| Pos | St | # | Driver | Car | Laps | Money | Status | Led |
|---|
| 1 | 9 | 15 |  Dale Earnhardt | Wrangler (Bud Moore) | Ford | 50 | 18000 | running | – |
| 2 | 8 | 21 | Buddy Baker | Valvoline (Wood Brothers) | Ford | 50 | 10000 | running | – |
| 3 | 4 | 7 | Kyle Petty | 7-Eleven (Petty Enterprises) | Pontiac | 50 | 6000 | running | – |
| 4 | 7 | 14 | A.J. Foyt | Valvoline (A.J. Foyt) | Chevrolet | 50 | 3850 | running | – |
| 5 | 2 | 98 | Joe Ruttman | Levi Garrett (Ron Benfield) | Chevrolet | 50 | 2650 | running | – |
| 6 | 11 | 33 | Harry Gant | Skoal Bandit (Hal Needham) | Buick | 50 | 2550 | running | – |
| 7 | 1 | 3 | Ricky Rudd | Piedmont Airlines (Richard Childress) | Chevrolet | 50 | 2450 | running | – |
| 8 | 10 | 16 | David Pearson | Chattanooga Chew (Bobby Hawkins) | Chevrolet | 50 | 2350 | running | – |
| 9 | 5 | 9 | Bill Elliott | Melling Oil Pumps (Harry Melling) | Ford | 50 | 2250 | running | – |
| 10 | 27 | 23 | Elliott Forbes-Robinson | Yurika Foods (Dick Bahre) | Buick | 50 | 2150 | running | – |
| 11 | 20 | 71 | Dave Marcis | Transmissions Unlimited (Dave Marcis) | Chevrolet | 50 | 2050 | running | – |
| 12 | 18 | 47 | Ron Bouchard | Race Hill Farm (Jack Beebe) | Buick | 50 | 1950 | running | – |
| 13 | 13 | 64 | Tommy Gale | Sunny King Ford & Honda (Elmo Langley) | Ford | 49 | 1850 | running | – |
| 14 | 31 | 89 | Dean Roper | Evinrude Motors (Mueller Brothers) | Pontiac | 49 | 1750 | running | – |
| 15 | 29 | 48 | James Hylton | Palatine Auto Parts (James Hylton) | Chevrolet | 49 | 1650 | running | – |
| 16 | 24 | 41 | Ronnie Thomas | Advance Auto Parts (Ronnie Thomas) | Pontiac | 49 | 1550 | running | – |
| 17 | 17 | 67 | Buddy Arrington | Arrington Racing (Buddy Arrington) | Chrysler | 49 | 1450 | running | – |
| 18 | 21 | 40 | Ferrel Harris | Iron Peddlers (Baxter Price / D.K. Ulrich) | Buick | 49 | 1350 | running | – |
| 19 | 22 | 99 | Philip Duffie | Duffie Sand & Gravel (Philip Duffie) | Buick | 48 | 1250 | running | – |
| 20 | 3 | 11 | Darrell Waltrip | Pepsi Challenger (Junior Johnson) | Chevrolet | 48 | 1150 | running | – |
| 21 | 34 | 63 | Jocko Maggiacomo | Jim Rosenblum | Oldsmobile | 48 | 1050 | running | – |
| 22 | 12 | 70 | J.D. McDuffie | McDuffie Racing (J.D. McDuffie) | Pontiac | 47 | 950 | running | – |
| 23 | 36 | 38 |  Laurent Rioux | Rioux Racing (Laurent Rioux) | Chevrolet | 46 | 850 | running | – |
| 24 | 23 | 74 | Ralph Jones | Bridgetender Inn (Bobby Wawak) | Buick | 45 | 750 | water pump | – |
| 25 | 25 | 10 | Clark Dwyer | Kings Inn (Roger Hamby) | Chevrolet | 38 | 650 | engine | – |
| 26 | 35 | 78 | Dick Skillen | Tom Goff | Pontiac | 36 | 600 | engine | – |
| 27 | 32 | 39 | Blackie Wangerin | Wangerin Racing (Blackie Wangerin) | Ford | 33 | 550 | rear end | – |
| 28 | 16 | 65 | Joe Booher | Ron Spohn | Ford | 31 | 500 | engine | – |
| 29 | 6 | 66 | Phil Parsons | Skoal (Johnny Hayes) | Buick | 25 | 450 | transmission | – |
| 30 | 14 | 4 | Connie Saylor | Spencer Racing (G.C. Spencer) | Oldsmobile | 24 | 400 | engine | – |
| 31 | 26 | 73 | Steve Moore | Franklin City Music Park (Steve Moore) | Pontiac | 23 | | engine | – |
| 32 | 19 | 0 | Delma Cowart | Coastal Transmissions (H.L. Waters) | Buick | 18 | | crash | – |
| 33 | 30 | 76 | Mike Potter | Cam Farm (Mike Potter) | Oldsmobile | 17 | | crash | – |
| 34 | 33 | 05 | Bruce Jacobi | Colonial Motors (Dennis Taylor) | Pontiac | 5 | 500 | crash | – |
| 35 | 28 | 54 | David Simko | Mound Steel (Elmer Simko) | Oldsmobile | 1 | | engine | – |
| 36 | 15 | 81 | Ronnie Sanders | – | – | 0 | | did not start | – |
