No storylines for this race: recaps are written as races finish.
| Fin | St | ± | Driver | Team | Make | Laps | Led | Status | Pts | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | — | 11Cale Yarborough | Junior Johnson & Associates | Chevrolet | 200 | 110 | running | 185 | — |
| 2 | 6 | ▲ 4 | 43Richard Petty | Petty Enterprises | Chevrolet | 199 | 0 | running | 170 | — |
| 3 | 4 | ▲ 1 | 15Bobby Allison | Bud Moore Engineering |
No leader segments recorded.
No cautions recorded (or a caution-free race).
| Ford |
| 199 |
| 0 |
| running |
| 165 |
| — |
| 4 | 5 | ▲ 1 | 88Darrell Waltrip | DiGard Motorsports | Chevrolet | 197 | 6 | running | 165 | — |
| 5 | 3 | ▼ 2 | 44Terry Labonte | Hagan Enterprises | Chevrolet | 196 | 0 | running | 155 | — |
| 6 | 11 | ▲ 5 | 3Richard Childress | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 195 | 0 | running | 150 | — |
| 7 | 9 | ▲ 2 | 71Dave Marcis | Marcis Auto Racing | Oldsmobile | 194 | 0 | running | 146 | — |
| 8 | 8 | — | 75Harry Gant | RahMoc Enterprises | Chevrolet | 193 | 0 | running | 142 | — |
| 9 | 7 | ▼ 2 | 2Dale Earnhardt | Osterlund Motorsports | Chevrolet | 191 | 54 | running | 143 | — |
| 10 | 20 | ▲ 10 | 48James Hylton | Hylton Engineering | Chevrolet | 188 | 0 | running | 134 | — |
| 11 | 17 | ▲ 6 | 25Ronnie Thomas | Robertson Racing | Chevrolet | 187 | 0 | running | 130 | — |
| 12 | 16 | ▲ 4 | 66Lake Speed | Lake Speed Racing | Chevrolet | 186 | 0 | running | 127 | — |
| 13 | 26 | ▲ 13 | 03Jimmy Finger | B & B Racing | Buick | 181 | 0 | running | 124 | — |
| 14 | 29 | ▲ 15 | 24Cecil Gordon | Gordon Racing | Oldsmobile | 180 | 0 | running | 121 | — |
| 15 | 13 | ▼ 2 | 40D.K. Ulrich | Ulrich Racing | Chevrolet | 179 | 0 | running | 118 | — |
| 16 | 30 | ▲ 14 | 19Dick May | Gray Racing | Buick | 178 | 0 | running | 115 | — |
| 17 | 25 | ▲ 8 | 79Frank Warren | Warren Racing | Dodge | 178 | 0 | running | 112 | — |
| 18 | 27 | ▲ 9 | 45Baxter Price | Price Racing | Chevrolet | 178 | 0 | running | 109 | — |
| 19 | 22 | ▲ 3 | 52Jimmy Means | Jimmy Means Racing | Chevrolet | 173 | 0 | running | 106 | — |
| 20 | 31 | ▲ 11 | 09Nelson Oswald | Oswald Racing | Buick | 173 | 0 | running | 103 | — |
| 21 | 28 | ▲ 7 | 69Henry Jones | Mike Kempton (Owner) | Oldsmobile | 170 | 0 | running | 0 | — |
| 22 | 23 | ▲ 1 | 17Roger Hamby | Hamby Racing | Chevrolet | 163 | 0 | engine | 97 | — |
| 23 | 2 | ▼ 21 | 27Benny Parsons | M.C. Anderson Racing | Chevrolet | 158 | 30 | overheating | 99 | — |
| 24 | 19 | ▼ 5 | 74Bobby Wawak | Wawak Racing | Buick | 144 | 0 | running | 91 | — |
| 25 | 24 | ▼ 1 | 64Tommy Gale | Langley-Woodfield Racing | Ford | 143 | 0 | running | 88 | — |
| 26 | 12 | ▼ 14 | 90Jody Ridley | Donlavey Racing | Ford | 141 | 0 | running | 85 | — |
| 27 | 10 | ▼ 17 | 7Dick Brooks | Nelson Malloch (Owner) | Chevrolet | 116 | 0 | overheating | 82 | — |
| 28 | 18 | ▼ 10 | 67Buddy Arrington | Arrington Racing | Dodge | 106 | 0 | ball joint | 79 | — |
| 29 | 15 | ▼ 14 | 70J.D. McDuffie | McDuffie Racing | Chevrolet | 51 | 0 | engine | 76 | — |
| 30 | 21 | ▼ 9 | 53Slick Johnson | JD Johnson Racing | Chevrolet | 14 | 0 | engine | 73 | — |
| 31 | 14 | ▼ 17 | 18Randy Ogden | Ogden Racing | Chevrolet | 13 | 0 | engine | 70 | — |