| Fin | St | Driver | # | Owner | Car | Laps | Money | Status | Laps Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11 | Marshall Teague | 6 | Marshall Teague | 1952 Hudson Hornet | 37 | 1,500 | running | 36 |
| 2 | 4 | Herb Thomas | 92 | Marshall Teague | 1952 Hudson | 37 | 1,000 | running | 1 |
| 3 | 1 | Pat Kirkwood | 99 | Pat Kirkwood | 1951 Chrysler | 37 | 600 | running | 0 |
| 4 | 6 | Fonty Flock | 14 | Frank Christian | 1951 Oldsmobile | 37 | 550 | running | 0 |
| 5 | 7 | Gober Sosebee | 51 | Gober Sosebee | 1951 Oldsmobile | 37 | 450 | running | 0 |
| 6 | 14 | Bill Blair | 2 | George Hutchens | 1952 Oldsmobile | 37 | 260 | running | 0 |
| 7 | 3 | Tommy Thompson | 40 | Tommy Thompson | 1951 Chrysler | 37 | 250 | running | 0 |
| 8 | 32 | Tommy Moon | 57 | C.D. Wilson | 1951 Hudson | 37 | 175 | running | 0 |
| 9 | 31 | Lee Petty | 42 | Petty Enterprises | 1950 Lincoln | 37 | 175 | running | 0 |
| 10 | 2 | Lloyd Moore | 59 | Julian Buesink | 1952 Chrysler | 37 | 150 | running | 0 |
| 11 | 35 | Frankie Schneider | 88 | 1950 Oldsmobile | 37 | 50 | running | 0 | |
| 12 | 18 | Larry Shurter | 75 | Larry Shurter | 1950 Oldsmobile | 37 | 50 | running | 0 |
| 13 | 15 | Leonard Tippett | 199 | Leonard Tippett | 1951 Hudson | 37 | 50 | running | 0 |
| 14 | 34 | Donald Thomas | 72 | Doug Meeks | 1951 Ford | 37 | 50 | running | 0 |
| 15 | 27 | Bruce Atchley | 107 | Bruce Atchley | 1951 Hudson | 37 | 50 | running | 0 |
| 16 | Jimmie Lewallen | 24 | J.O. Goode | 1951 Plymouth | 37 | 50 | running | 0 | |
| 17 | 16 | Dick Meyer | 97 | 1950 Lincoln | 37 | 50 | running | 0 | |
| 18 | E.C. Ramsey | 94-A | Louise Smith | 1950 Nash | 37 | 50 | running | 0 | |
| 19 | Al Keller | 23 | Perry Smith | 1951 Studebaker | 37 | 50 | running | 0 | |
| 20 | 45 | Leo Caldwell | 154 | Bud Barry | 1950 Mercury | 37 | 50 | running | 0 |
| 21 | Ray Janelle | 89 | 1951 Chrysler | 25 | 0 | ||||
| 22 | 42 | Paul Pettit | 54 | Paul Pettit | 1951 Oldsmobile | 25 | 0 | ||
| 23 | 22 | Ray Duhigg | 30 | Hubert Hamilton | 1950 Oldsmobile | 25 | 0 | ||
| 24 | 30 | Don Oldenberg | 142 | Hank Salat | 1951 Packard | 25 | 0 | ||
| 25 | 26 | Roscoe Thompson | 281 | Ted Chester | 1951 Oldsmobile | 25 | 0 | ||
| 26 | 9 | Pepper Cunningham | 44 | Marshall Teague | 1951 Hudson | 25 | 0 | ||
| 27 | 8 | Ed Samples | 9 | Claude Alexander | 1951 Oldsmobile | 25 | 0 | ||
| 28 | 20 | Buck Baker | 87 | Bob Griffin | 1950 Oldsmobile | 25 | 0 | ||
| 29 | 22 | Joe Eubanks | 82 | Phil Oates | 1950 Oldsmobile | 25 | 0 | ||
| 30 | Bill Snowden | 16 | Bill Snowden | 1951 Cadillac | 25 | 0 | |||
| 31 | Jack Smith | 77 | Harold Mays | 1951 Chrysler | 25 | 0 | |||
| 32 | 37 | Thomas Lechlider | 32 | Thomas Lechlider | 1950 Oldsmobile | 25 | 0 | ||
| 33 | 33 | Jack Goodwin | 111 | 1951 Lincoln | 25 | 0 | |||
| 34 | 12 | Jim Mayes | 39 | Lloyd Schoenheit | 1951 Chrysler | 25 | 0 | ||
| 35 | 24 | Red Duvall | 187 | Hank Salat | 1950 Packard | 25 | 0 | ||
| 36 | Bob Apperson | 100 | Bob Apperson | 1951 Chrysler | 25 | 0 | |||
| 37 | 5 | Buck McCardell | 250 | H.R. Robertson | 1952 Chrysler | 25 | wheel | 0 | |
| 38 | 10 | Doug Yates | 90 | Doug Yates | 1952 Chrysler | 25 | wheel | 0 | |
| 39 | 36 | Buddy Shuman | 17 | Buddy Shuman | 1951 Ford | 25 | 0 | ||
| 40 | Jimmy Ayers | 3 | Jimmy Ayers | 1951 Studebaker | 25 | 0 | |||
| 41 | 21 | Curtis Turner | 41 | John Eanes | 1952 Oldsmobile | stuck | 0 | ||
| 42 | Jimmy Florian | 18 | Jimmy Florian | 1951 Oldsmobile | 0 | ||||
| 43 | 40 | Tom Gifford | 282 | Tom Gifford | 1951 Studebaker | 0 | |||
| 44 | 39 | Bill Miller | 83 | B.J. Dantone | 1951 Ford | transmission | 0 | ||
| 45 | 29 | J.E. Hardie | 96 | J.E. Hardie | 1952 Studebaker | oil pressure | 0 | ||
| 46 | 19 | George Gallup | 103 | George Gallup | 1950 Oldsmobile | 0 | |||
| 47 | 13 | Mike Klapak | 4 | Marshall Teague | 1951 Hudson | rear end | 0 | ||
| 48 | Billy Carden | 12 | Buckshot Morris | 1951 Oldsmobile | clutch | 0 | |||
| 49 | 43 | George Fleming | 66 | Elmer Pooler | 1951 Hudson | 0 | |||
| 50 | 47 | Mooney Williamson | 181 | Tom Lucas | 1951 Hudson | connecting rod | 0 | ||
| 51 | 25 | Joie Ray | 105 | Grady Quinn | 1952 Henry J | accident | 0 | ||
| 52 | 44 | Fireball Roberts | 11 | Ed Saverance | 1951 Ford | rear end | 0 | ||
| 53 | Jim Reed | 47 | Jim Reed | 1951 Lincoln | 0 | ||||
| 54 | 28 | Johnny Thompson | 188 | Hans Winter | 1950 Oldsmobile | transmission | 0 | ||
| 55 | Tim Flock | 91 | Ted Chester | 1951 Hudson | connecting rod | 0 | |||
| 56 | Gordon Bishop | 7 | Gordon Bishop | 1951 Oldsmobile | 0 | ||||
| 57 | 17 | Leon Sales | 22 | R.G. Shelton | 1951 Hudson | accident | 0 | ||
| 58 | 38 | Joe Guide | 52 | Sally Guide | 1951 Hudson | 0 | |||
| 59 | 46 | L.C. Rigsby | 34 | 1949 Plymouth | 0 | ||||
| 60 | 41 | Dick Rathmann | 120 | Walt Chapman | 1951 Hudson | fuel pump | 0 | ||
| 61 | Smokey Purser | 19 | Smokey Purser | 1950 Oldsmobile | 0 | accident | 0 |