No storylines for this race: recaps are written as races finish.
| Fin | St | ± | Driver | Team | Make | Laps | Led | Status | Pts | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | ▲ 1 | 11Cale Yarborough | Junior Johnson & Associates | Chevrolet | 200 | 41 | running | 180 | — |
| 2 | 3 | ▲ 1 | 21Neil Bonnett | Wood Brothers Racing | Mercury | 200 | 0 | running | 170 | — |
| 3 | 21 | ▲ 18 | 12Donnie Allison | Kennie Childers (Owner) |
No leader segments recorded.
No cautions recorded (or a caution-free race).
| Chevrolet |
| 200 |
| 4 |
| running |
| 170 |
| — |
| 4 | 11 | ▲ 7 | 02Darrell Waltrip | Halpern Enterprises | Chevrolet | 200 | 67 | running | 170 | — |
| 5 | 12 | ▲ 7 | 43Richard Petty | Petty Enterprises | Chevrolet | 200 | 4 | running | 160 | — |
| 6 | 1 | ▼ 5 | 28Buddy Baker | Ranier Racing | Chevrolet | 200 | 0 | running | 150 | — |
| 7 | 4 | ▼ 3 | 15Bobby Allison | Bud Moore Engineering | Mercury | 199 | 27 | running | 151 | — |
| 8 | 10 | ▲ 2 | 27Benny Parsons | M.C. Anderson Racing | Chevrolet | 199 | 54 | running | 147 | — |
| 9 | 5 | ▼ 4 | 9Bill Elliott | George Elliott Racing | Mercury | 199 | 1 | running | 143 | — |
| 10 | 16 | ▲ 6 | 77Kenny Hemphill | John Rebhan (Owner) | Chevrolet | 199 | 0 | running | 134 | — |
| 11 | 9 | ▼ 2 | 44Terry Labonte | Hagan Enterprises | Chevrolet | 198 | 0 | running | 130 | — |
| 12 | 20 | ▲ 8 | 42Kyle Petty | Petty Enterprises | Chevrolet | 198 | 0 | running | 127 | — |
| 13 | 23 | ▲ 10 | 67Buddy Arrington | Arrington Racing | Dodge | 196 | 0 | running | 124 | — |
| 14 | 27 | ▲ 13 | 52Jimmy Means | Jimmy Means Racing | Chevrolet | 195 | 0 | running | 121 | — |
| 15 | 28 | ▲ 13 | 40D.K. Ulrich | Ulrich Racing | Chevrolet | 195 | 0 | running | 118 | — |
| 16 | 13 | ▼ 3 | 66Lake Speed | Lake Speed Racing | Chevrolet | 194 | 0 | running | 115 | — |
| 17 | 22 | ▲ 5 | 87Billie Harvey | Billie Harvey (Owner) | Chevrolet | 194 | 0 | running | 0 | — |
| 18 | 6 | ▼ 12 | 90Jody Ridley | Donlavey Racing | Mercury | 194 | 0 | running | 109 | — |
| 19 | 30 | ▲ 11 | 19Dick May | Gray Racing | Chevrolet | 194 | 0 | running | 0 | — |
| 20 | 37 | ▲ 17 | 70J.D. McDuffie | McDuffie Racing | Chevrolet | 193 | 0 | running | 103 | — |
| 21 | 19 | ▼ 2 | 24Cecil Gordon | Gordon Racing | Oldsmobile | 193 | 0 | running | 100 | — |
| 22 | 18 | ▼ 4 | 64Tommy Gale | Langley-Woodfield Racing | Ford | 190 | 0 | running | 97 | — |
| 23 | 36 | ▲ 13 | 65Bruce Jacobi | Spohn Racing | Ford | 189 | 0 | running | 94 | — |
| 24 | 33 | ▲ 9 | 85Wayne Watercutter | — | Oldsmobile | 183 | 0 | running | 91 | — |
| 25 | 26 | ▲ 1 | 48James Hylton | Hylton Engineering | Oldsmobile | 182 | 0 | running | 88 | — |
| 26 | 15 | ▼ 11 | 71Dave Marcis | Marcis Auto Racing | Chevrolet | 182 | 1 | engine | 90 | — |
| 27 | 17 | ▼ 10 | 3Richard Childress | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 180 | 0 | running | 82 | — |
| 28 | 35 | ▲ 7 | 41Stuart Huffman | — | Buick | 177 | 0 | running | 79 | — |
| 29 | 24 | ▼ 5 | 25Ronnie Thomas | Robertson Racing | Buick | 172 | 0 | running | 76 | — |
| 30 | 29 | ▼ 1 | 17Roger Hamby | Hamby Racing | Chevrolet | 150 | 0 | engine | 73 | — |
| 31 | 31 | — | 79Frank Warren | Warren Racing | Dodge | 150 | 0 | running | 70 | — |
| 32 | 34 | ▲ 2 | 61Baxter Price | Jim Norris (Owner) | Oldsmobile | 125 | 0 | running | 67 | — |
| 33 | 32 | ▼ 1 | 74Bobby Wawak | Wawak Racing | Buick | 114 | 0 | ignition | 64 | — |
| 34 | 25 | ▼ 9 | 7Ricky Rudd | Nelson Malloch (Owner) | Chevrolet | 88 | 0 | transmission | 61 | — |
| 35 | 8 | ▼ 27 | 2Dale Earnhardt | Osterlund Motorsports | Chevrolet | 79 | 1 | engine | 63 | — |
| 36 | 14 | ▼ 22 | 75John Anderson | RahMoc Enterprises | Chevrolet | 12 | 0 | oil pump | 55 | — |
| 37 | 7 | ▼ 30 | 47Harry Gant | Race Hill Farm Team | Chevrolet | 4 | 0 | engine | 52 | — |