| Fin | St | Driver | # | Owner | Car | Laps | Money | Status | Laps Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11 | Pat Flaherty | 8 | John Zink | 1956 Watson 1/Offenhauser | 100 | 5,488 | running | 43 |
| 2 | 6 | Johnny Thomson | 44 | Peter Schmidt | 1953 Kuzma D/Offenhauser | 100 | 3,292 | running | 0 |
| 3 | 4 | Bob Sweikert | 1 | Racing Associates | 1955 Kuzma D/Offenhauser | 100 | 2,195 | running | 0 |
| 4 | 18 | Jimmy Bryan | 2 | Al Dean | 1953 Kuzma D/Offenhauser | 100 | 1,646 | running | 0 |
| 5 | 1 | Johnny Boyd | 15 | George Bignotti | 1956 Kurtis 500G 391/Offenhauser | 100 | 1,317 | running | 22 |
| 6 | 16 | Don Freeland | 16 | Bob Estes | 1954 Phillips 1/Offenhauser | 100 | 1,098 | running | 0 |
| 7 | 19 | Jimmy Reece | 26 | Hart Fullerton | 1951 Kurtis 4000D 338/Offenhauser | 100 | 878 | running | 0 |
| 8 | 10 | Gene Hartley | 3 | Gilbert Morcroft | 1953 Pankratz D/Offenhauser | 100 | 823 | running | 0 |
| 9 | 21 | Al Keller | 55 | Sam Traylor | 1953 Kurtis 4000D 368/Offenhauser | 100 | 768 | running | 0 |
| 10 | 5 | Bob Veith | 14 | Federal Engineering | 1952 Kurtis 4000D 351/Offenhauser | 100 | 713 | running | 0 |
| 11 | 2 | Pat O'Connor | 48 | Chapman Root | 1953 Blough D/Offenhauser | 99 | 659 | running | 0 |
| 12 | 15 | Keith Andrews | 89 | Harry Dunn | 1953 Kurtis 500B 365/Offenhauser | 98 | 549 | running | 0 |
| 13 | 8 | Jack Turner | 54 | Ernest Ruiz | 1955 Shilala D 1/Offenhauser | 98 | 494 | running | 0 |
| 14 | 13 | Billy Garrett | 41 | Lysle Greenman | 1952 Kuzma D 2/Offenhauser | 97 | 439 | running | 0 |
| 15 | 20 | Rex Easton | 73 | Lee Elkins | 1953 Turner D 1/Offenhauser | 97 | 329 | running | 0 |
| 16 | 14 | Shorty Templeman | 46 | Lee Glessner | 1956 Hillegass D 1/Offenhauser | 97 | 274 | running | 0 |
| 17 | 17 | Johnnie Parsons | 98 | J.C. Agajanian | 1956 Kuzma 4/Offenhauser | 95 | 220 | running | 0 |
| 18 | 9 | Elmer George | 21 | Mari Hulman | 1952 Kurtis 4000D 349/Offenhauser | 94 | 220 | running | 0 |
| 19 | 7 | Jim Rathmann | 78 | Lindsey Hopkins | 1952 Lesovsky D/Offenhauser | 62 | 164 | stalled | 0 |
| 20 | 3 | Troy Ruttman | 62 | Roger Wolcott | Lesovsky D/Offenhauser | 58 | 164 | clutch | 35 |
| 21 | 22 | Dick Rathmann | 81 | Pete Salemi | 1953 Kuzma D/Offenhauser | 9 | 110 | clutch | 0 |
| 22 | 12 | Danny Kladis | 79 | D.E. Parks | Silnes D/Offenhauser | 0 | 110 | clutch | 0 |