| Fin | St | Driver | # | Owner | Car | Laps | Money | Status | Laps Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Jimmy Davies | 9 | Pat Clancy | Ewing/Offenhauser | 50 | 1,275 | running | 50 |
| 2 | 3 | Johnnie Parsons | 21 | Belond Equa-Flow | 1953 Kurtis 4000 368/Offenhauser | 50 | 862 | running | 0 |
| 3 | 10 | Rodger Ward | 92 | M.A. Walker | 1951 Kurtis 4000 340/Offenhauser | 50 | 862 | running | 0 |
| 4 | 1 | Paul Russo | 7 | Federal Engineering | Kurtis 4000/Offenhauser | 50 | 600 | running | 0 |
| 5 | 5 | Tommy Hinnershitz | 56 | Dr. Sabourin | 1953 Del Roy/Offenhauser | 50 | 450 | running | 0 |
| 6 | 11 | Don Freeland | 38 | Bob Estes | 1953 Watson/Offenhauser | 50 | 525 | running | 0 |
| 7 | 7 | Duane Carter | 10 | Hopkins | Lesovsky/Offenhauser | 50 | 450 | running | 0 |
| 8 | 9 | Eddie Russo | 81 | Central Excavating | Trevis/Offenhauser | 50 | 300 | running | 0 |
| 9 | 14 | Manuel Ayulo | 88 | Peter Schmidt | Kuzma/Offenhauser | 50 | 375 | running | 0 |
| 10 | 12 | Johnny Roberts | 82 | Burns | Kurtis 2000/Offenhauser | 50 | 356 | running | 0 |
| 11 | 8 | Buzz Barton | 35 | Parks | Pawl/Offenhauser | 49 | 262 | running | 0 |
| 12 | 13 | Ralph Pratt | 27 | City of Detroit | Kurtis 4000/Offenhauser | 49 | 300 | running | 0 |
| 13 | 4 | Allen Heath | 73 | Lee Elkins | 1950 Kurtis 2000 010/Offenhauser | 8 | 225 | driveshaft | 0 |
| 14 | 6 | Jimmy Bryan | 76 | Leitenberger | 1951 Silnes-Sherman/Offenhauser | 7 | 112 | did not finish | 0 |
| 16 | 16 | Ottis Stine | 67 | Glessner | Clemons/Offenhauser | 0 | did not qualify | 0 | |
| 17 | 17 | Johnny Thomson | 29 | Malamud | Scopa/Offenhauser | 0 | did not qualify | 0 | |
| Jimmy Reece | 57 | Iddings | Meyer/Offenhauser | 0 | did not qualify | 0 | |||
| Andy Linden | 36 | Sid Street | Pankratz/Offenhauser | 0 | did not qualify | 0 | |||
| Joe Sostilio | 93 | Morris | Kurtis 2000/Offenhauser | 0 | did not qualify | 0 | |||
| Jiggs Peters | 98 | J.C. Agajanian | Kuzma/Offenhauser | 0 | did not qualify | 0 | |||
| Ernie McCoy | 12 | Chapman | 1950 Russo-Nichels/Offenhauser | 0 | did not qualify | 0 | |||
| Joe Barzda | 52 | Sarafoff | 1948 Kurtis 2000 318/Offenhauser | 0 | did not qualify | 0 | |||
| Spider Webb | 65 | Karl Hall | Ewing/Offenhauser | 0 | did not qualify | 0 |