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| FP | SP | Car | Driver | Car Name Chassis/Engine Running or Reason Out | Laps Comp | Prize Money | Qual. Speed |
| 1 | 3 | 27 | Rose, Mauri | Blue Crown Spark Plug/Moore
Deidt/Offy Running | 200 | $31,450 | 120.040 |
| 2 | 8 | 16 | Holland, Bill(R) | Blue Crown Spark Plug/Moore
Deidt/Offy Running | 200 | $29,475 | 128.755 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Horn, Ted | Bennett/H.C. Henning
Maserati/Maserati Running | 200 | $8,475 | 126.564 |
| 4 | 4 | 54 | Ardinger, Herb | Novi Governor Mobil/Winfield
Kurtis/Novi Running | 200 | $5,500 | 120.733 |
| 5 | 10 | 7 | Jackson, Jimmy | Jim Hussey/H.C. Henning
Miller/Offy Running | 200 | $4,925 | 122.266 |
| 6 | 20 | 9 | Mays, Rex | Bowes Seal Fast/Bowes Racing
Kurtis/Winfield Running | 200 | $3,475 | 124.412 |
| 7 | 14 | 33 | Brown, Walt(R) | Permafuse/Milt Marion
Alfa Romeo/Alfa Romeo Running | 200 | $3,175 | 118.355 |
| 8 | 28 | 34 | Marshall, Cy | Tattersfield/Bill White
Weil/Alfa Romeo Flagged | 197 | $2,425 | 115.644 |
| 9 | 23 | 41 | Agabashian, Fred(R) | Ross Page Offenhauser/Page
Kurtis/Duray Flagged | 191 | $2,500 | 121.478 |
| 10 | 27 | 10 | Dinsmore, Duke | Bill Schoof
Wetteroth/Offy Flagged | 167 | $1,975 | 119.840 |
| 11 | 7 | 58 | Anderson, Les(R) | Kennedy Tank/Les Anderson
Maserati/Offy Flagged | 131 | $2,025 | 118.425 |
| 12 | 17 | 59 | Romcevich, Pete(R) | Camco Motors Ford/Granatelli
Miller-Ford/Ford Oil line | 168 | $1,525 | 117.218 |
| 13 | 30 | 3 | Andres, Emil | Preston Tucker Partner/Lencki
Lencki/Lencki Magneto | 150 | $1,750 | 116.781 |
| 14 | 15 | 31 | Wearne, Frank | Superior Industries/Rassey
Miller/Offy Spun, 3 | 128 | $1,700 | 117.716 |
| 15 | 9 | 47 | Fowler, Ken | Don Lee Alfa Romeo
Alfa Romeo/Alfa Romeo Axle | 121 | $1,775 | 123.423 |
| 16 | 18 | 46 | Nalon, Duke | Don Lee Mercedes
Mercedes/Mercedes Piston | 119 | $1,700 | 128.082 |
| 17 | 12 | 28 | Free, Roland | Bristow-McManus
Wetteroth/Miller Spun, 1 | 87 | $1,225 | 119.526 |
| 18 | 25 | 29 | Bettenhausen Sr., Ton | Murrell Belanger
Stevens/Offy Timing gear | 79 | $950 | 120.980 |
| 19 | 6 | 25 | Snowberger, Russ | Federal Enqineering/R.A. Cott
Maserati/Maserati Oil pump | 74 | $1,300 | 121.331 |
| 20 | 16 | 52 | Robson, Hal | Richard Palmer
Adams/Offy Universal joint | 67 | $1,000 | 122.096 |
| 21 | 2 | 18 | Bergere, Cliff | Novi Governor Mobil/Winfield
Kurtis/Novi Piston | 62 | $4,625 | 124.957 |
| 22 | 22 | 8 | Chitwood, Joie | Fred Peters
Wetteroth/Offy Gears | 51 | $975 | 123.157 |
| 23 | 5 | 24 | Cantlon, Shorty | Automobile Shippers/Rassey
Snowberger/Miller Crash 1, died | 40 | $1,300 | 121.462 |
| 24 | 26 | 43 | Banks, Henry | Federal Engineering/Henning
Miller-Ford/Offy Oil line | 36 | $1,075 | 120.923 |
| 25 | 19 | 66 | Miller, Al | Preston Tucker/Clay Ballinger
Miller/Miller Magneto | 33 | $1,225 | 124.848 |
| 26 | 13 | 14 | Connor, George | Ed Walsh
Kurtis/Offy Fuel leak | 32 | $1,300 | 124.874 |
| 27 | 29 | 38 | Hansen, Mel | Flavell-Duffy
Adams/Sparks Pushed, disq. | 32 | $700 | 117.298 |
| 28 | 21 | 15 | Russo, Paul | Wolfe Motors, Tulsa
Shaw/Offy Crash FS | 24 | $925 | 123.967 |
| 29 | 24 | 44 | Van Acker, Charles(R) | Preston Tucker/Lencki
Stevens/Lencki Crash FS | 24 | $650 | 121.049 |
| 30 | 11 | 53 | Fankhouser, Milt(R) | Jack Maurer's Club/Fankhouser
Stevens/Offy Stalled, 2 | 16 | $950 | 119.932 |
| Total Purse: | $137,425 | Field Average: | 121.039 |
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| Cars Entered: | 51 | Cars Started: | 30 |
| Number Rookies: | 7 | Former Winners: | 1 |
SP # Driver Chassis/Engine Speed ------------------------------------------------------------ 1 1 Ted Horn Maserati/Maserati 126.564 2 18 Cliff Bergere Kurtis/Novi 124.957 3 27 Mauri Rose Deidt/Offy 120.040 4 54 Herb Ardinger Kurtis/Novi 120.733 5 24 Shorty Cantlon Snowberger/Miller 121.462 6 25 Russ Snowberger Maserati/Maserati 121.331 7 58 Les Anderson (R) Maserati/Offy 118.425 8 16 Bill Holland (R) Deidt/Offy 128.755 9 47 Ken Fowler Alfa Romeo/Alfa Romeo 123.423 10 7 Jimmy Jackson Miller/Offy 122.266 11 53 Milt Fankhouser (R) Stevens/Offy 119.932 12 28 Roland Free Wetteroth/Miller 119.526 13 14 George Connor Kurtis/Offy 124.874 14 33 Walt Brown (R) Alfa Romeo/Alfa Romeo 118.355 15 31 Frank Wearne Miller/Offy 117.716 16 52 Hal Robson Adams/Offy 122.096 17 59 Pete Romcevich (R) Miller-Ford/Ford 117.218 18 46 Duke Nalon Mercedes/Mercedes 128.082 19 66 Al Miller Miller/Miller 124.848 20 9 Rex Mays Kurtis/Winfield 124.412 21 15 Paul Russo Shaw/Offy 123.967 22 8 Joie Chitwood Wetteroth/Offy 123.157 23 41 Fred Agabashian (R) Kurtis/Duray 121.478 24 44 Charles Van Acker (R) Stevens/Lencki 121.049 25 29 Tony Bettenhausen Sr. Stevens/Offy 120.980 26 43 Henry Banks Miller-Ford/Offy 120.923 27 10 Duke Dinsmore Wetteroth/Offy 119.840 28 34 Cy Marshall Weil/Alfa Romeo 115.644 29 38 Mel Hansen Adams/Sparks 117.298 30 3 Emil Andres Lencki/Lencki 116.781Field average: 121.538