| Fin | St | Driver | # | Owner | Car | Laps | Money | Status | Laps Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Eddie Sachs | 3 | Zecol-Lubaid Inc. | 1961 Ford | 200 | 4,532 | running | 83 |
| 2 | 1 | Dick Rathmann | 43 | Zecol-Lubaid Inc. | 1961 Ford | 200 | 3,097 | running | 19 |
| 3 | 4 | Norm Nelson | 1 | Norm Nelson | 1961 Ford | 199 | 2,216 | running | 88 |
| 4 | 10 | Elmer Musgrave | 56 | 1961 Ford | 195 | 1,549 | running | 0 | |
| 5 | 13 | Whitey Gerken | 44 | 1961 Chevrolet | 195 | 1,096 | running | 0 | |
| 6 | 9 | Bill Cheesbourg | 17 | 1961 Ford | 195 | 910 | running | 0 | |
| 7 | 11 | Gil Michaels | 16 | 1960 Ford | 192 | 792 | running | 0 | |
| 8 | 20 | Bill Lutz | 71 | 1959 Pontiac | 191 | 771 | running | 0 | |
| 9 | 19 | Sal Tovella | 23 | 1961 Ford | 191 | 760 | running | 0 | |
| 10 | 16 | Herb Shannon | 15 | 1960 Chevrolet | 189 | 749 | running | 0 | |
| 11 | 21 | Ted Hane | 83 | 1959 Ford | 188 | 589 | running | 0 | |
| 12 | 30 | Eddie Meyer | 55 | 1961 Ford | 184 | 567 | running | 0 | |
| 13 | 15 | Don Oldenberg | 86 | 1960 Pontiac | 183 | 471 | running | 0 | |
| 14 | 29 | Gordon Gorman | 21 | 1960 Ford | 183 | 450 | running | 0 | |
| 15 | 35 | Dave Lundman | 62 | 1960 Ford | 183 | 407 | running | 0 | |
| 16 | 37 | Ray Berry | 57 | 1960 Ford | 176 | 396 | running | 0 | |
| 17 | 31 | Buzz McCann | 77 | 1960 Ford | 168 | 310 | overheating | 0 | |
| 18 | 27 | Roy Atkinson | 45 | 1961 Ford | 164 | 300 | running | 0 | |
| 19 | 6 | Whitey Johnson | 99 | 1960 Pontiac | 158 | 278 | engine | 0 | |
| 20 | 39 | Rich Clement | 29 | 1959 Mercury | 128 | 257 | engine | 0 | |
| 21 | 3 | Don White | 4 | Bill Trainor | 1961 Ford | 121 | 193 | accident | 10 |
| 22 | 36 | Jack Holbrook | 93 | 1960 Buick | 115 | 182 | accident | 0 | |
| 23 | 18 | Gene Marmor | 10 | 1961 Chevrolet | 112 | 171 | rod | 0 | |
| 24 | 25 | Don O'Dell | 91 | 1960 Pontiac | 99 | 161 | tire | 0 | |
| 25 | 5 | Paul Goldsmith | 2 | 1961 Pontiac | 91 | 139 | engine | 0 | |
| 26 | 7 | Rodger Ward | 1961 Pontiac | 59 | 126 | accident | 0 | ||
| 27 | 17 | Pat Flaherty | 1960 Chevrolet | 43 | 118 | steering | 0 | ||
| 28 | 12 | John Rostek | 19 | 1961 Ford | 43 | 107 | oil line | 0 | |
| 29 | 28 | Frank Dombrowski | 38 | 1961 Ford | 39 | 107 | overheating | 0 | |
| 30 | 8 | Les Snow | 6 | 1960 Pontiac | 36 | 107 | tie rod | 0 | |
| 31 | 26 | Tom Cox | 1961 Ford | 33 | 50 | rear end | 0 | ||
| 32 | 34 | Telford Aase | 1960 Ford | 30 | 50 | connecting rod | 0 | ||
| 33 | 23 | Bob Slensby | 84 | 1960 Ford | 17 | 50 | driveshaft | 0 | |
| 34 | 14 | Ken Finley | 37 | 1961 Ford | 16 | 50 | engine | 0 | |
| 35 | 22 | Jim Rathmann | 49 | 1961 Chevrolet | 15 | 50 | handling | 0 | |
| 36 | 33 | Bob Vickery | 66 | 1961 Ford | 14 | 50 | accident | 0 | |
| 37 | 32 | Ed Kozbiel | 33 | 1961 Ford | 13 | 50 | overheating | 0 | |
| 38 | 38 | Paul Burrow | 1960 Ford | 12 | 50 | overheating | 0 | ||
| 39 | 40 | Whitey Traeder | 88 | 1960 Plymouth | 10 | 50 | engine | 0 | |
| 40 | 24 | Bill Shoulders | 14 | 1960 Ford | 0 | 50 | engine | 0 | |
| Herb S | 1961 Ford | 0 | did not qualify | 0 | |||||
| Dave Whitcomb | 48 | 1959 Plymouth | 0 | did not qualify | 0 | ||||
| Skeeter Wyman | 42 | 1960 Ford | 0 | did not qualify | 0 | ||||
| Ken Pratt | 1960 Chevrolet | 0 | did not qualify | 0 | |||||
| Jim Locke | 26 | 1961 Ford | 0 | did not qualify | 0 | ||||
| Iggy Katona | 30 | 1961 Ford | 0 | did not qualify | 0 | ||||
| Don Swenson | 27 | 1959 Ford Edsel | 0 | did not qualify | 0 | ||||
| Dan Kopshe | 22 | 1959 Ford | 0 | did not qualify | 0 | ||||
| Rich Sutkus | 40 | 1960 Ford Thunderbird | 0 | did not qualify | 0 | ||||
| Greg Krieger | 90 | 1961 Pontiac | 0 | did not qualify | 0 |