No storylines for this race: recaps are written as races finish.
| Fin | St | ± | Driver | Team | Make | Laps | Led | Status | Pts | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9 | ▲ 8 | 10Greg Sacks | DiGard Motorsports | Chevrolet | 160 | 33 | running | 180 | — |
| 2 | 1 | ▼ 1 | 9Bill Elliott | Melling Racing | Ford | 160 | 103 | running | 180 | — |
| 3 | 19 | ▲ 16 | 11Darrell Waltrip | Junior Johnson & Associates |
No leader segments recorded.
No cautions recorded (or a caution-free race).
| Chevrolet |
| 160 |
| 0 |
| running |
| 165 |
| — |
| 4 | 13 | ▲ 9 | 47Ron Bouchard | Race Hill Farm Team | Buick | 160 | 0 | running | 160 | — |
| 5 | 10 | ▲ 5 | 7Kyle Petty | Wood Brothers Racing | Ford | 160 | 2 | running | 160 | — |
| 6 | 32 | ▲ 26 | 88Buddy Baker | Baker-Schiff Racing | Oldsmobile | 160 | 0 | running | 150 | — |
| 7 | 3 | ▼ 4 | 15Ricky Rudd | Bud Moore Engineering | Ford | 160 | 0 | running | 146 | — |
| 8 | 4 | ▼ 4 | 44Terry Labonte | Hagan Enterprises | Chevrolet | 159 | 2 | running | 147 | — |
| 9 | 18 | ▲ 9 | 3Dale Earnhardt | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 159 | 0 | running | 138 | — |
| 10 | 12 | ▲ 2 | 21David Pearson | Ellington Racing | Chevrolet | 159 | 0 | running | 134 | — |
| 11 | 20 | ▲ 9 | 55Benny Parsons | Jackson Bros. Motorsports | Chevrolet | 159 | 5 | running | 135 | — |
| 12 | 11 | ▼ 1 | 12Neil Bonnett | Junior Johnson & Associates | Chevrolet | 159 | 7 | running | 132 | — |
| 13 | 34 | ▲ 21 | 84Mike Alexander | Sims Brothers Racing | Chevrolet | 159 | 0 | running | 124 | — |
| 14 | 5 | ▼ 9 | 5Geoff Bodine | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 159 | 0 | running | 121 | — |
| 15 | 25 | ▲ 10 | 8Bobby Hillin Jr. | Stavola Brothers Racing | Chevrolet | 159 | 0 | running | 118 | — |
| 16 | 16 | — | 67Buddy Arrington | Arrington Racing | Ford | 158 | 0 | running | 115 | — |
| 17 | 17 | — | 18Tommy Ellis | Freelander Motorsports | Chevrolet | 157 | 0 | running | 112 | — |
| 18 | 27 | ▲ 9 | 22Bobby Allison | DiGard Motorsports | Buick | 156 | 0 | running | 109 | — |
| 19 | 36 | ▲ 17 | 17Lennie Pond | Hamby Racing | Chevrolet | 155 | 2 | running | 111 | — |
| 20 | 41 | ▲ 21 | 70J.D. McDuffie | McDuffie Racing | Chevrolet | 150 | 0 | running | 103 | — |
| 21 | 21 | — | 90Ken Schrader | Donlavey Racing | Ford | 148 | 0 | engine | 100 | — |
| 22 | 37 | ▲ 15 | 29Grant Adcox | Adcox-Kirby | Chevrolet | 148 | 0 | running | 97 | — |
| 23 | 30 | ▲ 7 | 71Dave Marcis | Marcis Auto Racing | Chevrolet | 132 | 0 | running | 94 | — |
| 24 | 15 | ▼ 9 | 33Harry Gant | Mach 1 Racing | Chevrolet | 112 | 0 | engine | 91 | — |
| 25 | 31 | ▲ 6 | 64Clark Dwyer | Langley-Woodfield Racing | Ford | 86 | 0 | engine | 88 | — |
| 26 | 39 | ▲ 13 | 49Trevor Boys | Hylton Engineering | Chevrolet | 84 | 0 | ignition | 85 | — |
| 27 | 14 | ▼ 13 | 66Phil Parsons | Jackson Bros. Motorsports | Chevrolet | 65 | 0 | drive shaft | 82 | — |
| 28 | 29 | ▲ 1 | 27Tim Richmond | Blue Max Racing | Pontiac | 64 | 1 | accident | 84 | — |
| 29 | 8 | ▼ 21 | 43Richard Petty | Curb Racing | Pontiac | 64 | 0 | accident | 76 | — |
| 30 | 6 | ▼ 24 | 14A.J. Foyt | A.J. Foyt Racing | Oldsmobile | 54 | 1 | broken axle | 78 | — |
| 31 | 35 | ▲ 4 | 6Eddie Bierschwale | U. S. Motorsports Inc. | Chevrolet | 50 | 0 | broken valve | 70 | — |
| 32 | 26 | ▼ 6 | 52Jimmy Means | Jimmy Means Racing | Chevrolet | 43 | 0 | engine | 67 | — |
| 33 | 23 | ▼ 10 | 95Sterling Marlin | Sadler Racing | Chevrolet | 39 | 0 | clutch | 64 | — |
| 34 | 28 | ▼ 6 | 75Lake Speed | RahMoc Enterprises | Pontiac | 34 | 0 | engine | 61 | — |
| 35 | 7 | ▼ 28 | 4Joe Ruttman | Morgan-McClure Motorsports | Chevrolet | 28 | 0 | fly wheel | 58 | — |
| 36 | 2 | ▼ 34 | 28Cale Yarborough | Ranier-Lundy Racing | Ford | 24 | 4 | transmission | 60 | — |
| 37 | 40 | ▲ 3 | 74Bobby Wawak | Wawak Racing | Chevrolet | 13 | 0 | piston | 52 | — |
| 38 | 38 | — | 23Eldon Dotson | Bahre Racing | Chevrolet | 10 | 0 | broken valve | 49 | — |
| 39 | 33 | ▼ 6 | 00Morgan Shepherd | Helen Rae Motorsports | Chevrolet | 6 | 0 | accident | 46 | — |
| 40 | 22 | ▼ 18 | 99Connie Saylor | Ball Racing | Chevrolet | 6 | 0 | accident | 43 | — |
| 41 | 24 | ▼ 17 | 2Rusty Wallace | Cliff Stewart Racing | Pontiac | 2 | 0 | engine | 40 | — |