| Pos | St | # | Driver | Car | Laps | Money | Status | Led |
|---|
| 1 | 3 | 27 | Cale Yarborough | Valvoline (M.C. Anderson) | Buick | 50 | 18000 | running | 3 |
| 2 | 11 | 44 | Terry Labonte | J.D. Stacy (Billy Hagan) | Buick | 50 | 10000 | running | 3 |
| 3 | 4 | 88 | Bobby Allison | Gatorade (DiGard) | Buick | 50 | 6000 | running | 32 |
| 4 | 1 | 28 | Benny Parsons | J.D. Stacy (Harry Ranier) | Pontiac | 50 | 3850 | running | 8 |
| 5 | 5 | 51 | A.J. Foyt | Valvoline / Gilmore (A.J. Foyt) | Oldsmobile | 50 | 2650 | running | 0 |
| 6 | 6 | 71 | Dave Marcis | J.D. Stacy (Dave Marcis) | Buick | 50 | 2550 | running | 4 |
| 7 | 12 | 62 | Rick Wilson | Wilson Racing (Rick Wilson) | Oldsmobile | 50 | 2450 | running | 0 |
| 8 | 14 | 13 | Dick Brooks | Carolina Tool & Equipment (Bobby Hawkins) | Ford | 50 | 2350 | running | 0 |
| 9 | 13 | 5 | Jim Sauter | J.D. Stacy (Jim Stacy) | Buick | 50 | 2250 | running | 0 |
| 10 | 8 | 72 | Rusty Wallace | Southland Fire Equipment (John Childs) | Buick | 50 | 2150 | running | 0 |
| 11 | 2 | 43 | Richard Petty | STP (Petty Enterprises) | Pontiac | 50 | 2050 | running | 0 |
| 12 | 17 | 90 | Jody Ridley | J.D. Stacy (Junie Donlavey) | Ford | 50 | 1950 | running | 0 |
| 13 | 10 | 37 | Tom Sneva | Simoniz (Bob Rogers) | Buick | 50 | 1850 | running | 0 |
| 14 | 7 | 50 | Joe Millikan | Performance Connection (Cliff Stewart) | Pontiac | 50 | 1750 | running | 0 |
| 15 | 15 | 18 | Donnie Allison | Robinson Brothers (Ogden Racing) | Buick | 50 | 1650 | running | 0 |
| 16 | 20 | 66 | Lake Speed | Native Tan (Lake Speed) | Buick | 50 | 1550 | running | 0 |
| 17 | 18 | 48 | Slick Johnson | Palatine Auto Parts (James Hylton) | Buick | 50 | 1450 | running | 0 |
| 18 | 23 | 30 | Roy Smith | Pride of Victoria (John Edgett) | Pontiac | 50 | 1350 | running | 0 |
| 19 | 30 | 4 | Connie Saylor | Spencer Racing (G.C. Spencer) | Oldsmobile | 50 | 1250 | running | 0 |
| 20 | 28 | 17 | Lowell Cowell | Kings Inn Daytona (Hamby Automotive) | Buick | 50 | 1150 | running | 0 |
| 21 | 22 | 05 | Bill Meazell | Colonial Motors (Dennis Taylor) | Pontiac | 50 | 1050 | running | 0 |
| 22 | 26 | 81 | Ronnie Sanders | Love Tu Rental (Ronnie Sanders) | Chevrolet | 50 | 950 | running | 0 |
| 23 | 21 | 67 | Buddy Arrington | Peacock Dodge Daytona (Buddy Arrington) | Chrysler | 50 | 850 | running | 0 |
| 24 | 32 | 45 | John Haver | George Pharis | Buick | 50 | 750 | running | 0 |
| 25 | 25 | 07 | Bill Scott | Brown Racing (Spencer Brown) | Buick | 49 | 650 | running | 0 |
| 26 | 31 | 85 | Joel Stowe | Thomas Racing (Ronnie Thomas) | Pontiac | 48 | 600 | running | 0 |
| 27 | 19 | 78 | Dick Skillen | Tom Goff | Pontiac | 44 | 550 | running | 0 |
| 28 | 29 | 54 | David Simko | Elmer Simko | Pontiac | 38 | 500 | crash | 0 |
| 29 | 24 | 26 | Brad Teague | Food Country USA (Charlie Henderson) | Chevrolet | 26 | 450 | crash | 0 |
| 30 | 9 | 75 | Gary Balough | Santon (RahMoc Enterprises) | Pontiac | 19 | 400 | engine | 0 |
| 31 | 27 | 70 | J.D. McDuffie | Macks Stores (J.D. McDuffie) | Pontiac | 14 | 400 | engine | 0 |
| 32 | 16 | 41 | Sterling Marlin | 1982 World's Fair Knoxville (Billy Matthews) | Oldsmobile | 3 | 400 | crash | 0 |