No storylines for this race: recaps are written as races finish.
| Fin | St | ± | Driver | Team | Make | Laps | Led | Status | Pts | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | — | 88Darrell Waltrip | DiGard Motorsports | Chevrolet | 400 | 65 | running | 180 | — |
| 2 | 2 | — | 15Bobby Allison | Bud Moore Engineering | Ford | 400 | 47 | running | 175 | — |
| 3 | 3 | — | 5Neil Bonnett | Osterlund Motorsports |
No leader segments recorded.
No cautions recorded (or a caution-free race).
| Chevrolet |
| 400 |
| 273 |
| running |
| 175 |
| — |
| 4 | 10 | ▲ 6 | 11Cale Yarborough | Junior Johnson & Associates | Oldsmobile | 399 | 0 | running | 160 | — |
| 5 | 7 | ▲ 2 | 90Dick Brooks | Donlavey Racing | Ford | 397 | 0 | running | 155 | — |
| 6 | 6 | — | 72Benny Parsons | DeWitt Racing | Chevrolet | 397 | 0 | running | 150 | — |
| 7 | 13 | ▲ 6 | 92Terry Labonte | Hagan Enterprises | Chevrolet | 392 | 0 | running | 146 | — |
| 8 | 12 | ▲ 4 | 70J.D. McDuffie | McDuffie Racing | Chevrolet | 391 | 0 | running | 142 | — |
| 9 | 11 | ▲ 2 | 2Dave Marcis | Osterlund Motorsports | Chevrolet | 388 | 1 | running | 143 | — |
| 10 | 14 | ▲ 4 | 17Roger Hamby | Hamby Racing | Chevrolet | 388 | 0 | running | 134 | — |
| 11 | 15 | ▲ 4 | 3Richard Childress | Richard Childress Racing | Oldsmobile | 387 | 0 | running | 130 | — |
| 12 | 9 | ▼ 3 | 54Lennie Pond | Ranier Racing | Chevrolet | 384 | 1 | running | 132 | — |
| 13 | 21 | ▲ 8 | 52Jimmy Means | Jimmy Means Racing | Chevrolet | 381 | 0 | running | 124 | — |
| 14 | 17 | ▲ 3 | 25Ronnie Thomas | Robertson Racing | Chevrolet | 381 | 0 | running | 121 | — |
| 15 | 26 | ▲ 11 | 8Dick May | Negre Racing | Dodge | 379 | 0 | running | 118 | — |
| 16 | 18 | ▲ 2 | 67Buddy Arrington | Arrington Racing | Dodge | 376 | 0 | running | 115 | — |
| 17 | 25 | ▲ 8 | 24Cecil Gordon | Gordon Racing | Chevrolet | 375 | 0 | running | 112 | — |
| 18 | 8 | ▼ 10 | 48James Hylton | Hylton Engineering | Chevrolet | 374 | 0 | running | 109 | — |
| 19 | 27 | ▲ 8 | 19Joey Arrington | Gray Racing | Dodge | 364 | 0 | running | 106 | — |
| 20 | 5 | ▼ 15 | 43Richard Petty | Petty Enterprises | Chevrolet | 356 | 13 | rear end | 108 | — |
| 21 | 19 | ▼ 2 | 4Gary Myers | Gary Myers (Owner) | Chevrolet | 350 | 0 | running | 100 | — |
| 22 | 20 | ▼ 2 | 45Baxter Price | Price Racing | Chevrolet | 317 | 0 | running | 97 | — |
| 23 | 28 | ▲ 5 | 79Frank Warren | Warren Racing | Dodge | 256 | 0 | handling | 94 | — |
| 24 | 22 | ▼ 2 | 64Tommy Gale | Langley-Woodfield Racing | Ford | 198 | 0 | engine | 91 | — |
| 25 | 29 | ▲ 4 | 09Nelson Oswald | Oswald Racing | Chevrolet | 172 | 0 | overheating | 88 | — |
| 26 | 4 | ▼ 22 | 29Dave Dion | Dion Racing | Ford | 85 | 0 | rear end | 85 | — |
| 27 | 16 | ▼ 11 | 30Tighe Scott | Ballard Racing | Chevrolet | 49 | 0 | accident | 82 | — |
| 28 | 23 | ▼ 5 | 81Ferrel Harris | Robert Gee (Owner) | Chevrolet | 28 | 0 | overheating | 79 | — |
| 29 | 30 | ▲ 1 | 80Wayne Morgan | Wayne Morgan (Owner) | Chevrolet | 16 | 0 | overheating | 76 | — |
| 30 | 24 | ▼ 6 | 1Ed Negre | Negre Racing | Chrysler | 6 | 0 | brakes | 0 | — |