| Fin | St | Driver | # | Owner | Car | Laps | Money | Status | Laps Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10 | Jimmy Bryan | 2 | Al Dean | 1953 Kuzma D/Offenhauser | 100 | 6,296 | running | 29 |
| 2 | 6 | Pat O'Connor | 7 | Chapman Root | 1956 Kuzma D/Offenhauser | 100 | 4,536 | running | 0 |
| 3 | 2 | Rodger Ward | 62 | Roger Wolcott | Lesovsky D/Offenhauser | 100 | 2,540 | running | 0 |
| 4 | 1 | Jud Larson | 8 | John Zink | 1955 Watson D 2/Offenhauser | 100 | 1,644 | running | 71 |
| 5 | 7 | Al Keller | 12 | Pat Clancy | Ewing D/Offenhauser | 100 | 1,518 | running | 0 |
| 6 | 4 | Gene Hartley | 47 | Mel Wiggers | 1952 Kurtis 4000D011/Offenhauser | 100 | 1,270 | running | 0 |
| 7 | 18 | Bob Veith | 14 | Federal Engineering | 1952 Kurtis 4000D351/Offenhauser | 99 | 1,016 | running | 0 |
| 8 | 15 | Andy Linden | 73 | Lee Elkins | 1953 Turner D 1/Offenhauser | 99 | 952 | running | 0 |
| 9 | 8 | Don Freeland | 16 | Bob Estes | 1953 Watson D 1/Offenhauser | 99 | 889 | running | 0 |
| 10 | 9 | Mike Magill | 96 | George Walther | 1951 Kurtis 4000D342/Offenhauser | 99 | 825 | running | 0 |
| 11 | 17 | Johnny Boyd | 15 | George Bignotti | 1956 Kurtis 500G 391/Offenhauser | 99 | 762 | running | 0 |
| 12 | 12 | George Amick | 81 | Pete Salemi | 1953 Kuzma D/Offenhauser | 99 | 635 | accident | 0 |
| 13 | 14 | Earl Motter | 26 | Hart Fullerton | 1951 Kurtis 4000D338/Offenhauser | 94 | 571 | accident | 0 |
| 14 | 13 | Elmer George | 21 | Mari Hulman | 1952 Kurtis 4000D349/Offenhauser | 93 | 508 | accident | 0 |
| 15 | 16 | Jim Rathmann | 78 | Lindsey Hopkins | 1952 Lesovsky D/Offenhauser | 26 | 444 | accident | 0 |
| 16 | 5 | Johnny Thomson | 45 | Racing Associates | 1955 Kuzma D/Offenhauser | 20 | 381 | accident | 0 |
| 17 | 3 | Tommy Hinnershitz | 57 | Howard Iddings | 1947 Meyer D 1/Offenhauser | 17 | 254 | transmission | 0 |
| 18 | 11 | Tony Bettenhausen | 44 | Peter Schmidt | 1953 Kuzma D/Offenhauser | 5 | 254 | accident | 0 |
| 19 | 19 | Jim McWithey | 76 | Leitenberger | 1951 Silnes-ShermanD/Offenhauser | 0 | 0 | did not qualify | 0 |
| 20 | 20 | Marv Pifer | 75 | Karl Hall | Ewing D/Offenhauser | 0 | 0 | did not qualify | 0 |
| 21 | 21 | Billy Garrett | 41 | Lysle Greenman | 1952 Kuzma D 2/Offenhauser | 0 | 0 | did not qualify | 0 |
| 22 | 22 | Jack Turner | 54 | Ernest Ruiz | 1955 Shilala D 1/Offenhauser | 0 | 0 | did not qualify | 0 |
| 23 | 23 | Don Branson | 74 | John Wills | 1955 Templeton D 1/Offenhauser | 0 | 0 | did not qualify | 0 |
| 24 | 24 | Jimmy Reece | 48 | Chapman Root | 1953 Blough D/Offenhauser | 0 | 0 | did not qualify | 0 |
| 25 | 25 | Eddie Sachs | 51 | Ray Brady | 1952 Kurtis 4000D346/Offenhauser | 0 | 0 | did not qualify | 0 |
| 26 | 26 | Dick Rathmann | 46 | Lee Glessner | 1956 Hillegass D 1/Offenhauser | 0 | 0 | did not qualify | 0 |
| 27 | 27 | Ed Elisian | 25 | William Lutes | 1951 Kurtis 4000D344/Offenhauser | 0 | 0 | did not qualify | 0 |
| 28 | 28 | Ray Crawford | 49 | Ray Crawford | 1954 Kurtis 4000D380/Offenhauser | 0 | 0 | did not qualify | 0 |
| 29 | 29 | Bill Cheesbourg | 35 | Joe Barzda | 1952 Kurtis 4000D345/Offenhauser | 0 | 0 | did not qualify | 0 |
| 30 | 30 | Ken Gottschalk | 39 | KG | Offenhauser | 0 | 0 | did not qualify | 0 |
| 31 | 31 | Leroy Warriner | 79 | D.E. Parks | Silnes D/Offenhauser | 0 | 0 | did not qualify | 0 |
| 32 | 32 | Van Johnson | 5 | Harry Allen Chapman | 1950 Russo-Nichels D/Offenhauser | 0 | 0 | did not qualify | 0 |
| Jimmy Davies | 3 | Gilbert Morcroft | 1952 Pankratz D 2/Offenhauser | 0 | 0 | did not qualify | 0 |