| Fin | St | Driver | # | Owner | Car | Laps | Money | Status | Laps Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lee Petty | 42 | Petty Enterprises | 1953 Dodge | 200 | 1,000 | running | ||
| 2 | Dick Rathmann | 120 | Walt Chapman | 1952 Hudson | 700 | ||||
| 3 | 1 | Buck Baker | 87 | Bob Griffin | 1953 Oldsmobile | 450 | |||
| 4 | Dick Passwater | 78 | Frank Arford | 1953 Oldsmobile | 350 | ||||
| 5 | Bill Blair | 2 | Bill Blair | 1953 Oldsmobile | 200 | ||||
| 6 | Ray Duhigg | 44 | Julian Petty | 1953 Oldsmobile | 150 | ||||
| 7 | Donald Thomas | 9 | Herb Thomas | 1951 Hudson | 125 | ||||
| 8 | Gene Comstock | 8 | Gene Comstock | 1951 Hudson | 100 | ||||
| 9 | Fred Dove | 19 | Fred Dove | 1951 Plymouth | 75 | ||||
| 10 | Herb Thomas | 92 | Herb Thomas | 1953 Hudson | 50 | ||||
| 11 | Virgil Livengood | Virgil Livengood | 1953 Oldsmobile | 25 | |||||
| 12 | Lou Johnson | Lou Johnson | 1953 Dodge | 25 | |||||
| 13 | Al Kent | 1951 Henry J | 25 | ||||||
| 14 | Joe Bill O'Dell | 1950 Ford | 25 | ||||||
| 15 | Bub King | 55 | Bub King | 1952 Oldsmobile | 25 | ||||
| 16 | Ralph Liguori | 46 | Al Wheatley | 1953 Lincoln | 25 | ||||
| 17 | Slick Smith | Frank Christian | 1951 Oldsmobile | 25 | |||||
| 18 | Elton Hildreth | 167 | Elton Hildreth | 1951 Nash | 25 | ||||
| 19 | Buck Mason | W.R. Quann | 1952 Dodge | 25 | |||||
| 20 | Jim Reed | Jim Reed | 1951 Ford | 25 | |||||
| 21 | Jim Paschal | George Hutchens | 1953 Oldsmobile | 25 | |||||
| 22 | Jimmie Lewallen | R.G. Shelton | 1952 Hudson | 25 | |||||
| 23 | Jim Lacy | 1953 Dodge | 25 | ||||||
| 24 | Ollie Olson | 1952 Hudson | 25 | ||||||
| 25 | Herschel Buchanan | 1 | Herschel Buchanan | 1952 Nash | 25 | ||||
| 26 | Al Keller | George Miller | 1952 Hudson | 25 | |||||
| 27 | Coleman Lawrence | 71 | Coleman Lawrence | 1950 Ford | 25 |