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 | 420 | 409 | running | 185 | — |
| 2 | 5 | ▲ 3 | 11Cale Yarborough | Junior Johnson & Associates | Chevrolet | 419 | 0 | running | 170 | — |
| 3 | 3 | — | 2Dale Earnhardt | Osterlund Motorsports |
No leader segments recorded.
No cautions recorded (or a caution-free race).
| Chevrolet |
| 417 |
| 0 |
| running |
| 165 |
| — |
| 4 | 9 | ▲ 5 | 27Benny Parsons | M.C. Anderson Racing | Chevrolet | 417 | 0 | running | 160 | — |
| 5 | 6 | ▲ 1 | 43Richard Petty | Petty Enterprises | Chevrolet | 406 | 0 | running | 155 | — |
| 6 | 19 | ▲ 13 | 48James Hylton | Hylton Engineering | Chevrolet | 406 | 0 | running | 150 | — |
| 7 | 17 | ▲ 10 | 3Richard Childress | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 405 | 0 | running | 146 | — |
| 8 | 10 | ▲ 2 | 70J.D. McDuffie | McDuffie Racing | Chevrolet | 404 | 0 | running | 142 | — |
| 9 | 21 | ▲ 12 | 25Ronnie Thomas | Robertson Racing | Chevrolet | 396 | 0 | running | 138 | — |
| 10 | 20 | ▲ 10 | 52Jimmy Means | Jimmy Means Racing | Chevrolet | 394 | 0 | running | 134 | — |
| 11 | 16 | ▲ 5 | 24Cecil Gordon | Gordon Racing | Oldsmobile | 391 | 0 | running | 130 | — |
| 12 | 18 | ▲ 6 | 55Wayne Watercutter | — | Chevrolet | 390 | 0 | running | 127 | — |
| 13 | 26 | ▲ 13 | 17Roger Hamby | Hamby Racing | Oldsmobile | 380 | 0 | running | 124 | — |
| 14 | 27 | ▲ 13 | 79Frank Warren | Warren Racing | Dodge | 374 | 0 | running | 121 | — |
| 15 | 14 | ▼ 1 | 14Sterling Marlin | Cunningham-Kelley | Chevrolet | 341 | 11 | broken lug nuts | 123 | — |
| 16 | 2 | ▼ 14 | 15Bobby Allison | Bud Moore Engineering | Ford | 340 | 0 | running | 115 | — |
| 17 | 23 | ▲ 6 | 67Buddy Arrington | Arrington Racing | Dodge | 272 | 0 | engine | 112 | — |
| 18 | 24 | ▲ 6 | 45Baxter Price | Price Racing | Chevrolet | 250 | 0 | accident | 109 | — |
| 19 | 7 | ▼ 12 | 05Dick Brooks | Nelson Malloch (Owner) | Chevrolet | 155 | 0 | oil leak | 106 | — |
| 20 | 11 | ▼ 9 | 19Steve Spencer | Gray Racing | Chevrolet | 151 | 0 | water pump | 103 | — |
| 21 | 4 | ▼ 17 | 72Joe Millikan | DeWitt Racing | Chevrolet | 150 | 0 | accident | 100 | — |
| 22 | 13 | ▼ 9 | 47Harry Gant | Race Hill Farm Team | Chevrolet | 142 | 0 | engine | 97 | — |
| 23 | 12 | ▼ 11 | 40D.K. Ulrich | Ulrich Racing | Chevrolet | 114 | 0 | overheating | 94 | — |
| 24 | 25 | ▲ 1 | 98Ralph Jones | Ralph Jones (Owner) | Ford | 92 | 0 | oil leak | 91 | — |
| 25 | 8 | ▼ 17 | 44Terry Labonte | Hagan Enterprises | Chevrolet | 40 | 0 | piston | 88 | — |
| 26 | 28 | ▲ 2 | 69Henry Jones | Mike Kempton (Owner) | Chevrolet | 19 | 0 | engine | 85 | — |
| 27 | 15 | ▼ 12 | 09Nelson Oswald | Oswald Racing | Chevrolet | 6 | 0 | engine | 82 | — |
| 28 | 22 | ▼ 6 | 64Tommy Gale | Langley-Woodfield Racing | Ford | 5 | 0 | engine | 79 | — |
| 29 | 30 | ▲ 1 | 58Dick May | Satterfield Racing | Chevrolet | 3 | 0 | engine | 76 | — |
| 30 | 29 | ▼ 1 | 10Jimmy Hindman | Jimmy Hindman (Owner) | Ford | 2 | 0 | oil leak | 0 | — |