| Fin |
St |
# |
Driver |
Sponsor / Owner |
Car |
Laps |
Money |
Status |
Led |
Points |
| 39 | 20 | 1 | Kyle Petty | UNO / STP (Hoss Ellington) | Buick | 7 | 1,475 | cam | 0 | 46 |
| 30 | 28 | 0 | Delma Cowart | Coastal Transmissions (H.L. Waters) | Buick | 80 | 1,940 | crash | 0 | 73 |
| 35 | 18 | 15 | Dale Earnhardt | Wrangler Jeans (Bud Moore) | Ford | 29 | 9,290 | crash | 0 | 58 |
| 16 | 15 | 21 | Neil Bonnett | Warner Hodgdon / National Eng. (Wood Brothers) | Ford | 184 | 3,305 | engine | 1 | 120 |
| 33 | 39 | 56 | Bob Slawinski | Chapman Racing | Buick | 56 | 1,745 | engine | 0 | 64 |
| 36 | 29 | 24 | Lennie Pond | Gordon Racing (Cecil Gordon) | Buick | 15 | 2,610 | engine | 0 | 55 |
| 37 | 21 | 4 | Connie Saylor | Spencer Racing (G.C. Spencer) | Oldsmobile | 13 | 2,365 | engine | 0 | 52 |
| 38 | 11 | 33 | Harry Gant | 7-Eleven / Skoal Bandit (Hal Needham) | Buick | 10 | 2,520 | engine | 0 | 49 |
| 32 | 34 | 40 | Slick Johnson | Price Racing (D.K. Ulrich) | Buick | 63 | 1,790 | ignition | 0 | 67 |
| 40 | 32 | 00 | Jim Hurlbert | Hurlbert Racing (Jim Hurlbert) | Buick | 1 | 1,430 | ignition | 0 | 43 |
| 29 | 35 | 64 | Tommy Gale | Sunny King Ford & Honda (Elmo Langley) | Ford | 84 | 3,735 | oil pump | 0 | 76 |
| 1 | 2 | 11 | Darrell Waltrip | Mountain Dew (Junior Johnson) | Buick | 188 | 58,770 | running | 107 | 185 |
| 2 | 3 | 28 | Buddy Baker | J.D. Stacy (Harry Ranier) | Pontiac | 188 | 34,350 | running | 12 | 175 |
| 3 | 13 | 43 | Richard Petty | STP (Petty Enterprises) | Pontiac | 188 | 26,975 | running | 27 | 170 |
| 4 | 4 | 27 | Cale Yarborough | Valvoline (M.C. Anderson) | Buick | 188 | 11,625 | running | 8 | 165 |
| 5 | 5 | 44 | Terry Labonte | Texas Jeans / Stratagraph (Billy Hagan) | Buick | 188 | 13,095 | running | 4 | 160 |
| 6 | 7 | 9 | Bill Elliott | Melling Tool (Harry Melling) | Ford | 188 | 8,070 | running | 4 | 155 |
| 7 | 14 | 2 | Tim Richmond | Stacy-Pak (Jim Stacy) | Buick | 188 | 9,920 | running | 0 | 146 |
| 8 | 8 | 98 | Morgan Shepherd | Levi Garrett (Ron Benfield) | Buick | 188 | 8,780 | running | 0 | 142 |
| 9 | 6 | 3 | Ricky Rudd | Piedmont Airlines (Richard Childress) | Pontiac | 188 | 8,250 | running | 0 | 138 |
| 10 | 9 | 88 | Bobby Allison | Gatorade (DiGard) | Pontiac | 188 | 13,625 | running | 19 | 139 |
| 11 | 17 | 75 | Joe Ruttman | Pet Dairy (RahMoc Enterprises) | Buick | 187 | 7,180 | running | 0 | 130 |
| 12 | 25 | 02 | Mark Martin | Apache Stove / Rogers (Bud Reeder) | Pontiac | 187 | 8,765 | running | 2 | 132 |
| 13 | 10 | 71 | Dave Marcis | McMillan (Dave Marcis) | Buick | 186 | 7,630 | running | 2 | 129 |
| 14 | 27 | 90 | Jody Ridley | J.D. Stacy (Junie Donlavey) | Ford | 186 | 11,040 | running | 0 | 121 |
| 15 | 1 | 50 | Geoffrey Bodine | Performance Connection (Cliff Stewart) | Pontiac | 185 | 12,245 | running | 0 | 118 |
| 17 | 24 | 52 | Jimmy Means | Broadway Motors (Jimmy Means) | Buick | 182 | 5,605 | running | 2 | 117 |
| 18 | 30 | 66 | Lowell Cowell | Kings Inn Daytona (Roger Hamby) | Oldsmobile | 182 | 2,935 | running | 0 | 109 |
| 19 | 22 | 8 | Bobby Hillin, Jr. | Hillin Drilling (Bobby Hillin, Sr.) | Buick | 182 | 2,850 | running | 0 | 106 |
| 20 | 23 | 67 | Buddy Arrington | Hills Racing (Buddy Arrington) | Dodge | 181 | 5,090 | running | 0 | 103 |
| 21 | 16 | 17 | Lake Speed | Yazoo Mowers (Roger Hamby) | Buick | 180 | 4,725 | running | 0 | 100 |
| 22 | 26 | 70 | J.D. McDuffie | Macks Stores (J.D. McDuffie) | Pontiac | 179 | 4,445 | running | 0 | 97 |
| 23 | 40 | 99 | Philip Duffie | U.S. Duffie Sand & Gravel (Philip Duffie) | Buick | 178 | 2,510 | running | 0 | 94 |
| 24 | 31 | 6 | Al Loquasto | Pentax Cameras (D.K. Ulrich) | Buick | 175 | 4,190 | running | 0 | 91 |
| 25 | 38 | 48 | James Hylton | Palatine Auto Parts (James Hylton) | Buick | 174 | 4,095 | running | 0 | 88 |
| 26 | 37 | 94 | Bobby Wawak | Wawak Racing (Bobby Wawak) | Buick | 164 | 2,255 | running | 0 | 85 |
| 27 | 12 | 62 | Rick Wilson | Wilson Racing (Rick Wilson) | Buick | 162 | 2,170 | running | 0 | 82 |
| 28 | 33 | 46 | Travis Tiller | Ring Enterprises (Travis Tiller) | Buick | 114 | 2,085 | running | 0 | 79 |
| 31 | 36 | 19 | Charlie Baker | Gray Racing (Henley Gray) | Buick | 69 | 1,835 | rear end | 0 | 70 |
| 34 | 19 | 47 | Ron Bouchard | J.D. Stacy (Jack Beebe) | Buick | 47 | 8,700 | valve | 0 | 61 |
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