| Fin | St | Driver | # | Owner | Car | Laps | Money | Status | Laps Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Jimmy Bryan | 1 | Al Dean | Kuzma/Offenhauser | 100 | 2,865 | running | 2 |
| 2 | 3 | Johnny Thomson | 44 | Peter Schmidt | Kuzma/Offenhauser | 100 | 2,062 | running | 0 |
| 3 | 1 | Bob Sweikert | 6 | John Zink | 1955 Watson/Offenhauser | 100 | 1,146 | running | 31 |
| 4 | 9 | Andy Linden | 45 | D-A Lubricants | Kuzma/Offenhauser | 100 | 744 | running | 0 |
| 5 | 6 | Pat O'Connor | 29 | LaVilla | Templeton/Offenhauser | 100 | 687 | running | 0 |
| 6 | 14 | Don Freeland | 12 | Bob Estes | 1953 Watson/Offenhauser | 99 | 573 | running | 0 |
| 7 | 16 | Elmer George | 77 | Mari Hulman | 1952 Kurtis 4000 349/Offenhauser | 99 | 458 | running | 0 |
| 8 | 18 | Johnny Boyd | 55 | Sweikert | Kuzma/Offenhauser | 98 | 430 | running | 0 |
| 9 | 10 | Mel McGaughy | 63 | Leo Dobry | 1948 Kurtis 2000 317/Offenhauser | 97 | 401 | running | 0 |
| 10 | 11 | Johnnie Tolan | 16 | Trio Brass | 1952 Kurtis 4000 348/Offenhauser | 97 | 372 | running | 0 |
| 11 | 12 | Ed Elisian | 21 | Wolcott | Lesovsky/Offenhauser SC | 94 | 286 | running | 0 |
| 12 | 2 | George Amick | 78 | Hopkins | Lesovsky/Offenhauser | 88 | 257 | accident | 67 |
| 13 | 7 | Edgar Elder | 72 | Ernest Ruiz | Shilala/Offenhauser | 87 | 344 | accident | 0 |
| 14 | 13 | Earl Motter | 27 | Greenman-Casale | Kuzma/Offenhauser | 83 | 229 | did not finish | 0 |
| 15 | 15 | Keith Andrews | 2 | Joe Hunt Magneto | 1948 Kurtis 2000 324/Offenhauser | 48 | 202 | rear end | 0 |
| 16 | 5 | Jimmy Reece | 65 | Bromme | Bromme/Offenhauser | 31 | 172 | radius rod | 0 |
| 17 | 8 | Len Sutton | 83 | Vollstedt | Vollstedt/Offenhauser | 21 | 115 | radius rod | 0 |
| 18 | 17 | Jack McGrath | 3 | Jack Hinkle | 1951 Kurtis 4000 339/Offenhauser | 8 | 115 | piston | 0 |