| Fin | St | Driver | # | Owner | Car | Laps | Money | Status | Laps Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Tim Flock | 300A | Carl Kiekhaefer | 1956 Chrysler | 37 | 4,025 | running | 34 |
| 2 | 24 | Billy Myers | 14W | Bill Stroppe | 1956 Mercury | 37 | 2,375 | running | 0 |
| 3 | 22 | Ralph Moody | 12 | Pete DePaolo | 1956 Ford | 36 | 1,450 | running | 0 |
| 4 | 16 | Jimmie Lewallen | 88 | Ernest Woods | 1956 Oldsmobile | 900 | running | 0 | |
| 5 | 27 | Jim Reed | 7 | Jim Reed | 1956 Chevrolet | 700 | running | 0 | |
| 6 | 40 | Al Keller | 64 | Al Keller | 1956 Chevrolet | 600 | running | 0 | |
| 7 | 38 | Darvin Randahl | 204 | Darvin Randahl | 1956 Ford | 500 | running | 0 | |
| 8 | 6 | Bob Korf | 15W | Bill Stroppe | 1956 Mercury | 400 | running | 0 | |
| 9 | 10 | Herb Thomas | 92 | Smokey Yunick | 1956 Chevrolet | 36 | 250 | running | 0 |
| 10 | 12 | Fonty Flock | 500B | Carl Kiekhaefer | 1956 Dodge | 200 | running | 0 | |
| 11 | 25 | Gwyn Staley | 2 | Hubert Westmoreland | 1956 Chevrolet | 160 | running | 0 | |
| 12 | 18 | Lee Petty | 42 | Petty Enterprises | 1956 Dodge | 135 | running | 0 | |
| 13 | 58 | Jack Radtke | 342 | 1956 Ford | 110 | running | 0 | ||
| 14 | 49 | Ray Chaike | 16 | Gus Holzmueller | 1956 Chevrolet | 100 | running | 0 | |
| 15 | 55 | Gene Simpson | 40 | Bud Harbaugh | 1955 Buick | 100 | running | 0 | |
| 16 | 60 | Ken Milligan | 100 | Dave Everett | 1956 Chrysler | 90 | running | 0 | |
| 17 | 78 | Bill Blair | 5 | Joe Blair | 1956 Dodge | 80 | running | 0 | |
| 18 | 35 | Donald Thomas | 91 | Donald Thomas | 1956 Ford | 75 | running | 0 | |
| 19 | 13 | Charlie Scott | 300 | Carl Kiekhaefer | 1955 Chrysler | 75 | running | 0 | |
| 20 | 9 | Buck Baker | 301 | Carl Kiekhaefer | 1955 Chrysler | 75 | running | 0 | |
| 21 | 66 | Dave Lundman | 396 | 1956 Chevrolet | 60 | 0 | |||
| 22 | 30 | Rex White | X | Max Welborn | 1956 Chevrolet | 60 | 0 | ||
| 23 | 19 | Lyle Scott | 63 | Lyle Scott | 1956 Chrysler | 60 | 0 | ||
| 24 | 50 | Mel Larson | 155 | Mel Larson | 1956 Ford | 60 | 0 | ||
| 25 | 76 | Pat Zocano | 411 | 1956 Chevrolet | 60 | 0 | |||
| 26 | 77 | Ray Thompson | 390 | Johnny McCoy | 1956 Studebaker | 50 | 0 | ||
| 27 | 44 | Jim Cushman | 10 | Jim Cushman | 1956 Buick | 50 | 0 | ||
| 28 | 75 | Eddie Skinner | 96 | Curtis Reid | 1955 Oldsmobile | 50 | 0 | ||
| 29 | 74 | Ken Love | 640 | Ken Love | 1956 Ford | 50 | 0 | ||
| 30 | 54 | David Ezell | 761 | S.G. Russell | 1956 Chevrolet | 50 | 0 | ||
| 31 | 73 | Benny DeRosier | 230 | Adelmo Tiezzi | 1954 Hudson | 25 | 0 | ||
| 32 | 70 | Dick Beaty | 34 | Ike Kiser | 1956 Ford | 25 | 0 | ||
| 33 | 8 | Jim Paschal | 75 | Frank Hayworth | 1956 Mercury | 25 | 3 | ||
| 34 | 59 | Dink Widenhouse | B-29 | Dink Widenhouse | 1956 Ford | 25 | 0 | ||
| 35 | 41 | Don Bailey | 330 | Don Bailey | 1956 Ford | 25 | 0 | ||
| 36 | 52 | Red Farmer | C97 | J.M. Fitzgibbons | 1956 Chevrolet | 25 | 0 | ||
| 37 | 61 | Charles Oldham | 123 | Charles Oldham | 1956 Chevrolet | 25 | 0 | ||
| 38 | 71 | Walt Schubert | 77 | Bob Bunselmeyer | 1955 Ford | 25 | 0 | ||
| 39 | 68 | Harvey Henderson | 19 | Harvey Henderson | 1955 Chevrolet | 25 | 0 | ||
| 40 | 26 | Junior Johnson | 55 | A.L. Bumgarner | 1956 Pontiac | 29 | 25 | accident | 0 |
| 41 | 57 | Kenneth Wagner | 84 | Lawson & Netti | 1956 Ford | 0 | |||
| 42 | 67 | Johnny Allen | 264 | Spook Crawford | 1955 Plymouth | 0 | |||
| 43 | 11 | Frank Mundy | 300B | Carl Kiekhaefer | 1956 Chrysler | 0 | |||
| 44 | 37 | Joe Weatherly | 9 | Charlie Schwam | 1956 Ford | 0 | |||
| 45 | 69 | Bud Palmer | 166 | W.E. Campbell | 1955 Chevrolet | 0 | |||
| 46 | 63 | Bobby Myers | 1 | Ansel Rakestraw | 1955 Chevrolet | 0 | |||
| 47 | 5 | Russ Truelove | 226 | Bob White | 1956 Mercury | 23 | accident | 0 | |
| 48 | 45 | Bill Widenhouse | 68 | Fred Sheibert | 1956 Ford | 0 | |||
| 49 | 62 | Tommy Herbert | 108 | Lem Svajian | 1955 Chevrolet | 0 | |||
| 50 | 56 | Pete Yow | 203 | Pete Yow | 1955 Buick | 0 | |||
| 51 | 48 | W.H. Atkinson | 265 | W.H. Atkinson | 1956 Ford | 0 | |||
| 52 | 36 | Curtis Turner | 99 | Charlie Schwam | 1956 Ford | 16 | 0 | ||
| 53 | 42 | Gene White | 8 | 1956 Buick | 0 | ||||
| 54 | 28 | Charlie Cregar | 505 | Charlie Cregar | 1956 Chevrolet | 0 | |||
| 55 | 15 | Ralph Liguori | 6 | Ralph Liguori | 1956 Dodge | 0 | |||
| 56 | Dick Blackwell | 271 | 1956 Mercury | 0 | |||||
| 57 | 53 | Blackie Pitt | 59 | Brownie Pitt | 1955 Oldsmobile | 0 | |||
| 58 | 33 | Tommy Thompson | M-1 | Bob Fish | 1955 Buick | 0 | |||
| 59 | 32 | Fireball Roberts | 22 | Pete DePaolo | 1956 Ford | 0 | |||
| 60 | 4 | Ed Kretz | 285 | Jim Stephens | 1956 Pontiac | 0 | |||
| 61 | 3 | Cotton Owens | 286 | Jim Stephens | 1956 Pontiac | 0 | |||
| 62 | 51 | Joe Eubanks | 56 | James Satcher | 1956 Ford | 0 | |||
| 63 | 29 | Danny Letner | 97 | Ed Hastings | 1956 Ford | 0 | |||
| 64 | 43 | Joy Fair | 719 | Russell Wainscott | 1956 Dodge | 0 | |||
| 65 | 14 | Bob Welborn | 49 | Bob Welborn | 1956 Chevrolet | 0 | |||
| 66 | 72 | Johnny Osteen | 424 | 1954 Oldsmobile | 0 | ||||
| 67 | 31 | Joel Million | 78 | Ernest Woods | 1956 Oldsmobile | 0 | |||
| 68 | 7 | Jack Choquette | 290 | Bob Osiecki | 1956 Dodge | 0 | |||
| 69 | 34 | Dick Linder | 157 | Woody Brougher | 1956 Ford | 0 | |||
| 70 | 46 | Jack Smith | 999 | Joe Jones | 1956 Ford | 0 | |||
| 71 | 2 | Speedy Thompson | 500B | Carl Kiekhaefer | 1956 Dodge | 0 | |||
| 72 | 21 | Marvin Panch | 98 | Tom Harbison | 1956 Dodge | 0 | |||
| 73 | 17 | Jim Wilson | 576 | Harvey Walters | 1956 Dodge | 1 | accident | 0 | |
| 74 | 20 | Buddy Krebs | 321 | Harvey Walters | 1956 Dodge | 1 | accident | 0 | |
| 75 | 64 | Jimmy Mairs | 206 | 1955 Buick | accident | 0 | |||
| 76 | 47 | Emanuel Zervakis | 113 | Emanuel Zervakis | 1956 Chevrolet | 0 | accident | 0 |