| Fin |
St |
# |
Driver |
Sponsor / Owner |
Car |
Laps |
Money |
Status |
Led |
Points |
| 1 | 1 | 11 | Darrell Waltrip | Mountain Dew (Junior Johnson) | Buick | 500 | 18,800 | running | 251 | 185 |
| 19 | 13 | 24 | Morgan Shepherd | Gordon Racing (Cecil Gordon) | Buick | 339 | 1,905 | rear end | 104 | 111 |
| 2 | 3 | 88 | Ricky Rudd | Gatorade (DiGard) | Chevrolet | 499 | 12,375 | running | 92 | 175 |
| 21 | 12 | 2 | Joe Ruttman | J.D. Stacy (Jim Stacy) | Pontiac | 302 | 5,100 | oil pan | 49 | 105 |
| 4 | 6 | 28 | Bobby Allison | Hardee's (Harry Ranier) | Buick | 497 | 7,075 | running | 4 | 165 |
| 3 | 16 | 44 | Terry Labonte | Stratagraph (Billy Hagan) | Buick | 498 | 8,800 | running | 0 | 165 |
| 5 | 7 | 47 | Ron Bouchard | J.D. Stacy (Jack Beebe) | Buick | 497 | 5,650 | running | 0 | 155 |
| 6 | 8 | 15 | Benny Parsons | Melling Tool (Bud Moore) | Ford | 497 | 6,250 | running | 0 | 150 |
| 7 | 15 | 66 | Lake Speed | Speed Racing (Lake Speed) | Oldsmobile | 493 | 4,170 | running | 0 | 146 |
| 8 | 9 | 12 | Tim Richmond | UNO (Kennie Childers) | Oldsmobile | 488 | 1,315 | crash | 0 | 142 |
| 9 | 5 | 71 | Dave Marcis | Bowlin Coal (Dave Marcis) | Buick | 487 | 3,600 | running | 0 | 138 |
| 10 | 20 | 67 | Buddy Arrington | Hills Racing (Buddy Arrington) | Dodge | 486 | 3,780 | running | 0 | 134 |
| 11 | 2 | 33 | Harry Gant | Skoal Bandit (Hal Needham) | Pontiac | 485 | 3,695 | running | 0 | 130 |
| 12 | 22 | 52 | Jimmy Means | Broadway Motors (Jimmy Means) | Pontiac | 480 | 3,035 | running | 0 | 127 |
| 13 | 23 | 70 | J.D. McDuffie | Bailey Excavating (J.D. McDuffie) | Pontiac | 479 | 2,875 | running | 0 | 124 |
| 14 | 26 | 68 | Lennie Pond | Bekaert (Lennie Pond) | Buick | 478 | 1,000 | running | 0 | 121 |
| 15 | 25 | 64 | Tommy Gale | Sunny King Ford & Honda (Elmo Langley) | Ford | 471 | 2,615 | running | 0 | 118 |
| 16 | 28 | 48 | James Hylton | Palatine Auto Parts (James Hylton) | Pontiac | 464 | 2,475 | running | 0 | 115 |
| 17 | 18 | 5 | Joe Millikan | Performance Connection (Cliff Stewart) | Pontiac | 434 | 4,965 | running | 0 | 112 |
| 18 | 21 | 25 | Ronnie Thomas | Thomas Racing (Ronnie Thomas) | Pontiac | 392 | 2,255 | running | 0 | 109 |
| 20 | 4 | 90 | Jody Ridley | Truxmore / Sunny King (Junie Donlavey) | Ford | 317 | 2,875 | sway bar | 0 | 103 |
| 22 | 29 | 20 | Rick Newsom | Newsom Racing (Rick Newsom) | Chevrolet | 248 | 635 | handling | 0 | 97 |
| 23 | 24 | 99 | Elliott Forbes-Robinson | Ulrich Racing (D.K. Ulrich) | Buick | 246 | 870 | brakes | 0 | 94 |
| 24 | 10 | 43 | Richard Petty | STP (Petty Enterprises) | Buick | 73 | 5,060 | cylinder head | 0 | 91 |
| 25 | 17 | 37 | Mike Alexander | Rogers Auto Leasing (Bob Rogers) | Buick | 49 | 595 | crash | 0 | 88 |
| 26 | 27 | 17 | Mike Potter | Kings Inn Daytona (Roger Hamby) | Chevrolet | 32 | 1,130 | steering | 0 | 85 |
| 27 | 14 | 3 | Dale Earnhardt | Wrangler (Richard Childress) | Pontiac | 31 | 2,620 | crash | 0 | 82 |
| 28 | 11 | 42 | Kyle Petty | STP (Petty Enterprises) | Buick | 28 | 860 | transmission | 0 | 79 |
| 29 | 30 | 08 | Joel Stowe | Don Satterfield | Pontiac | 14 | 540 | flagged | 0 | 76 |
| 30 | 19 | 40 | Cecil Gordon | Dixie Engineering (D.K. Ulrich) | Buick | 3 | 530 | quit | 0 | 73 |
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