No storylines for this race: recaps are written as races finish.
| Fin | St | ± | Driver | Team | Make | Laps | Led | Status | Pts | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | ▲ 4 | 43Richard Petty | Curb Racing | Pontiac | 500 | 129 | running | 180 | — |
| 2 | 19 | ▲ 17 | 27Tim Richmond | Blue Max Racing | Pontiac | 500 | 3 | running | 175 | — |
| 3 | 4 | ▲ 1 | 44Terry Labonte | Hagan Enterprises |
No leader segments recorded.
No cautions recorded (or a caution-free race).
| Chevrolet |
| 500 |
| 0 |
| running |
| 165 |
| — |
| 4 | 2 | ▼ 2 | 9Bill Elliott | Melling Racing | Ford | 500 | 98 | running | 165 | — |
| 5 | 11 | ▲ 6 | 3Dale Earnhardt | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 499 | 0 | running | 155 | — |
| 6 | 6 | — | 11Darrell Waltrip | Junior Johnson & Associates | Chevrolet | 499 | 0 | running | 150 | — |
| 7 | 10 | ▲ 3 | 21Buddy Baker | Wood Brothers Racing | Ford | 497 | 0 | running | 146 | — |
| 8 | 1 | ▼ 7 | 15Ricky Rudd | Bud Moore Engineering | Ford | 497 | 13 | running | 147 | — |
| 9 | 15 | ▲ 6 | 47Ron Bouchard | Race Hill Farm Team | Buick | 497 | 0 | running | 138 | — |
| 10 | 7 | ▼ 3 | 5Geoff Bodine | All-Star Racing | Chevrolet | 497 | 0 | running | 134 | — |
| 11 | 14 | ▲ 3 | 88Rusty Wallace | Cliff Stewart Racing | Pontiac | 495 | 0 | running | 130 | — |
| 12 | 12 | — | 22Bobby Allison | DiGard Motorsports | Buick | 493 | 32 | running | 132 | — |
| 13 | 21 | ▲ 8 | 7Kyle Petty | Petty Enterprises | Ford | 491 | 0 | running | 124 | — |
| 14 | 22 | ▲ 8 | 98Joe Ruttman | Benfield Racing | Pontiac | 490 | 0 | running | 121 | — |
| 15 | 16 | ▲ 1 | 12Neil Bonnett | Junior Johnson & Associates | Chevrolet | 478 | 0 | running | 118 | — |
| 16 | 27 | ▲ 11 | 52Jimmy Means | Jimmy Means Racing | Pontiac | 476 | 0 | running | 115 | — |
| 17 | 28 | ▲ 11 | 6D.K. Ulrich | U. S. Motorsports Inc. | Buick | 472 | 0 | running | 112 | — |
| 18 | 29 | ▲ 11 | 58Jerry Bowman | Bowman Racing | Ford | 470 | 0 | running | 109 | — |
| 19 | 23 | ▲ 4 | 48Trevor Boys | Hylton Engineering | Chevrolet | 469 | 7 | running | 111 | — |
| 20 | 9 | ▼ 11 | 75Dave Marcis | RahMoc Enterprises | Pontiac | 469 | 0 | running | 103 | — |
| 21 | 8 | ▼ 13 | 1Lake Speed | Ellington Racing | Chevrolet | 466 | 0 | engine | 100 | — |
| 22 | 24 | ▲ 2 | 17Clark Dwyer | Hamby Racing | Chevrolet | 461 | 0 | running | 97 | — |
| 23 | 25 | ▲ 2 | 64Tommy Gale | Langley-Woodfield Racing | Ford | 447 | 0 | running | 94 | — |
| 24 | 18 | ▼ 6 | 51Greg Sacks | Sacks & Sons | Chevrolet | 445 | 0 | running | 91 | — |
| 25 | 13 | ▼ 12 | 8Bobby Hillin Jr. | Stavola Brothers Racing | Buick | 438 | 0 | accident | 88 | — |
| 26 | 36 | ▲ 10 | 92Joe Fields | Fields Racing | Buick | 397 | 0 | running | 85 | — |
| 27 | 3 | ▼ 24 | 33Harry Gant | Mach 1 Racing | Chevrolet | 392 | 218 | oil pan | 92 | — |
| 28 | 34 | ▲ 6 | 35Dick May | Beahr Racing Enterprises | Ford | 364 | 0 | engine | 79 | — |
| 29 | 17 | ▼ 12 | 97Dean Combs | Irv Sanderson (Owner) | Oldsmobile | 338 | 0 | engine | 76 | — |
| 30 | 33 | ▲ 3 | 41Ronnie Thomas | Ronnie Thomas Racing | Chevrolet | 328 | 0 | engine | 73 | — |
| 31 | 35 | ▲ 4 | 50Jim Southard | Jim Southard (Owner) | Buick | 313 | 0 | engine | 70 | — |
| 32 | 26 | ▼ 6 | 67Buddy Arrington | Arrington Racing | Chrysler | 209 | 0 | oil pump | 67 | — |
| 33 | 30 | ▼ 3 | 70J.D. McDuffie | McDuffie Racing | Pontiac | 196 | 0 | engine | 64 | — |
| 34 | 32 | ▼ 2 | 25Jerry Churchill | Churchill Motorsports | Chevrolet | 118 | 0 | accident | 61 | — |
| 35 | 20 | ▼ 15 | 90Dick Brooks | Donlavey Racing | Ford | 102 | 0 | engine | 58 | — |
| 36 | 31 | ▼ 5 | 23Morgan Shepherd | Bahre Racing | Chevrolet | 96 | 0 | engine | 0 | — |