| Fin | St | Driver | # | Owner | Car | Laps | Money | Status | Laps Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Herb Thomas | 92 | Herb Thomas | 1953 Hudson | 200 | 1,000 | running | 200 |
| 2 | 3 | Dick Rathmann | 120 | Walt Chapman | 1953 Hudson | 197 | 700 | running | 0 |
| 3 | Lee Petty | 42 | Petty Enterprises | 1953 Dodge | 450 | running | 0 | ||
| 4 | 7 | Dick Passwater | 78 | Frank Arford | 1953 Oldsmobile | 350 | running | 0 | |
| 5 | Herschel Buchanan | 1 | Herschel Buchanan | 1953 Nash | 200 | running | 0 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Mike Klapak | 18 | Bill Adams | 1953 Oldsmobile | 150 | 0 | ||
| 7 | Tim Flock | 91 | Ted Chester | 1952 Hudson | 125 | 0 | |||
| 8 | Ray Duhigg | 24 | J.O. Goode | 1952 Plymouth | 100 | 0 | |||
| 9 | Don Oldenberg | Bill House | 1950 Packard | 75 | 0 | ||||
| 10 | Keith Hamner | 71 | Mason Darnell | 1952 Hudson | 50 | 0 | |||
| 11 | Bub King | 55 | Bub King | 1952 Hudson | 25 | 0 | |||
| 12 | Ewell Weddle | Ewell Weddle | 1951 Plymouth | 25 | 0 | ||||
| 13 | Elton Hildreth | 167 | Elton Hildreth | 1952 Nash | 25 | 0 | |||
| 14 | 4 | Fonty Flock | 14 | Frank Christian | 1952 Oldsmobile | 25 | 0 | ||
| 15 | Coleman Lawrence | 37 | Coleman Lawrence | 1950 Ford | 25 | 0 | |||
| 16 | Fred Dove | 19 | Fred Dove | 1950 Plymouth | 25 | 0 | |||
| 17 | Donald Thomas | 72 | Doug Meeks | 1950 Ford | 25 | 0 | |||
| 18 | Jack Lawrence | Jack Lawrence | 1953 Dodge | 25 | 0 | ||||
| 19 | Harold Nash | 1951 Oldsmobile | 25 | 0 | |||||
| 20 | Jimmie Lewallen | 43 | Dave Quate | 1953 Dodge | 25 | 0 | |||
| 21 | Dub Livingston | Dub Livingston | 1953 Dodge | 25 | 0 | ||||
| 22 | Harry Bennett | 1952 Oldsmobile | 25 | 0 | |||||
| 23 | 6 | Joe Eubanks | 82 | Phil Oates | 1952 Hudson | 25 | 0 | ||
| 24 | Lucky Sawyer | Lucky Sawyer | 1949 Ford | 25 | 0 | ||||
| 25 | Johnny Roberts | Johnny Roberts | 1952 Ford | 25 | 0 | ||||
| 26 | Weldon Adams | 23 | 1951 Studebaker | 25 | 0 | ||||
| 27 | 8 | Bill Blair | 2 | Bill Blair | 1952 Oldsmobile | 25 | 0 | ||
| 28 | Johnny Patterson | 58 | H.B. Ranier | 1952 Oldsmobile | 25 | 0 | |||
| 29 | Jim Lacy | 1953 Dodge | 25 | 0 | |||||
| 30 | 5 | Curtis Turner | 41 | John Eanes | 1952 Oldsmobile | 25 | 0 | ||
| 31 | Cotton Priddy | 25 | Cotton Priddy | 1951 Oldsmobile | 25 | 0 | |||
| 32 | Wally Campbell | 171 | 1953 Dodge | 25 | 0 |