No storylines for this race: recaps are written as races finish.
| Fin | St | ± | Driver | Team | Make | Laps | Led | Status | Pts | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | — | 27Cale Yarborough | M.C. Anderson Racing | Buick | 160 | 78 | running | 185 | — |
| 2 | 2 | — | 33Harry Gant | Mach 1 Racing | Buick | 160 | 43 | running | 175 | — |
| 3 | 14 | ▲ 11 | 43Richard Petty | Petty Enterprises |
No leader segments recorded.
No cautions recorded (or a caution-free race).
| Buick |
| 160 |
| 7 |
| running |
| 170 |
| — |
| 4 | 21 | ▲ 17 | 1Buddy Baker | Ellington Racing | Oldsmobile | 160 | 4 | running | 165 | — |
| 5 | 9 | ▲ 4 | 98Johnny Rutherford | Benfield Racing | Pontiac | 160 | 0 | running | 155 | — |
| 6 | 10 | ▲ 4 | 42Kyle Petty | Petty Enterprises | Buick | 160 | 0 | running | 150 | — |
| 7 | 15 | ▲ 8 | 37Mike Alexander | Rogers Racing | Buick | 160 | 4 | running | 151 | — |
| 8 | 5 | ▼ 3 | 44Terry Labonte | Hagan Enterprises | Buick | 159 | 0 | running | 142 | — |
| 9 | 7 | ▼ 2 | 47Ron Bouchard | Race Hill Farm Team | Buick | 159 | 0 | running | 138 | — |
| 10 | 19 | ▲ 9 | 11Darrell Waltrip | Junior Johnson & Associates | Buick | 159 | 0 | running | 134 | — |
| 11 | 16 | ▲ 5 | 68Lennie Pond | Lennie Pond (Owner) | Buick | 159 | 0 | running | 130 | — |
| 12 | 40 | ▲ 28 | 70J.D. McDuffie | McDuffie Racing | Pontiac | 159 | 7 | running | 132 | — |
| 13 | 37 | ▲ 24 | 71Dave Marcis | Marcis Auto Racing | Buick | 157 | 0 | running | 124 | — |
| 14 | 35 | ▲ 21 | 4Connie Saylor | GC Spencer Racing | Oldsmobile | 157 | 0 | running | 121 | — |
| 15 | 18 | ▲ 3 | 12Tim Richmond | Kennie Childers (Owner) | Buick | 156 | 0 | engine | 118 | — |
| 16 | 32 | ▲ 16 | 50Bruce Hill | Hill Racing | Buick | 155 | 0 | running | 115 | — |
| 17 | 33 | ▲ 16 | 67Buddy Arrington | Arrington Racing | Dodge | 155 | 0 | running | 112 | — |
| 18 | 30 | ▲ 12 | 52Jimmy Means | Jimmy Means Racing | Pontiac | 155 | 0 | running | 109 | — |
| 19 | 34 | ▲ 15 | 64Tommy Gale | Langley-Woodfield Racing | Ford | 155 | 0 | running | 106 | — |
| 20 | 39 | ▲ 19 | 5Morgan Shepherd | Cliff Stewart Racing | Pontiac | 155 | 0 | running | 103 | — |
| 21 | 6 | ▼ 15 | 3Richard Childress | Richard Childress Racing | Pontiac | 154 | 0 | running | 100 | — |
| 22 | 41 | ▲ 19 | 48James Hylton | Hylton Engineering | Pontiac | 154 | 0 | running | 97 | — |
| 23 | 24 | ▲ 1 | 86Elliott Forbes-Robinson | Howard & Egerton Racing | Buick | 153 | 0 | running | 94 | — |
| 24 | 17 | ▼ 7 | 75Bill Elswick | RahMoc Enterprises | Buick | 150 | 0 | running | 91 | — |
| 25 | 29 | ▲ 4 | 24Cecil Gordon | Gordon Racing | Buick | 146 | 0 | engine | 88 | — |
| 26 | 27 | ▲ 1 | 22Stan Barrett | Mach 1 Racing | Pontiac | 138 | 3 | engine | 90 | — |
| 27 | 42 | ▲ 15 | 17Tommy Houston | Hamby Racing | Oldsmobile | 127 | 0 | running | 82 | — |
| 28 | 4 | ▼ 24 | 28Bobby Allison | Ranier Racing | Buick | 111 | 10 | broken valve | 84 | — |
| 29 | 22 | ▼ 7 | 6Joe Ruttman | Jim Stacy Racing | Buick | 99 | 0 | ignition | 76 | — |
| 30 | 11 | ▼ 19 | 21Neil Bonnett | Wood Brothers Racing | Ford | 93 | 3 | engine | 78 | — |
| 31 | 38 | ▲ 7 | 19Dick May | Gray Racing | Buick | 89 | 0 | engine | 70 | — |
| 32 | 13 | ▼ 19 | 51A.J. Foyt | A.J. Foyt Racing | Oldsmobile | 85 | 0 | rear end | 67 | — |
| 33 | 20 | ▼ 13 | 66Lake Speed | Lake Speed Racing | Buick | 76 | 0 | engine | 64 | — |
| 34 | 25 | ▼ 9 | 9Bill Elliott | George Elliott Racing | Ford | 72 | 0 | engine | 61 | — |
| 35 | 3 | ▼ 32 | 2Dale Earnhardt | Jim Stacy Racing | Pontiac | 71 | 1 | vibration | 63 | — |
| 36 | 36 | — | 99Kevin Housby | Ulrich Racing | Oldsmobile | 53 | 0 | accident | 55 | — |
| 37 | 28 | ▼ 9 | 13Jack Ingram | Bobby Hawkins (Owner) | Ford | 52 | 0 | clutch | 52 | — |
| 38 | 31 | ▼ 7 | 90Jody Ridley | Donlavey Racing | Ford | 34 | 0 | engine | 49 | — |
| 39 | 26 | ▼ 13 | 15Benny Parsons | Bud Moore Engineering | Ford | 16 | 0 | accident | 46 | — |
| 40 | 12 | ▼ 28 | 88Ricky Rudd | DiGard Motorsports | Oldsmobile | 16 | 0 | accident | 43 | — |
| 41 | 23 | ▼ 18 | 31Billie Harvey | Billie Harvey (Owner) | Pontiac | 15 | 0 | accident | 40 | — |
| 42 | 8 | ▼ 34 | 62Rick Wilson | Wilson Racing | Oldsmobile | 8 | 0 | engine | 37 | — |