| Fin | St | Driver | # | Owner | Car | Laps | Money | Status | Laps Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | Rodger Ward | 92 | M.A. Walker | 1951 Kurtis 4000 340/Offenhauser | 51 | 1,875 | running | 21 |
| 2 | 10 | Allen Heath | 73 | Lee Elkins | 1950 Kurtis 2000 010/Offenhauser | 51 | 1,350 | running | 0 |
| 3 | 12 | Jimmy Bryan | 16 | Bessie Lee Paoli | 1952 Kurtis 4000 349/Offenhauser | 51 | 750 | running | 0 |
| 4 | 13 | Sam Hanks | 3 | Bardahl | 1951 Kurtis 4000 342/Offenhauser | 49 | 487 | running | 0 |
| 5 | 16 | Ernie McCoy | 12 | Chapman | 1950 Russo-Nichels/Offenhauser | 49 | 450 | flipped | 0 |
| 6 | 18 | Mike Nazaruk | 83 | Kalamazoo | 1953 Turner D 1/Offenhauser | 49 | 375 | running | 0 |
| 7 | 1 | Duane Carter | 63 | Hopkins | Moore/Offenhauser | 48 | 300 | running | 0 |
| 8 | 4 | Johnnie Parsons | 21 | Belond Equa-Flow | 1953 Kurtis 4000 368/Offenhauser | 48 | 281 | shocks | 30 |
| 9 | 5 | Cal Niday | 4 | Miracle Power | Lesovsky/Offenhauser | 48 | 262 | running | 0 |
| 10 | 15 | Andy Linden | 36 | Sid Street | Pankratz/Offenhauser | 47 | 244 | running | 0 |
| 11 | 11 | Eddie Russo | 81 | Central Excavating | Trevis/Offenhauser | 47 | 225 | running | 0 |
| 12 | 6 | Duke Dinsmore | 52 | Sarafoff | 1948 Kurtis 2000 318/Offenhauser | 47 | 187 | running | 0 |
| 13 | 9 | Paul Russo | 7 | Federal Engineering | Kurtis 4000/Offenhauser | 46 | 169 | withdrew | 0 |
| 14 | 17 | Gene Hartley | 57 | Iddings | Meyer/Offenhauser | 46 | 150 | did not finish | 0 |
| 15 | 8 | Jimmy Davies | 42 | Pat Clancy | Ewing/Offenhauser | 43 | 131 | shocks | 0 |
| 16 | 14 | Jack McGrath | 5 | Jack Hinkle | 1951 Kurtis 4000 339/Offenhauser | 38 | 112 | withdrew | 0 |
| 17 | 7 | Manuel Ayulo | 88 | Peter Schmidt | Kuzma/Offenhauser | 16 | 75 | did not finish | 0 |
| 18 | 2 | Johnny Fedricks | 89 | Dunn Engineering | 1953 Kurtis 500B 365/Offenhauser | 9 | 75 | did not finish | 0 |