| Fin | St | Driver | # | Owner | Car | Laps | Money | Status | Laps Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | Jimmy Bryan | 2 | Al Dean | 1953 Kuzma D/Offenhauser | 100 | 4,027 | running | 99 |
| 2 | 2 | Don Freeland | 16 | Bob Estes | 1953 Watson D 1/Offenhauser | 100 | 2,899 | running | 1 |
| 3 | 6 | Eddie Sachs | 51 | Ray Brady | 1952 Kurtis 4000 D346/Offenhauser | 100 | 1,610 | running | 0 |
| 4 | 9 | Al Keller | 55 | Sam Traylor | 1953 Kurtis 4000D 368/Offenhauser | 100 | 1,047 | running | 0 |
| 5 | 12 | Pat O'Connor | 7 | Chapman Root | 1953 Blough D/Offenhauser | 100 | 966 | running | 0 |
| 6 | 15 | Rodger Ward | 62 | Roger Wolcott | Lesovsky D/Offenhauser | 100 | 805 | running | 0 |
| 7 | 5 | Johnny Boyd | 15 | George Bignotti | 1956 Kurtis 500G 391/Offenhauser | 100 | 644 | running | 0 |
| 8 | 16 | Andy Linden | 46 | Lee Glessner | 1956 Hillegass D 1/Offenhauser | 99 | 604 | running | 0 |
| 9 | 17 | Jim McWithey | 96 | George Walther | 1951 Kurtis 4000D 342/Offenhauser | 98 | 563 | running | 0 |
| 10 | 11 | Johnny Thomson | 45 | Racing Associates | 1955 Kuzma D/Offenhauser | 98 | 523 | running | 0 |
| 11 | 10 | Don Branson | 74 | John R. Wills | 1955 Templeton D 1/Offenhauser | 98 | 483 | running | 0 |
| 12 | 18 | Billy Garrett | 41 | Lysle Greenman | 1952 Kuzma D 2/Offenhauser | 98 | 402 | running | 0 |
| 13 | 1 | Rex Easton Tony Bettenhausen | 57 | Howard Iddings | 1947 Meyer D 1/Offenhauser | 97 | 362 | running | 0 |
| 14 | 4 | Roy Graham | 94 | Dick Holynski | 1951 Kurtis 4000D 340/Offenhauser | 97 | 322 | running | 0 |
| 15 | 14 | Bob Veith | 14 | Federal Engineering | 1952 Kurtis 4000D 351/Offenhauser | 97 | 281 | running | 0 |
| 16 | 13 | Bill Cheesbourg | 5 | Harry Allen Chapman | 1950 Russo-Nichels D/Offenhauser | 43 | 241 | oil pump | 0 |
| 17 | 7 | Jack Turner | 54 | Ernest Ruiz | 1955 Shilala D 1/Offenhauser | 27 | 161 | accident | 0 |
| 18 | 8 | Pat Flaherty | 8 | John Zink | 1955 Watson D 2/Offenhauser | 26 | 161 | accident | 0 |
| Dick Rathmann | 12 | Pat Clancy | Ewing D/Offenhauser | 0 | 0 | did not qualify | 0 | ||
| Tony Bettenhausen | 44 | Peter Schmidt | 1953 Kuzma D/Offenhauser | 0 | 0 | did not qualify | 0 | ||
| Jim Rathmann | 78 | Lindsey Hopkins | 1952 Lesovsky D/Offenhauser | 0 | 0 | did not qualify | 0 | ||
| Earl Motter | 26 | Hart Fullerton | 1951 Kurtis 3000D 338/Offenhauser | 0 | 0 | did not qualify | 0 | ||
| George Amick | 81 | Peter Salemi | 1953 Kuzma D/Offenhauser | 0 | 0 | did not qualify | 0 | ||
| Chuck Weyant | 39 | Shaheen | Hill D/Offenhauser | 0 | 0 | did not qualify | 0 | ||
| Mike Magill | 73 | Lee Elkins | 1953 Turner D 1/Offenhauser | 0 | 0 | did not qualify | 0 | ||
| Jimmy Daywalt | 76 | Leitenberger | 1951 Silnes-ShermanD/Offenhauser | 0 | 0 | did not qualify | 0 | ||
| Ed Elisian | 25 | William Lutes | 1951 Kurtis 4000D 344/Offenhauser | 0 | 0 | did not qualify | 0 | ||
| Elmer George | 21 | Mari Hulman | 1952 Kurtis 4000D 349/Offenhauser | 0 | 0 | did not qualify | 0 | ||
| Bud Randall | 75 | Karl Hall | Ewing D/Offenhauser | 0 | 0 | did not qualify | 0 | ||
| Ken Gottschalk | 39 | KG | Offenhauser | 0 | 0 | did not qualify | 0 | ||
| Paul Howe | 79 | D.E. Parks | Silnes D/Offenhauser | 0 | 0 | did not qualify | 0 |