No storylines for this race: recaps are written as races finish.
| Fin | St | ± | Driver | Team | Make | Laps | Led | Status | Pts | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | ▲ 1 | 22Fireball Roberts | Frank Strickland (Owner) | Chevrolet | 500 | 1 | running | — | — |
| 2 | 8 | ▲ 6 | 49Bob Welborn | Julian Petty (Owner) | Chevrolet | 499 | 0 | running | — | — |
| 3 | 3 | — | 42Lee Petty | Petty Enterprises |
No leader segments recorded.
No cautions recorded (or a caution-free race).
| Oldsmobile |
| 497 |
| 0 |
| running |
| — |
| — |
| 4 | 7 | ▲ 3 | 46Speedy Thompson | Speedy Thompson (Owner) | Chevrolet | 494 | 0 | running | — | — |
| 5 | 15 | ▲ 10 | 87Buck Baker | Buck Baker Racing | Chevrolet | 493 | 0 | running | — | — |
| 6 | 12 | ▲ 6 | 44Ken Rush | Julian Petty (Owner) | Chevrolet | 491 | 0 | running | — | — |
| 7 | 11 | ▲ 4 | 7Jim Reed | Jim Reed (Owner) | Ford | 489 | 0 | running | — | — |
| 8 | 14 | ▲ 6 | 2Joe Weatherly | — | Oldsmobile | 489 | 0 | running | — | — |
| 9 | 10 | ▲ 1 | 76Larry Frank | Larry Frank (Owner) | Chevrolet | 484 | 0 | running | — | — |
| 10 | 17 | ▲ 7 | 16Tommy Irwin | Tommy Irwin (Owner) | Ford | 479 | 0 | running | — | — |
| 11 | 18 | ▲ 7 | 37Tiny Lund | Don Angel (Owner) | Ford | 477 | 0 | running | — | — |
| 12 | 20 | ▲ 8 | 66Roy Tyner | Spook Crawford (Owner) | Plymouth | 462 | 0 | running | — | — |
| 13 | 26 | ▲ 13 | 32Brownie King | Jess Potter (Owner) | Chevrolet | 456 | 0 | running | — | — |
| 14 | 27 | ▲ 13 | 19Herman Beam | Herman Beam (Owner) | Chevrolet | 451 | 0 | running | — | — |
| 15 | 6 | ▼ 9 | 56Bill Morton | James Lowery (Owner) | Ford | 447 | 0 | running | — | — |
| 16 | 22 | ▲ 6 | 97Barney Shore | Barney Shore (Owner) | Chevrolet | 444 | 0 | running | — | — |
| 17 | 37 | ▲ 20 | 711Bill Poor | Bill Poor (Owner) | Chevrolet | 444 | 0 | running | — | — |
| 18 | 23 | ▲ 5 | 74L.D. Austin | L.D. Austin (Owner) | Chevrolet | 437 | 0 | running | — | — |
| 19 | 24 | ▲ 5 | 81Shep Langdon | Harvey Hege (Owner) | Ford | 431 | 0 | running | — | — |
| 20 | 25 | ▲ 5 | 96Bobby Keck | Bobby Keck (Owner) | Chevrolet | 419 | 0 | running | — | — |
| 21 | 31 | ▲ 10 | 24Jimmie Lewallen | — | Chevrolet | 389 | 0 | oil leak | — | — |
| 22 | 39 | ▲ 17 | 12Benny Rakestraw | Talmadge Cochrane (Owner) | Mercury | 372 | 0 | oil pressure | — | — |
| 23 | 38 | ▲ 15 | 17Fred Harb | Fred Harb (Owner) | Mercury | 369 | 0 | engine | — | — |
| 24 | 4 | ▼ 20 | 21Glen Wood | Wood Brothers Racing | Ford | 354 | 0 | timing | — | — |
| 25 | 28 | ▲ 3 | 86Neil Castles | Neil Castles (Owner) | Ford | 324 | 0 | accident | — | — |
| 26 | 29 | ▲ 3 | 70Jim Parsley | Jim Parsley (Owner) | Chevrolet | 249 | 0 | accident | — | — |
| 27 | 32 | ▲ 5 | 41Whitey Norman | Whitey Norman (Owner) | Chevrolet | 194 | 0 | spindle | — | — |
| 28 | 19 | ▼ 9 | 36Herbert Estes | Tootle Estes (Owner) | Ford | 181 | 0 | steering | — | — |
| 29 | 35 | ▲ 6 | 5Lloyd Dane | Lloyd Dane (Owner) | Ford | 181 | 0 | accident | — | — |
| 30 | 1 | ▼ 29 | 55Jimmy Massey | A.L. Bumgarner (Owner) | Pontiac | 181 | 0 | accident | — | — |
| 31 | 13 | ▼ 18 | 99Jack Smith | Shorty Rollins (Owner) | Ford | 171 | 0 | rear end | — | — |
| 32 | 36 | ▲ 4 | 10Harry Leake | — | Ford | 154 | 0 | engine | — | — |
| 33 | 21 | ▼ 12 | 25Billy Carden | Gene White (Owner) | Chevrolet | 141 | 0 | bearing | — | — |
| 34 | 16 | ▼ 18 | 14George Dunn | Manley Britt (Owner) | Mercury | 129 | 0 | steering | — | — |
| 35 | 34 | ▼ 1 | 71Marvin Porter | Marvin Porter (Owner) | Ford | 113 | 0 | generator | — | — |
| 36 | 9 | ▼ 27 | 6Cotton Owens | Jim Stephens (Owner) | Pontiac | 59 | 0 | engine | — | — |
| 37 | 5 | ▼ 32 | 11Rex White | Rex White (Owner) | Chevrolet | 46 | 0 | engine | — | — |
| 38 | 33 | ▼ 5 | 33George Green | Jess Potter (Owner) | Chevrolet | 33 | 0 | crank | — | — |