The 28 car was heavily damaged in the rear and shortened by nearly five feet but limped home for a 9th-place finish, 6 laps down.

[2] At the start of the race were 35 American-born drivers; Ernie Cline was the last-place finisher due to a crash on lap 2.

He spun backward and his left rear slammed the wall and Ruttman bounced off nearly getting airborne, almost flipping.

[2] Richard Petty would end up beating Bill Elliott by half a car length in one of the closest finishes at the speedway.

The event was marred by 1.1 inches (28 mm) of rainfall forcing the race to be postponed for a week.

[3][4] The leaders for the first 100 laps of the race would be Ricky Rudd, Dale Earnhardt, Cale Yarborough, Neil Bonnett, and Dick Brooks while the leaders during the last 100 laps would be Neil Bonnett, Darrell Waltrip, Richard Petty, and Bill Elliott.