| Fin | St | Driver | # | Owner | Car | Laps | Money | Status | Laps Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Rodger Ward | 8 | Roger Wolcott | Lesovsky D/Offenhauser | 100 | 3,995 | running | 83 |
| 2 | 6 | Jimmy Bryan | 1 | Al Dean | 1953 Kuzma D/Offenhauser | 100 | 2,250 | running | 0 |
| 3 | 5 | Len Sutton | 2 | John Zink | 1955 Watson D 2/Offenhauser | 99 | 1,362 | running | 0 |
| 4 | 2 | George Amick | 78 | Lindsey Hopkins | 1952 Lesovsky D/Offenhauser | 98 | 1,044 | running | 17 |
| 5 | 7 | Billy Garrett | 65 | Bruce Bromme | Bromme D/Offenhauser | 98 | 813 | running | 0 |
| 6 | 4 | Johnny Boyd | 6 | George Bignotti | 1957 Kurtis 500G2 11/Offenhauser | 98 | 591 | running | 0 |
| 7 | 13 | Bob Veith | 7 | Bob Estes | 1953 Watson D 1/Offenhauser | 97 | 469 | running | 0 |
| 8 | 14 | Andy Linden | 73 | Lee Elkins | 1953 Turner D 1/Offenhauser | 97 | 433 | running | 0 |
| 9 | 18 | A.J. Foyt | 56 | John R. Wills | 1955 Templeton D 1/Offenhauser | 95 | 398 | running | 0 |
| 10 | 10 | Elmer George | 27 | Mari Hulman George | 1952 Kurtis 4000D 349/Offenhauser | 95 | 362 | running | 0 |
| 11 | 16 | Don Edmunds | 67 | D.A. Caruthers | Kuzma D/Offenhauser | 95 | 327 | running | 0 |
| 12 | 12 | Jim Rathmann | 49 | Ray Crawford | 1954 Kurtis 4000D 380/Offenhauser | 94 | 266 | running | 0 |
| 13 | 15 | Jimmy Reece | 63 | Leo Dobry | 1948 Kurtis 2000D 317/Offenhauser | 94 | 230 | running | 0 |
| 14 | 3 | Johnny Thomson | 10 | Racing Associates | 1955 Kuzma D/Offenhauser | 55 | 204 | accident | 0 |
| 15 | 11 | Pat O'Connor | 12 | Chapman Root | 1956 Kuzma D/Offenhauser | 51 | 179 | steering | 0 |
| 16 | 17 | Johnnie Tolan | 28 | Lysle Greenman | 1952 Kuzma D 2/Offenhauser | 41 | 153 | fuel pump | 0 |
| 17 | 9 | Ed Elisian | 22 | Hart Fullerton | 1951 Kurtis 4000D 338/Offenhauser | 30 | 102 | ignition | 0 |
| 18 | 8 | Tony Bettenhausen | 45 | Gerhardt | 1956 Kurtis 500G 391/Offenhauser | 0 | 102 | accident | 0 |
| 19 | 19 | Len Sutton | 81 | Peter Salemi | 1953 Kuzma D/Offenhauser | 0 | 0 | did not qualify | 0 |
| 20 | 20 | Don Freeland | 46 | Lee Glessner | 1956 Hillegass D 1/Offenhauser | 0 | 0 | did not qualify | 0 |
| 21 | 21 | Art Bisch | 23 | Ernest Ruiz | 1955 Shilala D 1/Offenhauser | 0 | 0 | did not qualify | 0 |
| 22 | 22 | Bill Homeier | 27 | Joe Hunt | Silnes D/Offenhauser | 0 | 0 | did not qualify | 0 |
| 23 | 23 | R.D. Whittington | 37 | R.D. Whittington | 1951 Kurtis 4000D 339/Offenhauser | 0 | 0 | did not qualify | 0 |
| 24 | 24 | Bud Randall | 62 | Karl Hall | Ewing D/Offenhauser | 0 | 0 | did not qualify | 0 |