| Fin | St | Driver | # | Owner | Car | Laps | Money | Status | Laps Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Curtis Turner | 41 | Frank Christian | 1953 Oldsmobile | 100 | 1,000 | running | 100 |
| 2 | Herb Thomas | 92 | Herb Thomas | 1953 Hudson | 100 | 700 | running | 0 | |
| 3 | Lee Petty | 42 | Petty Enterprises | 1953 Dodge | 99 | 450 | running | 0 | |
| 4 | Joe Eubanks | 82 | Phil Oates | 1952 Hudson | 350 | running | 0 | ||
| 5 | Bill Blair | 2 | Bill Blair | 1953 Oldsmobile 88 | 200 | 0 | |||
| 6 | Jim Paschal | 80 | George Hutchens | 1953 Dodge | 150 | 0 | |||
| 7 | Dick Rathmann Slick Smith | 4 | Frank Christian | 1951 Oldsmobile 88 | 125 | 0 | |||
| 8 | Elton Hildreth | 167 | Elton Hildreth | 1953 Nash Ambassador | 100 | 0 | |||
| 9 | Jimmie Lewallen | 22 | 1953 Oldsmobile 88 | 75 | 0 | ||||
| 10 | Jimmy Ayers | Jimmy Ayers | 1951 Plymouth | 50 | 0 | ||||
| 11 | Fred Dove | Fred Dove | 1950 Ford | 25 | 0 | ||||
| 12 | Fonty Flock | 14 | Frank Christian | 1953 Hudson | 25 | rear end | 0 | ||
| 13 | John Meggers | 1953 Plymouth | 25 | 0 | |||||
| 14 | Elbert Allen | 1952 Hudson | 25 | 0 | |||||
| 15 | Virgil Stockton | 1953 Hudson | 25 | 0 | |||||
| 16 | Tim Flock | 91 | Ted Chester | 1953 Hudson | 25 | 0 | |||
| 17 | Buck Smith | 1949 Plymouth | 25 | 0 | |||||
| 18 | Buck Baker | 87 | Bob Griffin | 1953 Oldsmobile | 25 | accident | 0 | ||
| 19 | Dick Rathmann | 120 | Walt Chapman | 1953 Hudson | 3 | 25 | accident | 0 |