No storylines for this race: recaps are written as races finish.
| Fin | St | ± | Driver | Team | Make | Laps | Led | Status | Pts | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | — | 1Donnie Allison | Ellington Racing | Chevrolet | 492 | 374 | running | 185 | — |
| 2 | 5 | ▲ 3 | 43Richard Petty | Petty Enterprises | Dodge | 492 | 5 | running | 175 | — |
| 3 | 4 | ▲ 1 | 88Darrell Waltrip | DiGard Motorsports |
No leader segments recorded.
No cautions recorded (or a caution-free race).
| Chevrolet |
| 492 |
| 8 |
| running |
| 170 |
| — |
| 4 | 2 | ▼ 2 | 11Cale Yarborough | Junior Johnson & Associates | Chevrolet | 490 | 81 | running | 165 | — |
| 5 | 6 | ▲ 1 | 90Dick Brooks | Donlavey Racing | Ford | 489 | 0 | running | 155 | — |
| 6 | 17 | ▲ 11 | 12Bobby Allison | Bobby Allison Motorsports | Matador | 488 | 0 | running | 150 | — |
| 7 | 3 | ▼ 4 | 72Benny Parsons | DeWitt Racing | Chevrolet | 482 | 0 | running | 146 | — |
| 8 | 10 | ▲ 2 | 92Skip Manning | Hagan Enterprises | Chevrolet | 478 | 0 | running | 142 | — |
| 9 | 14 | ▲ 5 | 68Janet Guthrie | Lynda Ferreri (Owner) | Chevrolet | 476 | 0 | running | 138 | — |
| 10 | 20 | ▲ 10 | 70J.D. McDuffie | McDuffie Racing | Chevrolet | 473 | 0 | running | 134 | — |
| 11 | 24 | ▲ 13 | 74Bobby Wawak | Wawak Racing | Chevrolet | 471 | 0 | running | 130 | — |
| 12 | 22 | ▲ 10 | 67Buddy Arrington | Arrington Racing | Dodge | 471 | 0 | running | 127 | — |
| 13 | 19 | ▲ 6 | 48James Hylton | Hylton Engineering | Chevrolet | 464 | 0 | running | 124 | — |
| 14 | 27 | ▲ 13 | 19Dick May | Gray Racing | Chevrolet | 456 | 0 | running | 121 | — |
| 15 | 29 | ▲ 14 | 64Tommy Gale | Langley-Woodfield Racing | Ford | 441 | 0 | running | 118 | — |
| 16 | 35 | ▲ 19 | 45Baxter Price | Price Racing | Chevrolet | 437 | 0 | running | 115 | — |
| 17 | 11 | ▼ 6 | 27Sam Sommers | M.C. Anderson Racing | Chevrolet | 425 | 0 | running | 112 | — |
| 18 | 32 | ▲ 14 | 3Richard Childress | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 423 | 0 | running | 109 | — |
| 19 | 36 | ▲ 17 | 10Dean Dalton | Champion Racing | Ford | 391 | 0 | engine | 106 | — |
| 20 | 25 | ▲ 5 | 4Randy Myers | Gary Myers (Owner) | Chevrolet | 377 | 0 | accident | 0 | — |
| 21 | 23 | ▲ 2 | 61Joe Mihalic | Mihalic Racing | Chevrolet | 340 | 0 | piston | 100 | — |
| 22 | 30 | ▲ 8 | 52Jimmy Means | Means Racing | Chevrolet | 326 | 0 | engine | 97 | — |
| 23 | 21 | ▼ 2 | 24Cecil Gordon | Gordon Racing | Chevrolet | 319 | 0 | engine | 94 | — |
| 24 | 31 | ▲ 7 | 8Ed Negre | Negre Racing | Dodge | 276 | 0 | engine | 91 | — |
| 25 | 16 | ▼ 9 | 22Ricky Rudd | Al Rudd Auto | Chevrolet | 234 | 0 | push rod | 88 | — |
| 26 | 13 | ▼ 13 | 47Bruce Hill | Hill Racing | Chevrolet | 230 | 0 | engine | 85 | — |
| 27 | 7 | ▼ 20 | 21David Pearson | Wood Brothers Racing | Mercury | 220 | 0 | broken valve | 82 | — |
| 28 | 8 | ▼ 20 | 5Neil Bonnett | Jim Stacy Racing | Dodge | 216 | 24 | cylinder head | 84 | — |
| 29 | 9 | ▼ 20 | 15Buddy Baker | Bud Moore Engineering | Ford | 197 | 0 | accident | 76 | — |
| 30 | 28 | ▼ 2 | 25Ronnie Thomas | Robertson Racing | Chevrolet | 131 | 0 | rear end | 73 | — |
| 31 | 18 | ▼ 13 | 98Dave Marcis | Osterlund Motorsports | Chevrolet | 128 | 0 | engine | 70 | — |
| 32 | 33 | ▲ 1 | 46Travis Tiller | Morgan-McClure | Chevrolet | 103 | 0 | rocker arm | 67 | — |
| 33 | 15 | ▼ 18 | 40D.K. Ulrich | J.R. DeLotto (Owner) | Chevrolet | 95 | 0 | engine | 64 | — |
| 34 | 34 | — | 30Tighe Scott | Ballard Racing | Chevrolet | 77 | 0 | accident | 61 | — |
| 35 | 26 | ▼ 9 | 79Frank Warren | Warren Racing | Dodge | 68 | 0 | engine | 58 | — |
| 36 | 12 | ▼ 24 | 54Lennie Pond | Elder-Ranier | Chevrolet | 66 | 0 | engine | 55 | — |