| Fin | St | Driver | # | Owner | Car | Laps | Money | Status | Laps Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Donald Thomas Herb Thomas | 9 | Herb Thomas | 1952 Hudson | 100 | 1,000 | running | 9 |
| 2 | 9 | Lee Petty | 42 | Petty Enterprises | 1951 Plymouth | 100 | 700 | running | 5 |
| 3 | 18 | Joe Eubanks | 82 | Phil Oates | 1952 Hudson | 100 | 450 | running | 0 |
| 4 | 4 | Tim Flock | 91 | Ted Chester | 1952 Hudson | 99 | 385 | running | 0 |
| 5 | 24 | Gober Sosebee | 51 | Sam Knox | 1952 Chrysler | 98 | 200 | running | 0 |
| 6 | 6 | Jack Smith | 120 | Walt Chapman | 1952 Hudson | 98 | 150 | running | 0 |
| 7 | 22 | George Bush | 1952 Oldsmobile | 96 | 120 | running | 0 | ||
| 8 | 23 | Ralph Liguori | 1952 Oldsmobile | 96 | 95 | running | 0 | ||
| 9 | 20 | Gene Comstock | 8 | Gene Comstock | 1951 Hudson | 94 | 70 | running | 0 |
| 10 | 12 | Bub King | 55 | Bub King | 1951 Hudson | 94 | 70 | running | 0 |
| 11 | 21 | Ted Chamberlain | 93 | Ted Chamberlain | 1950 Plymouth | 92 | 45 | running | 0 |
| 12 | 7 | Jimmie Lewallen | 1951 Ford | 88 | 45 | running | 0 | ||
| 13 | 2 | Herb Thomas | 92 | Herb Thomas | 1952 Hudson | 86 | 80 | axle | 83 |
| 14 | 8 | Dick Rathmann | 2 | George Hutchens | 1952 Oldsmobile | 85 | 45 | running | 0 |
| 15 | 17 | Perk Brown | 22 | R.G. Shelton | 1952 Hudson | 77 | 45 | piston | 0 |
| 16 | 19 | Buddy Shuman | 17 | Buddy Shuman | 1951 Plymouth | 72 | 25 | gasket | 0 |
| 17 | 13 | Fred Dove | 19 | Sam Nunn | 1952 Packard | 68 | 40 | tie rod | 0 |
| 18 | 11 | Fireball Roberts | 16 | Bill Snowden | 1952 Hudson | 53 | 25 | spindle | 0 |
| 19 | 3 | Fonty Flock | 14 | Frank Christian | 1952 Oldsmobile | 45 | 65 | driveshaft | 3 |
| 20 | 5 | Roscoe Thompson | 81 | Bishop Brothers | 1951 Studebaker | 33 | 50 | hub | 0 |
| 21 | 14 | Bob Welborn | 24 | J.O. Goode | 1951 Plymouth | 26 | 40 | brakes | 0 |
| 22 | 10 | Bill Blair | 12 | George Hutchens | 1952 Oldsmobile | 22 | 25 | accident | 0 |
| 23 | 15 | Mike Magill | 63 | 1951 Plymouth | 22 | 25 | accident | 0 | |
| 24 | 16 | Robert Weisemeyer | 1951 Chrysler | 9 | 25 | disqualified | 0 |