No storylines for this race: recaps are written as races finish.
| Fin | St | ± | Driver | Team | Make | Laps | Led | Status | Pts | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | ▲ 3 | 43Lee Petty | Petty Enterprises | Oldsmobile | 160 | 53 | running | 200 | — |
| 2 | 8 | ▲ 6 | 47Jack Smith | Jack Smith (Owner) | Chevrolet | 160 | 0 | running | 192 | — |
| 3 | 7 | ▲ 4 | 6Cotton Owens | W.H. Watson (Owner) |
No leader segments recorded.
No cautions recorded (or a caution-free race).
| Pontiac |
| 159 |
| 0 |
| running |
| 184 |
| — |
| 4 | 9 | ▲ 5 | 5Tiny Lund | Lund Racing | Chevrolet | 159 | 0 | running | 176 | — |
| 5 | 10 | ▲ 5 | 17Fred Harb | Fred Harb (Owner) | Mercury | 154 | 0 | running | — | — |
| 6 | 17 | ▲ 11 | 19Herman Beam | Herman Beam (Owner) | Chevrolet | 147 | 0 | running | 168 | — |
| 7 | 20 | ▲ 13 | 74L.D. Austin | L.D. Austin (Owner) | Chevrolet | 147 | 0 | running | 160 | — |
| 8 | 18 | ▲ 10 | 33George Green | Jess Potter (Owner) | Chevrolet | 145 | 0 | running | — | — |
| 9 | 3 | ▼ 6 | 99Shorty Rollins | Shorty Rollins (Owner) | Ford | 143 | 0 | running | 152 | — |
| 10 | 15 | ▲ 5 | 81Harvey Hege | Harvey Hege (Owner) | Ford | 142 | 0 | running | 144 | — |
| 11 | 6 | ▼ 5 | 59Curtis Turner | Carl Rupert (Owner) | Ford | 141 | 19 | push rod | 136 | — |
| 12 | 12 | — | 45Bobby Waddell | Bobby Waddell (Owner) | Pontiac | 136 | 0 | overheating | — | — |
| 13 | 19 | ▲ 6 | 3Don Angel | Don Angel (Owner) | Ford | 131 | 0 | lugs | — | — |
| 14 | 14 | — | 27Jimmy Pardue | Jimmy Pardue (Owner) | Plymouth | 124 | 0 | axle | — | — |
| 15 | 23 | ▲ 8 | 44G.C. Spencer | GC Spencer Racing | Chevrolet | 122 | 0 | running | — | — |
| 16 | 13 | ▼ 3 | 40Paul Walton | Paul Walton (Owner) | Chevrolet | 112 | 0 | piston | — | — |
| 17 | 1 | ▼ 16 | 1Speedy Thompson | Steve Pierce (Owner) | Chevrolet | 88 | 88 | bearing | 128 | — |
| 18 | 22 | ▲ 4 | 64Shep Langdon | Shep Langdon (Owner) | Ford | 87 | 0 | engine | 120 | — |
| 19 | 21 | ▲ 2 | 8Whitey Norman | Whitey Norman (Owner) | Chevrolet | 60 | 0 | fuel line | — | — |
| 20 | 2 | ▼ 18 | 21Glen Wood | Wood Brothers Racing | Ford | 35 | 0 | engine | — | — |
| 21 | 16 | ▼ 5 | 88Buck Baker | Buck Baker Racing | Chevrolet | 23 | 0 | rear end | 112 | — |
| 22 | 5 | ▼ 17 | 11Junior Johnson | Paul Spaulding (Owner) | Ford | 19 | 0 | bearing | 104 | — |
| 23 | 11 | ▼ 12 | 2Jimmy Thompson | Bruce Thompson (Owner) | Chevrolet | 11 | 0 | engine | 96 | — |