No storylines for this race: recaps are written as races finish.
| Fin | St | ± | Driver | Team | Make | Laps | Led | Status | Pts | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | ▲ 1 | 21Neil Bonnett | Wood Brothers Racing | Mercury | 160 | 77 | running | 185 | — |
| 2 | 3 | ▲ 1 | 27Benny Parsons | M.C. Anderson Racing | Oldsmobile | 160 | 6 | running | 175 | — |
| 3 | 21 | ▲ 18 | 2Dale Earnhardt | Osterlund Motorsports |
No leader segments recorded.
No cautions recorded (or a caution-free race).
| Oldsmobile |
| 160 |
| 1 |
| running |
| 170 |
| — |
| 4 | 6 | ▲ 2 | 88Darrell Waltrip | DiGard Motorsports | Oldsmobile | 159 | 54 | running | 165 | — |
| 5 | 11 | ▲ 6 | 43Richard Petty | Petty Enterprises | Oldsmobile | 158 | 2 | running | 160 | — |
| 6 | 12 | ▲ 6 | 68Chuck Bown | Testa Racing | Buick | 157 | 0 | running | 150 | — |
| 7 | 15 | ▲ 8 | 47Harry Gant | Race Hill Farm Team | Oldsmobile | 157 | 0 | running | 146 | — |
| 8 | 24 | ▲ 16 | 72Joe Millikan | DeWitt Racing | Oldsmobile | 156 | 0 | running | 142 | — |
| 9 | 37 | ▲ 28 | 05Dick Brooks | Nelson Malloch (Owner) | Oldsmobile | 156 | 0 | running | 138 | — |
| 10 | 8 | ▼ 2 | 51A.J. Foyt | A.J. Foyt Racing | Oldsmobile | 156 | 3 | running | 0 | — |
| 11 | 27 | ▲ 16 | 9Bill Elliott | George Elliott Racing | Mercury | 156 | 0 | running | 130 | — |
| 12 | 23 | ▲ 11 | 1Donnie Allison | Ellington Racing | Chevrolet | 155 | 0 | running | 127 | — |
| 13 | 19 | ▲ 6 | 90Ricky Rudd | Donlavey Racing | Mercury | 155 | 0 | running | 124 | — |
| 14 | 9 | ▼ 5 | 30Tighe Scott | Ballard Racing | Buick | 154 | 0 | running | 121 | — |
| 15 | 7 | ▼ 8 | 67Buddy Arrington | Arrington Racing | Dodge | 154 | 0 | running | 118 | — |
| 16 | 26 | ▲ 10 | 87Gary Balough | Billie Harvey (Owner) | Oldsmobile | 154 | 0 | running | 0 | — |
| 17 | 22 | ▲ 5 | 71Dave Marcis | Marcis Auto Racing | Chevrolet | 151 | 0 | running | 112 | — |
| 18 | 35 | ▲ 17 | 40D.K. Ulrich | Ulrich Racing | Buick | 151 | 0 | running | 109 | — |
| 19 | 30 | ▲ 11 | 48James Hylton | Hylton Engineering | Chevrolet | 151 | 1 | running | 111 | — |
| 20 | 5 | ▼ 15 | 11Cale Yarborough | Junior Johnson & Associates | Oldsmobile | 149 | 0 | running | 103 | — |
| 21 | 32 | ▲ 11 | 70J.D. McDuffie | McDuffie Racing | Chevrolet | 146 | 0 | running | 100 | — |
| 22 | 38 | ▲ 16 | 52Jimmy Means | Jimmy Means Racing | Chevrolet | 146 | 0 | running | 97 | — |
| 23 | 40 | ▲ 17 | 20Rick Newsom | Newsom Racing | Oldsmobile | 145 | 0 | running | 94 | — |
| 24 | 33 | ▲ 9 | 39Blackie Wangerin | Wangerin Racing | Mercury | 144 | 0 | flat tire | 91 | — |
| 25 | 28 | ▲ 3 | 14Coo Coo Marlin | Cunningham-Kelley | Chevrolet | 138 | 0 | engine | 88 | — |
| 26 | 17 | ▼ 9 | 17Roger Hamby | Hamby Racing | Oldsmobile | 137 | 0 | running | 85 | — |
| 27 | 36 | ▲ 9 | 64Tommy Gale | Langley-Woodfield Racing | Ford | 121 | 0 | rear end | 82 | — |
| 28 | 13 | ▼ 15 | 12Lennie Pond | Kennie Childers (Owner) | Oldsmobile | 105 | 0 | engine | 79 | — |
| 29 | 10 | ▼ 19 | 44Terry Labonte | Hagan Enterprises | Buick | 89 | 0 | accident | 76 | — |
| 30 | 20 | ▼ 10 | 15Bobby Allison | Bud Moore Engineering | Ford | 89 | 0 | accident | 73 | — |
| 31 | 31 | — | 6Claude Ballot-Lena | GC Spencer Racing | Oldsmobile | 83 | 0 | engine | 0 | — |
| 32 | 18 | ▼ 14 | 7Al Holbert | Al Holbert (Owner) | Chevrolet | 82 | 0 | broken spindle | 0 | — |
| 33 | 4 | ▼ 29 | 41Grant Adcox | Adcox-Kirby | Oldsmobile | 81 | 0 | engine | 64 | — |
| 34 | 1 | ▼ 33 | 28Buddy Baker | Ranier Racing | Oldsmobile | 57 | 16 | ignition | 66 | — |
| 35 | 41 | ▲ 6 | 24Cecil Gordon | Gordon Racing | Oldsmobile | 50 | 0 | broken valve | 58 | — |
| 36 | 39 | ▲ 3 | 46Travis Tiller | Morgan-McClure | Dodge | 46 | 0 | broken valve | 55 | — |
| 37 | 16 | ▼ 21 | 3Richard Childress | Richard Childress Racing | Oldsmobile | 28 | 0 | piston | 52 | — |
| 38 | 29 | ▼ 9 | 38Sandy Satullo | Sandy Satullo (Owner) | Buick | 18 | 0 | accident | 49 | — |
| 39 | 34 | ▼ 5 | 32Jimmy Finger | B & B Racing | Buick | 17 | 0 | accident | 46 | — |
| 40 | 14 | ▼ 26 | 79Frank Warren | Warren Racing | Dodge | 7 | 0 | engine | 43 | — |
| 41 | 25 | ▼ 16 | 50Bruce Hill | Ballard Racing | Buick | 1 | 0 | engine | 40 | — |