No storylines for this race: recaps are written as races finish.
| Fin | St | ± | Driver | Team | Make | Laps | Led | Status | Pts | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 21 | ▲ 20 | 11Cale Yarborough | Junior Johnson & Associates | Oldsmobile | 492 | 256 | running | 185 | — |
| 2 | 9 | ▲ 7 | 43Richard Petty | Petty Enterprises | Chevrolet | 492 | 39 | running | 175 | — |
| 3 | 7 | ▲ 4 | 2Dale Earnhardt | Osterlund Motorsports |
No leader segments recorded.
No cautions recorded (or a caution-free race).
| Chevrolet |
| 491 |
| 6 |
| running |
| 170 |
| — |
| 4 | 1 | ▼ 3 | 88Darrell Waltrip | DiGard Motorsports | Chevrolet | 491 | 77 | running | 165 | — |
| 5 | 12 | ▲ 7 | 1Donnie Allison | Ellington Racing | Chevrolet | 491 | 0 | running | 155 | — |
| 6 | 6 | — | 21Neil Bonnett | Wood Brothers Racing | Mercury | 490 | 0 | running | 150 | — |
| 7 | 4 | ▼ 3 | 15Bobby Allison | Bud Moore Engineering | Ford | 489 | 0 | running | 146 | — |
| 8 | 23 | ▲ 15 | 47Harry Gant | Race Hill Farm Team | Chevrolet | 489 | 0 | running | 142 | — |
| 9 | 8 | ▼ 1 | 71Dave Marcis | Marcis Auto Racing | Chevrolet | 486 | 0 | running | 138 | — |
| 10 | 16 | ▲ 6 | 44Terry Labonte | Hagan Enterprises | Chevrolet | 483 | 0 | running | 134 | — |
| 11 | 28 | ▲ 17 | 25Ronnie Thomas | Robertson Racing | Chevrolet | 476 | 0 | running | 130 | — |
| 12 | 11 | ▼ 1 | 40Ricky Rudd | Ulrich Racing | Chevrolet | 472 | 0 | running | 127 | — |
| 13 | 18 | ▲ 5 | 48James Hylton | Hylton Engineering | Chevrolet | 469 | 0 | running | 124 | — |
| 14 | 19 | ▲ 5 | 3Richard Childress | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 462 | 0 | running | 121 | — |
| 15 | 3 | ▼ 12 | 28Buddy Baker | Ranier Racing | Chevrolet | 458 | 111 | accident | 123 | — |
| 16 | 15 | ▼ 1 | 7Dick Brooks | Nelson Malloch (Owner) | Chevrolet | 455 | 0 | rear end | 115 | — |
| 17 | 37 | ▲ 20 | 74Bobby Wawak | Wawak Racing | Chevrolet | 453 | 0 | running | 112 | — |
| 18 | 33 | ▲ 15 | 17Roger Hamby | Hamby Racing | Chevrolet | 440 | 0 | running | 109 | — |
| 19 | 38 | ▲ 19 | 79Dick May | Warren Racing | Dodge | 431 | 0 | running | 106 | — |
| 20 | 30 | ▲ 10 | 52Jimmy Means | Jimmy Means Racing | Chevrolet | 422 | 0 | running | 103 | — |
| 21 | 5 | ▼ 16 | 27Benny Parsons | M.C. Anderson Racing | Chevrolet | 411 | 0 | accident | 100 | — |
| 22 | 13 | ▼ 9 | 12Buck Simmons | Kennie Childers (Owner) | Chevrolet | 411 | 0 | overheating | 97 | — |
| 23 | 22 | ▼ 1 | 75Bill Elswick | RahMoc Enterprises | Chevrolet | 403 | 0 | running | 94 | — |
| 24 | 24 | — | 33John Anderson | Phil Howard (Owner) | Chevrolet | 353 | 0 | accident | 91 | — |
| 25 | 27 | ▲ 2 | 67Buddy Arrington | Arrington Racing | Dodge | 346 | 0 | engine | 88 | — |
| 26 | 31 | ▲ 5 | 64Tommy Gale | Langley-Woodfield Racing | Ford | 332 | 0 | dropped valve | 85 | — |
| 27 | 25 | ▼ 2 | 45Baxter Price | Price Racing | Oldsmobile | 326 | 0 | engine | 82 | — |
| 28 | 2 | ▼ 26 | 72Joe Millikan | DeWitt Racing | Oldsmobile | 259 | 3 | engine | 84 | — |
| 29 | 20 | ▼ 9 | 90Jody Ridley | Donlavey Racing | Ford | 256 | 0 | accident | 76 | — |
| 30 | 14 | ▼ 16 | 53Slick Johnson | JD Johnson Racing | Chevrolet | 205 | 0 | engine | 73 | — |
| 31 | 32 | ▲ 1 | 42Kyle Petty | Petty Enterprises | Chevrolet | 125 | 0 | engine | 70 | — |
| 32 | 10 | ▼ 22 | 70J.D. McDuffie | McDuffie Racing | Chevrolet | 112 | 0 | camshaft | 67 | — |
| 33 | 29 | ▼ 4 | 24Cecil Gordon | Gordon Racing | Oldsmobile | 73 | 0 | accident | 64 | — |
| 34 | 17 | ▼ 17 | 18Randy Ogden | Ogden Racing | Chevrolet | 49 | 0 | accident | 61 | — |
| 35 | 34 | ▼ 1 | 92Bill Osborne | Bill Osborne (Owner) | Chevrolet | 22 | 0 | accident | 58 | — |
| 36 | 36 | — | 76Mike Potter | Potter Racing | Chevrolet | 21 | 0 | piston | 55 | — |
| 37 | 26 | ▼ 11 | 30Tighe Scott | Ballard Racing | Buick | 10 | 0 | piston | 52 | — |
| 38 | 35 | ▼ 3 | 29Junior Miller | Junior Miller Racing | Chevrolet | 10 | 0 | engine | 49 | — |