No storylines for this race: recaps are written as races finish.
| Fin | St | ± | Driver | Team | Make | Laps | Led | Status | Pts | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | ▲ 2 | 21Neil Bonnett | Wood Brothers Racing | Ford | 500 | 185 | running | 185 | — |
| 2 | 2 | — | 11Darrell Waltrip | Junior Johnson & Associates | Buick | 499 | 1 | running | 175 | — |
| 3 | 9 | ▲ 6 | 28Bobby Allison | Ranier Racing |
No leader segments recorded.
No cautions recorded (or a caution-free race).
| Buick |
| 499 |
| 74 |
| running |
| 170 |
| — |
| 4 | 17 | ▲ 13 | 47Ron Bouchard | Race Hill Farm Team | Buick | 495 | 0 | running | 160 | — |
| 5 | 1 | ▼ 4 | 88Ricky Rudd | DiGard Motorsports | Chevrolet | 495 | 55 | running | 160 | — |
| 6 | 5 | ▼ 1 | 2Joe Ruttman | Jim Stacy Racing | Pontiac | 495 | 1 | running | 155 | — |
| 7 | 7 | — | 42Kyle Petty | Petty Enterprises | Buick | 495 | 0 | running | 146 | — |
| 8 | 12 | ▲ 4 | 71Dave Marcis | Marcis Auto Racing | Chevrolet | 495 | 1 | running | 147 | — |
| 9 | 15 | ▲ 6 | 37Tim Richmond | Rogers Racing | Buick | 494 | 0 | running | 138 | — |
| 10 | 11 | ▲ 1 | 43Richard Petty | Petty Enterprises | Buick | 494 | 2 | running | 139 | — |
| 11 | 16 | ▲ 5 | 90Jody Ridley | Donlavey Racing | Ford | 493 | 0 | running | 130 | — |
| 12 | 18 | ▲ 6 | 24Morgan Shepherd | Gordon Racing | Buick | 492 | 0 | running | 127 | — |
| 13 | 6 | ▼ 7 | 27Cale Yarborough | M.C. Anderson Racing | Buick | 492 | 0 | running | 124 | — |
| 14 | 19 | ▲ 5 | 67Buddy Arrington | Arrington Racing | Dodge | 490 | 0 | running | 121 | — |
| 15 | 22 | ▲ 7 | 3Dale Earnhardt | Richard Childress Racing | Pontiac | 490 | 0 | running | 118 | — |
| 16 | 21 | ▲ 5 | 68Lennie Pond | Lennie Pond (Owner) | Buick | 490 | 0 | running | 115 | — |
| 17 | 4 | ▼ 13 | 75Gary Balough | RahMoc Enterprises | Buick | 487 | 0 | running | 112 | — |
| 18 | 25 | ▲ 7 | 99D.K. Ulrich | Ulrich Racing | Buick | 482 | 0 | running | 109 | — |
| 19 | 20 | ▲ 1 | 52Jimmy Means | Jimmy Means Racing | Pontiac | 481 | 0 | running | 106 | — |
| 20 | 27 | ▲ 7 | 25Ronnie Thomas | Ronnie Thomas Racing | Pontiac | 479 | 0 | running | 103 | — |
| 21 | 13 | ▼ 8 | 5Joe Millikan | Cliff Stewart Racing | Pontiac | 474 | 0 | running | 100 | — |
| 22 | 29 | ▲ 7 | 17Lowell Cowell | Hamby Racing | Chevrolet | 468 | 0 | running | 97 | — |
| 23 | 14 | ▼ 9 | 33Harry Gant | Mach 1 Racing | Pontiac | 437 | 178 | engine | 99 | — |
| 24 | 23 | ▼ 1 | 64Tommy Gale | Langley-Woodfield Racing | Ford | 404 | 0 | running | 91 | — |
| 25 | 32 | ▲ 7 | 40Dick May | Ulrich Racing | Buick | 311 | 0 | alternator | 88 | — |
| 26 | 30 | ▲ 4 | 20Cecil Gordon | Newsom Racing | Chevrolet | 296 | 0 | rear end | 85 | — |
| 27 | 24 | ▼ 3 | 66Lake Speed | Lake Speed Racing | Buick | 288 | 0 | engine | 82 | — |
| 28 | 26 | ▼ 2 | 70J.D. McDuffie | McDuffie Racing | Pontiac | 256 | 0 | engine | 79 | — |
| 29 | 10 | ▼ 19 | 44Terry Labonte | Hagan Enterprises | Buick | 230 | 3 | accident | 81 | — |
| 30 | 31 | ▲ 1 | 97Bob Schacht | Bob Schacht Motorsports | Oldsmobile | 219 | 0 | cylinder | 73 | — |
| 31 | 34 | ▲ 3 | 63Jocko Maggiacomo | Jockos Racing | Oldsmobile | 189 | 0 | push rod | 70 | — |
| 32 | 33 | ▲ 1 | 48James Hylton | Hylton Engineering | Pontiac | 123 | 0 | engine | 67 | — |
| 33 | 28 | ▼ 5 | 60Bob Riley | Joe May (Owner) | Pontiac | 49 | 0 | engine | 64 | — |
| 34 | 8 | ▼ 26 | 15Benny Parsons | Bud Moore Engineering | Ford | 31 | 0 | overheating | 61 | — |