| POS. | POS. | NO. | DRIVER AND HOMETOWN | TEAM |
| 1 | 4 | 15 | Ricky Rudd, Chesapeake, Va. | Motorcraft Ford |
| 2 | 10 | 26 | Joe Ruttman, Upland, Calif. | Quaker State Buick |
| 3 | 7 | 44 | Terry Labonte, Corpus Christi, Tex. | Piedmont Airlines Oldsmobile |
| 4 | 16 | 35 | Alan Kulwicki | Quincy's Steak House Ford |
| 5 | 12 | 7 | Kyle Petty, Randleman, N.C. | 7-Eleven Ford |
| 6 | 23 | 8 | Bobby Hillin Jr., Midland, Tex. | Miller American Buick |
| 7 | 20 | 90 | Ken Schrader, Fenton, Mo. | Red Baron Frozen Pizza Ford |
| 8 | 11 | 22 | Bobby Allison, Hueytown, Ala. | Miller American Buick |
| 9 | 17 | 79 | Derrike Cope, Spanoway, Wash. | Western Peterbilt Ford |
| 10 | 13 | 75 | Jody Ridley, Chatsworth, Ga. | Nationwise Auto Parts Pontiac |
| 11 | 25 | 23 | Mike Waltrip, Franklin, Tenn. | Hawaiian Punch Pontiac |
| 12 | 31 | 52 | Jimmy Means, Huntsville, Ala. | Means Racing Pontiac |
| 13 | 30 | 48 | Jerry Cramner | Fleet Service Chevrolet |
| 14 | 28 | 6 | Trevor Boys, Calgary, Canada | U.S. Racing Chevrolet |
| 15 | 24 | 67 | Buddy Arrington, Martinsville, Va. | Pannill Knitting Ford |
| 16 | 19 | 71 | Dave Maracis, Wassau, Wisc. | Helen Rae Special Chevrolet |
| 17 | 6 | 5 | Geoff Bodine, Chemung, N.Y. | Levi Garrett Chevrolet |
| 18 | 29 | 70 | J.D. McDuffie, Sanford, N.C. | Rumple Furniture Pontiac |
| 19 | 21 | 94 | Morgan Shepherd, Conover, N.C. | Kodak Film Pontiac |
| 20 | 1 | 25 | Tim Richmond, Ashland, Ky. | Folger's Coffee Chevrolet |
| 21 | 3 | 3 | Dale Earnhardt, Kannapolis, N.C. | Wrangler Chevrolet |
| 22 | 27 | 19 | Mike Skinner, Charlotte, N.C. | Zanworth Racing Pontiac |
| 23 | 22 | 64 | Jimmy Hensley, Ridgeway, Va. | Sunny King Ford-Honda Ford |
| 24 | 14 | 18 | Tommy Ellis, Richmond, Va. | Freedlander Chevrolet |
| 25 | 15 | 33 | Harry Gant, Taylorsville, N.C. | Skoal Bandit Chevrolet |
| 26 | 18 | 12 | Neil Bonnett, Hueytown, Ala. | Budweiser Chevrolet |
| 27 | 2 | 11 | Darrell Waltrip, Franklin, Tenn. | Budweiser Chevrolet |
| 28 | 8 | 43 | Richard Petty, Randleman, N.C. | STP Pontiac |
| 29 | 26 | 17 | Doug Heveron, Liverpool, N.Y. | HESCO Exhaust Systems Chevrolet |
| 30 | 5 | 27 | Rusty Wallace, St. Louis, Mo. | Alugard Pontiac |
| 31 | 9 | 9 | Bill Elliott, Dawsonville, Ga. | Coors Ford |
