Forty-five thousand fans would attend the event, interrupted by 0.31 inches or 7.9 millimetres of precipitation, shortened to the shortest race in what is now the Cup Series by percentage in Darlington history (51.50%, 189 laps, which is six laps more than an official race, which would be 184 laps), as the race was shortened because of impending darkness (Darlington did not add lights until the 2004 Southern 500).

A multiple-car crash where Ricky Rudd and Richard Petty collided in Turn 1 collected numerous cars, with Neil Bonnett never completing the first lap.

Lake Speed would finish in the top ten only three races after his Cup Series debut.

Hoss Ellington would receive his final NASCAR Winston Cup Series win for the #1 Hawaiian Tropic team.

[5] Notable crew chiefs were Junie Donlavey, Joey Arrington, Darrell Bryant, Dale Inman, D.K.