| Fin |
St |
# |
Driver |
Sponsor / Owner |
Car |
Laps |
Money |
Status |
Led |
Points |
| 32 | 9 | 12 | Buck Simmons | Ramey's Chevy City (Kennie Childers) | Chevrolet | 168 | 500 | clutch | 0 | 67 |
| 25 | 26 | 29 | Junior Miller | Thompson Industries (Junior Miller) | Chevrolet | 387 | 550 | engine | 0 | 88 |
| 24 | 18 | 52 | Jimmy Means | Mr. Transmission (Jimmy Means) | Chevrolet | 414 | 815 | ignition | 0 | 91 |
| 28 | 27 | 79 | Travis Tiller | Warren Racing (Frank Warren) | Dodge | 323 | 770 | oil pressure | 0 | 79 |
| 26 | 15 | 53 | Slick Johnson | Johnson Racing (J.D. Johnson) | Chevrolet | 385 | 540 | oil pump | 0 | 85 |
| 31 | 29 | 74 | Bobby Wawak | Wawak Racing (Bobby Wawak) | Chevrolet | 172 | 500 | oil pump | 0 | 70 |
| 30 | 30 | 76 | Mike Potter | Wilson Properties (Mike Potter) | Chevrolet | 235 | 500 | overheating | 0 | 73 |
| 1 | 4 | 2 | Dale Earnhardt | Mike Curb / Hodgdon (Rod Osterlund) | Chevrolet | 500 | 20,625 | running | 208 | 185 |
| 2 | 2 | 88 | Darrell Waltrip | Gatorade (DiGard) | Chevrolet | 500 | 13,100 | running | 31 | 175 |
| 3 | 8 | 15 | Bobby Allison | Mike Curb / Hodgdon (Bud Moore) | Ford | 500 | 9,400 | running | 0 | 165 |
| 4 | 5 | 27 | Benny Parsons | Melling Tool (M.C. Anderson) | Chevrolet | 499 | 6,835 | running | 65 | 165 |
| 5 | 1 | 11 | Cale Yarborough | Busch (Junior Johnson) | Chevrolet | 498 | 7,100 | running | 187 | 160 |
| 6 | 10 | 72 | Joe Millikan | DeWitt Racing (L.G. DeWitt) | Chevrolet | 496 | 5,550 | running | 0 | 150 |
| 7 | 3 | 47 | Harry Gant | Race Hill Farm (Jack Beebe) | Chevrolet | 494 | 5,410 | running | 8 | 151 |
| 8 | 7 | 43 | Richard Petty | STP (Petty Enterprises) | Chevrolet | 492 | 6,400 | running | 1 | 147 |
| 9 | 13 | 71 | Dave Marcis | Hudson Transmission (Dave Marcis) | Chevrolet | 491 | 4,460 | running | 0 | 138 |
| 10 | 6 | 44 | Terry Labonte | Stratagraph (Billy Hagan) | Chevrolet | 490 | 4,045 | running | 0 | 134 |
| 11 | 11 | 90 | Jody Ridley | Truxmore / Sunny King (Junie Donlavey) | Ford | 483 | 3,950 | running | 0 | 130 |
| 12 | 17 | 25 | Ronnie Thomas | Stone's Cafeteria (Don Robertson) | Chevrolet | 478 | 3,090 | running | 0 | 127 |
| 13 | 28 | 70 | J.D. McDuffie | Bailey Excavating (J.D. McDuffie) | Chevrolet | 477 | 2,850 | running | 0 | 124 |
| 14 | 21 | 48 | James Hylton | Palatine Automotive Parts (James Hylton) | Chevrolet | 475 | 2,645 | running | 0 | 121 |
| 15 | 12 | 95 | Tommy Houston | Carpenter Designs (Junior Miller) | Chevrolet | 475 | 1,160 | running | 0 | 118 |
| 16 | 16 | 40 | Dick May | Midwestern Farm Lines (D.K. Ulrich) | Chevrolet | 474 | 2,350 | running | 0 | 115 |
| 17 | 14 | 64 | Tommy Gale | Sunny King Ford & Honda (Elmo Langley) | Ford | 469 | 2,105 | running | 0 | 112 |
| 18 | 20 | 17 | Roger Hamby | Kings Inn Daytona (Roger Hamby) | Chevrolet | 466 | 1,460 | running | 0 | 109 |
| 19 | 32 | 75 | Bill Elswick | RahMoc Enterprises | Chevrolet | 465 | 920 | running | 0 | 106 |
| 20 | 22 | 19 | John Utsman | Belden Asphalt (Henley Gray) | Chevrolet | 464 | 1,340 | running | 0 | 103 |
| 21 | 24 | 67 | Buddy Arrington | Reid Trailer Sales (Buddy Arrington) | Dodge | 460 | 1,315 | running | 0 | 100 |
| 22 | 31 | 24 | Cecil Gordon | Sadler Motors / Smith Used Cars (Cecil Gordon) | Oldsmobile | 454 | 845 | running | 0 | 97 |
| 23 | 23 | 45 | Baxter Price | Iron Peddlers (Baxter Price) | Chevrolet | 446 | 580 | running | 0 | 94 |
| 27 | 25 | 7 | Dick Brooks | Sanyo (Nelson Malloch) | Chevrolet | 336 | 780 | running | 0 | 82 |
| 29 | 19 | 3 | Richard Childress | CRC Chemicals (Richard Childress) | Oldsmobile | 319 | 760 | transmission | 0 | 76 |