No storylines for this race: recaps are written as races finish.
| Fin | St | ± | Driver | Team | Make | Laps | Led | Status | Pts | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | ▲ 3 | 21Neil Bonnett | Wood Brothers Racing | Mercury | 328 | 54 | running | 180 | — |
| 2 | 7 | ▲ 5 | 2Dale Earnhardt | Osterlund Motorsports | Chevrolet | 328 | 69 | running | 175 | — |
| 3 | 2 | ▼ 1 | 11Cale Yarborough | Junior Johnson & Associates |
No leader segments recorded.
No cautions recorded (or a caution-free race).
| Oldsmobile |
| 328 |
| 136 |
| running |
| 175 |
| — |
| 4 | 3 | ▼ 1 | 15Bobby Allison | Bud Moore Engineering | Ford | 328 | 3 | running | 165 | — |
| 5 | 14 | ▲ 9 | 88Darrell Waltrip | DiGard Motorsports | Chevrolet | 327 | 10 | running | 160 | — |
| 6 | 13 | ▲ 7 | 43Richard Petty | Petty Enterprises | Chevrolet | 327 | 0 | running | 150 | — |
| 7 | 12 | ▲ 5 | 44Terry Labonte | Hagan Enterprises | Chevrolet | 325 | 0 | running | 146 | — |
| 8 | 6 | ▼ 2 | 90Ricky Rudd | Donlavey Racing | Mercury | 324 | 0 | running | 142 | — |
| 9 | 10 | ▲ 1 | 72Joe Millikan | DeWitt Racing | Chevrolet | 321 | 0 | running | 138 | — |
| 10 | 24 | ▲ 14 | 77Jody Ridley | Donlavey Racing | Mercury | 320 | 0 | running | 134 | — |
| 11 | 17 | ▲ 6 | 47Harry Gant | Race Hill Farm Team | Oldsmobile | 320 | 0 | running | 130 | — |
| 12 | 18 | ▲ 6 | 70J.D. McDuffie | McDuffie Racing | Chevrolet | 319 | 0 | running | 127 | — |
| 13 | 33 | ▲ 20 | 51Slick Johnson | JD Johnson Racing | Chevrolet | 317 | 0 | running | 124 | — |
| 14 | 26 | ▲ 12 | 12Buck Simmons | Kennie Childers (Owner) | Chevrolet | 315 | 0 | running | 121 | — |
| 15 | 22 | ▲ 7 | 3Richard Childress | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 314 | 0 | running | 118 | — |
| 16 | 21 | ▲ 5 | 48James Hylton | Hylton Engineering | Chevrolet | 314 | 0 | running | 115 | — |
| 17 | 31 | ▲ 14 | 67Buddy Arrington | Arrington Racing | Dodge | 314 | 0 | running | 112 | — |
| 18 | 34 | ▲ 16 | 00Freddy Smith | Marvin Petty (Owner) | Chevrolet | 313 | 0 | running | 0 | — |
| 19 | 27 | ▲ 8 | 52Jimmy Means | Jimmy Means Racing | Chevrolet | 312 | 0 | running | 106 | — |
| 20 | 30 | ▲ 10 | 36H.B. Bailey | Bailey Racing | Pontiac | 307 | 0 | running | 0 | — |
| 21 | 36 | ▲ 15 | 79Frank Warren | Warren Racing | Dodge | 297 | 0 | running | 100 | — |
| 22 | 15 | ▼ 7 | 64Tommy Gale | Langley-Woodfield Racing | Ford | 270 | 0 | running | 97 | — |
| 23 | 11 | ▼ 12 | 71Dave Marcis | Marcis Auto Racing | Chevrolet | 266 | 0 | engine | 94 | — |
| 24 | 16 | ▼ 8 | 08John Anderson | Russ Draime (Owner) | Chevrolet | 256 | 0 | engine | 91 | — |
| 25 | 19 | ▼ 6 | 40D.K. Ulrich | Ulrich Racing | Buick | 245 | 0 | engine | 88 | — |
| 26 | 39 | ▲ 13 | 55Wayne Watercutter | Wayne Watercutter (Owner) | Chevrolet | 243 | 0 | running | 85 | — |
| 27 | 20 | ▼ 7 | 41Grant Adcox | Adcox-Kirby | Buick | 236 | 0 | oil leak | 82 | — |
| 28 | 23 | ▼ 5 | 25Ronnie Thomas | Robertson Racing | Chevrolet | 212 | 0 | engine | 79 | — |
| 29 | 5 | ▼ 24 | 30Tighe Scott | Ballard Racing | Buick | 211 | 0 | accident | 76 | — |
| 30 | 32 | ▲ 2 | 98Ralph Jones | Ralph Jones (Owner) | Ford | 202 | 0 | dead battery | 73 | — |
| 31 | 8 | ▼ 23 | 27Benny Parsons | M.C. Anderson Racing | Chevrolet | 193 | 53 | engine | 75 | — |
| 32 | 37 | ▲ 5 | 42Kyle Petty | Petty Enterprises | Dodge | 176 | 0 | engine | 67 | — |
| 33 | 35 | ▲ 2 | 81David Sosebee | Sosebee Racing | Chevrolet | 163 | 0 | engine | 64 | — |
| 34 | 28 | ▼ 6 | 17Steve Pfeifer | Hamby Racing | Chevrolet | 162 | 0 | accident | 61 | — |
| 35 | 9 | ▼ 26 | 1Donnie Allison | Ellington Racing | Chevrolet | 158 | 0 | oil leak | 58 | — |
| 36 | 38 | ▲ 2 | 31John Rezek | RPM Enterprises | Oldsmobile | 117 | 0 | engine | 0 | — |
| 37 | 40 | ▲ 3 | 18Randy Ogden | Ogden Racing | Chevrolet | 111 | 0 | engine | 0 | — |
| 38 | 41 | ▲ 3 | 24Cecil Gordon | Gordon Racing | Oldsmobile | 103 | 0 | too slow | 49 | — |
| 39 | 1 | ▼ 38 | 28Buddy Baker | Ranier Racing | Chevrolet | 88 | 3 | engine | 51 | — |
| 40 | 25 | ▼ 15 | 05Dick Brooks | Nelson Malloch (Owner) | Chevrolet | 44 | 0 | ignition | 43 | — |
| 41 | 29 | ▼ 12 | 0Dick May | John Kennedy (Owner) | Chevrolet | 4 | 0 | dropped valve | 40 | — |