After nearly two hours of racing 200 laps, Emanuel Zervakis emerged as the winner as he managed to defeat Richard Petty by an unknown margin in front of a crowd of 5000 people.
[2] Doug Yates would receive the last-place finish due to a driveshaft issue on the eighth lap.
[2] Other notable names who competed were: Junior Johnson, Roy Tyner, and Ned Jarrett.
[3] Bud Allman was one of the notable crew chiefs at the race; he worked on Ned Jarrett's #11 Ford vehicle.
Changes made to the sport by the late 1960s brought an end to the "strictly stock" vehicles of the 1950s.