| Fin | St | Driver | # | Owner | Car | Laps | Money | Status | Laps Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 13 | Jimmy Bryan | 1 | Al Dean | Kuzma/Offenhauser | 97 | 3,203 | running | 42 |
| 2 | 10 | Johnny Thomson | 44 | Peter Schmidt | Kuzma/Offenhauser | 97 | 2,306 | running | 25 |
| 3 | 4 | George Amick | 78 | Hopkins | Lesovsky/Offenhauser | 96 | 1,281 | running | 0 |
| 4 | 9 | Andy Linden | 45 | D-A Lubricants | Kuzma/Offenhauser | 95 | 832 | running | 0 |
| 5 | 11 | Pat O'Connor | 29 | LaVilla | Templeton/Offenhauser | 95 | 705 | running | 0 |
| 6 | 8 | Rodger Ward | 9 | Ed Walsh | 1951 Kurtis 4000 342/Offenhauser | 95 | 705 | running | 0 |
| 7 | 2 | Johnnie Tolan | 16 | Trio Brass | 1952 Kurtis 4000 348/Offenhauser | 94 | 513 | running | 17 |
| 8 | 5 | Bob Veith | 10 | Chapman | 1950 Russo-Nichels/Offenhauser | 93 | 448 | running | 0 |
| 9 | 16 | Tony Bettenhausen | 55 | Sweikert | Kuzma/Offenhauser | 93 | 480 | running | 0 |
| 10 | 14 | Shorty Templeman | 32 | Glessner | Scopa/Offenhauser | 92 | 416 | running | 0 |
| 11 | 15 | Jack Turner Jimmy Daywalt | 21 | Wolcott | Lesovsky/Offenhauser SC | 89 | 384 | running | 0 |
| 12 | 1 | Jimmy Reece | 65 | Bromme | Bromme/Offenhauser | 88 | 320 | running | 0 |
| 13 | 3 | Jack McGrath | 3 | Jack Hinkle | 1951 Kurtis 4000 339/Offenhauser | 85 | 288 | accident | 13 |
| 14 | 7 | Buddy Cagle | 81 | Central Excavating | Trevis/Offenhauser | 83 | 256 | accident | 0 |
| 15 | 18 | Edgar Elder | 72 | Ernest Ruiz | Shilala/Offenhauser | 54 | 224 | accident | 0 |
| 16 | 17 | Don Freeland | 12 | Bob Estes | 1953 Watson/Offenhauser | 40 | 192 | accident | 0 |
| 17 | 12 | Len Sutton | 83 | Vollstedt | Vollstedt/Offenhauser | 35 | 128 | engine | 0 |
| 18 | 6 | Bob Sweikert | 6 | John Zink | 1955 Watson/Offenhauser | 17 | 128 | brake line | 0 |
| 19 | 19 | Jimmy Davies | 15 | 0 | did not qualify | 0 | |||
| 20 | 20 | Elmer George | 77 | 0 | did not qualify | 0 | |||
| 21 | 21 | Sam Hanks | 19 | 0 | did not qualify | 0 | |||
| 22 | 22 | Mel McGaughy | 63 | 0 | did not qualify | 0 | |||
| 23 | 23 | Eddie Sachs | 76 | 0 | did not qualify | 0 | |||
| 24 | 24 | Earl Motter | 27 | 0 | did not qualify | 0 | |||
| 25 | 25 | Ray Crawford | 49 | 0 | did not qualify | 0 | |||
| 26 | 26 | Foster Campbell | 94 | 0 | did not qualify | 0 | |||
| 27 | 27 | Jimmy Daywalt | 48 | 0 | did not qualify | 0 | |||
| 28 | 28 | Keith Andrews | 2 | 0 | did not qualify | 0 |