No storylines for this race: recaps are written as races finish.
| Fin | St | ± | Driver | Team | Make | Laps | Led | Status | Pts | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | ▲ 2 | 28Buddy Baker | Ranier Racing | Chevrolet | 200 | 121 | running | 185 | — |
| 2 | 2 | — | 1Donnie Allison | Ellington Racing | Chevrolet | 200 | 25 | running | 175 | — |
| 3 | 5 | ▲ 2 | 11Cale Yarborough | Junior Johnson & Associates |
No leader segments recorded.
No cautions recorded (or a caution-free race).
| Oldsmobile |
| 200 |
| 4 |
| running |
| 170 |
| — |
| 4 | 1 | ▼ 3 | 21Neil Bonnett | Wood Brothers Racing | Mercury | 200 | 9 | running | 165 | — |
| 5 | 10 | ▲ 5 | 43Richard Petty | Petty Enterprises | Chevrolet | 200 | 23 | running | 160 | — |
| 6 | 13 | ▲ 7 | 2Dale Earnhardt | Osterlund Motorsports | Chevrolet | 200 | 1 | running | 155 | — |
| 7 | 6 | ▼ 1 | 15Bobby Allison | Bud Moore Engineering | Ford | 200 | 1 | running | 151 | — |
| 8 | 8 | — | 90Ricky Rudd | Donlavey Racing | Mercury | 199 | 0 | running | 142 | — |
| 9 | 12 | ▲ 3 | 30Tighe Scott | Ballard Racing | Buick | 199 | 0 | running | 138 | — |
| 10 | 34 | ▲ 24 | 05Dick Brooks | Nelson Malloch (Owner) | Chevrolet | 199 | 0 | running | 0 | — |
| 11 | 19 | ▲ 8 | 12Lennie Pond | Kennie Childers (Owner) | Chevrolet | 199 | 0 | running | 130 | — |
| 12 | 11 | ▼ 1 | 9Bill Elliott | George Elliott Racing | Mercury | 198 | 1 | running | 132 | — |
| 13 | 9 | ▼ 4 | 88Darrell Waltrip | DiGard Motorsports | Chevrolet | 197 | 8 | engine | 129 | — |
| 14 | 22 | ▲ 8 | 70J.D. McDuffie | McDuffie Racing | Chevrolet | 196 | 0 | running | 121 | — |
| 15 | 30 | ▲ 15 | 67Buddy Arrington | Arrington Racing | Dodge | 196 | 0 | running | 118 | — |
| 16 | 26 | ▲ 10 | 52Jimmy Means | Jimmy Means Racing | Chevrolet | 193 | 0 | running | 115 | — |
| 17 | 24 | ▲ 7 | 47Harry Gant | Race Hill Farm Team | Chevrolet | 193 | 0 | running | 112 | — |
| 18 | 27 | ▲ 9 | 0John Kennedy | John Kennedy (Owner) | Chevrolet | 192 | 0 | running | 109 | — |
| 19 | 36 | ▲ 17 | 38Sandy Satullo | Sandy Satullo (Owner) | Buick | 192 | 0 | running | 106 | — |
| 20 | 21 | ▲ 1 | 48James Hylton | Hylton Engineering | Chevrolet | 190 | 0 | running | 103 | — |
| 21 | 31 | ▲ 10 | 40D.K. Ulrich | Ulrich Racing | Buick | 190 | 0 | running | 100 | — |
| 22 | 20 | ▼ 2 | 79Frank Warren | Warren Racing | Dodge | 186 | 0 | accident | 97 | — |
| 23 | 23 | — | 3Richard Childress | Richard Childress Racing | Oldsmobile | 186 | 0 | running | 94 | — |
| 24 | 25 | ▲ 1 | 19Bob Burcham | Gray Racing | Chevrolet | 184 | 0 | engine | 91 | — |
| 25 | 7 | ▼ 18 | 44Terry Labonte | Hagan Enterprises | Chevrolet | 184 | 0 | running | 88 | — |
| 26 | 15 | ▼ 11 | 71Dave Marcis | Marcis Auto Racing | Chevrolet | 173 | 4 | accident | 90 | — |
| 27 | 17 | ▼ 10 | 25Ronnie Thomas | Robertson Racing | Chevrolet | 150 | 1 | oil pressure | 87 | — |
| 28 | 35 | ▲ 7 | 81David Sosebee | Sosebee Racing | Chevrolet | 135 | 0 | broken valve | 0 | — |
| 29 | 18 | ▼ 11 | 17Roger Hamby | Hamby Racing | Chevrolet | 122 | 0 | accident | 76 | — |
| 30 | 4 | ▼ 26 | 72Joe Millikan | DeWitt Racing | Chevrolet | 103 | 0 | connecting rod | 73 | — |
| 31 | 16 | ▼ 15 | 27Benny Parsons | M.C. Anderson Racing | Chevrolet | 97 | 0 | broken valve | 70 | — |
| 32 | 28 | ▼ 4 | 82Paul Fess | Stan Lasky (Owner) | Oldsmobile | 97 | 0 | broken valve | 67 | — |
| 33 | 32 | ▼ 1 | 64Tommy Gale | Langley-Woodfield Racing | Ford | 84 | 0 | shock mounts | 64 | — |
| 34 | 14 | ▼ 20 | 49Bill Green | Charles Dean (Owner) | Chevrolet | 76 | 2 | engine | 0 | — |
| 35 | 29 | ▼ 6 | 42Marty Robbins | Robbins Racing | Dodge | 64 | 0 | connecting rod | 58 | — |
| 36 | 33 | ▼ 3 | 09Bill Seifert | Oswald Racing | Oldsmobile | 32 | 0 | oil pressure | 55 | — |