| Fin | St | Driver | # | Owner | Car | Laps | Money | Status | Laps Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dick Rathmann | 120 | Walt Chapman | 1952 Hudson | 200 | 1,000 | running | 35 | |
| 2 | Herb Thomas | 92 | Herb Thomas | 1953 Hudson | 700 | running | 45 | ||
| 3 | Jimmie Lewallen | 43 | Dave Quate | 1953 Oldsmobile | 450 | running | 0 | ||
| 4 | Fonty Flock | 14 | Frank Christian | 1953 Oldsmobile | 350 | running | 120 | ||
| 5 | Dick Passwater | 78 | Frank Arford | 1953 Oldsmobile | 200 | running | 0 | ||
| 6 | Tim Flock | 91 | Ted Chester | 1953 Hudson | 150 | 0 | |||
| 7 | Joe Eubanks | 82 | Phil Oates | 1952 Hudson | 125 | 0 | |||
| 8 | Buck Baker | 87 | Bob Griffin | 1953 Oldsmobile | 100 | 0 | |||
| 9 | Ted Chamberlain | 93 | Ted Chamberlain | 1951 Plymouth | 75 | 0 | |||
| 10 | Virgil Livengood | Virgil Livengood | 1953 Oldsmobile | 50 | accident | 0 | |||
| 11 | Herschel Buchanan | 1 | Herschel Buchanan | 1952 Nash | 25 | accident | 0 | ||
| 12 | Ralph Liguori | Al Wheatley | 1949 Oldsmobile | 25 | 0 | ||||
| 13 | Donald Thomas | 72 | Doug Meeks | 1950 Ford | 25 | 0 | |||
| 14 | Bub King | 55 | Bub King | 1952 Hudson | 25 | 0 | |||
| 15 | Dub Livingston | 60 | Dub Livingston | 1953 Dodge | 25 | 0 | |||
| 16 | Gober Sosebee | 51 | Gober Sosebee | 1953 Oldsmobile | 25 | 0 | |||
| 17 | Fred Dove | 19 | Fred Dove | 1950 Plymouth | 25 | 0 | |||
| 18 | Coleman Lawrence | 71 | Coleman Lawrence | 1950 Ford | 25 | 0 | |||
| 19 | Lee Petty | 42 | Petty Enterprises | 1953 Dodge | 25 | accident | 0 | ||
| 20 | Bill Blair | 2 | Bill Blair | 1952 Oldsmobile | 25 | 0 | |||
| 21 | Jim Paschal | 12 | George Hutchens | 1952 Plymouth | 25 | 0 | |||
| 22 | Gordon Bracken | Gordon Bracken | 1952 Plymouth | 25 | 0 | ||||
| 23 | Leonard Lawrence | 1950 Ford | 25 | 0 | |||||
| 24 | Slick Smith | 4 | Frank Christian | 1951 Oldsmobile | 25 | 0 |