| Fin | St | Driver | # | Owner | Car | Laps | Money | Status | Laps Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 12 | Jimmy Bryan | 2 | Al Dean | 1953 Kuzma D/Offenhauser | 250 | 8,793 | running | 32 |
| 2 | 13 | Jimmy Reece | 89 | Harry Dunn | 1953 Kurtis 500B 365/Offenhauser | 250 | 5,258 | running | 0 |
| 3 | 17 | Rodger Ward | 62 | Roger Wolcott | Lesovsky D/Offenhauser | 250 | 3,302 | running | 0 |
| 4 | 24 | Eddie Sachs | 51 | Ray Brady | 1952 Kurtis 4000 D346/Offenhauser | 250 | 2,537 | running | 0 |
| 5 | 1 | Johnny Boyd | 15 | George Bignotti | 1956 Kurtis 500G 391/Offenhauser | 250 | 4,979 | running | 218 |
| 6 | 19 | George Amick | 81 | Pete Salemi | 1953 Kuzma D/Offenhauser | 250 | 1,657 | running | 0 |
| 7 | 18 | Jack Turner | 54 | Ernest Ruiz | 1955 Shilala D 1/Offenhauser | 249 | 1,380 | running | 0 |
| 8 | 3 | Bob Veith | 14 | Federal Engineering | 1952 Kurtis 4000D 351/Offenhauser | 249 | 1,279 | running | 0 |
| 9 | 5 | Earl Motter | 26 | Hart Fullerton | 1951 Kurtis 4000D 338/Offenhauser | 249 | 1,179 | running | 0 |
| 10 | 20 | Johnnie Tolan | 12 | Pat Clancy | Ewing D/Offenhauser | 248 | 1,078 | running | 0 |
| 11 | 8 | Johnnie Parsons | 98 | J.C. Agajanian | 1956 Kuzma 4/Offenhauser | 247 | 977 | running | 0 |
| 12 | 25 | Al Keller | 55 | Sam Traylor | 1953 Kurtis 4000D 368/Offenhauser | 247 | 781 | running | 0 |
| 13 | 9 | Cliff Griffith | 27 | Jim Robbins | Stevens D/Offenhauser | 246 | 801 | running | 0 |
| 14 | 11 | Johnny Thomson | 45 | Racing Associates | 1955 Kuzma D/Offenhauser | 246 | 625 | running | 0 |
| 15 | 14 | Jim Rathmann | 78 | Lindsey Hopkins | 1952 Lesovsky D/Offenhauser | 246 | 474 | running | 0 |
| 16 | 6 | Gene Hartley | 47 | Mel Wiggers | 1952 Kurtis 4000D011/Offenhauser | 244 | 398 | running | 0 |
| 17 | 2 | Billy Garrett | 41 | Lysle Greenman | 1952 Kuzma D 2/Offenhauser | 244 | 323 | running | 0 |
| 18 | 21 | Duke Dinsmore | 64 | Shannon Brothers | 1952 Kurtis 500A 355/Offenhauser | 233 | 323 | running | 0 |
| 19 | 22 | Shorty Templeman | 25 | William Lutes | 1951 Kurtis 4000D 344/Offenhauser | 210 | 247 | magneto | 0 |
| 20 | 10 | Tony Bettenhausen Elmer George | 21 | Mari Hulman | 1952 Kurtis 4000D 349/Offenhauser | 200 | 247 | transmission | 0 |
| 21 | 23 | Pat O'Connor | 7 | Chapman Root | 1953 Blough D/Offenhauser | 176 | 171 | fuel line | 0 |
| 22 | 26 | Ed Elisian | 18 | John Zink | 1955 Watson D 2/Offenhauser | 152 | 321 | accident | 0 |
| 23 | 4 | Andy Linden | 73 | Lee Elkins | 1953 Turner D 1/Offenhauser | 151 | 171 | ignition | 0 |
| 24 | 7 | Don Freeland | 16 | Bob Estes | 1953 Watson D 1/Offenhauser | 98 | 171 | magneto | 0 |
| 25 | 15 | Dick Rathmann | 8 | John Zink | 1956 Watson 1/Offenhauser | 88 | 171 | oil pressure | 0 |
| 26 | 16 | Don Branson | 74 | John R. Wills | 1955 Templeton D 1/Offenhauser | 50 | 171 | oil leak | 0 |
| 57 | 0 | 0 | did not qualify | 0 | |||||
| Bill Cheesbourg | 5 | 0 | 0 | did not qualify | 0 | ||||
| Tony Bettenhausen | 44 | Peter Schmidt | 1953 Kuzma D/Offenhauser | 0 | 0 | did not qualify | 0 | ||
| Jimmy Davies | 3 | 0 | 0 | did not qualify | 0 | ||||
| Ray Crawford | 49 | 0 | 0 | did not qualify | 0 | ||||
| Chuck Weyant | 75 | Karl Hall | Ewing D/Offenhauser | 0 | 0 | did not qualify | 0 | ||
| Mike Magill | 21 | 0 | 0 | did not qualify | 0 | ||||
| Jimmy Daywalt | 76 | 0 | 0 | did not qualify | 0 | ||||
| Gene Force | 0 | 0 | did not qualify | 0 | |||||
| Leroy Warriner | 79 | D.E. Parks | Silnes D/Offenhauser | 0 | 0 | did not qualify | 0 | ||
| Al Herman | 46 | 0 | 0 | did not qualify | 0 | ||||
| Jim McWithey | 96 | George Walther | 1951 Kurtis 4000D 342/Offenhauser | 0 | 0 | did not qualify | 0 | ||
| Ken Gottschalk | 39 | 0 | 0 | did not qualify | 0 | ||||
| Newmann | 93 | 0 | 0 | did not qualify | 0 |