No storylines for this race: recaps are written as races finish.
| Fin | St | ± | Driver | Team | Make | Laps | Led | Status | Pts | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | — | 55Junior Johnson | Jim Lowe (Owner) | Oldsmobile | 200 | 102 | running | 200 | — |
| 2 | 3 | ▲ 1 | 300Tim Flock | Carl Kiekhaefer (Owner) | Chrysler | 198 | 83 | running | 192 | — |
| 3 | 7 | ▲ 4 | 87Buck Baker | Bob Griffin (Owner) |
No leader segments recorded.
No cautions recorded (or a caution-free race).
| Oldsmobile |
| 197 |
| 0 |
| running |
| 184 |
| — |
| 4 | 12 | ▲ 8 | 7Jim Reed | Jim Reed (Owner) | Chevrolet | 195 | 0 | running | 176 | — |
| 5 | 15 | ▲ 10 | 54Nace Mattingly | Nace Mattingly (Owner) | Ford | 190 | 0 | running | 168 | — |
| 6 | 14 | ▲ 8 | 73John Dodd Jr. | John Dodd Sr. (Owner) | Hudson | 188 | 0 | running | 160 | — |
| 7 | 17 | ▲ 10 | 58Bill Bowman | Bill Bowman (Owner) | Nash Motor Company | 187 | 0 | running | 152 | — |
| 8 | 8 | — | 2Gwyn Staley | Hubert Westmoreland (Owner) | Chevrolet | 186 | 0 | running | 144 | — |
| 9 | 25 | ▲ 16 | 302Carl Krueger | Carl Krueger (Owner) | Chrysler | 185 | 0 | running | 136 | — |
| 10 | 20 | ▲ 10 | 900Johnny Roberts | Johnny Roberts (Owner) | Chevrolet | 184 | 0 | running | 128 | — |
| 11 | 19 | ▲ 8 | 72John Dodd Sr. | John Dodd Sr. (Owner) | Hudson | 183 | 0 | running | 120 | — |
| 12 | 22 | ▲ 10 | 17Millard Wright | Millard Wright (Owner) | Oldsmobile | 182 | 0 | running | 112 | — |
| 13 | 11 | ▼ 2 | 110Gene Simpson | Gene Simpson (Owner) | Buick | 178 | 0 | running | 104 | — |
| 14 | 4 | ▼ 10 | 42Lee Petty | Petty Enterprises | Chrysler | 175 | 0 | control arm | 96 | — |
| 15 | 18 | ▲ 3 | 19Gordon Smith | Gordon Smith (Owner) | Chevrolet | 174 | 0 | running | 88 | — |
| 16 | 28 | ▲ 12 | 69Volney Schulze | Volney Schulze (Owner) | Dodge | 170 | 0 | running | 80 | — |
| 17 | 16 | ▼ 1 | 28Eddie Skinner | Frank Dodge (Owner) | Oldsmobile | 164 | 0 | running | 72 | — |
| 18 | 27 | ▲ 9 | 30Walt Regan | — | Dodge | 162 | 0 | running | 64 | — |
| 19 | 26 | ▲ 7 | 41Junie Gough | — | Dodge | 150 | 0 | running | 56 | — |
| 20 | 13 | ▼ 7 | 27Johnny Gouveia | Johnny Gouveia (Owner) | Chevrolet | 149 | 0 | brakes | 48 | — |
| 21 | 31 | ▲ 10 | 140Mack Hanbury | Mack Hanbury (Owner) | Hudson | 147 | 0 | running | 40 | — |
| 22 | 23 | ▲ 1 | 348Chuck Hansen | — | Dodge | 142 | 0 | hub | 32 | — |
| 23 | 5 | ▼ 18 | 44Bob Welborn | Bob Welborn (Owner) | Chevrolet | 127 | 0 | steering | 24 | — |
| 24 | 10 | ▼ 14 | 98Dave Terrell | Dave Terrell (Owner) | Oldsmobile | 94 | 0 | brakes | 16 | — |
| 25 | 24 | ▼ 1 | 34Gene Holcomb | — | Nash Motor Company | 82 | 0 | engine | 8 | — |
| 26 | 9 | ▼ 17 | 88Jimmie Lewallen | Ernest Woods (Owner) | Oldsmobile | 77 | 0 | brakes | 8 | — |
| 27 | 6 | ▼ 21 | 78Jim Paschal | Ernest Woods (Owner) | Oldsmobile | 70 | 0 | brakes | 8 | — |
| 28 | 2 | ▼ 26 | 301Fonty Flock | Carl Kiekhaefer (Owner) | Chrysler | 63 | 15 | brakes | 8 | — |
| 29 | 21 | ▼ 8 | 4Ken Fisher | Ken Fisher (Owner) | Chrysler | 28 | 0 | hub | 8 | — |
| 30 | 30 | — | 121Harvey Henderson | Harvey Henderson (Owner) | Hudson | 11 | 0 | spindle | 8 | — |
| 31 | 29 | ▼ 2 | 75Ed Paskovich | Ed Paskovich (Owner) | Dodge | 8 | 0 | engine | 8 | — |