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| FP | SP | Car | Driver | Car Name Chassis/Engine Running or Reason Out | Laps Comp | Prize Money | Qual. Speed |
| 1 | 3 | 2 | Shaw, Wilbur | Boyle Racing Headquarters
Maserati/Maserati Running | 200 | $27,375 | 128.977 |
| 2 | 1 | 10 | Snyder, Jimmy | Thorne Engineering
Adams/Sparks Running | 200 | $16,100 | 130.138 |
| 3 | 10 | 54 | Bergere, Cliff | Offenhauser/Lewis Welch
Miller-Ford/Offy Running | 200 | $7,400 | 123.835 |
| 4 | 4 | 4 | Horn, Ted | Boyle Racinq Headquarters
Miller/Miller Running | 200 | $4,750 | 127.723 |
| 5 | 16 | 31 | Stapp, Babe | Alfa Romeo/Bill White Cars
Weil/Alfa Romeo Running | 200 | $4,225 | 125.000 |
| 6 | 15 | 41 | Barringer, George | Bill White Race Cars
Weil/Offy Running | 200 | $2,800 | 120.935 |
| 7 | 20 | 8 | Thorne, Joel | Thorne Engineering
Adams/Sparks Running | 200 | $2,150 | 122.177 |
| 8 | 8 | 16 | Rose, Mauri | Wheeler's/W. Wilbur Shaw
Shaw/Offy Running | 200 | $2,150 | 124.896 |
| 9 | 17 | 14 | Wearne, Frank | Burd Piston/Moore & Roberts
Wetteroth/Offy Running | 200 | $1,800 | 125.074 |
| 10 | 33 | 26 | DeVore, Billy | Leon Duray-Barbasol
Weil/Duray Running | 200 | $1,600 | 116.527 |
| 11 | 27 | 62 | Gulotta, Tony | Burd Piston Ring/George Lyons
Stevens/Offy Running | 200 | $1,000 | 121.749 |
| 12 | 2 | 45 | Meyer, Lou | Bowes Seal Fast/Bowes Racing
Stevens/Winfield Crash BS | 197 | $3,200 | 130.067 |
| 13 | 12 | 18 | Connor, George | Joseph Marks
Adams/Offy Stalled | 195 | $650 | 123.208 |
| 14 | 26 | 51 | Willman, Tony | Burd Piston Ring/Joe Lencki
Lencki/Lencki Fuel pump | 188 | $620 | 122.771 |
| 15 | 30 | 58 | Tomei, Louis | Alfa-Romeo/Frank Griswold
Alfa Romeo/Alfa Romeo Flagged | 186 | $590 | 118.425 |
| 16 | 19 | 15 | Mays, Rex | Thorne Engineering
Adams/Sparks Rings | 145 | $685 | 126.413 |
| 17 | 9 | 9 | Ardinger, Herb | Miller-Hartz
Wetteroth/Miller Clutch | 141 | $680 | 124.125 |
| 18 | 24 | 35 | Petillo, Kelly | Kay Jewelers/Kelly Petillo
Wetteroth/Offy Pistons | 141 | $600 | 123.660 |
| 19 | 14 | 49 | Hansen, Mel(R) | Joel Thorne
Shaw/Offy Hit pit wall | 113 | $595 | 121.683 |
| 20 | 32 | 38 | McQuinn, Harry | Elgin Piston Pin/F. Burren
Blume/Brisko Ignition | 110 | $590 | 117.287 |
| 21 | 5 | 3 | Miller, Chet | Boyle Racing Headquarters
Summers/Miller Crash BS | 109 | $635 | 126.316 |
| 22 | 13 | 25 | Hepburn, Ralph | Hamilton-Harris/Tony Gulotta
Stevens/Offy Crash BS (B.S.) | 107 | $605 | 122.204 |
| 23 | 23 | 1 | Roberts, Floyd | Burd Piston Ring/Lou Moore
Wetteroth/Offy Crash BS, died | 106 | $650 | 128.968 |
| 24 | 18 | 37 | Hall, Ira | Greenfield/Magnee & Nowiak
Nowiak/Studebaker Head gasket | 89 | $570 | 121.188 |
| 25 | 25 | 21 | Snowberger, Russ | D-X/Russell Snowberger
Snowberger/Miller Radiator | 50 | $590 | 123.199 |
| 26 | 6 | 17 | Bailey, George | Harry A. Miller
Miller/Miller Valve | 47 | $610 | 125.821 |
| 27 | 29 | 56 | Davis, Floyd | W.B.W./Ed Walsh
Miller/Offy Shock absorber | 43 | $555 | 119.375 |
| 28 | 28 | 42 | Miller, Al | Kennedy Tank/Paul Weirick
Adams/Offy Accelerator | 41 | $575 | 123.233 |
| 29 | 11 | 29 | Brisko, Frank | National Seal/Frank Brisko
Stevens/Brisko Air pump | 38 | $570 | 123.351 |
| 30 | 21 | 44 | Andres, Emil | Chicago Flash/Jimmy Snyder
Stevens/Offy Spark plugs | 22 | $540 | 121.212 |
| 31 | 22 | 32 | Swanson, Bob | Sampson Motors
Stevens/Sampson Rear axle | 19 | $510 | 129.431 |
| 32 | 7 | 47 | Cantlon, Shorty | Auto Services/Associated
Stevens/Offy Main bearing | 15 | $605 | 125.567 |
| 33 | 31 | 53 | Litz, Deacon | Maserati/Richard T. Wharton
Maserati/Maserati Valve | 7 | $525 | 117.979 |
| Total Purse: | $87,050 | Field Average: | 123.567 |
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| Cars Entered: | 49 | Cars Started: | 33 |
| Number Rookies: | 1 | Former Winners: | 4 |
SP # Driver Chassis/Engine Speed ----------------------------------------------------- 1 10 Jimmy Snyder Adams/Sparks 130.13 2 45 Lou Meyer Stevens/Winfield 130.06 3 2 Wilbur Shaw Maserati/Maserati 128.97 4 4 Ted Horn Miller/Miller 127.72 5 3 Chet Miller Summers/Miller 126.31 6 17 George Bailey Miller/Miller 125.82 7 47 Shorty Cantlon Stevens/Offy 125.56 8 16 Mauri Rose Shaw/Offy 124.89 9 9 Herb Ardinger Wetteroth/Miller 124.12 10 54 Cliff Bergere Miller-Ford/Offy 123.83 11 29 Frank Brisko Stevens/Brisko 123.35 12 18 George Connor Adams/Offy 123.20 13 25 Ralph Hepburn Stevens/Offy 122.20 14 49 Mel Hansen (R) Shaw/Offy 121.68 15 41 George Barringer Weil/Offy 120.93 16 31 Babe Stapp Weil/Alfa Romeo 125.00 17 14 Frank Wearne Wetteroth/Offy 125.07 18 37 Ira Hall Nowiak/Studebaker 121.18 19 15 Rex Mays Adams/Sparks 126.41 20 8 Joel Thorne Adams/Sparks 122.17 21 44 Emil Andres Stevens/Offy 121.21 22 32 Bob Swanson Stevens/Sampson 129.43 23 1 Floyd Roberts Wetteroth/Offy 128.96 24 35 Kelly Petillo Wetteroth/Offy 123.66 25 21 Russ Snowberger Snowberger/Miller 123.19 26 51 Tony Willman Lencki/Lencki 122.77 27 62 Tony Gulotta Stevens/Offy 121.74 28 42 Al Miller Adams/Offy 123.23 29 56 Floyd Davis Miller/Offy 119.37 30 58 Louis Tomei Alfa Romeo/Alfa Romeo 118.42 31 53 Deacon Litz Maserati/Maserati 117.97 32 38 Harry McQuinn Blume/Brisko 117.28 33 26 Billy DeVore Weil/Duray 116.52