| Fin | St | Driver | # | Owner | Car | Laps | Money | Status | Laps Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lee Petty | 42 | Petty Enterprises | 1953 Dodge | 200 | 1,000 | |||
| 2 | 1 | Buck Baker | 87 | Bob Griffin | 1953 Oldsmobile | 750 | |||
| 3 | Herb Thomas | 92 | Herb Thomas | 1953 Hudson | 450 | ||||
| 4 | Fonty Flock | 14 | Frank Christian | 1953 Hudson | 350 | ||||
| 5 | Johnny Patterson | 58 | H.B. Ranier | 1952 Hudson | 200 | ||||
| 6 | Joe Eubanks | 82 | Phil Oates | 1952 Hudson | 150 | ||||
| 7 | Elbert Allen | 1952 Hudson | 125 | ||||||
| 8 | Gober Sosebee | 51 | Gober Sosebee | 1953 Oldsmobile | 100 | ||||
| 9 | Arden Mounts | 108 | Gene Comstock | 1953 Hudson | 75 | ||||
| 10 | Dick Rathmann | 120 | Walt Chapman | 1953 Hudson | 50 | ||||
| 11 | Otis Martin | Otis Martin | 1952 Ford | 25 | |||||
| 12 | Gene Comstock | 8 | Gene Comstock | 1953 Hudson | 25 | ||||
| 13 | Slick Smith | 4 | Frank Christian | 1952 Oldsmobile | 25 | ||||
| 14 | Fred Dove | 19 | Fred Dove | 1950 Plymouth | 25 | ||||
| 15 | Jim Paschal | George Hutchens | 1953 Dodge | 25 | |||||
| 16 | Curtis Turner | 41 | John Eanes | 1952 Oldsmobile | 25 | ||||
| 17 | Ralph Liguori | 46 | Ralph Liguori | 1953 Lincoln | 25 | ||||
| 18 | Ralph Dutton | 1953 Dodge | 25 | ||||||
| 19 | Ermon Rush | 1952 Ford | 25 |