No storylines for this race: recaps are written as races finish.
| Fin | St | ± | Driver | Team | Make | Laps | Led | Status | Pts | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 | ▲ 7 | 88Darrell Waltrip | DiGard Motorsports | Oldsmobile | 188 | 102 | running | 185 | — |
| 2 | 2 | — | 2David Pearson | Osterlund Motorsports | Oldsmobile | 188 | 17 | running | 175 | — |
| 3 | 11 | ▲ 8 | 90Ricky Rudd | Donlavey Racing |
No leader segments recorded.
No cautions recorded (or a caution-free race).
| Mercury |
| 186 |
| 0 |
| running |
| 165 |
| — |
| 4 | 13 | ▲ 9 | 43Richard Petty | Petty Enterprises | Oldsmobile | 186 | 4 | running | 165 | — |
| 5 | 25 | ▲ 20 | 77Jody Ridley | Donlavey Racing | Mercury | 186 | 0 | running | 155 | — |
| 6 | 3 | ▼ 3 | 30Tighe Scott | Ballard Racing | Buick | 186 | 0 | running | 150 | — |
| 7 | 21 | ▲ 14 | 47Harry Gant | Race Hill Farm Team | Oldsmobile | 184 | 0 | running | 146 | — |
| 8 | 6 | ▼ 2 | 67Buddy Arrington | Arrington Racing | Dodge | 181 | 0 | running | 142 | — |
| 9 | 18 | ▲ 9 | 42Kyle Petty | Petty Enterprises | Dodge | 181 | 0 | running | 138 | — |
| 10 | 20 | ▲ 10 | 3Richard Childress | Richard Childress Racing | Oldsmobile | 179 | 0 | running | 134 | — |
| 11 | 24 | ▲ 13 | 05Dick Brooks | Nelson Malloch (Owner) | Oldsmobile | 177 | 0 | running | 130 | — |
| 12 | 22 | ▲ 10 | 9Bill Elliott | George Elliott Racing | Mercury | 176 | 0 | running | 127 | — |
| 13 | 37 | ▲ 24 | 52Jimmy Means | Jimmy Means Racing | Chevrolet | 175 | 0 | running | 124 | — |
| 14 | 38 | ▲ 24 | 19Bob Burcham | Gray Racing | Chevrolet | 172 | 0 | running | 121 | — |
| 15 | 34 | ▲ 19 | 20Rick Newsom | Newsom Racing | Oldsmobile | 172 | 0 | running | 118 | — |
| 16 | 10 | ▼ 6 | 50Bruce Hill | Ballard Racing | Oldsmobile | 171 | 0 | engine | 115 | — |
| 17 | 39 | ▲ 22 | 73Steve Moore | Gilbert Moore (Owner) | Chevrolet | 170 | 0 | running | 112 | — |
| 18 | 31 | ▲ 13 | 70J.D. McDuffie | McDuffie Racing | Chevrolet | 163 | 0 | running | 109 | — |
| 19 | 7 | ▼ 12 | 41Grant Adcox | Adcox-Kirby | Oldsmobile | 162 | 5 | dropped valve | 111 | — |
| 20 | 30 | ▲ 10 | 48James Hylton | Hylton Engineering | Oldsmobile | 159 | 0 | running | 103 | — |
| 21 | 12 | ▼ 9 | 27Benny Parsons | M.C. Anderson Racing | Oldsmobile | 146 | 5 | engine | 105 | — |
| 22 | 32 | ▲ 10 | 25Ronnie Thomas | Robertson Racing | Buick | 143 | 0 | engine | 97 | — |
| 23 | 9 | ▼ 14 | 79Frank Warren | Warren Racing | Dodge | 142 | 0 | running | 94 | — |
| 24 | 5 | ▼ 19 | 11Cale Yarborough | Junior Johnson & Associates | Oldsmobile | 138 | 14 | engine | 96 | — |
| 25 | 26 | ▲ 1 | 72Joe Millikan | DeWitt Racing | Oldsmobile | 120 | 1 | engine | 93 | — |
| 26 | 36 | ▲ 10 | 45Baxter Price | Price Racing | Oldsmobile | 95 | 0 | engine | 85 | — |
| 27 | 35 | ▲ 8 | 40D.K. Ulrich | Ulrich Racing | Buick | 92 | 0 | engine | 82 | — |
| 28 | 19 | ▼ 9 | 15Bobby Allison | Bud Moore Engineering | Ford | 90 | 0 | engine | 79 | — |
| 29 | 33 | ▲ 4 | 14Coo Coo Marlin | Cunningham-Kelley | Chevrolet | 87 | 0 | engine | 76 | — |
| 30 | 23 | ▼ 7 | 1Donnie Allison | Ellington Racing | Chevrolet | 83 | 0 | dropped valve | 73 | — |
| 31 | 14 | ▼ 17 | 71Dave Marcis | Marcis Auto Racing | Chevrolet | 75 | 0 | timing chain | 70 | — |
| 32 | 40 | ▲ 8 | 36Marty Robbins | Robbins Racing | Dodge | 75 | 0 | engine | 67 | — |
| 33 | 15 | ▼ 18 | 44Terry Labonte | Hagan Enterprises | Buick | 75 | 0 | engine | 64 | — |
| 34 | 1 | ▼ 33 | 21Neil Bonnett | Wood Brothers Racing | Mercury | 71 | 40 | engine | 66 | — |
| 35 | 16 | ▼ 19 | 12Jack Ingram | Kennie Childers (Owner) | Oldsmobile | 70 | 0 | clutch | 58 | — |
| 36 | 27 | ▼ 9 | 64Tommy Gale | Langley-Woodfield Racing | Ford | 58 | 0 | engine | 55 | — |
| 37 | 29 | ▼ 8 | 39Blackie Wangerin | Wangerin Racing | Mercury | 50 | 0 | oil pressure | 52 | — |
| 38 | 17 | ▼ 21 | 7Al Holbert | Al Holbert (Owner) | Oldsmobile | 47 | 0 | engine | 0 | — |
| 39 | 4 | ▼ 35 | 28Buddy Baker | Ranier Racing | Oldsmobile | 41 | 0 | dropped valve | 46 | — |
| 40 | 41 | ▲ 1 | 24Cecil Gordon | Gordon Racing | Oldsmobile | 40 | 0 | engine | 43 | — |
| 41 | 28 | ▼ 13 | 87Dick May | Billie Harvey (Owner) | Oldsmobile | 0 | 0 | oil pressure | 0 | — |