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 | 500 | 264 | running | 185 | — |
| 2 | 10 | ▲ 8 | 47Harry Gant | Race Hill Farm Team | Chevrolet | 500 | 140 | running | 175 | — |
| 3 | 3 | — | 28Buddy Baker | Ranier Racing |
No leader segments recorded.
No cautions recorded (or a caution-free race).
| Chevrolet |
| 500 |
| 16 |
| running |
| 170 |
| — |
| 4 | 1 | ▼ 3 | 11Cale Yarborough | Junior Johnson & Associates | Chevrolet | 499 | 30 | running | 165 | — |
| 5 | 6 | ▲ 1 | 27Benny Parsons | M.C. Anderson Racing | Chevrolet | 499 | 1 | running | 160 | — |
| 6 | 8 | ▲ 2 | 21Neil Bonnett | Wood Brothers Racing | Mercury | 499 | 5 | running | 155 | — |
| 7 | 13 | ▲ 6 | 12Donnie Allison | Kennie Childers (Owner) | Chevrolet | 498 | 34 | running | 151 | — |
| 8 | 5 | ▼ 3 | 68Lennie Pond | Testa Racing | Chevrolet | 493 | 0 | running | 0 | — |
| 9 | 16 | ▲ 7 | 90Jody Ridley | Donlavey Racing | Ford | 491 | 0 | running | 138 | — |
| 10 | 21 | ▲ 11 | 25Ronnie Thomas | Robertson Racing | Chevrolet | 489 | 0 | running | 134 | — |
| 11 | 15 | ▲ 4 | 7Lake Speed | Nelson Malloch (Owner) | Chevrolet | 488 | 0 | running | 0 | — |
| 12 | 11 | ▼ 1 | 71Dave Marcis | Marcis Auto Racing | Chevrolet | 486 | 0 | running | 127 | — |
| 13 | 28 | ▲ 15 | 67Buddy Arrington | Arrington Racing | Dodge | 485 | 0 | running | 124 | — |
| 14 | 22 | ▲ 8 | 29Dave Dion | Dion Racing | Ford | 481 | 0 | running | 121 | — |
| 15 | 32 | ▲ 17 | 24Cecil Gordon | Gordon Racing | Oldsmobile | 472 | 0 | running | 118 | — |
| 16 | 38 | ▲ 22 | 74Joe Booher | Wawak Racing | Chevrolet | 469 | 0 | running | 0 | — |
| 17 | 12 | ▼ 5 | 43Richard Petty | Petty Enterprises | Chevrolet | 468 | 4 | engine | 117 | — |
| 18 | 33 | ▲ 15 | 45Joel Stowe | Price Racing | Chevrolet | 460 | 0 | running | 109 | — |
| 19 | 26 | ▲ 7 | 48James Hylton | Hylton Engineering | Chevrolet | 455 | 0 | running | 106 | — |
| 20 | 18 | ▼ 2 | 17Roger Hamby | Hamby Racing | Chevrolet | 453 | 0 | running | 103 | — |
| 21 | 36 | ▲ 15 | 80John Callis | John Callis (Owner) | Ford | 449 | 0 | running | 100 | — |
| 22 | 40 | ▲ 18 | 97Eddie Dickerson | Arrington Racing | Dodge | 448 | 0 | running | 97 | — |
| 23 | 24 | ▲ 1 | 75Kyle Petty | RahMoc Enterprises | Chevrolet | 416 | 0 | running | 94 | — |
| 24 | 35 | ▲ 11 | 99Dick May | Hollar Racing | Chevrolet | 415 | 0 | broken valve | 0 | — |
| 25 | 34 | ▲ 9 | 9Frank Warren | Warren Racing | Dodge | 405 | 0 | engine | 0 | — |
| 26 | 27 | ▲ 1 | 46Travis Tiller | Morgan-McClure | Oldsmobile | 403 | 0 | engine | 85 | — |
| 27 | 19 | ▼ 8 | 52Jimmy Means | Jimmy Means Racing | Chevrolet | 386 | 0 | engine | 82 | — |
| 28 | 4 | ▼ 24 | 44Terry Labonte | Hagan Enterprises | Chevrolet | 357 | 0 | engine | 79 | — |
| 29 | 29 | — | 79Junior Miller | Junior Miller Racing | Chevrolet | 336 | 0 | rear end | 76 | — |
| 30 | 7 | ▼ 23 | 15Bobby Allison | Bud Moore Engineering | Ford | 264 | 1 | broken valve | 78 | — |
| 31 | 17 | ▼ 14 | 40Tim Richmond | Ulrich Racing | Chevrolet | 258 | 0 | cylinder head | 70 | — |
| 32 | 23 | ▼ 9 | 19John Anderson | Gray Racing | Chevrolet | 248 | 0 | oil pump | 67 | — |
| 33 | 20 | ▼ 13 | 77Kenny Hemphill | John Rebhan (Owner) | Chevrolet | 179 | 4 | accident | 0 | — |
| 34 | 9 | ▼ 25 | 2Dale Earnhardt | Osterlund Motorsports | Chevrolet | 151 | 1 | engine | 66 | — |
| 35 | 39 | ▲ 4 | 61Bub Strickler | Jim Norris (Owner) | Chevrolet | 149 | 0 | rear axle | 0 | — |
| 36 | 31 | ▼ 5 | 64Tommy Gale | Langley-Woodfield Racing | Ford | 115 | 0 | engine | 55 | — |
| 37 | 14 | ▼ 23 | 3Richard Childress | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 66 | 0 | engine | 52 | — |
| 38 | 25 | ▼ 13 | 70J.D. McDuffie | McDuffie Racing | Chevrolet | 65 | 0 | engine | 49 | — |
| 39 | 30 | ▼ 9 | 4Bob Riley | Joe May (Owner) | Chevrolet | 55 | 0 | oil leak | 0 | — |
| 40 | 37 | ▼ 3 | 1Steve Gray | Gray Racing | Buick | 35 | 0 | head gasket | 0 | — |