| Fin | St | Driver | # | Owner | Car | Laps | Money | Status | Laps Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Speedy Thompson | 46 | Buckshot Morris | 1953 Oldsmobile | 160 | 1,000 | running | 25 | |
| 2 | Fonty Flock | 14 | Frank Christian | 1953 Hudson | 158 | 700 | running | 37 | |
| 3 | Ray Duhigg | 44 | Julian Petty | 1952 Plymouth | 156 | 450 | running | 0 | |
| 4 | Bob Welborn | 24 | J.O. Goode | 1951 Plymouth | 156 | 350 | running | 0 | |
| 5 | Lee Petty | 42 | Petty Enterprises | 1953 Dodge | 155 | 200 | running | 0 | |
| 6 | 1 | Buck Baker | 87 | Bob Griffin | 1953 Oldsmobile | 155 | 150 | 80 | |
| 7 | Bill Blair | 2 | Bill Blair | 1953 Oldsmobile | 155 | 125 | 0 | ||
| 8 | Joe Eubanks | 82 | Phil Oates | 1952 Hudson | 154 | 100 | 0 | ||
| 9 | Jimmie Lewallen | 22 | R.G. Shelton | 1953 Oldsmobile | 153 | 75 | 0 | ||
| 10 | Bub King | 55 | Bub King | 1953 Oldsmobile | 153 | 50 | 0 | ||
| 11 | Johnny Patterson | 58 | H.B. Ranier | 1953 Hudson | 153 | 25 | 0 | ||
| 12 | Donald Thomas | 93 | Herb Thomas | 1953 Hudson | 153 | 25 | 0 | ||
| 13 | Tim Flock | 91 | Ted Chester | 1953 Hudson | 152 | 25 | 0 | ||
| 14 | Gober Sosebee | 51 | Gober Sosebee | 1953 Oldsmobile | 151 | 25 | 0 | ||
| 15 | Herb Thomas | 92 | Herb Thomas | 1953 Hudson | 151 | 25 | 0 | ||
| 16 | Ralph Liguori | Ralph Liguori | 1951 Plymouth | 149 | 25 | 0 | |||
| 17 | Arden Mounts | 08 | Gene Comstock | 1951 Hudson | 143 | 25 | 0 | ||
| 18 | Bob Walden | Bob Walden | 1950 Plymouth | 143 | 25 | 0 | |||
| 19 | Parks Surratt | 1951 Plymouth | 141 | 25 | 0 | ||||
| 20 | Ted Chamberlain | 93 | Ted Chamberlain | 1950 Plymouth | 139 | 25 | 0 | ||
| 21 | Clyde Minter | Clyde Minter | 1950 Mercury | 136 | 25 | 0 | |||
| 22 | Curtis Turner | 41 | John Eanes | 1953 Oldsmobile | 131 | 25 | 18 | ||
| 23 | Jim Paschal | 80 | George Hutchens | 1953 Dodge | 125 | 25 | 0 | ||
| 24 | Dick Rathmann | 120 | Walt Chapman | 1953 Hudson | 124 | 25 | 0 | ||
| 25 | Fred Dove | 19 | Fred Dove | 1950 Ford | 110 | 25 | 0 | ||
| 26 | Slim Rominger | Slim Rominger | 1950 Oldsmobile | 84 | 25 | 0 | |||
| 27 | Don Vershure | 1953 Hudson | 53 | 25 | 0 | ||||
| 28 | Elton Hildreth | 167 | Elton Hildreth | 1953 Nash | 41 | 25 | 0 | ||
| 29 | Bud Jones | 1950 Plymouth | 36 | 25 | 0 | ||||
| 30 | Pete Stewart | 1951 Ford | 20 | 25 | 0 | ||||
| 31 | Ralph Dutton | 1953 Dodge | 0 | 25 | 0 |