But the help of Dease cannot compete with the motor of Clapp. On the eighth lap, Snow takes the inside of Gullies Wynn's Pontiac, running door to door. Snow is strongest coming out of the turns in his Milam's Truck Sales Chevrolet. Gullie gets into the rear of Snow on lap 11, causing Snow to slightly get sideways. With Snow getting sideways, Gullie takes advantage and passes for the eighth position, leaving Snow for ninth.
Snow comes to a stop at the bottom apron, keeping it away from the wall.
Lawson brings the field around to take the green on lap 13. The Bailey's Chevrolet of Kirkpatrick stays right on the bumper of Lawson, causing the field to stay in single file. The man on the move in the second race is that of Wayne Patterson. On lap 16, Patterson pulls to the inside of Dease in sixth, down the frontstretch. The two Chevrolets run side by side by lap 15.