| Fin | St | Driver | # | Owner | Car | Laps | Money | Status | Laps Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Speedy Thompson | 46 | Buckshot Morris | 1953 Oldsmobile | 200 | 1,000 | running | 24 | |
| 2 | Lee Petty | 42 | Petty Enterprises | 1953 Dodge | 700 | running | 28 | ||
| 3 | Gober Sosebee | 51 | Gober Sosebee | 1953 Oldsmobile | 450 | running | 73 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Joe Eubanks | 82 | Phil Oates | 1953 Hudson | 350 | running | 11 | |
| 5 | Tim Flock | 91 | Ted Chester | 1953 Hudson | 200 | running | 0 | ||
| 6 | Herb Thomas | 92 | Herb Thomas | 1953 Hudson | 150 | 0 | |||
| 7 | Buck Baker | 87 | Bob Griffin | 1953 Oldsmobile | 120 | 0 | |||
| 8 | Bob Walden | Bob Walden | 1950 Plymouth | 100 | 0 | ||||
| 9 | Slick Smith | 4 | Frank Christian | 1953 Oldsmobile | 75 | 0 | |||
| 10 | Andy Winfree | Andy Winfree | 50 | 0 | |||||
| 15 | C.H. Dingler | C.H. Dingler | 119 | 25 | accident | 0 | |||
| Curtis Turner | 132 | engine | 64 |