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 | 188 | 53 | running | 180 | — |
| 2 | 3 | ▲ 1 | 11Cale Yarborough | Junior Johnson & Associates | Oldsmobile | 188 | 25 | running | 175 | — |
| 3 | 16 | ▲ 13 | 2Dale Earnhardt | Osterlund Motorsports |
No leader segments recorded.
No cautions recorded (or a caution-free race).
| Oldsmobile |
| 188 |
| 3 |
| running |
| 170 |
| — |
| 4 | 8 | ▲ 4 | 27Benny Parsons | M.C. Anderson Racing | Oldsmobile | 188 | 0 | running | 160 | — |
| 5 | 15 | ▲ 10 | 47Harry Gant | Race Hill Farm Team | Oldsmobile | 188 | 1 | running | 160 | — |
| 6 | 18 | ▲ 12 | 3Richard Childress | Richard Childress Racing | Oldsmobile | 185 | 0 | running | 150 | — |
| 7 | 19 | ▲ 12 | 9Bill Elliott | George Elliott Racing | Mercury | 184 | 0 | running | 146 | — |
| 8 | 22 | ▲ 14 | 66Lake Speed | Lake Speed Racing | Chevrolet | 181 | 0 | running | 142 | — |
| 9 | 39 | ▲ 30 | 42Kyle Petty | Petty Enterprises | Chevrolet | 181 | 0 | running | 138 | — |
| 10 | 33 | ▲ 23 | 19Dick May | Gray Racing | Buick | 176 | 0 | running | 134 | — |
| 11 | 7 | ▼ 4 | 88Darrell Waltrip | DiGard Motorsports | Oldsmobile | 174 | 29 | engine | 135 | — |
| 12 | 38 | ▲ 26 | 40Harry Dinwiddie | Ulrich Racing | Buick | 173 | 0 | running | 127 | — |
| 13 | 37 | ▲ 24 | 6Marty Robbins | Robbins Racing | Dodge | 173 | 0 | running | 0 | — |
| 14 | 30 | ▲ 16 | 48James Hylton | Hylton Engineering | Oldsmobile | 171 | 0 | running | 121 | — |
| 15 | 26 | ▲ 11 | 52Jimmy Means | Jimmy Means Racing | Chevrolet | 169 | 0 | running | 118 | — |
| 16 | 23 | ▲ 7 | 87Billie Harvey | Billie Harvey (Owner) | Oldsmobile | 165 | 0 | accident | 115 | — |
| 17 | 10 | ▼ 7 | 1David Pearson | Ellington Racing | Oldsmobile | 155 | 3 | clutch | 117 | — |
| 18 | 5 | ▼ 13 | 43Richard Petty | Petty Enterprises | Oldsmobile | 154 | 5 | engine | 114 | — |
| 19 | 35 | ▲ 16 | 53Slick Johnson | JD Johnson Racing | Chevrolet | 154 | 0 | running | 106 | — |
| 20 | 28 | ▲ 8 | 7Ricky Rudd | Nelson Malloch (Owner) | Oldsmobile | 150 | 0 | running | 103 | — |
| 21 | 36 | ▲ 15 | 25Ronnie Thomas | Robertson Racing | Oldsmobile | 146 | 0 | clutch | 100 | — |
| 22 | 24 | ▲ 2 | 17Roger Hamby | Hamby Racing | Chevrolet | 141 | 0 | running | 97 | — |
| 23 | 29 | ▲ 6 | 24Cecil Gordon | Gordon Racing | Oldsmobile | 131 | 0 | running | 94 | — |
| 24 | 34 | ▲ 10 | 74Bobby Wawak | Wawak Racing | Buick | 122 | 0 | running | 91 | — |
| 25 | 27 | ▲ 2 | 70J.D. McDuffie | McDuffie Racing | Buick | 120 | 0 | engine | 88 | — |
| 26 | 9 | ▼ 17 | 12Donnie Allison | Kennie Childers (Owner) | Oldsmobile | 113 | 11 | engine | 90 | — |
| 27 | 41 | ▲ 14 | 45Baxter Price | Price Racing | Oldsmobile | 103 | 0 | running | 82 | — |
| 28 | 6 | ▼ 22 | 68Lennie Pond | Testa Racing | Oldsmobile | 95 | 1 | engine | 84 | — |
| 29 | 32 | ▲ 3 | 64Tommy Gale | Langley-Woodfield Racing | Ford | 92 | 0 | engine | 76 | — |
| 30 | 13 | ▼ 17 | 90Jody Ridley | Donlavey Racing | Mercury | 83 | 1 | engine | 78 | — |
| 31 | 12 | ▼ 19 | 44Terry Labonte | Hagan Enterprises | Oldsmobile | 68 | 0 | overheating | 70 | — |
| 32 | 1 | ▼ 31 | 28Buddy Baker | Ranier Racing | Oldsmobile | 60 | 56 | engine | 77 | — |
| 33 | 14 | ▼ 19 | 79Frank Warren | Warren Racing | Dodge | 59 | 0 | transmission | 64 | — |
| 34 | 4 | ▼ 30 | 30Tighe Scott | Ballard Racing | Oldsmobile | 50 | 0 | engine | 61 | — |
| 35 | 11 | ▼ 24 | 15Bobby Allison | Bud Moore Engineering | Mercury | 44 | 0 | engine | 58 | — |
| 36 | 20 | ▼ 16 | 62Rick Wilson | Wilson Racing | Oldsmobile | 41 | 0 | transmission | 55 | — |
| 37 | 25 | ▼ 12 | 14Coo Coo Marlin | Cunningham-Kelley | Chevrolet | 41 | 0 | crankshaft | 52 | — |
| 38 | 40 | ▲ 2 | 67Buddy Arrington | Arrington Racing | Dodge | 33 | 0 | engine | 49 | — |
| 39 | 17 | ▼ 22 | 71Dave Marcis | Marcis Auto Racing | Oldsmobile | 32 | 0 | engine | 46 | — |
| 40 | 21 | ▼ 19 | 73Ferrel Harris | Willard Moore (Owner) | Chevrolet | 17 | 0 | engine | 0 | — |
| 41 | 31 | ▼ 10 | 50Bruce Hill | Ballard Racing | Oldsmobile | 12 | 0 | engine | 40 | — |