Springfield 100
Illinois State Fairgrounds
1 Mile Dirt Oval
100 Laps/100 Miles
August 22, 1953
| Finish | Start | Driver | Car # | Sponsor/Name | Chassis | Engine | Laps | Status |
Points |
| 1 | 5 | Sam Hanks | 3 | Bardahl | Kurtis 4000 | Offy | 100 | 1:05:49.00 91.162 | 200 |
| 2 | 2 | Manny Ayulo | 88 | Peter Schmidt | Kuzma | Offy | 100 | Finished | 160 |
| 3 | 1 | Chuck Stevenson | 98 | Agajanian | Kuzma | Offy | 100 | Finished | 140 |
| 4 | 16 | Johnnie Parsons | 21 | Belond Equa Flow | Kurtis 4000 | Offy | 100 | Finished | 120 |
| 5 | 3 | Cal Niday | 99 | Belanger | Kurtis | Offy | 100 | Finished | 100 |
| 6 | 6 | Paul Russo | 7 | Federal Engineering | Kurtis 4000 | Offy | 100 | Finished | 80 |
| 7 | 11 | Don Freeland | 38 | Bob Estes | Watson | Offy | 100 | Finished | 60 |
| 8 | 12 | Jimmy Reece | 68 | Pete Wales | Kurtis 4000 | Offy | 100 | Finished | 50 |
| 9 | 10 | Bob Scott | 12 | Chapman | Russo/Nichels | Offy | 100 | Finished | 40 |
| 10 | 8 | Eddie Russo | 81 | Central Excavating | Trevis | Offy | 98 | Flagged | 30 |
| 11 | 7 | Danny Oakes | 63 | Hopkins | Moore | Offy | 96 | Flagged | 20 |
| 12 | 18 | Tommy Hinnershitz | 56 | Dr. Sabourin | Del Roy | Offy | 87 | Flagged | 10 |
| 13 | 13 | Jack McGrath | 5 | Hinkle | Kurtis 4000 | Offy | 87 | Flagged | |
| 14 | 15 | Johnny Fedricks | 89 | Dunn Engineering | Kurtis 500B | Offy | 75 | Flagged | |
| 15 | 14 | Jimmy Bryan | 16 | Springfield Welding | Kurtis 4000 | Offy | 59 | Spun out, turn 3 | |
| 16 | 4 | Jimmy Davies | 9 | Pat Clancy | Ewing | Offy | 36 | Broken rear end | |
| 17 | 9 | Rodger Ward | 92 | M. A. Walker | Kurtis | Offy | 33 | Connecting rod bearing | |
| 18 | 17 | Walt Faulkner | 23 | Auto Shippers | Kurtis 4000 | Offy | 14 | Broken radiator hose | |
| -- | -- | Buzz Barton | 35 | Parks | Pawl | Offy | -- | DNS, too slow | |
| -- | -- | Duane Carter | 10 | Hopkins | Lesovsky | Offy | -- | DNS, too slow | |
| -- | -- | Rex Easton | 39 | Shaheen | Hill | GMC | -- | DNS, too slow | |
| -- | -- | Gene Force | 57 | Iddings | Meyer | Offy | -- | DNS, too slow | |
| -- | -- | Potsy Goacher | 67 | Glessner | Clemons | Offy | -- | DNS, too slow | |
| -- | -- | Bill Holland | 73 | McNamara | Kurtis/Wetteroth | Offy | -- | DNS, too slow | |
| -- | -- | Bill Homeier | 76 | Leitenberger | Silnes/Sherman | Offy | -- | DNS, too slow | |
| -- | -- | Jerry Hoyt | 55 | John Zink | Kurtis 4000 | Offy | -- | DNS, too slow | |
| -- | -- | Eddie Johnson | 93 | Dr. Morris | Kurtis 2000 | Offy | -- | DNS, too slow | |
| -- | -- | Andy Linden | 36 | Sid Street | Pankratz | Offy | -- | Did not qualify | |
| -- | -- | Chuck Marshall | 79 | Mel-Rae | Kurtis 4000 | Offy | -- | DNS, too slow | |
| -- | -- | Mike Nazaruk | 83 | Kalamazoo | Turner | Offy | -- | DNS, too slow | |
| -- | -- | Ralph Pratt | 27 | City of Detroit | Kurtis 4000 | Offy | -- | DNS, too slow | |
| -- | -- | George Tichenor | 61 | Belanger | Kurtis 500A | Chrysler V8 | -- | DNS, too slow | |
| -- | -- | George Wilson | 95 | Sacco/Wilson | Johnston | Wayne | -- | DNS, too slow | |
| -- | -- | Spider Webb | 65 | Karl Hall/Commercial Motor Freight | Ewing | Offy | -- | DNS, too slow | |
| -- | -- | Johnny Roberts | 82 | Burns | Kurtis 2000 | Offy | -- | DNS, too slow | |
| -- | -- | Bob Sweikert | 51 | Dean Van Lines | Kuzma | Offy | -- | DNS, too slow |
| Lap Leaders | Total | Laps |
| Sam Hanks | 40 | 61-100 |
| Manny Ayulo | 39 | 1-15, 37-60 |
| Jimmy Davies | 21 | 16-36 |