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 | 119 | 56 | running | 185 | — |
| 2 | 5 | ▲ 3 | 2Dale Earnhardt | Osterlund Motorsports | Chevrolet | 119 | 0 | running | 170 | — |
| 3 | 3 | — | 43Richard Petty | Petty Enterprises |
No leader segments recorded.
No cautions recorded (or a caution-free race).
| Chevrolet |
| 119 |
| 13 |
| running |
| 170 |
| — |
| 4 | 9 | ▲ 5 | 72Joe Millikan | DeWitt Racing | Chevrolet | 119 | 0 | running | 160 | — |
| 5 | 10 | ▲ 5 | 73Bill Schmitt | Schmitt Racing | Oldsmobile | 119 | 0 | running | 155 | — |
| 6 | 13 | ▲ 7 | 3Richard Childress | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 118 | 0 | running | 150 | — |
| 7 | 15 | ▲ 8 | 44Terry Labonte | Hagan Enterprises | Chevrolet | 118 | 0 | running | 146 | — |
| 8 | 28 | ▲ 20 | 40Bill Whittington | Ulrich Racing | Chevrolet | 117 | 0 | running | 0 | — |
| 9 | 26 | ▲ 17 | 55Don Whittington | DiGard Motorsports | Chevrolet | 117 | 0 | running | 0 | — |
| 10 | 14 | ▲ 4 | 25Ronnie Thomas | Robertson Racing | Chevrolet | 116 | 0 | running | 134 | — |
| 11 | 22 | ▲ 11 | 8James Hylton | Hylton Engineering | Chevrolet | 115 | 0 | running | 130 | — |
| 12 | 20 | ▲ 8 | 75Harry Gant | RahMoc Enterprises | Oldsmobile | 115 | 0 | running | 127 | — |
| 13 | 34 | ▲ 21 | 45Roy Smith | Price Racing | Chevrolet | 114 | 0 | running | 124 | — |
| 14 | 16 | ▲ 2 | 67Buddy Arrington | Arrington Racing | Dodge | 114 | 0 | running | 121 | — |
| 15 | 17 | ▲ 2 | 70J.D. McDuffie | McDuffie Racing | Chevrolet | 113 | 0 | running | 118 | — |
| 16 | 35 | ▲ 19 | 90Jody Ridley | Donlavey Racing | Ford | 113 | 0 | running | 115 | — |
| 17 | 6 | ▼ 11 | 71Dave Marcis | Marcis Auto Racing | Chevrolet | 112 | 9 | running | 117 | — |
| 18 | 4 | ▼ 14 | 15Bobby Allison | Bud Moore Engineering | Ford | 109 | 0 | engine | 109 | — |
| 19 | 24 | ▲ 5 | 13Don Puskarich | Puskarich Racing | Chevrolet | 109 | 0 | running | 106 | — |
| 20 | 31 | ▲ 11 | 19Vince Giamformaggio | Gray Racing | Chevrolet | 109 | 0 | running | 103 | — |
| 21 | 37 | ▲ 16 | 52Jimmy Means | Jimmy Means Racing | Chevrolet | 108 | 0 | running | 100 | — |
| 22 | 11 | ▼ 11 | 7Dick Brooks | Nelson Malloch (Owner) | Chevrolet | 104 | 0 | sway bar | 97 | — |
| 23 | 2 | ▼ 21 | 11Cale Yarborough | Junior Johnson & Associates | Chevrolet | 103 | 41 | broken valve | 99 | — |
| 24 | 21 | ▼ 3 | 78Jim Robinson | A.J. Kurten (Owner) | Chevrolet | 103 | 0 | running | 91 | — |
| 25 | 23 | ▼ 2 | 37Chuck Wahl | DuWayne Wahl (Owner) | Chevrolet | 88 | 0 | running | 88 | — |
| 26 | 12 | ▼ 14 | 93Hershel McGriff | — | Dodge | 82 | 0 | engine | 85 | — |
| 27 | 36 | ▲ 9 | 57Steve Pfeifer | Don Guy (Owner) | Chevrolet | 82 | 0 | running | 82 | — |
| 28 | 7 | ▼ 21 | 48Dan Gurney | Osterlund Motorsports | Chevrolet | 79 | 0 | transmission | 0 | — |
| 29 | 32 | ▲ 3 | 24Lake Speed | Gordon Racing | Oldsmobile | 79 | 0 | engine | 76 | — |
| 30 | 25 | ▼ 5 | 18Randy Ogden | Ogden Racing | Chevrolet | 73 | 0 | broken valve | 73 | — |
| 31 | 18 | ▼ 13 | 81John Borneman | Borneman Motorsports | Chevrolet | 72 | 0 | transmission | 70 | — |
| 32 | 30 | ▼ 2 | 79Dick May | Warren Racing | Dodge | 71 | 0 | oil pump | 67 | — |
| 33 | 8 | ▼ 25 | 27Benny Parsons | M.C. Anderson Racing | Chevrolet | 52 | 0 | transmission | 64 | — |
| 34 | 27 | ▼ 7 | 21Neil Bonnett | Wood Brothers Racing | Mercury | 35 | 0 | oil line | 61 | — |
| 35 | 29 | ▼ 6 | 08Rick McCray | McCray Motorsports | Buick | 34 | 0 | engine | 58 | — |
| 36 | 19 | ▼ 17 | 47Chuck Bown | — | Chevrolet | 30 | 0 | engine | 55 | — |
| 37 | 33 | ▼ 4 | 97Bill Osborne | Ivan Baldwin Engineering | Chevrolet | 20 | 0 | differential | 52 | — |