No storylines for this race: recaps are written as races finish.
| Fin | St | ± | Driver | Team | Make | Laps | Led | Status | Pts | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 12 | ▲ 11 | 5Morgan Shepherd | Cliff Stewart Racing | Pontiac | 500 | 294 | running | 185 | — |
| 2 | 16 | ▲ 14 | 21Neil Bonnett | Wood Brothers Racing | Ford | 500 | 2 | running | 175 | — |
| 3 | 1 | ▼ 2 | 88Ricky Rudd | DiGard Motorsports |
No leader segments recorded.
No cautions recorded (or a caution-free race).
| Buick |
| 499 |
| 24 |
| running |
| 170 |
| — |
| 4 | 2 | ▼ 2 | 12Harry Gant | Kennie Childers (Owner) | Oldsmobile | 497 | 113 | running | 165 | — |
| 5 | 9 | ▲ 4 | 44Terry Labonte | Hagan Enterprises | Buick | 497 | 0 | running | 155 | — |
| 6 | 13 | ▲ 7 | 90Jody Ridley | Donlavey Racing | Ford | 494 | 0 | running | 150 | — |
| 7 | 26 | ▲ 19 | 66Lake Speed | Lake Speed Racing | Oldsmobile | 493 | 0 | running | 146 | — |
| 8 | 3 | ▼ 5 | 67Buddy Arrington | Arrington Racing | Dodge | 492 | 0 | running | 142 | — |
| 9 | 14 | ▲ 5 | 47Ron Bouchard | Race Hill Farm Team | Pontiac | 491 | 0 | running | 138 | — |
| 10 | 11 | ▲ 1 | 37Mike Alexander | Rogers Racing | Oldsmobile | 486 | 0 | running | 134 | — |
| 11 | 5 | ▼ 6 | 71Dave Marcis | Marcis Auto Racing | Chevrolet | 485 | 0 | engine | 130 | — |
| 12 | 28 | ▲ 16 | 52Jimmy Means | Jimmy Means Racing | Pontiac | 484 | 0 | running | 127 | — |
| 13 | 8 | ▼ 5 | 28Bobby Allison | Ranier Racing | Pontiac | 477 | 0 | running | 124 | — |
| 14 | 18 | ▲ 4 | 99Tim Richmond | Ulrich Racing | Buick | 476 | 0 | running | 121 | — |
| 15 | 22 | ▲ 7 | 42Kyle Petty | Petty Enterprises | Buick | 469 | 0 | engine | 118 | — |
| 16 | 23 | ▲ 7 | 64Joe Fields | Fields Racing | Buick | 469 | 0 | running | 115 | — |
| 17 | 20 | ▲ 3 | 48James Hylton | Hylton Engineering | Pontiac | 461 | 0 | running | 112 | — |
| 18 | 24 | ▲ 6 | 40Tommy Gale | Ulrich Racing | Buick | 422 | 0 | running | 109 | — |
| 19 | 29 | ▲ 10 | 94Bobby Wawak | Wawak Racing | Buick | 398 | 0 | running | 106 | — |
| 20 | 25 | ▲ 5 | 17Tommy Houston | Hamby Racing | Chevrolet | 324 | 0 | rear end | 0 | — |
| 21 | 21 | — | 27Cale Yarborough | M.C. Anderson Racing | Buick | 317 | 48 | engine | 105 | — |
| 22 | 27 | ▲ 5 | 3Richard Childress | Richard Childress Racing | Pontiac | 271 | 0 | head gasket | 97 | — |
| 23 | 17 | ▼ 6 | 15Benny Parsons | Bud Moore Engineering | Ford | 198 | 0 | engine | 94 | — |
| 24 | 31 | ▲ 7 | 24Cecil Gordon | Gordon Racing | Buick | 198 | 0 | transmission | 91 | — |
| 25 | 10 | ▼ 15 | 2Dale Earnhardt | Osterlund Motorsports | Pontiac | 155 | 0 | engine | 88 | — |
| 26 | 6 | ▼ 20 | 11Darrell Waltrip | Junior Johnson & Associates | Buick | 150 | 0 | engine | 85 | — |
| 27 | 4 | ▼ 23 | 26Butch Lindley | Lindley Racing | Chevrolet | 87 | 19 | brakes | 87 | — |
| 28 | 15 | ▼ 13 | 43Richard Petty | Petty Enterprises | Buick | 40 | 0 | accident | 79 | — |
| 29 | 7 | ▼ 22 | 75Joe Millikan | RahMoc Enterprises | Buick | 40 | 0 | accident | 76 | — |
| 30 | 30 | — | 70J.D. McDuffie | McDuffie Racing | Pontiac | 17 | 0 | engine | 73 | — |
| 31 | 19 | ▼ 12 | 25Ronnie Thomas | Ronnie Thomas Racing | Pontiac | 3 | 0 | accident | 70 | — |