| Fin | St | Driver | # | Owner | Car | Laps | Money | Status | Laps Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Cale Yarborough | 11 | Junior Johnson | Chevrolet | 500 | 16,550 | running | 379 |
| 2 | 7 | Dale Earnhardt | 2 | Rod Osterlund | Chevrolet | 500 | 11,450 | running | 24 |
| 3 | 4 | Darrell Waltrip | 88 | DiGard | Chevrolet | 500 | 7,500 | running | 55 |
| 4 | 3 | Joe Millikan Richard Petty | 43 | Petty Enterprises | Chevrolet Caprice | 499 | 7,700 | running | 10 |
| 5 | 6 | Benny Parsons | 27 | M.C. Anderson | Chevrolet | 499 | 5,450 | running | 3 |
| 6 | 11 | Bobby Allison | 15 | Bud Moore | Ford | 498 | 5,100 | running | 5 |
| 7 | 10 | Dave Marcis | 71 | Dave Marcis | Chevrolet | 496 | 4,860 | running | 0 |
| 8 | 12 | Lennie Pond | 68 | Jim Testa | Oldsmobile | 496 | 2,065 | running | 0 |
| 9 | 14 | Richard Childress | 3 | Richard Childress | Chevrolet | 487 | 3,960 | running | 0 |
| 10 | 5 | D.K. Ulrich | 40 | D.K. Ulrich | Chevrolet | 483 | 3,490 | running | 0 |
| 11 | 19 | J.D. McDuffie | 70 | J.D. McDuffie | Chevrolet | 479 | 3,130 | running | 0 |
| 12 | 15 | Jody Ridley | 90 | Junie Donlavey | Mercury | 477 | 3,410 | engine | 0 |
| 13 | 18 | Tom Gale | 64 | Elmo Langley | Ford | 474 | 2,900 | running | 0 |
| 14 | 2 | Harry Gant | 47 | Jack Beebe | Chevrolet | 468 | 2,665 | engine | 5 |
| 15 | 16 | John Anderson | 75 | RahMoc Enterprises | Chevrolet | 468 | 700 | running | 0 |
| 16 | 22 | Roger Hamby | 17 | Roger Hamby | Chevrolet | 465 | 1,705 | running | 0 |
| 17 | 20 | James Hylton | 48 | James Hylton | Chevrolet | 456 | 1,820 | engine | 0 |
| 18 | 28 | Baxter Price | 45 | Baxter Price | Chevrolet | 452 | 1,635 | running | 0 |
| 19 | 26 | Cecil Gordon | 24 | Cecil Gordon | Oldsmobile | 403 | 1,300 | running | 0 |
| 20 | 23 | Buddy Arrington | 67 | Buddy Arrington | Dodge | 402 | 1,275 | engine | 0 |
| 21 | 27 | Bub Strickler | 61 | Jim Norris | Oldsmobile | 396 | 550 | accident | 0 |
| 22 | 17 | Jimmy Means | 52 | Jimmy Means | Chevrolet | 364 | 785 | engine | 0 |
| 23 | 8 | Terry Labonte | 44 | Billy Hagan | Chevrolet | 343 | 1,020 | accident | 19 |
| 24 | 29 | Stuart Huffman | 74 | Bobby Wawak | Buick | 340 | 510 | transmission | 0 |
| 25 | 24 | Steve Spencer | 19 | Henley Gray | Chevrolet | 204 | 750 | accident | 0 |
| 26 | 25 | Dick May | 09 | Nelson Oswald | Buick | 204 | 490 | battery | 0 |
| 27 | 13 | Junior Miller | 79 | Junior Miller | Chevrolet | 165 | 730 | engine | 0 |
| 28 | 9 | Ricky Rudd | 7 | Nelson Malloch | Chevrolet | 135 | 720 | strut rod | 0 |
| 29 | 21 | Ronnie Thomas | 25 | Don Robertson | Chevrolet | 17 | 810 | engine | 0 |
| 30 | 30 | Bobby Sands | 84 | Bobby Sands | Chevrolet | 2 | 450 | transmission | 0 |