Five hundred laps were completed on a paved oval track spanning 0.533 miles (0.858 km) in only two hours and fifty-five minutes.

[2] Twenty-six thousand people attended this live event to see Dale Earnhardt defeat Bobby Allison by a time of three seconds.

There were three terminal crashes in the race along with three engine failures, one quitter along with a driver with a water pump issues in his vehicle and a driver with a defective rear end on his vehicle.

[2] Mike Potter's career of sporadic starts in Cup and start-and-parks in Busch began in this race.

[2] Elmo Langley would enjoy his last real competitive race at this venue.