| Fin | St | Driver | # | Owner | Car | Laps | Money | Status | Laps Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | Rodger Ward | 92 | M.A. Walker | 1951 Kurtis 4000 340/Offenhauser | 100 | 1,875 | running | 58 |
| 2 | 6 | Sam Hanks | 3 | Bardahl | 1951 Kurtis 4000 342/Offenhauser | 100 | 1,350 | running | 0 |
| 3 | 1 | Don Freeland | 38 | Bob Estes | 1953 Watson/Offenhauser | 100 | 750 | running | 0 |
| 4 | 2 | Jack McGrath | 5 | Jack Hinkle | 1951 Kurtis 4000 339/Offenhauser | 100 | 487 | running | 16 |
| 5 | 12 | Andy Linden | 36 | Sid Street | Pankratz/Offenhauser | 100 | 450 | running | 0 |
| 6 | 4 | Chuck Stevenson | 97 | J.C. Agajanian | Kuzma/Offenhauser | 100 | 375 | running | 26 |
| 7 | 15 | Cal Niday | 4 | Miracle Power | Lesovsky/Offenhauser | 100 | 300 | running | 0 |
| 8 | 11 | Jimmy Bryan | 16 | Bessie Lee Paoli | 1952 Kurtis 4000 349/Offenhauser | 100 | 281 | running | 0 |
| 9 | 17 | Walt Faulkner | 22 | Hart Fullerton | 1951 Kurtis 4000 338/Offenhauser | 98 | 262 | running | 0 |
| 10 | 9 | Tommy Hinnershitz | 56 | Dr. Sabourin | 1953 Del Roy/Offenhauser | 98 | 243 | running | 0 |
| 11 | 13 | Buzz Barton | 35 | Parks | Pawl/Offenhauser | 97 | 225 | running | 0 |
| 12 | 8 | Bill Homeier | 93 | Dr. Morris | Kurtis 2000/Offenhauser | 92 | 187 | running | 0 |
| 13 | 16 | Chuck Marshall | 79 | Mel Wiggers | 1952 Kurtis 4000 011/Offenhauser | 91 | 112 | running | 0 |
| 14 | 7 | Jerry Hoyt | 55 | John Zink | 1952 Kurtis 4000 356/Offenhauser | 76 | 150 | accident | 0 |
| 15 | 14 | Allen Heath | 73 | Lee Elkins | 1950 Kurtis 2000 010/Offenhauser | 49 | 131 | did not finish | 0 |
| 16 | 18 | Spider Webb | 65 | Karl Hall | Ewing/Offenhauser | 33 | 169 | did not finish | 0 |
| 17 | 10 | Ernie McCoy | 12 | Chapman | 1950 Russo-Nichels/Offenhauser | 20 | 75 | did not finish | 0 |
| 18 | 5 | Jimmy Reece | 29 | Malamud | Scopa/Offenhauser | 5 | 75 | accident | 0 |
| 19 | 19 | Duane Carter | 10 | Hopkins | Lesovsky/Offenhauser | 0 | did not qualify | 0 | |
| 20 | 20 | Gene Hartley | 82 | Burns | Kurtis 2000/Offenhauser | 0 | did not qualify | 0 | |
| 21 | 21 | Paul Russo | 51 | Alfred Dean | Kuzma/Offenhauser | 0 | did not qualify | 0 | |
| 22 | 22 | Danny Oakes | 63 | Hopkins | Moore/Offenhauser | 0 | did not qualify | 0 | |
| 23 | 23 | Manuel Ayulo | 88 | Peter Schmidt | Kuzma/Offenhauser | 0 | did not qualify | 0 | |
| 24 | 24 | Eddie Johnson | 27 | Kurtis 4000/Offenhauser | 0 | did not qualify | 0 | ||
| 25 | 25 | Rex Easton | 39 | Shaheen | Hill/Offenhauser | 0 | did not qualify | 0 | |
| 26 | 26 | Johnny Fedricks | 89 | Dunn Engineering | 1953 Kurtis 500B 365/Offenhauser | 0 | did not qualify | 0 | |
| 27 | 27 | Ottis Stine | 67 | Glessner | Clemons/Offenhauser | 0 | did not qualify | 0 | |
| 28 | 28 | Johnnie Tolan | 81 | Central Excavating | Trevis/Offenhauser | 0 | did not qualify | 0 | |
| 29 | 29 | Duke Dinsmore | 52 | Sarafoff | 1948 Kurtis 2000 318/Offenhauser | 0 | did not qualify | 0 | |
| 30 | 30 | Eddie Russo | 68 | Pete Wales | 1952 Kurtis 4000 345/Offenhauser | 0 | did not qualify | 0 |