| Fin | St | Driver | # | Owner | Car | Laps | Money | Status | Laps Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Herb Thomas | 92 | Herb Thomas | 1953 Hudson | 100 | 1,000 | running | 16 |
| 2 | Dick Rathmann | 120 | Walt Chapman | 1953 Hudson | 700 | running | 0 | ||
| 3 | Lee Petty | 42 | Petty Enterprises | 1953 Dodge | 450 | running | 0 | ||
| 4 | Joe Eubanks | 82 | Phil Oates | 1952 Hudson | 350 | running | 0 | ||
| 5 | Jerry Wimbish | Jerry Wimbish | 1952 Hudson | 200 | running | 0 | |||
| 6 | Gober Sosebee | 50 | Gober Sosebee | 1953 Oldsmobile | 150 | 0 | |||
| 7 | 2 | Buck Baker | 87 | Bob Griffin | 1953 Oldsmobile | 125 | 84 | ||
| 8 | Neil Roberts | 1953 Oldsmobile | 100 | 0 | |||||
| 9 | C.H. Dingler | C.H. Dingler | 1951 Studebaker | 75 | 0 | ||||
| 10 | Gordon Bracken | 33 | Gordon Bracken | 1953 Hudson | 50 | 0 | |||
| 11 | Nero Steptoe | 1950 Mercury | 25 | 0 | |||||
| 12 | Fonty Flock | 14 | Frank Christian | 1953 Hudson | 25 | 0 | |||
| 13 | Jim Paschal | George Hutchens | 1953 Dodge | 25 | 0 | ||||
| 14 | Curtis Turner | 41 | John Eanes | 1953 Oldsmobile | 25 | 0 | |||
| 15 | Roscoe Thompson | Frank Christian | 1952 Oldsmobile | 25 | 0 | ||||
| 16 | Max King | 1951 Studebaker | 25 | 0 | |||||
| 17 | Jimmy Ayers | Jimmy Ayers | 1951 Ford | 25 | 0 |