No storylines for this race: recaps are written as races finish.
| Fin | St | ± | Driver | Team | Make | Laps | Led | Status | Pts | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | ▲ 1 | 21Neil Bonnett | Wood Brothers Racing | Mercury | 200 | 59 | running | 185 | — |
| 2 | 4 | ▲ 2 | 28Buddy Baker | Ranier Racing | Buick | 200 | 41 | running | 175 | — |
| 3 | 1 | ▼ 2 | 11Cale Yarborough | Junior Johnson & Associates |
No leader segments recorded.
No cautions recorded (or a caution-free race).
| Chevrolet |
| 200 |
| 54 |
| running |
| 170 |
| — |
| 4 | 11 | ▲ 7 | 2Dale Earnhardt | Osterlund Motorsports | Chevrolet | 200 | 6 | running | 165 | — |
| 5 | 6 | ▲ 1 | 47Harry Gant | Race Hill Farm Team | Chevrolet | 200 | 4 | running | 160 | — |
| 6 | 8 | ▲ 2 | 44Terry Labonte | Hagan Enterprises | Chevrolet | 200 | 3 | running | 155 | — |
| 7 | 13 | ▲ 6 | 42Kyle Petty | Petty Enterprises | Chevrolet | 199 | 0 | running | 146 | — |
| 8 | 12 | ▲ 4 | 71Dave Marcis | Marcis Auto Racing | Chevrolet | 198 | 1 | running | 147 | — |
| 9 | 16 | ▲ 7 | 3Richard Childress | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 197 | 0 | running | 138 | — |
| 10 | 10 | — | 7Ricky Rudd | Nelson Malloch (Owner) | Chevrolet | 196 | 0 | running | 134 | — |
| 11 | 26 | ▲ 15 | 87Billie Harvey | Billie Harvey (Owner) | Chevrolet | 195 | 0 | running | 0 | — |
| 12 | 23 | ▲ 11 | 40Tim Richmond | Ulrich Racing | Chevrolet | 195 | 0 | running | 127 | — |
| 13 | 27 | ▲ 14 | 67Buddy Arrington | Arrington Racing | Dodge | 194 | 0 | running | 124 | — |
| 14 | 29 | ▲ 15 | 52Jimmy Means | Jimmy Means Racing | Chevrolet | 193 | 0 | running | 121 | — |
| 15 | 32 | ▲ 17 | 48James Hylton | Hylton Engineering | Chevrolet | 193 | 0 | running | 118 | — |
| 16 | 18 | ▲ 2 | 24Cecil Gordon | Gordon Racing | Oldsmobile | 190 | 0 | running | 115 | — |
| 17 | 37 | ▲ 20 | 29Dave Dion | Dion Racing | Ford | 188 | 0 | running | 112 | — |
| 18 | 15 | ▼ 3 | 90Jody Ridley | Donlavey Racing | Ford | 188 | 0 | running | 109 | — |
| 19 | 25 | ▲ 6 | 64Tommy Gale | Langley-Woodfield Racing | Ford | 197 | 0 | running | 106 | — |
| 20 | 9 | ▼ 11 | 27Benny Parsons | M.C. Anderson Racing | Chevrolet | 184 | 3 | engine | 108 | — |
| 21 | 31 | ▲ 10 | 79Junior Miller | Warren Racing | Chevrolet | 184 | 0 | running | 100 | — |
| 22 | 33 | ▲ 11 | 45Baxter Price | Price Racing | Chevrolet | 175 | 0 | running | 97 | — |
| 23 | 19 | ▼ 4 | 25Ronnie Thomas | Robertson Racing | Chevrolet | 174 | 0 | engine | 94 | — |
| 24 | 24 | — | 17Roger Hamby | Hamby Racing | Chevrolet | 162 | 0 | accident | 91 | — |
| 25 | 22 | ▼ 3 | 77Kenny Hemphill | John Rebhan (Owner) | Chevrolet | 160 | 0 | engine | 0 | — |
| 26 | 7 | ▼ 19 | 88Darrell Waltrip | DiGard Motorsports | Chevrolet | 158 | 10 | running | 90 | — |
| 27 | 36 | ▲ 9 | 74Bob Riley | Wawak Racing | Chevrolet | 141 | 0 | broken valve | 0 | — |
| 28 | 21 | ▼ 7 | 57Janet Guthrie | McClure Motors | Ford | 134 | 0 | engine | 79 | — |
| 29 | 35 | ▲ 6 | 19Dick May | Gray Racing | Chevrolet | 119 | 0 | broken valve | 76 | — |
| 30 | 14 | ▼ 16 | 66Lake Speed | Lake Speed Racing | Chevrolet | 86 | 0 | accident | 73 | — |
| 31 | 28 | ▼ 3 | 53Slick Johnson | JD Johnson Racing | Chevrolet | 85 | 0 | engine | 70 | — |
| 32 | 20 | ▼ 12 | 30Tighe Scott | Ballard Racing | Chevrolet | 57 | 0 | accident | 67 | — |
| 33 | 3 | ▼ 30 | 43Richard Petty | Petty Enterprises | Chevrolet | 56 | 18 | accident | 69 | — |
| 34 | 5 | ▼ 29 | 15Bobby Allison | Bud Moore Engineering | Ford | 54 | 1 | water pump | 66 | — |
| 35 | 17 | ▼ 18 | 02Chuck Bown | Halpern Enterprises | Oldsmobile | 54 | 0 | accident | 58 | — |
| 36 | 30 | ▼ 6 | 70J.D. McDuffie | McDuffie Racing | Chevrolet | 26 | 0 | engine | 55 | — |
| 37 | 40 | ▲ 3 | 69Henry Jones | Mike Kempton (Owner) | Oldsmobile | 18 | 0 | accident | 52 | — |
| 38 | 34 | ▼ 4 | 09Nelson Oswald | Oswald Racing | Buick | 11 | 0 | accident | 49 | — |
| 39 | 38 | ▼ 1 | 63Jocko Maggiacomo | Jockos Racing | Oldsmobile | 2 | 0 | oil pressure | 46 | — |
| 40 | 39 | ▼ 1 | 46Travis Tiller | Morgan-McClure | Oldsmobile | 0 | 0 | ignition | 0 | — |