No storylines for this race: recaps are written as races finish.
| Fin | St | ± | Driver | Team | Make | Laps | Led | Status | Pts | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | ▲ 1 | 11Cale Yarborough | Junior Johnson & Associates | Chevrolet | 200 | 61 | running | 180 | — |
| 2 | 10 | ▲ 8 | 43Richard Petty | Petty Enterprises | Chevrolet | 200 | 17 | running | 175 | — |
| 3 | 9 | ▲ 6 | 28Buddy Baker | Ranier Racing |
No leader segments recorded.
No cautions recorded (or a caution-free race).
| Chevrolet |
| 200 |
| 7 |
| running |
| 170 |
| — |
| 4 | 5 | ▲ 1 | 27Benny Parsons | M.C. Anderson Racing | Chevrolet | 200 | 0 | running | 160 | — |
| 5 | 6 | ▲ 1 | 90Ricky Rudd | Donlavey Racing | Mercury | 200 | 0 | running | 155 | — |
| 6 | 15 | ▲ 9 | 72Joe Millikan | DeWitt Racing | Chevrolet | 200 | 0 | running | 150 | — |
| 7 | 18 | ▲ 11 | 22Darrell Waltrip | Al Rudd Auto | Chevrolet | 200 | 62 | running | 156 | — |
| 8 | 7 | ▼ 1 | 21Neil Bonnett | Wood Brothers Racing | Mercury | 200 | 8 | running | 147 | — |
| 9 | 4 | ▼ 5 | 15Bobby Allison | Bud Moore Engineering | Ford | 199 | 1 | running | 143 | — |
| 10 | 16 | ▲ 6 | 30Tighe Scott | Ballard Racing | Buick | 198 | 0 | running | 134 | — |
| 11 | 23 | ▲ 12 | 40D.K. Ulrich | Ulrich Racing | Chevrolet | 197 | 0 | running | 130 | — |
| 12 | 39 | ▲ 27 | 3Richard Childress | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 196 | 0 | running | 127 | — |
| 13 | 13 | — | 70J.D. McDuffie | McDuffie Racing | Chevrolet | 196 | 0 | running | 124 | — |
| 14 | 17 | ▲ 3 | 25Ronnie Thomas | Robertson Racing | Chevrolet | 196 | 0 | running | 121 | — |
| 15 | 1 | ▼ 14 | 47Harry Gant | Race Hill Farm Team | Chevrolet | 195 | 1 | running | 123 | — |
| 16 | 20 | ▲ 4 | 52Jimmy Means | Jimmy Means Racing | Chevrolet | 194 | 0 | running | 115 | — |
| 17 | 24 | ▲ 7 | 64Tommy Gale | Langley-Woodfield Racing | Ford | 190 | 0 | running | 112 | — |
| 18 | 25 | ▲ 7 | 24Cecil Gordon | Gordon Racing | Oldsmobile | 189 | 0 | running | 109 | — |
| 19 | 28 | ▲ 9 | 79Frank Warren | Warren Racing | Dodge | 188 | 0 | ignition | 106 | — |
| 20 | 19 | ▼ 1 | 05Dick Brooks | Nelson Malloch (Owner) | Chevrolet | 188 | 0 | running | 103 | — |
| 21 | 36 | ▲ 15 | 34Steve Peles | Steve Peles (Owner) | Chevrolet | 187 | 0 | running | 100 | — |
| 22 | 21 | ▼ 1 | 67Buddy Arrington | Arrington Racing | Dodge | 187 | 0 | ignition | 97 | — |
| 23 | 12 | ▼ 11 | 44Terry Labonte | Hagan Enterprises | Chevrolet | 184 | 0 | running | 94 | — |
| 24 | 29 | ▲ 5 | 63Jocko Maggiacomo | Jockos Racing | Oldsmobile | 172 | 0 | running | 91 | — |
| 25 | 33 | ▲ 8 | 09Nelson Oswald | Oswald Racing | Chevrolet | 168 | 0 | engine | 88 | — |
| 26 | 34 | ▲ 8 | 20Rick Newsom | Newsom Racing | Oldsmobile | 166 | 0 | running | 85 | — |
| 27 | 32 | ▲ 5 | 01Earle Canavan | Canavan Racing | Dodge | 140 | 0 | engine | 82 | — |
| 28 | 22 | ▼ 6 | 57Dick May | McClure Motors | Ford | 103 | 0 | engine | 79 | — |
| 29 | 3 | ▼ 26 | 2Dale Earnhardt | Osterlund Motorsports | Chevrolet | 98 | 43 | accident | 81 | — |
| 30 | 35 | ▲ 5 | 61Wayne Broome | Jim Norris (Owner) | Oldsmobile | 92 | 0 | engine | 73 | — |
| 31 | 31 | — | 45Baxter Price | Price Racing | Chevrolet | 88 | 0 | engine | 70 | — |
| 32 | 27 | ▼ 5 | 55Wayne Watercutter | — | Chevrolet | 48 | 0 | accident | 0 | — |
| 33 | 38 | ▲ 5 | 48James Hylton | Hylton Engineering | Chevrolet | 40 | 0 | broken valve | 64 | — |
| 34 | 11 | ▼ 23 | 12Lennie Pond | Kennie Childers (Owner) | Oldsmobile | 15 | 0 | steering | 61 | — |
| 35 | 14 | ▼ 21 | 87Gary Balough | Billie Harvey (Owner) | Oldsmobile | 9 | 0 | clutch | 58 | — |
| 36 | 37 | ▲ 1 | 23Louis Gatto | — | Chevrolet | 5 | 0 | ignition | 55 | — |
| 37 | 8 | ▼ 29 | 7Al Holbert | Al Holbert (Owner) | Chevrolet | 1 | 0 | accident | 52 | — |
| 38 | 26 | ▼ 12 | 17Roger Hamby | Hamby Racing | Oldsmobile | 1 | 0 | accident | 49 | — |
| 39 | 30 | ▼ 9 | 19Steve Gray | Gray Racing | Chevrolet | 1 | 0 | accident | 46 | — |