Rich Oliver won the 250cc Grand Prix race at Road Atlanta 13.774 seconds ahead of second-place Chuck Sorensen. Jimmy Filice was third.

1. Rich Oliver
2. Chuck Sorensen
3. Jimmy Filice
4. Simon Turner
5. Ed Marchini
6. Michael Hannas
7. Chris Pyles
8. Bill Himmelsbach
9. Ed Sorbo
10. Ben Walters
11. Steve Reeves, Honda
12. Ty Piz
13. John France, Honda
14. Scott Martin, Honda
15. Bruce Lind

(All Yamaha TZ250 unless noted)

Roland Sands’ Performance Machine Yamaha died on the first lap. Sands was able to get his TZ250 re-fired and finished 27th, five laps down, to salvage some Championship points.