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 | 492 | 167 | running | 185 | — |
| 2 | 12 | ▲ 10 | 47Harry Gant | Race Hill Farm Team | Chevrolet | 492 | 68 | running | 175 | — |
| 3 | 3 | — | 88Darrell Waltrip | DiGard Motorsports |
No leader segments recorded.
No cautions recorded (or a caution-free race).
| Chevrolet |
| 490 |
| 93 |
| running |
| 170 |
| — |
| 4 | 18 | ▲ 14 | 44Terry Labonte | Hagan Enterprises | Chevrolet | 487 | 0 | running | 160 | — |
| 5 | 14 | ▲ 9 | 90Jody Ridley | Donlavey Racing | Ford | 486 | 0 | running | 155 | — |
| 6 | 22 | ▲ 16 | 71Dave Marcis | Marcis Auto Racing | Chevrolet | 483 | 3 | running | 155 | — |
| 7 | 21 | ▲ 14 | 3Richard Childress | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 479 | 1 | running | 151 | — |
| 8 | 19 | ▲ 11 | 53Slick Johnson | JD Johnson Racing | Chevrolet | 478 | 4 | running | 147 | — |
| 9 | 25 | ▲ 16 | 48James Hylton | Hylton Engineering | Chevrolet | 474 | 0 | running | 138 | — |
| 10 | 28 | ▲ 18 | 25Ronnie Thomas | Robertson Racing | Chevrolet | 473 | 0 | running | 134 | — |
| 11 | 17 | ▲ 6 | 40Stan Barrett | Ulrich Racing | Chevrolet | 472 | 0 | running | 0 | — |
| 12 | 26 | ▲ 14 | 67Buddy Arrington | Arrington Racing | Dodge | 468 | 0 | running | 127 | — |
| 13 | 33 | ▲ 20 | 52Jimmy Means | Jimmy Means Racing | Chevrolet | 467 | 0 | running | 124 | — |
| 14 | 13 | ▼ 1 | 43Richard Petty | Petty Enterprises | Chevrolet | 461 | 10 | running | 126 | — |
| 15 | 31 | ▲ 16 | 24Cecil Gordon | Gordon Racing | Oldsmobile | 460 | 0 | running | 118 | — |
| 16 | 36 | ▲ 20 | 19Dick May | Gray Racing | Chevrolet | 458 | 0 | running | 0 | — |
| 17 | 30 | ▲ 13 | 17Roger Hamby | Hamby Racing | Chevrolet | 451 | 0 | running | 112 | — |
| 18 | 11 | ▼ 7 | 2Dale Earnhardt | Osterlund Motorsports | Chevrolet | 443 | 3 | running | 114 | — |
| 19 | 34 | ▲ 15 | 07Jeff McDuffie | McDuffie Racing | Buick | 402 | 0 | engine | 106 | — |
| 20 | 20 | — | 64Tommy Gale | Langley-Woodfield Racing | Ford | 299 | 0 | engine | 103 | — |
| 21 | 29 | ▲ 8 | 70J.D. McDuffie | McDuffie Racing | Chevrolet | 295 | 0 | engine | 100 | — |
| 22 | 1 | ▼ 21 | 12Donnie Allison | Kennie Childers (Owner) | Chevrolet | 291 | 111 | clutch | 102 | — |
| 23 | 8 | ▼ 15 | 27Benny Parsons | M.C. Anderson Racing | Chevrolet | 220 | 0 | cylinder head | 94 | — |
| 24 | 9 | ▼ 15 | 75Joe Millikan | RahMoc Enterprises | Chevrolet | 201 | 0 | accident | 0 | — |
| 25 | 4 | ▼ 21 | 21Neil Bonnett | Wood Brothers Racing | Mercury | 201 | 28 | accident | 93 | — |
| 26 | 10 | ▼ 16 | 15Bobby Allison | Bud Moore Engineering | Ford | 189 | 0 | accident | 85 | — |
| 27 | 7 | ▼ 20 | 28Buddy Baker | Ranier Racing | Chevrolet | 178 | 1 | engine | 87 | — |
| 28 | 16 | ▼ 12 | 7Lake Speed | Nelson Malloch (Owner) | Chevrolet | 138 | 0 | accident | 79 | — |
| 29 | 5 | ▼ 24 | 68Lennie Pond | Testa Racing | Chevrolet | 121 | 3 | accident | 81 | — |
| 30 | 35 | ▲ 5 | 95Ernie Cline | Cline Racing | Chevrolet | 74 | 0 | accident | 0 | — |
| 31 | 15 | ▼ 16 | 41Dick Brooks | Matthews Racing | Chevrolet | 50 | 0 | accident | 0 | — |
| 32 | 6 | ▼ 26 | 77John Anderson | John Rebhan (Owner) | Chevrolet | 40 | 0 | accident | 67 | — |
| 33 | 27 | ▼ 6 | 79Junior Miller | Junior Miller Racing | Chevrolet | 19 | 0 | overheating | 64 | — |
| 34 | 32 | ▼ 2 | 84Glenn Jarrett | — | Chevrolet | 14 | 0 | broken valve | 0 | — |
| 35 | 23 | ▼ 12 | 42Kyle Petty | Petty Enterprises | Chevrolet | 10 | 0 | engine | 58 | — |
| 36 | 24 | ▼ 12 | 05Bill Elswick | — | Oldsmobile | 9 | 0 | accident | 55 | — |