Rockingham Speedway , Rockingham, NC
| FIN | ST | # | DRIVER | MAKE | TOT PTS | FIN PTS | LAPS | LED | X LED | STATUS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 21 | 11 | Cale Yarborough | Oldsmobile | 185 | 175 | 492 | 256 | 0 | running |
| 2 | 9 | 43 | Richard Petty | Chevrolet | 175 | 170 | 492 | 39 | 0 | running |
| 3 | 7 | 2 | Dale Earnhardt | Chevrolet | 170 | 165 | 491 | 6 | 0 | running |
| 4 | 1 | 88 | Darrell Waltrip | Chevrolet | 165 | 160 | 491 | 77 | 0 | running |
| 5 | 12 | 1 | Donnie Allison | Chevrolet | 155 | 155 | 491 | 0 | 0 | running |
| 6 | 6 | 21 | Neil Bonnett | Mercury | 150 | 150 | 490 | 0 | 0 | running |
| 7 | 4 | 15 | Bobby Allison | Ford | 146 | 146 | 489 | 0 | 0 | running |
| 8 | 23 | 47 | Harry Gant | Chevrolet | 142 | 142 | 488 | 0 | 0 | running |
| 9 | 8 | 71 | Dave Marcis | Chevrolet | 138 | 138 | 486 | 0 | 0 | running |
| 10 | 16 | 44 | Terry Labonte | Chevrolet | 134 | 134 | 483 | 0 | 0 | running |
| 11 | 28 | 25 | Ronnie Thomas | Chevrolet | 130 | 130 | 476 | 0 | 0 | running |
| 12 | 11 | 40 | Ricky Rudd | Chevrolet | 127 | 127 | 472 | 0 | 0 | running |
| 13 | 18 | 48 | James Hylton | Chevrolet | 124 | 124 | 469 | 0 | 0 | running |
| 14 | 19 | 3 | Richard Childress | Chevrolet | 121 | 121 | 462 | 0 | 0 | running |
| 15 | 3 | 28 | Buddy Baker | Chevrolet | 123 | 118 | 458 | 111 | 0 | crash |
| 16 | 15 | 7 | Dick Brooks | Chevrolet | 115 | 115 | 455 | 0 | 0 | rear end |
| 17 | 37 | 74 | Bobby Wawak | Chevrolet | 112 | 112 | 453 | 0 | 0 | running |
| 18 | 33 | 17 | Roger Hamby | Chevrolet | 109 | 109 | 440 | 0 | 0 | running |
| 19 | 38 | 79 | Dick May | Dodge | 106 | 106 | 431 | 0 | 0 | running |
| 20 | 30 | 52 | Jimmy Means | Chevrolet | 103 | 103 | 422 | 0 | 0 | running |
| 21 | 5 | 27 | Benny Parsons | Chevrolet | 100 | 100 | 411 | 0 | 0 | crash |
| 22 | 13 | 12 | Buck Simmons | Chevrolet | 97 | 97 | 411 | 0 | 0 | overheating |
| 23 | 22 | 75 | Bill Elswick | Chevrolet | 94 | 94 | 403 | 0 | 0 | running |
| 24 | 24 | 33 | John Anderson | Chevrolet | 91 | 91 | 353 | 0 | 0 | crash |
| 25 | 27 | 67 | Buddy Arrington | Dodge | 88 | 88 | 346 | 0 | 0 | engine |
| 26 | 31 | 64 | Tommy Gale | Ford | 85 | 85 | 332 | 0 | 0 | engine |
| 27 | 25 | 45 | Baxter Price | Oldsmobile | 82 | 82 | 326 | 0 | 0 | engine |
| 28 | 2 | 72 | Joe Millikan | Oldsmobile | 84 | 79 | 259 | 3 | 0 | engine |
| 29 | 20 | 90 | Jody Ridley | Ford | 76 | 76 | 256 | 0 | 0 | crash |
| 30 | 14 | 53 | Slick Johnson | Chevrolet | 73 | 73 | 205 | 0 | 0 | engine |
| 31 | 32 | 42 | Kyle Petty | Chevrolet | 70 | 70 | 125 | 0 | 0 | engine |
| 32 | 10 | 70 | JD McDuffie | Chevrolet | 67 | 67 | 112 | 0 | 0 | engine |
| 33 | 29 | 24 | Cecil Gordon | Oldsmobile | 64 | 64 | 73 | 0 | 0 | crash |
| 34 | 17 | 18 | Randy Ogden | Chevrolet | 61 | 61 | 49 | 0 | 0 | crash |
| 35 | 34 | 92 | Bill Osborne | Chevrolet | 58 | 58 | 22 | 0 | 0 | crash |
| 36 | 36 | 76 | Mike Potter | Chevrolet | 55 | 55 | 21 | 0 | 0 | engine |
| 37 | 26 | 30 | Tighe Scott | Buick | 52 | 52 | 10 | 0 | 0 | engine |
| 38 | 35 | 29 | Junior Miller | Chevrolet | 49 | 49 | 10 | 0 | 0 | engine |
Penalties imposed prior to or during the race.