No storylines for this race: recaps are written as races finish.
| Fin | St | ± | Driver | Team | Make | Laps | Led | Status | Pts | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | — | 28Buddy Baker | Ranier Racing | Oldsmobile | 328 | 88 | running | 180 | — |
| 2 | 2 | — | 15Bobby Allison | Bud Moore Engineering | Ford | 328 | 167 | running | 180 | — |
| 3 | 6 | ▲ 3 | 88Darrell Waltrip | DiGard Motorsports |
No leader segments recorded.
No cautions recorded (or a caution-free race).
| Chevrolet |
| 328 |
| 3 |
| running |
| 170 |
| — |
| 4 | 4 | — | 11Cale Yarborough | Junior Johnson & Associates | Oldsmobile | 327 | 22 | running | 165 | — |
| 5 | 3 | ▼ 2 | 27Benny Parsons | M.C. Anderson Racing | Chevrolet | 327 | 0 | running | 155 | — |
| 6 | 15 | ▲ 9 | 02Dave Marcis | Marcis Auto Racing | Chevrolet | 327 | 0 | running | 150 | — |
| 7 | 14 | ▲ 7 | 1Donnie Allison | Ellington Racing | Chevrolet | 326 | 0 | running | 146 | — |
| 8 | 13 | ▲ 5 | 72Joe Millikan | DeWitt Racing | Oldsmobile | 326 | 0 | running | 142 | — |
| 9 | 8 | ▼ 1 | 90Ricky Rudd | Donlavey Racing | Mercury | 325 | 0 | running | 138 | — |
| 10 | 12 | ▲ 2 | 05Dick Brooks | Nelson Malloch (Owner) | Oldsmobile | 325 | 0 | running | 134 | — |
| 11 | 11 | — | 43Richard Petty | Petty Enterprises | Oldsmobile | 324 | 0 | running | 130 | — |
| 12 | 17 | ▲ 5 | 2Dale Earnhardt | Osterlund Motorsports | Buick | 321 | 0 | running | 127 | — |
| 13 | 22 | ▲ 9 | 48James Hylton | Hylton Engineering | Chevrolet | 321 | 0 | running | 124 | — |
| 14 | 24 | ▲ 10 | 40D.K. Ulrich | Ulrich Racing | Buick | 321 | 0 | running | 121 | — |
| 15 | 16 | ▲ 1 | 50Bruce Hill | Ballard Racing | Oldsmobile | 321 | 0 | running | 118 | — |
| 16 | 9 | ▼ 7 | 68Chuck Bown | Testa Racing | Buick | 315 | 0 | running | 115 | — |
| 17 | 32 | ▲ 15 | 70J.D. McDuffie | McDuffie Racing | Oldsmobile | 314 | 0 | running | 112 | — |
| 18 | 5 | ▼ 13 | 21David Pearson | Wood Brothers Racing | Mercury | 299 | 42 | engine | 114 | — |
| 19 | 37 | ▲ 18 | 45Baxter Price | Price Racing | Chevrolet | 295 | 0 | running | 106 | — |
| 20 | 26 | ▲ 6 | 3Richard Childress | Richard Childress Racing | Oldsmobile | 295 | 0 | running | 103 | — |
| 21 | 23 | ▲ 2 | 64Tommy Gale | Langley-Woodfield Racing | Ford | 282 | 0 | running | 100 | — |
| 22 | 30 | ▲ 8 | 79Frank Warren | Warren Racing | Dodge | 273 | 0 | engine | 97 | — |
| 23 | 29 | ▲ 6 | 24Cecil Gordon | Gordon Racing | Oldsmobile | 249 | 0 | running | 94 | — |
| 24 | 27 | ▲ 3 | 19Dick May | Gray Racing | Chevrolet | 221 | 0 | overheating | 91 | — |
| 25 | 7 | ▼ 18 | 44Terry Labonte | Hagan Enterprises | Chevrolet | 211 | 0 | engine | 88 | — |
| 26 | 36 | ▲ 10 | 17Roger Hamby | Hamby Racing | Chevrolet | 172 | 0 | accident | 85 | — |
| 27 | 35 | ▲ 8 | 6Claude Ballot-Lena | GC Spencer Racing | Oldsmobile | 168 | 0 | accident | 0 | — |
| 28 | 34 | ▲ 6 | 41Grant Adcox | Adcox-Kirby | Chevrolet | 133 | 0 | accident | 79 | — |
| 29 | 38 | ▲ 9 | 67Buddy Arrington | Arrington Racing | Dodge | 129 | 0 | head gasket | 76 | — |
| 30 | 20 | ▼ 10 | 39Blackie Wangerin | Wangerin Racing | Mercury | 126 | 0 | transmission | 73 | — |
| 31 | 31 | — | 98Ralph Jones | Ralph Jones (Owner) | Ford | 125 | 0 | clutch | 70 | — |
| 32 | 18 | ▼ 14 | 37Dave Watson | Phil Howard (Owner) | Chevrolet | 123 | 6 | withdrew | 72 | — |
| 33 | 25 | ▼ 8 | 52Jimmy Means | Jimmy Means Racing | Chevrolet | 82 | 0 | transmission | 64 | — |
| 34 | 39 | ▲ 5 | 25Ronnie Thomas | Robertson Racing | Buick | 71 | 0 | handling | 61 | — |
| 35 | 21 | ▼ 14 | 47Geoff Bodine | Race Hill Farm Team | Oldsmobile | 66 | 0 | handling | 58 | — |
| 36 | 10 | ▼ 26 | 9Bill Elliott | George Elliott Racing | Mercury | 61 | 0 | steering | 0 | — |
| 37 | 28 | ▼ 9 | 30Tighe Scott | Ballard Racing | Buick | 54 | 0 | steering | 52 | — |
| 38 | 19 | ▼ 19 | 14Coo Coo Marlin | Cunningham-Kelley | Chevrolet | 53 | 0 | accident | 49 | — |
| 39 | 33 | ▼ 6 | 0John Kennedy | John Kennedy (Owner) | Chevrolet | 50 | 0 | accident | 46 | — |
| 40 | 40 | — | 53Keith Davis | Keith Davis (Owner) | Chevrolet | 15 | 0 | rear end | 43 | — |