| Fin | St | Driver | # | Owner | Car | Laps | Money | Status | Laps Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lee Petty | 42 | Petty Enterprises | 1953 Dodge | 200 | 1,000 | running | 0 | |
| 2 | Herb Thomas | 92 | Herb Thomas | 1953 Hudson | 200 | 700 | running | 127 | |
| 3 | Dick Rathmann | 120 | Walt Chapman | 1953 Hudson | 450 | running | 0 | ||
| 4 | Ray Duhigg | 44 | Julian Petty | 1952 Plymouth | 350 | running | 0 | ||
| 5 | Ralph Liguori | 46 | Al Wheatley | 1953 Lincoln | 200 | running | 0 | ||
| 6 | Dick Passwater | 78 | Frank Arford | 1953 Oldsmobile | 150 | running | 0 | ||
| 7 | Buck Baker | 87 | Bob Griffin | 1953 Oldsmobile | 125 | running | 0 | ||
| 8 | Bob Welborn | Julian Petty | 1952 Plymouth | 100 | running | 0 | |||
| 9 | Clyde Minter | Coleman Lawrence | 1951 Ford | 75 | running | 0 | |||
| 10 | Lyle Scott | 1953 Dodge | 50 | running | 0 | ||||
| 11 | Ralph Dyer | Ralph Dyer | 1953 Nash | 25 | 0 | ||||
| 12 | Ted Chamberlain | 93 | Ted Chamberlain | 1950 Plymouth | 25 | 0 | |||
| 13 | Gifford Wood | Gifford Wood | 1949 Ford | 25 | 0 | ||||
| 14 | Bub King | Bub King | 1950 Mercury | 25 | 0 | ||||
| 15 | Otis Martin | Otis Martin | 1949 Oldsmobile | 25 | 0 | ||||
| 16 | Joe Bill O'Dell | 1949 Ford | 25 | 0 | |||||
| 17 | Coleman Lawrence | 37 | Coleman Lawrence | 1950 Ford | 25 | 0 | |||
| 18 | Donald Thomas | 72 | Doug Meeks | 1950 Ford | 25 | 0 | |||
| 19 | Bill Blair | 2 | Bill Blair | 1952 Oldsmobile | 25 | 0 | |||
| 20 | Curtis Turner | 41 | John Eanes | 1953 Oldsmobile | 25 | 0 | |||
| 21 | Johnny Patterson | 58 | H.B. Ranier | 1952 Hudson | 25 | 0 | |||
| 22 | Herschel Buchanan | 1 | Herschel Buchanan | 1952 Nash | 25 | 0 | |||
| 23 | Gene Comstock | 8 | Gene Comstock | 1953 Hudson | 25 | 0 | |||
| 24 | Fred Dove | 19 | Fred Dove | 1950 Plymouth | 86 | 25 | 0 | ||
| 25 | 1 | Joe Eubanks | 82 | Phil Oates | 1952 Hudson | 85 | 25 | spindle | 71 |
| 26 | Pop McGinnis | 13 | Irving Frye | 1952 Hudson | 25 | 0 | |||
| 27 | Eddie Skinner | 28 | Frank Dodge | 1953 Oldsmobile | 25 | 0 | |||
| 28 | Jimmie Lewallen | R.G. Shelton | 1952 Hudson | 25 | 0 | ||||
| 29 | Fonty Flock | 14 | Frank Christian | 1952 Oldsmobile | 25 | 0 | |||
| 30 | Glen Wood | 21 | Wood Brothers | 1953 Lincoln | 25 | 0 | |||
| 31 | J.L. Justice | J.L. Justice | 1950 Ford | 10 | 0 | ||||
| 32 | Tim Flock | 91 | Ted Chester | 1953 Hudson | 18 | 20 | springs | 2 | |
| 33 | Slick Smith | 4 | Frank Christian | 1952 Oldsmobile | 10 | 0 | |||
| 34 | Jim Paschal | Dave Quate | 1953 Dodge | 10 | 0 | ||||
| 35 | Arden Mounts | 108 | Gene Comstock | 1952 Hudson | 10 | 0 |