| Fin | St | Driver | # | Owner | Car | Laps | Money | Status | Laps Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Buck Baker | 87 | Bob Griffin | 1953 Oldsmobile | 100 | 1,000 | running | 22 | |
| 2 | Fonty Flock | 14 | Frank Christian | 1953 Hudson | 700 | running | 25 | ||
| 3 | Lee Petty | 42 | Petty Enterprises | 1953 Dodge | 450 | running | 0 | ||
| 4 | Jim Paschal | 80 | George Hutchens | 1953 Dodge | 350 | running | 0 | ||
| 5 | Jimmie Lewallen | 22 | R.G. Shelton | 1953 Oldsmobile | 200 | running | 0 | ||
| 6 | Johnny Patterson | 58 | H.B. Ranier | 1953 Hudson | 150 | 0 | |||
| 7 | Pop McGinnis | 13 | Irving Frye | 1952 Hudson | 125 | 0 | |||
| 8 | Joe Eubanks | 82 | Phil Oates | 1952 Hudson | 100 | 0 | |||
| 9 | Bob Welborn | 25 | J.O. Goode | 1951 Plymouth | 75 | 0 | |||
| 10 | Ewell Weddle | Ewell Weddle | 1950 Plymouth | 50 | 0 | ||||
| 11 | Gober Sosebee | 51 | Gober Sosebee | 1953 Oldsmobile | 25 | 0 | |||
| 12 | C.H. Dingler | C.H. Dingler | 1950 Plymouth | 25 | 0 | ||||
| 13 | Ed Massey | 1951 Studebaker | 25 | 0 | |||||
| 14 | Herb Thomas | 92 | Herb Thomas | 1953 Hudson | 25 | 52 | |||
| 15 | Ralph Dutton | 1953 Dodge | 25 | 0 | |||||
| 16 | Curtis Turner | 41 | John Eanes | 1953 Oldsmobile | 25 | overheating | 0 | ||
| 17 | Chuck Housley | 1953 Oldsmobile | 25 | 0 | |||||
| 18 | Tommy Thompson | Ernest Woods | 1953 Oldsmobile | 25 | 0 | ||||
| 19 | Roscoe Thompson | 81 | 1951 Studebaker | 25 | rear end | 0 | |||
| 20 | 1 | Tim Flock | 91 | Ted Chester | 1953 Hudson | 50 | 25 | overheating | 1 |
| 21 | Ray Erickson | 1952 Hudson | 25 | 0 | |||||
| 22 | Bill Blair | 2 | Bill Blair | 1953 Oldsmobile | 25 | 0 | |||
| 23 | Don Vershure | 1953 Hudson | 33 | 25 | accident | 0 | |||
| 24 | Charlie Causey | Charlie Causey | 1950 Oldsmobile | 25 | 0 | ||||
| 25 | Harold Nash | 1952 Oldsmobile | 25 | piston | 0 | ||||
| 26 | Lou Faver | 110 | G.A. Faver | 1951 Kaiser | 12 | 25 | accident | 0 |