No storylines for this race: recaps are written as races finish.
| Fin | St | ± | Driver | Team | Make | Laps | Led | Status | Pts | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 43 | ▲ 42 | 98Johnny Mantz | Hubert Westmoreland (Owner) | Plymouth | 400 | 351 | running | — | — |
| 2 | 67 | ▲ 65 | 82Fireball Roberts | Rice Racing | Oldsmobile | 391 | 0 | running | — | — |
| 3 | 7 | ▲ 4 | 22Red Byron | Raymond Parks (Owner) |
No leader segments recorded.
No cautions recorded (or a caution-free race).
| Cadillac |
| 390 |
| 0 |
| running |
| — |
| — |
| 4 | 23 | ▲ 19 | 59Bill Rexford | Julian Buesink (Owner) | Oldsmobile | 385 | 0 | running | — | — |
| 5 | 15 | ▲ 10 | 77Chuck Mahoney | — | Mercury | 381 | 0 | running | — | — |
| 6 | 35 | ▲ 29 | 42Lee Petty | Petty Enterprises | Plymouth | 380 | 0 | running | — | — |
| 7 | 38 | ▲ 31 | 71Cotton Owens | F.J. Bland (Owner) | Plymouth | 380 | 23 | running | — | — |
| 8 | 64 | ▲ 56 | 2Bill Blair | Rice Racing | Cadillac | 375 | 0 | running | — | — |
| 9 | 44 | ▲ 35 | 52Hershel McGriff | McGriff Motorsports | Oldsmobile | 374 | 0 | running | — | — |
| 10 | 26 | ▲ 16 | 61George Hartley | Julian Buesink (Owner) | Oldsmobile | 371 | 0 | running | — | — |
| 11 | 16 | ▲ 5 | 9Tim Flock | Buddy Elliott (Owner) | Oldsmobile | 370 | 0 | running | — | — |
| 12 | 57 | ▲ 45 | 44Johnny Grubb | Johnny Grubb (Owner) | Plymouth | 368 | 0 | running | — | — |
| 13 | 62 | ▲ 49 | 26Dick Linder | Don Rogalla (Owner) | Oldsmobile | 367 | 0 | running | — | — |
| 14 | 68 | ▲ 54 | 89John DuBoise | John DuBoise (Owner) | Ford | 367 | 0 | running | — | — |
| 15 | 72 | ▲ 57 | 72Weldon Adams | Harold Mays (Owner) | Plymouth | 367 | 0 | running | — | — |
| 16 | 32 | ▲ 16 | 99Barney Smith | Barney Smith (Owner) | Oldsmobile | 366 | 0 | running | — | — |
| 17 | 3 | ▼ 14 | 51Gober Sosebee | Sosebee Racing | Oldsmobile | 364 | 4 | running | — | — |
| 18 | 52 | ▲ 34 | 39Elmer Wilson | Elmer Wilson (Owner) | Plymouth | 360 | 0 | running | — | — |
| 19 | 21 | ▲ 2 | 4Joe Eubanks | Joe Eubanks (Owner) | Mercury | 359 | 0 | running | — | — |
| 20 | 19 | ▼ 1 | 43Shorty York | B.S. Beeson (Owner) | Buick | 358 | 0 | running | — | — |
| 21 | 51 | ▲ 30 | 64Walt Crawford | Walt Crawford (Owner) | Buick | 358 | 0 | running | — | — |
| 22 | 33 | ▲ 11 | —Murrace Walker | Murrace Walker (Owner) | Oldsmobile | 358 | 0 | running | — | — |
| 23 | 48 | ▲ 25 | —Gene Comstock | Gene Comstock (Owner) | Oldsmobile | 355 | 0 | - | — | — |
| 24 | 27 | ▲ 3 | 17Jack White | Dailey Moyer (Owner) | Ford | 354 | 0 | - | — | — |
| 25 | 71 | ▲ 46 | —Byron Beatty | Byron Beatty (Owner) | Ford | 351 | 0 | - | — | — |
| 26 | 53 | ▲ 27 | —Bill Widenhouse | Bill Widenhouse (Owner) | Plymouth | 350 | 0 | - | — | — |
| 27 | 4 | ▼ 23 | 7Bob Flock | Frank Christian (Owner) | Oldsmobile | 348 | 0 | running | — | — |
| 28 | 10 | ▼ 18 | 47Fonty Flock | Frank Christian (Owner) | Oldsmobile | 346 | 0 | - | — | — |
| 29 | 13 | ▼ 16 | 19Jack Smith | — | Oldsmobile | 345 | 0 | accident | — | — |
| 30 | 30 | — | 34Pee Wee Martin | John Eanes (Owner) | Oldsmobile | 344 | 0 | - | — | — |
| 31 | 5 | ▼ 26 | —Lee Morgan | Lee Morgan (Owner) | Oldsmobile | 342 | 0 | - | — | — |
| 32 | 8 | ▼ 24 | —Hub McBride | Hub McBride (Owner) | Mercury | 341 | 0 | - | — | — |
| 33 | 11 | ▼ 22 | —Slick Smith | — | Oldsmobile | 340 | 0 | - | — | — |
| 34 | 12 | ▼ 22 | 45Ted Chamberlain | Ted Chamberlain (Owner) | Plymouth | 358 | 0 | running | 0 | — |
| 35 | 6 | ▼ 29 | —Virgil Livengood | Virgil Livengood (Owner) | Oldsmobile | 338 | 0 | running | — | — |
| 36 | 9 | ▼ 27 | —Billy Carden | — | Ford | 338 | 0 | running | — | — |
| 37 | 14 | ▼ 23 | 37Bill Snowden | — | Nash Motor Company | 338 | 0 | running | — | — |
| 38 | 22 | ▼ 16 | 21Harold Kite | Harold Kite (Owner) | Lincoln | 334 | 0 | - | — | — |
| 39 | 25 | ▼ 14 | 49Glenn Dunaway | Glenn Dunaway (Owner) | Lincoln | 333 | 0 | - | — | — |
| 40 | 2 | ▼ 38 | 25Jimmy Thompson | Leland Colvin (Owner) | Lincoln | 332 | 0 | - | — | — |
| 41 | 65 | ▲ 24 | 27Jimmy Florian | Jimmy Florian (Owner) | Ford | 331 | 0 | spindle | — | — |
| 42 | 20 | ▼ 22 | —Bob Smith | — | Oldsmobile | 331 | 0 | running | — | — |
| 43 | 24 | ▼ 19 | 0Jimmie Lewallen | Rice Racing | Oldsmobile | 330 | 0 | - | — | — |
| 44 | 75 | ▲ 31 | —Jesse James Taylor | Jesse James Taylor (Owner) | Mercury | 329 | 0 | - | — | — |
| 45 | 29 | ▼ 16 | —Bub King | T.L. King (Owner) | Mercury | 329 | 0 | - | — | — |
| 46 | 36 | ▼ 10 | 24Gene Darragh | — | Hudson | 323 | 0 | - | — | — |
| 47 | 39 | ▼ 8 | —Roy Bentley | Roy Bentley (Owner) | Studebaker | 319 | 0 | - | — | — |
| 48 | 42 | ▼ 6 | —J.E. Hardie | — | Studebaker | 317 | 0 | - | — | — |
| 49 | 34 | ▼ 15 | —Jerry Kemp | — | Lincoln | 315 | 0 | - | — | — |
| 50 | 46 | ▼ 4 | 36Bill Osborne | — | Mercury | 311 | 0 | - | — | — |
| 51 | 37 | ▼ 14 | —Carson Dyer | Carson Dyer (Owner) | Lincoln | 310 | 0 | - | — | — |
| 52 | 60 | ▲ 8 | 33Wally Campbell | Wally Marks (Owner) | Oldsmobile | 309 | 0 | - | — | — |
| 53 | 40 | ▼ 13 | 79Jim Paschal | Julian Buesink (Owner) | Ford | 307 | 0 | - | — | — |
| 54 | 45 | ▼ 9 | 18Charles Tidwell | — | Oldsmobile | 300 | 0 | - | — | — |
| 55 | 41 | ▼ 14 | —Ruel Smith | — | Pontiac | 289 | 0 | - | — | — |
| 56 | 47 | ▼ 9 | —Al Keller | W.O. Taylor (Owner) | Oldsmobile | 284 | 0 | - | — | — |
| 57 | 50 | ▼ 7 | —Dick Soper | — | Kaiser | 282 | 0 | - | — | — |
| 58 | 54 | ▼ 4 | —Pete Keller | — | Studebaker | 281 | 0 | - | — | — |
| 59 | 56 | ▼ 3 | —P.E. Godfrey | — | Lincoln | 278 | 0 | - | — | — |
| 60 | 1 | ▼ 59 | 41Curtis Turner | John Eanes (Owner) | Oldsmobile | 275 | 22 | accident | — | — |
| 61 | 49 | ▼ 12 | —Bob Apperson | Bob Apperson (Owner) | Oldsmobile | 249 | 0 | - | — | — |
| 62 | 55 | ▼ 7 | —Tommy Thompson | Tommy Thompson (Owner) | Hudson | 238 | 0 | - | — | — |
| 63 | 61 | ▼ 2 | 6Marshall Teague | Paul Cox (Owner) | Lincoln | 230 | 0 | - | — | — |
| 64 | 70 | ▲ 6 | 14Tex Keene | Tex Keene (Owner) | Plymouth | 229 | 0 | accident | — | — |
| 65 | 31 | ▼ 34 | —Clyde Minter | Clyde Minter (Owner) | Lincoln | 219 | 0 | - | — | — |
| 66 | 74 | ▲ 8 | —Rollin Smith | — | Hudson | 208 | 0 | - | — | — |
| 67 | 17 | ▼ 50 | 86Bill Henson | — | Oldsmobile | 200 | 0 | - | — | — |
| 68 | 50 | ▼ 18 | 48Gayle Warren | — | Oldsmobile | 188 | 0 | - | — | — |
| 69 | 28 | ▼ 41 | 87Buck Baker | Bob Griffin (Owner) | Oldsmobile | 176 | 0 | accident | — | — |
| 70 | 58 | ▼ 12 | 46Kenneth Wagner | Dailey Moyer (Owner) | Lincoln | 155 | 0 | - | — | — |
| 71 | 18 | ▼ 53 | 62Lloyd Moore | Julian Buesink (Owner) | Lincoln | 112 | 0 | - | — | — |
| 72 | 73 | ▲ 1 | 48Alton Haddock | Alton Haddock (Owner) | Ford | 98 | 0 | - | — | — |
| 73 | 69 | ▼ 4 | —Jack Yardley | — | Ford | 89 | 0 | - | — | — |
| 74 | 66 | ▼ 8 | —Jack Carr | — | Mercury | 52 | 0 | - | — | — |
| 75 | 63 | ▼ 12 | —Roscoe Thompson | Charles Venable (Owner) | Oldsmobile | 24 | 0 | - | — | — |