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| FP | SP | Car | Driver | Car Name Chassis/Engine Running or Reason Out | Laps Comp | Prize Money | Qual. Speed |
| 1 | 2 | 1 | Shaw, Wilbur | Boyle Racing Headquarters
Maserati/Maserati Running | 200 | $30,725 | 127.065 |
| 2 | 1 | 33 | Mays, Rex | Bowes Seal Fast
Stevens/Winfield Running | 200 | $15,950 | 127.850 |
| 3 | 3 | 7 | Rose, Mauri | Elgin Piston Pin/Lou Moore
Wetteroth/Offy Running | 200 | $6,688 | 125.624 |
| 4 | 4 | 3 | Horn, Ted | Boyle Racing Headquarters
Miller/Miller Flagged | 199 | $4,575 | 125.545 |
| 5 | 10 | 8 | Thorne, Joel | Thorne Donnelly/Joel Thorne
Adams/Sparks Flagged | 197 | $3,850 | 122.432 |
| 6 | 20 | 32 | Swanson, Bob | Sampson Motors
Stevens/Sampson Flagged | 196 | $2,463 | 124.882 |
| 7 | 7 | 9 | Wearne, Frank | Boyle Racing Headquarters
Stevens/Offy Flagged | 195 | $2,038 | 123.216 |
| 8 | 5 | 31 | Hansen, Mel | Harry Hartz
Wetteroth/Miller Flagged | 194 | $1,813 | 124.753 |
| 9 | 8 | 16 | Brisko, Frank | Elgin Piston Pin/Frank Brisko
Stevens/Brisko Flagged | 193 | $1,863 | 122.716 |
| 10 | 31 | 49 | LeBegue, Rene(R) | Lucy O'Reilly Schell
Maserati/Maserati Flagged | 192 | $1,488 | 118.981 |
| 11 | 15 | 41 | McQuinn, Harry | Hollywood/Bill White Cars
Weil/Alfa Romeo Flagged | 192 | $938 | 122.486 |
| 12 | 22 | 25 | Andres, Emil | Belanger-Folz
Stevens/Offy Flagged | 192 | $758 | 122.963 |
| 13 | 14 | 28 | Hanks, Sam(R) | Leon Duray
Weil/Duray Flagged | 192 | $650 | 123.064 |
| 14 | 16 | 6 | Barringer, George | Hollywood/Bill White Cars
Weil/Offy Flagged | 191 | $620 | 121.889 |
| 15 | 26 | 42 | Chitwood, Joie(R) | Kennedy Tank/Paul Weirick
Adams/Offy Flagged | 190 | $615 | 121.757 |
| 16 | 18 | 26 | Tomei, Louis | Falstaff/Ed Walsh
Miller/Offy Exhaust pipe | 190 | $610 | 119.984 |
| 17 | 27 | 34 | Miller, Chet | Alfa Romeo/Wharton-Dewart
Alfa Romeo/Alfa Romeo Flagged | 189 | $605 | 121.392 |
| 18 | 32 | 14 | DeVore, Billy | Bill Holabird/W. Wilbur Shaw
Shaw/Offy Flagged | 181 | $600 | 122.197 |
| 19 | 28 | 44 | Putnam, Al | Refinoil/Anthony Gulotta
Adams/Offy Flagged | 179 | $595 | 120.818 |
| 20 | 33 | 61 | Davis, Floyd | Joseph Lencki
Lencki/Lencki Flagged | 157 | $590 | 120.797 |
| 21 | 13 | 35 | Petillo, Kelly | Indiana Fur/Kelly Petillo
Wetteroth/Offy Bearing | 128 | $660 | 125.331 |
| 22 | 25 | 21 | Nalon, Duke | Joseph Marks
Silnes/Offy Rod | 120 | $580 | 121.790 |
| 23 | 23 | 17 | Robson, George(R) | Marty Keller
Miller-Ford/Offy Shock absorber | 67 | $595 | 122.562 |
| 24 | 12 | 24 | Stapp, Babe | Frederick K. Surber
Stevens/Offy Oil line | 64 | $595 | 123.366 |
| 25 | 19 | 36 | Williams, Doc | Quillen/Doc Williams
Cooper/Miller Oil line | 61 | $590 | 122.963 |
| 26 | 17 | 10 | Connor, George | Joseph Lencki
Lencki/Lencki Rod | 52 | $610 | 124.585 |
| 27 | 6 | 5 | Bergere, Cliff | Noc-Out Hose Clamp/Moore
Wetteroth/Offy Oil line | 51 | $605 | 123.673 |
| 28 | 29 | 38 | Russo, Paul(R) | Elgin Piston Pin
Blume/Brisko Oil leak | 48 | $525 | 120.809 |
| 29 | 21 | 54 | Hepburn, Ralph | Bowes Seal Fast/Winfield
Miller-Ford/Offy Steering, spun | 47 | $595 | 123.860 |
| 30 | 30 | 58 | Miller, Al | Alfa Romeo/Frank Griswold
Alfa Romeo/Alfa Romeo Clutch | 41 | $540 | 120.288 |
| 31 | 11 | 19 | Snowberger, Russ | Russell Snowberger
Snowberger/Miller Water pump | 38 | $535 | 121.564 |
| 32 | 9 | 27 | Hinnershitz, Tommy(R) | Marks Offenhauser
Adams/Offy Crash FS | 32 | $530 | 122.614 |
| 33 | 24 | 29 | Riganti, Raoul | Maserati/Raoul Riganti
Maserati/Maserati Crash 2 | 24 | $500 | 121.827 |
| Total Purse: | $85,525 | Field Average: | 122.853 |
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| Cars Entered: | 49 | Cars Started: | 33 |
| Number Rookies: | 6 | Former Winners: | 2 |
SP # Driver Chassis/Engine Speed ---------------------------------------------------------- 1 33 Rex Mays Stevens/Winfield 127.85 2 1 Wilbur Shaw Maserati/Maserati 127.06 3 7 Mauri Rose Wetteroth/Offy 125.62 4 3 Ted Horn Miller/Miller 125.54 5 31 Mel Hansen Wetteroth/Miller 124.75 6 5 Cliff Bergere Wetteroth/Offy 123.67 7 9 Frank Wearne Stevens/Offy 123.21 8 16 Frank Brisko Stevens/Brisko 122.71 9 27 Tommy Hinnershitz (R) Adams/Offy 122.61 10 8 Joel Thorne Adams/Sparks 122.43 11 19 Russ Snowberger Snowberger/Miller 121.56 12 24 Babe Stapp Stevens/Offy 123.36 13 35 Kelly Petillo Wetteroth/Offy 125.33 14 28 Sam Hanks (R) Weil/Duray 123.06 15 41 Harry McQuinn Weil/Alfa Romeo 122.48 16 6 George Barringer Weil/Offy 121.88 17 10 George Connor Lencki/Lencki 124.58 18 26 Louis Tomei Miller/Offy 119.98 19 36 Doc Williams Cooper/Miller 122.96 20 32 Bob Swanson Stevens/Sampson 124.88 21 54 Ralph Hepburn Miller-Ford/Offy 123.86 22 25 Emil Andres Stevens/Offy 122.96 23 17 George Robson (R) Miller-Ford/Offy 122.56 24 29 Raoul Riganti Maserati/Maserati 121.82 25 21 Duke Nalon Silnes/Offy 121.79 26 42 Joie Chitwood (R) Adams/Offy 121.75 27 34 Chet Miller Alfa Romeo/Alfa Romeo 121.39 28 44 Al Putnam Adams/Offy 120.81 29 38 Paul Russo (R) Blume/Brisko 120.80 30 58 Al Miller Alfa Romeo/Alfa Romeo 120.28 31 49 Rene LeBegue (R) Maserati/Maserati 118.98 32 14 Billy DeVore Shaw/Offy 122.19 33 61 Floyd Davis Lencki/Lencki 120.79