| Fin | St | Driver | # | Owner | Car | Laps | Money | Status | Laps Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 | Curtis Turner | 41 | Nash Motor Co. | 1951 Nash Ambassador | 150 | 1,000 | running | 104 |
| 2 | 21 | Lee Petty | 42 | Petty Enterprises | 1949 Plymouth | 150 | 700 | running | 0 |
| 3 | 4 | Marshall Teague | 6 | Marshall Teague | 1951 Hudson Hornet | 148 | 450 | running | 0 |
| 4 | 10 | Herb Thomas | 92 | Herb Thomas | 1950 Plymouth | 145 | 350 | running | 0 |
| 5 | 8 | Frank Luptow | 88 | Joe Winter | 1950 Oldsmobile 88 | 143 | 200 | running | 0 |
| 6 | 20 | Weldon Adams | 72 | Harold Mays | 1950 Plymouth | 142 | 150 | 0 | |
| 7 | 26 | Ewell Weddle | 77 | Al Wheatley | 1949 Lincoln | 142 | 125 | 0 | |
| 8 | 11 | Fireball Roberts | 11 | Sam Rice | 1950 Oldsmobile | 139 | 100 | 0 | |
| 9 | 19 | Joe Merola | 19 | Joe Merola | 1951 Oldsmobile | 137 | 75 | 0 | |
| 10 | 33 | Jim Fiebelkorn | 10 | Jim Fiebelkorn | 1949 Mercury | 136 | 50 | 0 | |
| 11 | 25 | Jimmie Lewallen | 0 | Buddy Teasley | 1949 Lincoln | 135 | 25 | 0 | |
| 12 | 22 | Bill Harrison | 26 | Bill Harrison | 1949 Plymouth | 133 | 25 | 0 | |
| 13 | 36 | Buddy Helms | 97 | Buddy Helms | 1946 Hudson | 132 | 25 | 0 | |
| 14 | 9 | Bill Holland | 98 | Hubert Westmoreland | 1950 Plymouth | 131 | 25 | accident | 0 |
| 15 | 12 | John DuBoise | 89 | John DuBoise | 1951 Plymouth | 127 | 25 | 0 | |
| 16 | 27 | Slick Smith | 28 | 1951 Plymouth | 123 | 25 | 0 | ||
| 17 | 31 | Ray Erickson | 5 | Ed Hastings | 1949 Mercury | 120 | 25 | 0 | |
| 18 | 3 | Bill Blair | 41 1/2 | Bill Blair | 1950 Oldsmobile | 117 | 25 | 0 | |
| 19 | 28 | Bub King | 55 | T.L. King | 1949 Ford | 98 | 25 | 0 | |
| 20 | 1 | Fonty Flock | 14 | Frank Christian | 1950 Oldsmobile | 97 | 25 | overheating | 46 |
| 21 | 13 | Bill Rexford | 8 | 1949 Mercury | 96 | 25 | 0 | ||
| 22 | 30 | Ken Klutz | 64 | 1947 Ford | 95 | 25 | 0 | ||
| 23 | 32 | Ray Pruitt | 79 | 1950 Dodge | 93 | 25 | 0 | ||
| 24 | 24 | Lee Schneider | 70 | 1951 Kaiser | 64 | 25 | 0 | ||
| 25 | 23 | Clyde Minter | 38 | Clyde Minter | 1950 Chevrolet | 59 | 25 | 0 | |
| 26 | 29 | James Ward | 15 | 1950 Packard | 55 | 25 | 0 | ||
| 27 | 16 | Guy Waller | 12 | 1950 Oldsmobile | 52 | 25 | 0 | ||
| 28 | 18 | Robert Sprague | 60 | Julian Buesink | 1950 Mercury | 46 | 25 | 0 | |
| 29 | 34 | John Barker | 39 | Ralph Chaney | 1951 Henry J | 40 | 25 | 0 | |
| 30 | 15 | Speedy Thompson | 25 | Leland Colvin | 1950 Plymouth | 39 | 25 | 0 | |
| 31 | 17 | Jim Paschal | 80 | Julian Buesink | 1950 Oldsmobile | 39 | 10 | 0 | |
| 32 | 35 | Lloyd Dennis | J-6 | Lloyd Dennis | 1951 Henry J | 39 | 10 | accident | 0 |
| 33 | 2 | Tim Flock | 91 | Ted Chester | 1951 Oldsmobile | 33 | 10 | 0 | |
| 34 | 6 | Frank Mundy | 23 | Perry Smith | 1951 Studebaker | 33 | 10 | 0 | |
| 35 | 14 | Lloyd Moore | 59 | Julian Buesink | 1949 Ford | 22 | 10 | 0 | |
| 36 | 38 | Felix Wilkes | 57 | Felix Wilkes | 1949 Hudson | 18 | 10 | 0 | |
| 37 | 5 | Ed Samples | 9 | Sam Knox | 1949 Lincoln | 15 | 10 | 0 | |
| 38 | 40 | Eddie Anderson | 18 | Eddie Anderson | 1951 Nash | 8 | 10 | 0 | |
| 39 | 39 | Earl Moss | 110 | J.B. Watkins | 1950 Ford | 3 | 10 | 0 | |
| 40 | 37 | Cliff Woodson | 16 | 1950 Oldsmobile | 0 | 10 | accident | 0 |