1953 - NASCAR Grand National Series

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1953 - 10 Race Results

Race Name - 10
Date - 5/16/1953
Race Track - Hickory Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 0.5 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 100 miles
Pole Speed - mph
Number of Cautions -
Caution Laps -
Average Race Speed - 0 mph
Lead Changes -
Total Race Purse - $3,625
Race Number - 10

More Races from 1953

Fin	St	Driver	#	Sponsor	Laps Run	Make	Laps Led	Purse
1		Tim Flock	91	Ted Chester	200	53 Hudson	1	$1,000
2		Joe Eubanks	82	Oates Motor Co (Phil Oates)		52 Hudson		$700
3		Ray Duhigg	44	Julian Petty		52 Plymout		$450
4		Dick Passwater	78	Frank Arford		53 Oldsmob		$350
5		Dick Rathman	120	Walt Chapman		53 Hudson		$200
6		Bob Welborn	0	Julian Petty		52 Plymout		$150
7		Otis Martin	100	Otis Martin		53 Mercury		$125
8		Herschel Buchanan	1	Herschel Buchanan		51 Nash		$100
9		Pop McGinnis	13	Irving Frye		52 Hudson		$75
10		Clyde Minter	3	Coleman Lawrence		51 Ford		$50
11		Fred Dove	19	Fred Dove		50 Plymout		$25
12		Bill Blair	2	Bill Blair		52 Oldsmob		$25
13		Arden Mounts	108	Gene Comstock		52 Hudson		$25
14		Gene Comstock	8	Gene Comstock		53 Hudson		$25
15		Lee Petty	42	Petty Enterprises		53 Dodge		$25
16		Coleman Lawrence	71	Coleman Lawrence		50 Ford		$25
17		Russell Armentrout	0	JB Richter		53 Dodge		$25
18		Ralph Liguori	46	Al Wheatley		53 Lincoln		$25
19		Buck Baker	87	Griffin Motors (Bob Griffin)		53 Oldsmob		$25
20	1	Herb Thomas	92	FABULOUS (Herb Thomas)		53 Hudson		$25
21		Ted Chamberlain	93	Ted Chamberlain		50 Plymout		$25
22		Ralph Dyer	11	Ralph Dyer		53 Nash		$25
23		Elton Hildreth	167	Hildreth Motors (Elton Hildreth)		51 Nash		$25
24		Slick Smith	4	Frank Christian		51 Oldsmob		$25
25		Jim Paschal	43	Dave Quate		51 Ford		$25
26		Fonty Flock	14	Frank Christian	57	53 Oldsmob		$25
27		Donald Thomas	72	Doug Meeks		50 Ford		$25