No storylines for this race: recaps are written as races finish.
| Fin | St | ± | Driver | Team | Make | Laps | Led | Status | Pts | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | ▲ 1 | 88Darrell Waltrip | DiGard Motorsports | Chevrolet | 95 | 23 | running | 185 | — |
| 2 | 7 | ▲ 5 | 21Neil Bonnett | Wood Brothers Racing | Mercury | 95 | 22 | running | 175 | — |
| 3 | 8 | ▲ 5 | 27Benny Parsons | M.C. Anderson Racing |
No leader segments recorded.
No cautions recorded (or a caution-free race).
| Chevrolet |
| 95 |
| 0 |
| running |
| 165 |
| — |
| 4 | 1 | ▼ 3 | 11Cale Yarborough | Junior Johnson & Associates | Chevrolet | 95 | 3 | running | 165 | — |
| 5 | 5 | — | 2Dale Earnhardt | Osterlund Motorsports | Chevrolet | 95 | 21 | running | 160 | — |
| 6 | 9 | ▲ 3 | 71Dave Marcis | Marcis Auto Racing | Chevrolet | 94 | 1 | running | 155 | — |
| 7 | 14 | ▲ 7 | 75Harry Gant | RahMoc Enterprises | Chevrolet | 94 | 1 | running | 151 | — |
| 8 | 6 | ▼ 2 | 43Richard Petty | Petty Enterprises | Chevrolet | 93 | 0 | running | 142 | — |
| 9 | 18 | ▲ 9 | 70J.D. McDuffie | McDuffie Racing | Chevrolet | 93 | 0 | running | 138 | — |
| 10 | 25 | ▲ 15 | 24Cecil Gordon | Gordon Racing | Oldsmobile | 93 | 0 | running | 134 | — |
| 11 | 33 | ▲ 22 | 90Jody Ridley | Donlavey Racing | Ford | 92 | 0 | running | 130 | — |
| 12 | 20 | ▲ 8 | 48James Hylton | Hylton Engineering | Chevrolet | 92 | 0 | running | 127 | — |
| 13 | 4 | ▼ 9 | 73Bill Schmitt | Schmitt Racing | Oldsmobile | 92 | 0 | running | 124 | — |
| 14 | 12 | ▼ 2 | 67Buddy Arrington | Arrington Racing | Dodge | 92 | 0 | running | 121 | — |
| 15 | 3 | ▼ 12 | 15Bobby Allison | Bud Moore Engineering | Ford | 91 | 21 | broken valve | 123 | — |
| 16 | 16 | — | 25Ronnie Thomas | Robertson Racing | Chevrolet | 91 | 0 | running | 115 | — |
| 17 | 30 | ▲ 13 | 13Don Puskarich | Puskarich Racing | Chevrolet | 90 | 0 | running | 112 | — |
| 18 | 11 | ▼ 7 | 3Richard Childress | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 89 | 0 | running | 109 | — |
| 19 | 32 | ▲ 13 | 79Joe Booher | Warren Racing | Dodge | 83 | 0 | running | 106 | — |
| 20 | 23 | ▲ 3 | 78Jim Robinson | A.J. Kurten (Owner) | Chevrolet | 82 | 0 | running | 103 | — |
| 21 | 34 | ▲ 13 | 94Steve Pfeifer | Pfeifer Racing | Chevrolet | 75 | 0 | transmission | 100 | — |
| 22 | 29 | ▲ 7 | 74Bobby Wawak | Wawak Racing | Buick | 73 | 0 | engine | 97 | — |
| 23 | 31 | ▲ 8 | 17Roger Hamby | Hamby Racing | Chevrolet | 69 | 0 | brakes | 94 | — |
| 24 | 22 | ▼ 2 | 29Hershel McGriff | Dick Midgley Motorsports | Chevrolet | 67 | 0 | running | 91 | — |
| 25 | 28 | ▲ 3 | 38Don Waterman | Waterman Racing | Oldsmobile | 64 | 0 | engine | 88 | — |
| 26 | 19 | ▼ 7 | 66Lake Speed | Lake Speed Racing | Chevrolet | 62 | 0 | engine | 85 | — |
| 27 | 36 | ▲ 9 | 57Jim Hopkinson | — | Chevrolet | 42 | 0 | oil leak | 82 | — |
| 28 | 15 | ▼ 13 | 45Roy Smith | Robert Beadle (Owner) | Oldsmobile | 39 | 3 | throttle | 84 | — |
| 29 | 35 | ▲ 6 | 52Ed Hale | Hale Racing | Chevrolet | 37 | 0 | transmission | 76 | — |
| 30 | 13 | ▼ 17 | 12Donnie Allison | Kennie Childers (Owner) | Chevrolet | 26 | 0 | engine | 0 | — |
| 31 | 27 | ▼ 4 | 7Dick Brooks | Nelson Malloch (Owner) | Chevrolet | 25 | 0 | engine | 70 | — |
| 32 | 26 | ▼ 6 | 08Rick McCray | McCray Motorsports | Buick | 17 | 0 | transmission | 67 | — |
| 33 | 10 | ▼ 23 | 44Terry Labonte | Hagan Enterprises | Chevrolet | 12 | 0 | oil leak | 64 | — |
| 34 | 24 | ▼ 10 | 81John Borneman | Borneman Motorsports | Chevrolet | 12 | 0 | engine | 61 | — |
| 35 | 21 | ▼ 14 | 64Don Whittington | — | Chevrolet | 11 | 0 | transmission | 58 | — |
| 36 | 17 | ▼ 19 | 40D.K. Ulrich | Ulrich Racing | Chevrolet | 0 | 0 | mechanical | 55 | — |