No storylines for this race: recaps are written as races finish.
| Fin | St | ± | Driver | Team | Make | Laps | Led | Status | Pts | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | ▲ 1 | 1David Pearson | Ellington Racing | Chevrolet | 189 | 86 | running | 0 | — |
| 2 | 1 | ▼ 1 | 27Benny Parsons | M.C. Anderson Racing | Chevrolet | 189 | 33 | running | 175 | — |
| 3 | 10 | ▲ 7 | 47Harry Gant | Race Hill Farm Team |
No leader segments recorded.
No cautions recorded (or a caution-free race).
| Chevrolet |
| 189 |
| 0 |
| running |
| 165 |
| — |
| 4 | 17 | ▲ 13 | 88Darrell Waltrip | DiGard Motorsports | Chevrolet | 188 | 15 | running | 165 | — |
| 5 | 15 | ▲ 10 | 7Dick Brooks | Nelson Malloch (Owner) | Chevrolet | 187 | 0 | running | 155 | — |
| 6 | 13 | ▲ 7 | 68Lennie Pond | Testa Racing | Chevrolet | 187 | 2 | running | 155 | — |
| 7 | 16 | ▲ 9 | 72Joe Millikan | DeWitt Racing | Chevrolet | 187 | 0 | running | 146 | — |
| 8 | 23 | ▲ 15 | 66Lake Speed | Lake Speed Racing | Chevrolet | 187 | 0 | running | 142 | — |
| 9 | 7 | ▼ 2 | 43Richard Petty | Petty Enterprises | Chevrolet | 184 | 0 | running | 138 | — |
| 10 | 19 | ▲ 9 | 90Jody Ridley | Donlavey Racing | Ford | 184 | 0 | running | 134 | — |
| 11 | 33 | ▲ 22 | 5Sterling Marlin | Jim Stacy Racing | Oldsmobile | 184 | 0 | running | 130 | — |
| 12 | 3 | ▼ 9 | 11Cale Yarborough | Junior Johnson & Associates | Chevrolet | 182 | 35 | engine | 132 | — |
| 13 | 35 | ▲ 22 | 74Bobby Wawak | Wawak Racing | Chevrolet | 182 | 0 | running | 124 | — |
| 14 | 27 | ▲ 13 | 67Buddy Arrington | Arrington Racing | Dodge | 182 | 0 | running | 121 | — |
| 15 | 14 | ▼ 1 | 64Tommy Gale | Langley-Woodfield Racing | Ford | 182 | 0 | running | 118 | — |
| 16 | 29 | ▲ 13 | 17Roger Hamby | Hamby Racing | Chevrolet | 181 | 0 | running | 115 | — |
| 17 | 24 | ▲ 7 | 19John Anderson | Gray Racing | Chevrolet | 179 | 0 | running | 112 | — |
| 18 | 26 | ▲ 8 | 48James Hylton | Hylton Engineering | Chevrolet | 176 | 0 | running | 109 | — |
| 19 | 4 | ▼ 15 | 40Ricky Rudd | Ulrich Racing | Chevrolet | 172 | 0 | running | 0 | — |
| 20 | 25 | ▲ 5 | 75Bill Elswick | RahMoc Enterprises | Chevrolet | 170 | 0 | running | 103 | — |
| 21 | 18 | ▼ 3 | 3Richard Childress | Richard Childress Racing | Oldsmobile | 162 | 0 | running | 100 | — |
| 22 | 21 | ▼ 1 | 70J.D. McDuffie | McDuffie Racing | Chevrolet | 155 | 0 | running | 97 | — |
| 23 | 8 | ▼ 15 | 71Dave Marcis | Marcis Auto Racing | Chevrolet | 155 | 3 | engine | 99 | — |
| 24 | 30 | ▲ 6 | 99Dick May | Hollar Racing | Chevrolet | 149 | 0 | running | 0 | — |
| 25 | 31 | ▲ 6 | 53Slick Johnson | JD Johnson Racing | Chevrolet | 135 | 0 | running | 88 | — |
| 26 | 22 | ▼ 4 | 25Ronnie Thomas | Robertson Racing | Chevrolet | 133 | 0 | engine | 85 | — |
| 27 | 20 | ▼ 7 | 12Buck Simmons | Kennie Childers (Owner) | Chevrolet | 123 | 0 | oil leak | 82 | — |
| 28 | 28 | — | 52Jimmy Means | Jimmy Means Racing | Chevrolet | 119 | 0 | running | 79 | — |
| 29 | 5 | ▼ 24 | 2Dale Earnhardt | Osterlund Motorsports | Chevrolet | 104 | 15 | engine | 81 | — |
| 30 | 12 | ▼ 18 | 15Bobby Allison | Bud Moore Engineering | Ford | 86 | 0 | engine | 73 | — |
| 31 | 32 | ▲ 1 | 45Baxter Price | Price Racing | Chevrolet | 31 | 0 | engine | 70 | — |
| 32 | 9 | ▼ 23 | 44Terry Labonte | Hagan Enterprises | Chevrolet | 30 | 0 | accident | 67 | — |
| 33 | 36 | ▲ 3 | 59Melvin Revis | Revis Racing | Chevrolet | 23 | 0 | engine | 64 | — |
| 34 | 34 | — | 82Cecil Gordon | Negre Racing | Chrysler | 10 | 0 | oil pressure | 61 | — |
| 35 | 6 | ▼ 29 | 28Buddy Baker | Ranier Racing | Chevrolet | 7 | 0 | accident | 58 | — |
| 36 | 11 | ▼ 25 | 21Neil Bonnett | Wood Brothers Racing | Mercury | 0 | 0 | accident | 55 | — |