No storylines for this race: recaps are written as races finish.
| Fin | St | ± | Driver | Team | Make | Laps | Led | Status | Pts | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | ▲ 1 | 92Herb Thomas | Herb Thomas Racing | Hudson | 400 | 311 | running | — | — |
| 2 | 3 | ▲ 1 | 31Jesse James Taylor | Jesse James Taylor (Owner) | Hudson | 399 | 6 | running | — | — |
| 3 | 19 | ▲ 16 | 17Buddy Shuman | R.H. Yandell (Owner) |
No leader segments recorded.
No cautions recorded (or a caution-free race).
| Ford |
| 391 |
| 0 |
| running |
| — |
| — |
| 4 | 5 | ▲ 1 | 77Hershel McGriff | McGriff Motorsports | Oldsmobile | 390 | 1 | running | — | — |
| 5 | 7 | ▲ 2 | 11Fireball Roberts | Ed Saverance (Owner) | Ford | 387 | 0 | running | — | — |
| 6 | 38 | ▲ 32 | 1Harold Kite | Julian Buesink (Owner) | Oldsmobile | 384 | 0 | running | — | — |
| 7 | 27 | ▲ 20 | 46Leon Sales | Hubert Westmoreland (Owner) | Oldsmobile | 384 | 0 | running | — | — |
| 8 | 4 | ▼ 4 | 14Fonty Flock | Frank Christian (Owner) | Oldsmobile | 383 | 0 | running | — | — |
| 9 | 6 | ▼ 3 | 16Bill Snowden | Snowden Racing | Ford | 383 | 0 | running | — | — |
| 10 | 55 | ▲ 45 | 24Pap White | Julian Petty (Owner) | Plymouth | 383 | 0 | running | — | — |
| 11 | 45 | ▲ 34 | 91Tim Flock | Ted Chester (Owner) | Oldsmobile | 379 | 0 | running | — | — |
| 12 | 16 | ▲ 4 | 12Slick Smith | Frank Christian (Owner) | Oldsmobile | 379 | 0 | running | — | — |
| 13 | 52 | ▲ 39 | 34Jack Goodwin | Bill Caltrider (Owner) | Plymouth | 378 | 0 | running | — | — |
| 14 | 15 | ▲ 1 | 8Billy Carden | Sam Knox (Owner) | Cadillac | 377 | 0 | running | — | — |
| 15 | 24 | ▲ 9 | 42Lee Petty | Petty Enterprises | Plymouth | 373 | 0 | running | — | — |
| 16 | 51 | ▲ 35 | 51Gober Sosebee | Sosebee Racing | Oldsmobile | 373 | 0 | running | — | — |
| 17 | 47 | ▲ 30 | 70Bud Farrell | William Gundaker (Owner) | Plymouth | 373 | 0 | running | — | — |
| 18 | 23 | ▲ 5 | 99Billy Myers | Hubert Westmoreland (Owner) | Plymouth | 373 | 0 | running | — | — |
| 19 | 80 | ▲ 61 | 64Bill Widenhouse | Bill Widenhouse (Owner) | Plymouth | 371 | 0 | running | — | — |
| 20 | 39 | ▲ 19 | 18George Seeger | Tony Sampo (Owner) | Studebaker | 371 | 0 | running | — | — |
| 21 | 11 | ▼ 10 | 4Gayle Warren | Earl Blevins (Owner) | Studebaker | 370 | 0 | accident | — | — |
| 22 | 30 | ▲ 8 | 95Freddie Farmer | Freddie Farmer (Owner) | Nash Motor Company | 370 | 0 | running | — | — |
| 23 | 82 | ▲ 59 | 71Cotton Owens | F.J. Bland (Owner) | Plymouth | 370 | 0 | running | — | — |
| 24 | 60 | ▲ 36 | 56Ed Benedict | Ken Swihart (Owner) | Hudson | 370 | 0 | running | — | — |
| 25 | 54 | ▲ 29 | 83Red Byron | B.J. Dantone (Owner) | Ford | 368 | 0 | accident | — | — |
| 26 | 29 | ▲ 3 | 66Bud Riley | Joe Beccue (Owner) | Hudson | 368 | 0 | running | — | — |
| 27 | 10 | ▼ 17 | 7Bob Flock | Ted Chester (Owner) | Oldsmobile | 368 | 0 | - | — | — |
| 28 | 62 | ▲ 34 | 0Jimmie Lewallen | Hubert Hamilton (Owner) | Plymouth | 367 | 0 | - | — | — |
| 29 | 63 | ▲ 34 | 61Tommy Melvin | Clarence Burbank (Owner) | Oldsmobile | 367 | 0 | - | — | — |
| 30 | 31 | ▲ 1 | 86Earl Moss | J.B. Watkins (Owner) | Studebaker | 366 | 0 | - | — | — |
| 31 | 25 | ▼ 6 | 50Ewell Weddle | Al Wheatley (Owner) | Ford | 365 | 0 | - | — | — |
| 32 | 48 | ▲ 16 | 90Shorty York | Russ Lou (Owner) | Nash Motor Company | 363 | 0 | - | — | — |
| 33 | 47 | ▲ 14 | 6Marshall Teague | Marshall Teague (Owner) | Hudson | 361 | 39 | accident | — | — |
| 34 | 41 | ▲ 7 | 78Johnny Yountz | Hubert Westmoreland (Owner) | Plymouth | 361 | 0 | accident | — | — |
| 35 | 49 | ▲ 14 | 10Ted Swaim | — | Ford | 360 | 0 | - | — | — |
| 36 | 50 | ▲ 14 | 67Jim Fiebelkorn | Jim Fiebelkorn (Owner) | Lincoln | 360 | 0 | - | — | — |
| 37 | 21 | ▼ 16 | 37Gene Comstock | Gene Comstock (Owner) | Oldsmobile | 357 | 0 | - | — | — |
| 38 | 65 | ▲ 27 | 74Oliver Dial | Preston Jones (Owner) | Chevrolet | 355 | 0 | - | — | — |
| 39 | 22 | ▼ 17 | 60Jim Paschal | Al Wheatley (Owner) | Ford | 353 | 0 | - | — | — |
| 40 | 79 | ▲ 39 | 32Reino Tulonen | Reino Tulonen (Owner) | Kaiser | 353 | 0 | - | — | — |
| 41 | 61 | ▲ 20 | 94Ted Chamberlain | Del Pearson (Owner) | Plymouth | 340 | 0 | - | — | — |
| 42 | 73 | ▲ 31 | 96J.E. Hardie | J.E. Hardie (Owner) | Ford | 339 | 0 | - | — | — |
| 43 | — | — | 93Donald Thomas | Herb Thomas Racing | Plymouth | 337 | 0 | - | — | — |
| 44 | 75 | ▲ 31 | 9Iggy Katona | Iggy Katona (Owner) | Chrysler | 337 | 0 | - | — | — |
| 45 | 70 | ▲ 25 | 20Joe Merola | Joe Merola (Owner) | Oldsmobile | 335 | 0 | - | — | — |
| 46 | 76 | ▲ 30 | 33Dave Anderson | Bill Caltrider (Owner) | Kaiser | 335 | 0 | - | — | — |
| 47 | 57 | ▲ 10 | 49Bob Pronger | Bob Pronger (Owner) | Oldsmobile | 332 | 0 | - | — | — |
| 48 | 17 | ▼ 31 | 57Jack Smith | Wally Marks (Owner) | Oldsmobile | 323 | 0 | - | — | — |
| 49 | 78 | ▲ 29 | 43Billy Tibbett | Billy Tibbett (Owner) | Dodge | 318 | 0 | - | — | — |
| 50 | 69 | ▲ 19 | 75Jimmy Warden | Cain Bowman (Owner) | Hudson | 314 | 0 | - | — | — |
| 51 | 58 | ▲ 7 | 5Gene Darragh | Bob Griffin (Owner) | Oldsmobile | 309 | 0 | - | — | — |
| 52 | 53 | ▲ 1 | 27Gwyn Staley | — | Ford | 303 | 0 | - | — | — |
| 53 | 72 | ▲ 19 | 21Jim Delaney | Bob Osiecki (Owner) | Ford | 294 | 0 | - | — | — |
| 54 | 33 | ▼ 21 | 15Erick Erickson | — | Pontiac | 281 | 0 | - | — | — |
| 55 | 68 | ▲ 13 | 2Bill Blair | Bill Blair (Owner) | Ford | 275 | 0 | - | — | — |
| 56 | 18 | ▼ 38 | 87Buck Baker | Buck Baker Racing | Ford | 275 | 0 | - | — | — |
| 57 | 26 | ▼ 31 | 41Curtis Turner | John Eanes (Owner) | Oldsmobile | 272 | 43 | engine | — | — |
| 58 | 40 | ▼ 18 | 72Wade Fields | James Hinnant (Owner) | Plymouth | 268 | 0 | - | — | — |
| 59 | 15 | ▼ 44 | 22Lloyd Dane | Lloyd Dane (Owner) | Ford | 263 | 0 | - | — | — |
| 60 | 64 | ▲ 4 | 48John Barker | Leo Sigman (Owner) | Studebaker | 258 | 0 | - | — | — |
| 61 | 77 | ▲ 16 | 44Buck Baity | Buck Baity (Owner) | Buick | 248 | 0 | - | — | — |
| 62 | 8 | ▼ 54 | 28Ray Chase | Bill Sheldon (Owner) | Oldsmobile | 237 | 0 | - | — | — |
| 63 | 18 | ▼ 45 | 25Jimmy Thompson | Leland Colvin (Owner) | Ford | 236 | 0 | - | — | — |
| 64 | 67 | ▲ 3 | 3Jimmy Ayers | Jimmy Ayers (Owner) | Plymouth | 225 | 0 | - | — | — |
| 65 | 9 | ▼ 56 | 38Frank Gise | B.R. Waller (Owner) | Studebaker | 215 | 0 | wheel | — | — |
| 66 | 32 | ▼ 34 | 97Sandy Lynch | Sandy Lynch (Owner) | Ford | 215 | 0 | - | — | — |
| 67 | 28 | ▼ 39 | 80Bob Johnson | I.D. Stenstrom (Owner) | Studebaker | 214 | 0 | - | — | — |
| 68 | 66 | ▼ 2 | 89Herb Trimble | Herb Trimble (Owner) | Oldsmobile | 198 | 0 | - | — | — |
| 69 | 37 | ▼ 32 | 55Bub King | Bub King (Owner) | Plymouth | 149 | 0 | - | — | — |
| 70 | 74 | ▲ 4 | 40Tommy Thompson | A.L. Miller (Owner) | Nash Motor Company | 148 | 0 | hub | — | — |
| 71 | 34 | ▼ 37 | 52Bill Rexford | George Hartley (Owner) | Oldsmobile | 143 | 0 | - | — | — |
| 72 | 81 | ▲ 9 | 58Fred Moore | Walt Jarrod (Owner) | Mercury | 112 | 0 | - | — | — |
| 73 | 46 | ▼ 27 | 26Weldon Adams | Leland Colvin (Owner) | Plymouth | 104 | 0 | - | — | — |
| 74 | 36 | ▼ 38 | 47Murrace Walker | Murrace Walker (Owner) | Studebaker | 104 | 0 | - | — | — |
| 75 | 72 | ▼ 3 | 82Joe Eubanks | Phil Oates (Owner) | Oldsmobile | 92 | 0 | - | — | — |
| 76 | 35 | ▼ 41 | 98Johnny Mantz | Johnny Mantz (Owner) | Nash Motor Company | 88 | 0 | valve | — | — |
| 77 | 56 | ▼ 21 | 39Rudy Hires | Rudy Hires (Owner) | Ford | 82 | 0 | - | — | — |
| 78 | 59 | ▼ 19 | 35Sonny Black | Sonny Black (Owner) | Plymouth | 73 | 0 | - | — | — |
| 79 | 13 | ▼ 66 | 59Lloyd Moore | Julian Buesink (Owner) | Ford | 61 | 0 | - | — | — |
| 80 | 42 | ▼ 38 | 19Lee Connell | Lee Connell (Owner) | Pontiac | 58 | 0 | accident | — | — |
| 81 | 20 | ▼ 61 | 73Bobby Booth | Stanley Moore (Owner) | Oldsmobile | 53 | 0 | - | — | — |
| 82 | 1 | ▼ 81 | 23Frank Mundy | Perry Smith (Owner) | Studebaker | 12 | 0 | oil pressure | — | — |