| Fin | St | Driver | # | Owner | Car | Laps | Money | Status | Laps Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Herb Thomas | 92 | Herb Thomas | 1953 Hudson | 200 | 1,000 | running | 200 |
| 2 | 8 | Speedy Thompson | 46 | Buckshot Morris | 1953 Oldsmobile | 700 | running | 0 | |
| 3 | 2 | Fonty Flock | 14 | Frank Christian | 1953 Hudson | 450 | running | 0 | |
| 4 | 7 | Lee Petty | 42 | Petty Enterprises | 1953 Dodge | 350 | running | 0 | |
| 5 | Ralph Liguori | 45 | Al Wheatley | 1951 Plymouth | 200 | running | 0 | ||
| 6 | 5 | Dick Rathmann | 120 | Walt Chapman | 1953 Hudson | 150 | 0 | ||
| 7 | 6 | Buck Baker | 87 | Bob Griffin | 1953 Oldsmobile | 125 | 0 | ||
| 8 | 10 | Elton Hildreth | 167 | Elton Hildreth | 1953 Nash | 100 | 0 | ||
| 9 | Jimmie Lewallen | 22 | 1953 Oldsmobile | 75 | 0 | ||||
| 10 | 4 | Gober Sosebee | 51 | Gober Sosebee | 1953 Oldsmobile | 50 | 0 | ||
| 11 | Curtis Turner | 41 | John Eanes | 1953 Oldsmobile | 25 | 0 | |||
| 12 | Fred Dove | 19 | Fred Dove | 1951 Ford | 25 | 0 | |||
| 13 | Don Vershure | 1953 Hudson | 25 | 0 | |||||
| 14 | Clyde Minter | Clyde Minter | 1953 Mercury | 25 | 0 | ||||
| 15 | 3 | Joe Eubanks | 62 | Phil Oates | 1953 Hudson | 25 | 0 | ||
| 16 | Parks Surratt | 1950 Plymouth | 25 | 0 | |||||
| 17 | Ermon Rush | 1951 Ford | 25 | 0 |