| Fin | St | Driver | # | Owner | Car | Laps | Money | Status | Laps Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 | Dick Rathmann | 81 | Central Excavating | 1953 Kuzma D/Offenhauser | 25 | 200 | running | |
| 2 | 1 | Al Keller | 55 | Sam Traylor | 1953 Kurtis 4000D368/Offenhauser | 100 | |||
| 3 | 6 | Andy Linden | 64 | Shannon Brothers | 1952 Kurtis 500A 355/Offenhauser | 60 | |||
| 4 | 5 | George Amick | 9 | Cole | Lesovsky D/Offenhauser | 40 | |||
| 5 | 4 | Johnny Kay | 35 | Joe Barzda | 1952 Kurtis 4000D345/Offenhauser | 35 | |||
| 6 | 11 | Jim McWithey | 77 | George Walther | Schroeder D/Offenhauser | 25 | |||
| 7 | 12 | Ken Gottschalk | 39 | K.G. | Offenhauser | 20 | |||
| 8 | 2 | Ed Elisian | 25 | William Lutes | 1951 Kurtis 4000D344/Offenhauser | 20 | |||
| 9 | 8 | Eddie Johnson | 76 | Leitenberger | 1951 Silnes-ShermanD/Offenhauser | 20 | |||
| 10 | 3 | Cliff Griffith | 27 | Jim Robbins | Stevens D/Offenhauser | 0 | 0 | did not start | 0 |
| 11 | 9 | Al Herman | 12 | Pat Clancy | Ewing D/Offenhauser | 0 | 0 | did not start | 0 |
| 12 | 10 | Johnnie Tolan | 34 | Carl Anderson | 1952 Kurtis 4000D348/Offenhauser | 0 | 0 | did not start | 0 |