No storylines for this race: recaps are written as races finish.
| Fin | St | ± | Driver | Team | Make | Laps | Led | Status | Pts | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | ▲ 5 | 11Cale Yarborough | Junior Johnson & Associates | Oldsmobile | 367 | 203 | running | 185 | — |
| 2 | 2 | — | 88Darrell Waltrip | DiGard Motorsports | Chevrolet | 367 | 44 | running | 175 | — |
| 3 | 9 | ▲ 6 | 43Richard Petty | Petty Enterprises |
No leader segments recorded.
No cautions recorded (or a caution-free race).
| Chevrolet |
| 366 |
| 1 |
| running |
| 170 |
| — |
| 4 | 19 | ▲ 15 | 92Terry Labonte | Hagan Enterprises | Chevrolet | 356 | 0 | running | 160 | — |
| 5 | 3 | ▼ 2 | 15Bobby Allison | Bud Moore Engineering | Ford | 355 | 21 | running | 160 | — |
| 6 | 16 | ▲ 10 | 9Bill Elliott | George Elliott Racing | Mercury | 355 | 0 | running | 150 | — |
| 7 | 25 | ▲ 18 | 48James Hylton | Hylton Engineering | Chevrolet | 353 | 0 | running | 146 | — |
| 8 | 29 | ▲ 21 | 67Buddy Arrington | Arrington Racing | Dodge | 350 | 0 | running | 142 | — |
| 9 | 28 | ▲ 19 | 25Ronnie Thomas | Robertson Racing | Chevrolet | 349 | 0 | running | 138 | — |
| 10 | 4 | ▼ 6 | 72Benny Parsons | DeWitt Racing | Chevrolet | 348 | 12 | running | 139 | — |
| 11 | 35 | ▲ 24 | 52Jimmy Means | Jimmy Means Racing | Chevrolet | 345 | 0 | running | 130 | — |
| 12 | 40 | ▲ 28 | 79Frank Warren | Warren Racing | Dodge | 340 | 0 | running | 127 | — |
| 13 | 33 | ▲ 20 | 64Tommy Gale | Langley-Woodfield Racing | Ford | 337 | 0 | running | 124 | — |
| 14 | 32 | ▲ 18 | 4Gary Myers | Gary Myers (Owner) | Chevrolet | 336 | 0 | running | 121 | — |
| 15 | 31 | ▲ 16 | 45Baxter Price | Price Racing | Chevrolet | 326 | 0 | engine | 118 | — |
| 16 | 14 | ▼ 2 | 96Dale Earnhardt | Cronkrite Racing | Ford | 313 | 0 | running | 115 | — |
| 17 | 36 | ▲ 19 | 18Joe Frasson | Frasson Racing | Chevrolet | 305 | 0 | running | 112 | — |
| 18 | 39 | ▲ 21 | 97Ralph Jones | Ralph Jones (Owner) | Ford | 303 | 0 | running | 109 | — |
| 19 | 18 | ▼ 1 | 17Roger Hamby | Hamby Racing | Chevrolet | 297 | 0 | running | 106 | — |
| 20 | 24 | ▲ 4 | 70J.D. McDuffie | McDuffie Racing | Chevrolet | 281 | 0 | head gasket | 103 | — |
| 21 | 34 | ▲ 13 | 8Ed Negre | Negre Racing | Chrysler | 259 | 0 | running | 100 | — |
| 22 | 38 | ▲ 16 | 19Bob Burcham | Gray Racing | Chevrolet | 243 | 0 | accident | 97 | — |
| 23 | 23 | — | 30Tighe Scott | Ballard Racing | Chevrolet | 241 | 0 | running | 94 | — |
| 24 | 7 | ▼ 17 | 1Donnie Allison | Ellington Racing | Chevrolet | 224 | 59 | accident | 96 | — |
| 25 | 11 | ▼ 14 | 90Dick Brooks | Donlavey Racing | Mercury | 221 | 0 | push rod | 88 | — |
| 26 | 5 | ▼ 21 | 54Lennie Pond | Ranier Racing | Chevrolet | 215 | 0 | steering | 85 | — |
| 27 | 21 | ▼ 6 | 3Richard Childress | Richard Childress Racing | Oldsmobile | 179 | 0 | broken valve | 82 | — |
| 28 | 1 | ▼ 27 | 21David Pearson | Wood Brothers Racing | Mercury | 166 | 14 | accident | 84 | — |
| 29 | 17 | ▼ 12 | 40D.K. Ulrich | Ulrich Racing | Chevrolet | 163 | 0 | accident | 76 | — |
| 30 | 15 | ▼ 15 | 14Coo Coo Marlin | Cunningham-Kelley | Chevrolet | 162 | 1 | accident | 78 | — |
| 31 | 22 | ▼ 9 | 41Grant Adcox | Adcox-Kirby | Chevrolet | 153 | 0 | accident | 70 | — |
| 32 | 12 | ▼ 20 | 27Buddy Baker | M.C. Anderson Racing | Chevrolet | 149 | 11 | engine | 72 | — |
| 33 | 37 | ▲ 4 | 39Blackie Wangerin | Wangerin Racing | Mercury | 142 | 0 | engine | 64 | — |
| 34 | 8 | ▼ 26 | 5Neil Bonnett | Osterlund Motorsports | Chevrolet | 124 | 0 | engine | 61 | — |
| 35 | 10 | ▼ 25 | 2Dave Marcis | Osterlund Motorsports | Chevrolet | 122 | 0 | accident | 58 | — |
| 36 | 13 | ▼ 23 | 22Ricky Rudd | Al Rudd Auto | Chevrolet | 122 | 1 | accident | 60 | — |
| 37 | 30 | ▼ 7 | 74Bobby Wawak | Wawak Racing | Chevrolet | 112 | 0 | accident | 52 | — |
| 38 | 26 | ▼ 12 | 57Dick May | McClure Motors | Ford | 101 | 0 | oil pump | 49 | — |
| 39 | 27 | ▼ 12 | 01Earle Canavan | Canavan Racing | Dodge | 84 | 0 | overheating | 46 | — |
| 40 | 20 | ▼ 20 | 05Bruce Hill | Harry Clary (Owner) | Oldsmobile | 80 | 0 | rear end | 43 | — |