Darlington Raceway , Darlington, SC
| FIN | ST | # | DRIVER | MAKE | TOT PTS | FIN PTS | LAPS | LED | X LED | STATUS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 14 | Fonty Flock | Oldsmobile | 0 | 0 | 400 | 341 | 0 | running |
| 2 | 42 | 58 | Johnny Patterson | Hudson | 0 | 0 | 399 | 0 | 0 | running |
| 3 | 14 | 92 | Herb Thomas | Hudson | 0 | 0 | 399 | 4 | 0 | running |
| 4 | 33 | 55 | Bub King | Hudson | 0 | 0 | 398 | 0 | 0 | running |
| 5 | 53 | 16 | Banjo Matthews | Hudson | 0 | 0 | 393 | 0 | 0 | running |
| 6 | 8 | 42 | Lee Petty | Plymouth | 0 | 0 | 393 | 0 | 0 | running |
| 7 | 2 | 82 | Joe Eubanks | Hudson | 0 | 0 | 390 | 0 | 0 | running |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Herschel Buchanan | Nash | 0 | 0 | 390 | 0 | 0 | running |
| 9 | 5 | 87 | Buck Baker | Lincoln | 0 | 0 | 388 | 0 | 0 | running |
| 10 | 50 | 24 | Ray Duhigg | Plymouth | 0 | 0 | 387 | 0 | 0 | running |
| 11 | 16 | 9 | Jack Smith | Hudson | 0 | 0 | 387 | 0 | 0 | running |
| 12 | 35 | 69 | Rollin Smith | Hudson | 0 | 0 | 385 | 0 | 0 | running |
| 13 | 37 | 89 | Jimmy Thompson | Hudson | 0 | 0 | 383 | 0 | 0 | crash |
| 14 | 47 | 51 | Speedy Thompson | Ford | 0 | 0 | 383 | 0 | 0 | running |
| 15 | 48 | 59 | Lloyd Moore | Ford | 0 | 0 | 382 | 0 | 0 | running |
| 16 | 38 | 53 | Joe Weatherly | Hudson | 0 | 0 | 376 | 0 | 0 | running |
| 17 | 43 | 98 | Buddy Shuman | Plymouth | 0 | 0 | 376 | 0 | 0 | running |
| 18 | 41 | 62 | Keith Hamner | Hudson | 0 | 0 | 375 | 0 | 0 | running |
| 19 | 31 | 25 | Clyde Pittinger | Oldsmobile | 0 | 0 | 375 | 0 | 0 | running |
| 20 | 10 | 99 | Pat Kirkwood | Chrysler | 0 | 0 | 373 | 0 | 0 | running |
| 21 | 56 | 8 | Gene Comstock | Hudson | 0 | 0 | 370 | 0 | 0 | running |
| 22 | 57 | 39 | WE Baker | Oldsmobile | 0 | 0 | 368 | 0 | 0 | running |
| 23 | 59 | 28 | Herb Fry | Hudson | 0 | 0 | 366 | 0 | 0 | running |
| 24 | 61 | 34 | Iggy Katona | Plymouth | 0 | 0 | 365 | 0 | 0 | running |
| 25 | 21 | 77 | Dick Passwater | Oldsmobile | 0 | 0 | 364 | 0 | 0 | running |
| 26 | 23 | 83 | Bill Miller | Ford | 0 | 0 | 357 | 0 | 0 | running |
| 27 | 11 | 85 | Tony Bonadies | Nash | 0 | 0 | 350 | 0 | 0 | running |
| 28 | 27 | 66 | Donald Thomas | Plymouth | 0 | 0 | 345 | 0 | 0 | running |
| 29 | 55 | 7 | Bob Flock | Hudson | 0 | 0 | 338 | 0 | 0 | running |
| 30 | 12 | 67 | Erwin Blatt | Mercury | 0 | 0 | 337 | 0 | 0 | running |
| 31 | 25 | 93 | Ted Chamberlain | Plymouth | 0 | 0 | 337 | 0 | 0 | running |
| 32 | 9 | 47 | Al Fleming | Willys–Overland Motors | 0 | 0 | 336 | 0 | 0 | running |
| 33 | 36 | 91 | Tim Flock | Hudson | 0 | 0 | 321 | 0 | 0 | crash |
| 34 | 0 | 94 | EC Ramsey | Ford | 0 | 0 | 318 | 0 | 0 | running |
| 35 | 29 | 20 | Dick Rathman | Hudson | 0 | 0 | 315 | 35 | 0 | crash |
| 36 | 32 | 75 | Al Conroy | Willys–Overland Motors | 0 | 0 | 308 | 0 | 0 | running |
| 37 | 66 | 71 | Coleman Lawrence | Plymouth | 0 | 0 | 297 | 0 | 0 | running |
| 38 | 65 | 79 | Charles Weidler | Hudson | 0 | 0 | 279 | 0 | 0 | running |
| 39 | 45 | 31 | Rudy Hires | Hudson | 0 | 0 | 267 | 0 | 0 | running |
| 40 | 40 | 60 | Ralph Liguori | Hudson | 0 | 0 | 256 | 0 | 0 | overheating |
| 41 | 24 | 3 | Lamar Crabtree | Plymouth | 0 | 0 | 254 | 0 | 0 | piston |
| 42 | 28 | 30 | Johnny Bridgers | Ford | 0 | 0 | 244 | 0 | 0 | overheating |
| 43 | 44 | 57 | Tommy Moon | Hudson | 0 | 0 | 240 | 0 | 0 | overheating |
| 44 | 17 | 2 | Bill Blair | Oldsmobile | 0 | 0 | 223 | 0 | 0 | overheating |
| 45 | 51 | 17 | June Cleveland | Plymouth | 0 | 0 | 205 | 0 | 0 | running |
| 46 | 34 | 52 | Joe Guide | Hudson | 0 | 0 | 200 | 0 | 0 | running |
| 47 | 58 | 61 | Possum Jones | Ford | 0 | 0 | 193 | 0 | 0 | overheating |
| 48 | 6 | 22 | Roy Hall | Chrysler | 0 | 0 | 182 | 0 | 0 | tires,fuel |
| 49 | 7 | 11 | Fireball Roberts | Ford | 0 | 0 | 174 | 0 | 0 | engine |
| 50 | 20 | 32 | Jimmie Lewallen | Hudson | 0 | 0 | 168 | 0 | 0 | engine |
| 51 | 30 | 74 | Pete Kelly | Hudson | 0 | 0 | 162 | 0 | 0 | engine |
| 52 | 46 | 6 | Bobby Myers | Ford | 0 | 0 | 145 | 0 | 0 | engine |
| 53 | 18 | 18 | Bucky Sager | Hudson | 0 | 0 | 142 | 0 | 0 | lf wheel |
| 54 | 15 | 46 | Bob Pronger | Oldsmobile | 0 | 0 | 140 | 0 | 0 | engine |
| 55 | 39 | 43 | Larry Mann | Hudson | 0 | 0 | 139 | 0 | 0 | rear end |
| 56 | 63 | 54 | Weldon Adams | Plymouth | 0 | 0 | 125 | 0 | 0 | crash |
| 57 | 52 | 26 | Jimmy Ingram | Nash | 0 | 0 | 91 | 0 | 0 | no tires |
| 58 | 60 | 27 | Gwyn Staley | Ford | 0 | 0 | 74 | 0 | 0 | overheating |
| 59 | 26 | 21 | Johnny Gouveia | Plymouth | 0 | 0 | 61 | 0 | 0 | overheating |
| 60 | 13 | 40 | Tommy Thompson | Hudson | 0 | 0 | 37 | 20 | 0 | engine |
| 61 | 49 | 41 | Curtis Turner | Oldsmobile | 0 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 0 | crash |
| 62 | 54 | 5 | Gene Darragh | Hudson | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 0 | crash |
| 63 | 0 | 15 | Merritt Brown | Studebaker | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 0 | engine |
| 64 | 19 | 4 | Slick Smith | Oldsmobile | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | engine |
| 65 | 4 | 19 | Clyde Minter | Packard | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | front end |
| 66 | 22 | 12 | Jim Paschal | Oldsmobile | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | engine |
Penalties imposed prior to or during the race.