| Fin |
St |
# |
Driver |
Sponsor / Owner |
Car |
Laps |
Money |
Status |
Led |
Points |
| 1 | 4 | 9 | Bill Elliott | Coors (Harry Melling) | Ford | 500 | 44,500 | running | 336 | 185 |
| 2 | 2 | 33 | Harry Gant | Skoal Bandit (Hal Needham) | Chevrolet | 499 | 29,950 | running | 0 | 170 |
| 3 | 12 | 7 | Kyle Petty | 7-Eleven (Wood Brothers) | Ford | 499 | 19,055 | running | 0 | 165 |
| 4 | 5 | 15 | Ricky Rudd | Motorcraft (Bud Moore) | Ford | 498 | 15,375 | running | 0 | 160 |
| 5 | 16 | 11 | Darrell Waltrip | Budweiser (Junior Johnson) | Chevrolet | 497 | 15,975 | running | 0 | 155 |
| 6 | 8 | 27 | Tim Richmond | Old Milwaukee (Raymond Beadle) | Pontiac | 497 | 9,820 | running | 0 | 150 |
| 7 | 7 | 43 | Richard Petty | STP (Mike Curb) | Pontiac | 494 | 11,600 | running | 0 | 146 |
| 8 | 3 | 12 | Neil Bonnett | Budweiser (Junior Johnson) | Chevrolet | 494 | 11,200 | running | 20 | 147 |
| 9 | 19 | 71 | Dave Marcis | AEL Rentals (Dave Marcis) | Oldsmobile | 488 | 7,775 | running | 0 | 138 |
| 10 | 18 | 90 | Ken Schrader | Ultra Seal (Junie Donlavey) | Ford | 487 | 8,615 | running | 0 | 134 |
| 11 | 6 | 5 | Geoffrey Bodine | Levi Garrett (Rick Hendrick) | Chevrolet | 485 | 11,700 | running | 142 | 135 |
| 12 | 31 | 8 | Bobby Hillin, Jr. | Trap Rock Industries (Stavola Brothers) | Chevrolet | 477 | 3,100 | running | 0 | 127 |
| 13 | 11 | 22 | Bobby Allison | Miller American (DiGard) | Buick | 476 | 8,850 | running | 0 | 124 |
| 14 | 29 | 60 | Bob Riley | Riley Racing (Bob Riley) | Pontiac | 449 | 2,100 | running | 0 | |
| 15 | 28 | 85 | Tommie Crozier | Leonard Racing (Bill Leonard) | Pontiac | 442 | 2,500 | running | 0 | 118 |
| 16 | 1 | 44 | Terry Labonte | Piedmont Airlines (Billy Hagan) | Chevrolet | 437 | 14,050 | engine | 2 | 120 |
| 17 | 27 | 76 | Phil Good | Good Racing (Phil Good) | Chrysler | 434 | 1,850 | running | 0 | 112 |
| 18 | 10 | 2 | Rusty Wallace | Alugard (Cliff Stewart) | Pontiac | 431 | 6,255 | running | 0 | 109 |
| 19 | 23 | 96 | Jerry Bowman | Milford Fertilizer (Jerry Bowman) | Ford | 393 | 1,750 | running | 0 | 106 |
| 20 | 13 | 47 | Ron Bouchard | Valvoline (Jack Beebe) | Buick | 346 | 5,285 | engine | 0 | 103 |
| 21 | 25 | 20 | Rick Newsom | Newsom Racing (Rick Newsom) | Chevrolet | 330 | 1,650 | engine | 0 | 100 |
| 22 | 14 | 88 | Buddy Baker | Bull Frog Knits (Buddy Baker / Danny Schiff) | Oldsmobile | 282 | 4,775 | oil pump | 0 | 97 |
| 23 | 21 | 67 | Buddy Arrington | West Penn Auto Sales (Buddy Arrington) | Ford | 231 | 4,965 | flywheel | 0 | 94 |
| 24 | 15 | 75 | Lake Speed | Nationwise Auto Parts (RahMoc Enterprises) | Pontiac | 227 | 4,205 | fan blade | 0 | 91 |
| 25 | 9 | 3 | Dale Earnhardt | Wrangler Jeans (Richard Childress) | Chevrolet | 219 | 9,050 | engine | 0 | 88 |
| 26 | 22 | 49 | James Hylton | Cleaner Hands Formula (James Hylton) | Chevrolet | 201 | 3,945 | ignition | 0 | |
| 27 | 30 | 68 | Jimmy Walker | Walker Enterprises (Jimmy Walker) | Ford | 180 | 1,350 | valve | 0 | 82 |
| 28 | 17 | 64 | Clark Dwyer | Sunny King Ford & Honda (Elmo Langley) | Ford | 158 | 2,575 | engine | 0 | 79 |
| 29 | 32 | 17 | Phil Parsons | Skoal Bandit (Roger Hamby) | Chevrolet | 150 | 3,515 | engine | 0 | 76 |
| 30 | 20 | 52 | Jimmy Means | Broadway Motors (Jimmy Means) | Pontiac | 115 | 3,455 | valve | 0 | 73 |
| 31 | 26 | 70 | J.D. McDuffie | Lockhart Ford-Mercury (J.D. McDuffie) | Ford | 115 | 3,385 | valve | 0 | 70 |
| 32 | 24 | 6 | Eddie Bierschwale | U.S. Racing (D.K. Ulrich) | Chevrolet | 73 | 2,600 | engine | 0 | 67 |
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