| Fin | St | Driver | # | Owner | Car | Laps | Money | Status | Laps Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Joe Weatherly | 8 | Bud Moore | 1961 Pontiac | 10 | 500 | running | 10 |
| 2 | 5 | Roscoe Thompson | 24 | James Turner | 1960 Pontiac | 10 | running | 0 | |
| 3 | 2 | Curtis Turner | 21 | Wood Brothers | 1961 Ford | 0 | |||
| 4 | 11 | Nelson Stacy | 29 | Dudley Farrell | 1961 Ford | 0 | |||
| 5 | 14 | Buck Baker | 87 | Buck Baker | 1961 Chrysler | 0 | |||
| 6 | 8 | Joe Lee Johnson | 89 | Joe Lee Johnson | 1961 Chevrolet | 0 | |||
| 7 | 6 | Joe Kelly | 37 | Don House | 1961 Ford | 0 | |||
| 8 | 7 | Jimmy Pardue | 54 | Jimmy Pardue | 1960 Chevrolet | 0 | |||
| 9 | 4 | Junior Johnson | 27 | Rex Lovette | 1961 Pontiac | 0 | |||
| 10 | 16 | Emanuel Zervakis | 85 | Monroe Shook | 1961 Chevrolet | 0 | |||
| 11 | 3 | Jim Paschal | 3 | John Masoni | 1961 Pontiac | 0 | |||
| 12 | 9 | Frank Secrist | 36 | Warner Brothers | 1960 Ford | 0 | |||
| 13 | 10 | Bob Welborn | 49 | Bob Welborn | 1961 Pontiac | 0 | did not start | 0 | |
| 14 | 12 | Elmo Langley | 16 | Happy Steigel | 1959 Pontiac | 0 | did not start | 0 | |
| 15 | 13 | Buzz McCann | 77 | Buzz McCann | 1961 Ford | 0 | did not start | 0 | |
| 16 | 15 | Ned Jarrett | 11 | B.G. Holloway | 1961 Chevrolet | 0 | did not start | 0 | |
| 17 | 17 | Pete Boland | 63 | Pete Boland | 1960 Ford | 0 | did not start | 0 | |
| 18 | 18 | Robert Roeber | 91 | R.G. Henschel | 1960 Pontiac | 0 | did not start | 0 | |
| 19 | 19 | Charlie Chapman | 41 | Charlie Chapman | 1960 Ford | 0 | did not start | 0 |