| Fin | St | Driver | # | Owner | Car | Laps | Money | Status | Laps Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Herb Thomas | 92 | Herb Thomas | 1951 Hudson Hornet | 150 | 1,000 | running | 15 |
| 2 | Leonard Tippett | 99 | Leonard Tippett | 1951 Hudson Hornet | 149 | 700 | running | ||
| 3 | Joe Eubanks | 82 | Phil Oates | 1950 Oldsmobile 88 | 148 | 450 | running | ||
| 4 | Jim Paschal | 60 | Julian Buesink | 1950 Ford | 147 | 350 | running | ||
| 5 | Lee Petty | 42 | Petty Enterprises | 1951 Plymouth | 147 | 200 | running | ||
| 6 | Donald Thomas | 93 | Herb Thomas | 1951 Plymouth | 142 | 150 | |||
| 7 | Furman Lancaster | 1950 Lincoln | 140 | 125 | |||||
| 8 | Alton Haddock | 1950 Ford | 136 | 100 | |||||
| 9 | Bill Blair | 2 | Bill Blair | 1951 Ford | 136 | 75 | |||
| 10 | Coleman Lawrence | 37 | Coleman Lawrence | 1950 Ford | 130 | 50 | |||
| 11 | J.C. White | 1951 Studebaker | 128 | 25 | |||||
| 12 | Billy Myers | 22 | R.G. Shelton | 1951 Hudson | 113 | 25 | hub | ||
| 13 | Jimmie Lewallen | 24 | Julian Petty | 1951 Plymouth | 111 | 25 | engine | ||
| 14 | Dell Pearson | 88 | Del Pearson | 1951 Plymouth | 94 | 25 | |||
| 15 | 2 | Fonty Flock | 14 | Frank Christian | 1951 Oldsmobile | 88 | 25 | engine | 85 |
| 16 | Bob Walters | 1951 Plymouth | 79 | 25 | |||||
| 17 | Leon Sales | 1951 Nash | 68 | 25 | |||||
| 18 | Roscoe Thompson | 1951 Ford | 64 | 25 | |||||
| 19 | Buck Baker | 87 | Buck Baker | 1950 Plymouth | 63 | 25 | |||
| 20 | Jerry Wimbish | Jerry Wimbish | 1950 Oldsmobile | 51 | 25 | ||||
| 21 | Gober Sosebee | 51 | Gober Sosebee | 1950 Oldsmobile | 42 | 25 | |||
| 22 | Slick Smith | 1951 Studebaker | 27 | 25 | |||||
| 23 | Clyde Minter | 1950 Plymouth | 22 | 25 | |||||
| 24 | Curtis Hunt | 1951 Hudson | 15 | 25 |