No storylines for this race: recaps are written as races finish.
| Fin | St | ± | Driver | Team | Make | Laps | Led | Status | Pts | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | ▲ 2 | 21Harold Kite | Harold Kite (Owner) | Lincoln | 48 | 38 | running | — | — |
| 2 | — | — | 22Red Byron | Raymond Parks (Owner) | Oldsmobile | 48 | 10 | running | — | — |
| 3 | 14 | ▲ 11 | 59Lloyd Moore | Julian Buesink (Owner) |
No leader segments recorded.
No cautions recorded (or a caution-free race).
| Lincoln |
| 48 |
| 0 |
| running |
| — |
| — |
| 4 | 8 | ▲ 4 | 88Al Gross | Hans Winter (Owner) | Oldsmobile | 48 | 0 | running | — | — |
| 5 | 2 | ▼ 3 | 35J.C. Van Landingham | J.C. Van Landingham (Owner) | Buick | 48 | 0 | running | — | — |
| 6 | 4 | ▼ 2 | 90Tim Flock | Buddy Elliott (Owner) | Cadillac | 48 | 0 | running | — | — |
| 7 | 21 | ▲ 14 | 7Bob Flock | Frank Christian (Owner) | Oldsmobile | 47 | 0 | running | — | — |
| 8 | 26 | ▲ 18 | 4Otis Martin | Raymond Lewis (Owner) | Plymouth | 47 | 0 | running | — | — |
| 9 | 9 | — | 70Buck Baker | Buck Baker Racing | Ford | 47 | 0 | running | — | — |
| 10 | 15 | ▲ 5 | 47Fonty Flock | Ed Lawrence (Owner) | Buick | 46 | 0 | running | — | — |
| 11 | 10 | ▼ 1 | 41Curtis Turner | Paul Roberts (Owner) | Lincoln | 46 | 0 | - | — | — |
| 12 | 17 | ▲ 5 | 10Jim Rathmann | Jim Rathmann (Owner) | Lincoln | 46 | 0 | - | — | — |
| 13 | 22 | ▲ 9 | 80Roscoe Thompson | Charles Venable (Owner) | Lincoln | 45 | 0 | - | — | — |
| 14 | — | — | 5Cotton Owens | Owens Racing | Plymouth | 45 | 0 | - | — | — |
| 15 | 25 | ▲ 10 | 55June Cleveland | D.G. Hall (Owner) | Buick | 45 | 0 | wheel | — | — |
| 16 | 28 | ▲ 12 | 42Lee Petty | Petty Enterprises | Plymouth | 45 | 0 | - | — | — |
| 17 | 30 | ▲ 13 | 89Al Keller | W.O. Taylor (Owner) | Ford | 44 | 0 | - | — | — |
| 18 | 11 | ▼ 7 | 9Frank Luptow | Frank Luptow (Owner) | Lincoln | 43 | 0 | - | — | — |
| 19 | — | — | 61Will Albright | Will Albright (Owner) | Pontiac | 43 | 0 | - | — | — |
| 20 | 23 | ▲ 3 | 18Jack White | — | Lincoln | 41 | 0 | - | — | — |
| 21 | 6 | ▼ 15 | 32Alton Haddock | J.L. McDonald (Owner) | Lincoln | 41 | 0 | - | — | — |
| 22 | 29 | ▲ 7 | 56Joe Jernigan | Joe Jernigan (Owner) | Ford | 41 | 0 | - | — | — |
| 23 | 24 | ▲ 1 | 72Lee Schmidt | Lee Schmidt (Owner) | Buick | 40 | 0 | - | — | — |
| 24 | 18 | ▼ 6 | 37Russ Lee | Chester Alford (Owner) | Hudson | 38 | 0 | - | — | — |
| 25 | 27 | ▲ 2 | 48Larry Shurter | Larry Shurter (Owner) | Ford | 37 | 0 | - | — | — |
| 26 | 5 | ▼ 21 | 91Tommy Thompson | Tommy Thompson (Owner) | Chrysler | 34 | 0 | - | — | — |
| 27 | 12 | ▼ 15 | 25Jack Smith | — | Oldsmobile | 31 | 0 | - | — | — |
| 28 | 16 | ▼ 12 | 12Billy Carden | — | Oldsmobile | 30 | 0 | - | — | — |
| 29 | 20 | ▼ 9 | 60Bill Rexford | Julian Buesink (Owner) | Oldsmobile | 26 | 0 | - | — | — |
| 30 | 19 | ▼ 11 | 50Gober Sosebee | Ted Chester (Owner) | Oldsmobile | 21 | 0 | - | — | — |
| 31 | — | — | 17Bob Apperson | Bob Apperson (Owner) | Ford | 14 | 0 | - | — | — |
| 32 | — | — | 6Marshall Teague | Paul Cox (Owner) | Lincoln | 10 | 0 | - | — | — |
| 33 | — | — | 11Fireball Roberts | Jim Davis (Owner) | Hudson | 8 | 0 | - | — | — |
| 34 | — | — | 2Bill Blair | Rice Racing | Cadillac | 7 | 0 | - | — | — |
| 35 | 1 | ▼ 34 | 3Joe Littlejohn | Joe Littlejohn (Owner) | Oldsmobile | 7 | 0 | - | — | — |
| 36 | — | — | 24Dick Clothier | Dick Clothier (Owner) | Pontiac | 5 | 0 | - | — | — |
| 37 | 7 | ▼ 30 | 44Frank Mundy | Buddy Elliott (Owner) | Cadillac | 5 | 0 | - | — | — |
| 38 | — | — | 77Slick Smith | — | Hudson | 4 | 0 | - | — | — |
| 39 | 13 | ▼ 26 | 66Herschel Buchanan | Herschel Buchanan (Owner) | Nash Motor Company | 3 | 0 | - | — | — |
| 40 | 31 | ▼ 9 | 67Joe Harrison | Joe Harrison (Owner) | Ford | 3 | 0 | - | — | — |
| 41 | — | — | 94Louise Smith | Louise Smith (Owner) | Ford | 0 | 0 | accident | — | — |