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 | 500 | 379 | running | 185 | — |
| 2 | 7 | ▲ 5 | 2Dale Earnhardt | Osterlund Motorsports | Chevrolet | 500 | 24 | running | 175 | — |
| 3 | 4 | ▲ 1 | 88Darrell Waltrip | DiGard Motorsports |
No leader segments recorded.
No cautions recorded (or a caution-free race).
| Chevrolet |
| 500 |
| 55 |
| running |
| 170 |
| — |
| 4 | 3 | ▼ 1 | 43Richard Petty | Petty Enterprises | Chevrolet | 499 | 10 | running | 165 | — |
| 5 | 6 | ▲ 1 | 27Benny Parsons | M.C. Anderson Racing | Chevrolet | 499 | 3 | running | 160 | — |
| 6 | 11 | ▲ 5 | 15Bobby Allison | Bud Moore Engineering | Ford | 498 | 5 | running | 155 | — |
| 7 | 10 | ▲ 3 | 71Dave Marcis | Marcis Auto Racing | Chevrolet | 496 | 0 | running | 146 | — |
| 8 | 12 | ▲ 4 | 68Lennie Pond | Testa Racing | Oldsmobile | 496 | 0 | running | 142 | — |
| 9 | 14 | ▲ 5 | 3Richard Childress | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 487 | 0 | running | 138 | — |
| 10 | 5 | ▼ 5 | 40D.K. Ulrich | Ulrich Racing | Chevrolet | 483 | 0 | running | 134 | — |
| 11 | 19 | ▲ 8 | 70J.D. McDuffie | McDuffie Racing | Chevrolet | 479 | 0 | running | 130 | — |
| 12 | 15 | ▲ 3 | 90Jody Ridley | Donlavey Racing | Mercury | 477 | 0 | engine | 127 | — |
| 13 | 18 | ▲ 5 | 64Tommy Gale | Langley-Woodfield Racing | Ford | 474 | 0 | running | 124 | — |
| 14 | 2 | ▼ 12 | 47Harry Gant | Race Hill Farm Team | Chevrolet | 468 | 5 | engine | 126 | — |
| 15 | 16 | ▲ 1 | 75John Anderson | RahMoc Enterprises | Chevrolet | 468 | 0 | running | 118 | — |
| 16 | 22 | ▲ 6 | 17Roger Hamby | Hamby Racing | Chevrolet | 465 | 0 | running | 115 | — |
| 17 | 20 | ▲ 3 | 48James Hylton | Hylton Engineering | Chevrolet | 456 | 0 | engine | 112 | — |
| 18 | 28 | ▲ 10 | 45Baxter Price | Price Racing | Chevrolet | 452 | 0 | running | 109 | — |
| 19 | 26 | ▲ 7 | 24Cecil Gordon | Gordon Racing | Oldsmobile | 403 | 0 | running | 106 | — |
| 20 | 23 | ▲ 3 | 67Buddy Arrington | Arrington Racing | Dodge | 402 | 0 | engine | 103 | — |
| 21 | 27 | ▲ 6 | 61Bub Strickler | Jim Norris (Owner) | Oldsmobile | 396 | 0 | accident | 0 | — |
| 22 | 17 | ▼ 5 | 52Jimmy Means | Jimmy Means Racing | Chevrolet | 364 | 0 | engine | 97 | — |
| 23 | 8 | ▼ 15 | 44Terry Labonte | Hagan Enterprises | Chevrolet | 343 | 19 | accident | 99 | — |
| 24 | 29 | ▲ 5 | 74Stuart Huffman | Wawak Racing | Buick | 340 | 0 | transmission | 0 | — |
| 25 | 24 | ▼ 1 | 19Steve Spencer | Gray Racing | Chevrolet | 204 | 0 | accident | 0 | — |
| 26 | 25 | ▼ 1 | 09Dick May | Oswald Racing | Buick | 204 | 0 | dead battery | 85 | — |
| 27 | 13 | ▼ 14 | 79Junior Miller | Junior Miller Racing | Chevrolet | 165 | 0 | engine | 82 | — |
| 28 | 9 | ▼ 19 | 7Ricky Rudd | Nelson Malloch (Owner) | Chevrolet | 135 | 0 | strut rod | 79 | — |
| 29 | 21 | ▼ 8 | 25Ronnie Thomas | Robertson Racing | Chevrolet | 17 | 0 | engine | 76 | — |
| 30 | 30 | — | 84Bobby Sands | Sands Racing | Chevrolet | 2 | 0 | transmission | 73 | — |