No storylines for this race: recaps are written as races finish.
| Fin | St | ± | Driver | Team | Make | Laps | Led | Status | Pts | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | ▲ 3 | 33Harry Gant | Mach 1 Racing | Chevrolet | 500 | 216 | running | 185 | — |
| 2 | 10 | ▲ 8 | 11Darrell Waltrip | Junior Johnson & Associates | Chevrolet | 500 | 10 | running | 175 | — |
| 3 | 7 | ▲ 4 | 15Ricky Rudd | Bud Moore Engineering |
No leader segments recorded.
No cautions recorded (or a caution-free race).
| Ford |
| 499 |
| 55 |
| running |
| 170 |
| — |
| 4 | 19 | ▲ 15 | 22Bobby Allison | Bobby Allison Motorsports | Ford | 496 | 45 | running | 165 | — |
| 5 | 5 | — | 12Neil Bonnett | Junior Johnson & Associates | Chevrolet | 496 | 0 | running | 155 | — |
| 6 | 22 | ▲ 16 | 27Tim Richmond | Blue Max Racing | Pontiac | 496 | 0 | running | 150 | — |
| 7 | 8 | ▲ 1 | 3Dale Earnhardt | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 496 | 0 | running | 146 | — |
| 8 | 6 | ▼ 2 | 47Ron Bouchard | Race Hill Farm Team | Buick | 494 | 0 | running | 142 | — |
| 9 | 13 | ▲ 4 | 43Richard Petty | Curb Racing | Pontiac | 492 | 1 | running | 143 | — |
| 10 | 17 | ▲ 7 | 75Lake Speed | RahMoc Enterprises | Pontiac | 491 | 0 | running | 134 | — |
| 11 | 27 | ▲ 16 | 67Buddy Arrington | Arrington Racing | Ford | 484 | 0 | running | 130 | — |
| 12 | 23 | ▲ 11 | 17Phil Parsons | Hamby Racing | Chevrolet | 483 | 0 | running | 127 | — |
| 13 | 28 | ▲ 15 | 52Jimmy Means | Jimmy Means Racing | Pontiac | 481 | 0 | running | 124 | — |
| 14 | 31 | ▲ 17 | 96Jerry Bowman | J.B. Racing | Ford | 465 | 0 | running | 121 | — |
| 15 | 16 | ▲ 1 | 7Kyle Petty | Wood Brothers Racing | Ford | 463 | 0 | transmission | 118 | — |
| 16 | 25 | ▲ 9 | 90Ken Schrader | Donlavey Racing | Ford | 462 | 0 | running | 115 | — |
| 17 | 37 | ▲ 20 | 74Bobby Wawak | Wawak Racing | Buick | 458 | 0 | running | 112 | — |
| 18 | 34 | ▲ 16 | 76Phil Good | Good Racing | Chrysler | 438 | 0 | running | 109 | — |
| 19 | 15 | ▼ 4 | 71Dave Marcis | Marcis Auto Racing | Chevrolet | 435 | 0 | running | 106 | — |
| 20 | 1 | ▼ 19 | 9Bill Elliott | Melling Racing | Ford | 430 | 173 | running | 108 | — |
| 21 | 30 | ▲ 9 | 32Alan Kulwicki | Bill Terry (Owner) | Ford | 412 | 0 | ignition | 100 | — |
| 22 | 12 | ▼ 10 | 00Morgan Shepherd | Helen Rae Motorsports | Chevrolet | 381 | 0 | transmission | 97 | — |
| 23 | 18 | ▼ 5 | 8Bobby Hillin Jr. | Stavola Brothers Racing | Chevrolet | 347 | 0 | ignition | 94 | — |
| 24 | 2 | ▼ 22 | 44Terry Labonte | Hagan Enterprises | Chevrolet | 313 | 0 | push rod | 91 | — |
| 25 | 3 | ▼ 22 | 5Geoff Bodine | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 309 | 0 | engine | 88 | — |
| 26 | 9 | ▼ 17 | 18Tommy Ellis | Freelander Motorsports | Chevrolet | 268 | 0 | engine | 85 | — |
| 27 | 24 | ▼ 3 | 6Eddie Bierschwale | U. S. Motorsports Inc. | Chevrolet | 260 | 0 | engine | 82 | — |
| 28 | 32 | ▲ 4 | 70J.D. McDuffie | Beahr Racing Enterprises | Ford | 203 | 0 | engine | 79 | — |
| 29 | 11 | ▼ 18 | 77Greg Sacks | DiGard Motorsports | Buick | 159 | 0 | accident | 76 | — |
| 30 | 29 | ▼ 1 | 64Clark Dwyer | Langley-Woodfield Racing | Ford | 141 | 0 | engine | 73 | — |
| 31 | 21 | ▼ 10 | 2Rusty Wallace | Cliff Stewart Racing | Pontiac | 137 | 0 | engine | 70 | — |
| 32 | 35 | ▲ 3 | 20Rick Newsom | Newsom Racing | Buick | 137 | 0 | brakes | 67 | — |
| 33 | 20 | ▼ 13 | 4Joe Ruttman | Morgan-McClure Motorsports | Chevrolet | 104 | 0 | engine | 64 | — |
| 34 | 26 | ▼ 8 | 49Trevor Boys | Hylton Engineering | Chevrolet | 85 | 0 | engine | 61 | — |
| 35 | 14 | ▼ 21 | 88Buddy Baker | Baker-Schiff Racing | Oldsmobile | 83 | 0 | accident | 58 | — |
| 36 | 36 | — | 01Earle Canavan | Canavan Racing | Oldsmobile | 53 | 0 | brakes | 55 | — |
| 37 | 33 | ▼ 4 | 85Tommie Crozier | Leonard Racing | Pontiac | 30 | 0 | overheating | 52 | — |
| 38 | 38 | — | 63Chuck Walton | — | Chevrolet | 5 | 0 | handling | 49 | — |
| 39 | 39 | — | 93Maurice Randall | Randall Racing | Chrysler | 1 | 0 | overheating | 46 | — |