Jody Ridley | J.D. Stacy (Junie Donlavey) | Ford | 431 | 8,230 | running | 0 | 103 |
| 28 | 11 | 13 | Dick Brooks | Carolina Tool & Equipment (Bobby Hawkins) | Ford | 109 | 600 | crash | 0 | 79 |
| 7 | 16 | 43 | Richard Petty | STP (Petty Enterprises) | Pontiac | 497 | 9,430 | running | 7 | 151 |
| 9 | 3 | 28 | Benny Parsons | J.D. Stacy (Harry Ranier) | Pontiac | 496 | 8,430 | running | 0 | 138 |
| 11 | 19 | 42 | Kyle Petty | STP (Petty Enterprises) | Pontiac | 489 | 3,570 | running | 0 | 130 |
| 13 | 21 | 50 | Joe Millikan | Performance Connection (Cliff Stewart) | Pontiac | 485 | 6,930 | running | 0 | 124 |
| 14 | 17 | 02 | Mark Martin | Apache Stove (Bud Reeder) | Pontiac | 482 | 1,230 | running | 0 | 121 |
| 16 | 20 | 52 | Jimmy Means | Broadway Motors (Jimmy Means) | Pontiac | 474 | 2,915 | running | 0 | 115 |
| 19 | 25 | 70 | J.D. McDuffie | Macks Stores (J.D. McDuffie) | Pontiac | 434 | 2,410 | running | 0 | 106 |
| 21 | 24 | 48 | Slick Johnson | Palatine Auto Parts (James Hylton) | Pontiac | 413 | 2,200 | running | 0 | 100 |
| 25 | 30 | 25 | Ronnie Thomas | Thomas Racing (Ronnie Thomas) | Pontiac | 307 | 630 | ignition | 0 | 88 |
| 27 | 7 | 3 | Ricky Rudd | Piedmont Airlines (Richard Childress) | Pontiac | 217 | 1,110 | valve | 0 | 82 |
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