1953 - NASCAR Grand National Series

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1953 - 3 Race Results

Race Name - 3
Date - 3/8/1953
Race Track - Harnett Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 0.5 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 100 miles
Pole Speed - 51.918 mph
Number of Cautions -
Caution Laps -
Average Race Speed - 48.826 mph
Lead Changes - 0
Total Race Purse - $3,750
Race Number - 3

More Races from 1953

Fin	St	Driver	#	Sponsor	Laps Run	Make	Laps Led	Purse
1	1	Herb Thomas	92	FABULOUS (Herb Thomas)	200	53 Hudson	200	$1,000
2	3	Dick Rathman	120	Walt Chapman	197	53 Hudson	0	$700
3		Lee Petty	42	Petty Enterprises		53 Dodge	0	$450
4	7	Dick Passwater	78	Frank Arford		53 Oldsmob	0	$350
5		Herschel Buchanan	1	Herschel Buchanan		53 Nash	0	$200
6	2	Mike Klapak	18	Bill Adams		53 Oldsmob	0	$150
7		Tim Flock	91	Blackburn Auto Service (Ted Chester)		52 Hudson	0	$125
8		Ray Duhigg	24	JO Goode		52 Plymout	0	$100
9		Don Oldenberg	0	Bill House		50 Packard	0	$75
10		Keith Hamner	71	Mason Darnell		52 Hudson	0	$50
11		Bub King	55	Bub King		52 Hudson	0	$25
12		Ewell Weddle	0	Ewell Weddle		51 Plymout	0	$25
13		Elton Hildreth	167	Elton Hildreth		52 Nash	0	$25
14	4	Fonty Flock	14	Frank Christian		52 Oldsmob	0	$25
15		Coleman Lawrence	37	Coleman Lawrence		50 Ford	0	$25
16		Fred Dove	19	Fred Dove		50 Plymout	0	$25
17		Donald Thomas	72	Doug Meeks		50 Ford	0	$25
18		Jack Lawrence	0	Jack Lawrence		53 Dodge	0	$25
19		Harold Nash	0			51 Oldsmob	0	$25
20		Jimmie Lewallen	43	Dave Quate		53 Dodge	0	$25
21		Dub Livingston	0	Dub Livingston		53 Dodge	0	$25
22		Harry Bennett	0			52 Oldsmob	0	$25
23	6	Joe Eubanks	82	Oates Motor Co (Phil Oates)		52 Hudson	0	$25
24		Lucky Sawyer	0	Lucky Sawyer		49 Ford	0	$25
25		Johnny Roberts	0	Johnny Roberts		52 Ford	0	$25
26		Weldon Adams	23			51 Studeba	0	$25
27	8	Bill Blair	2	Bill Blair		52 Oldsmob	0	$25
28		Johnny Patterson	58	HB Ranier		52 Oldsmob	0	$25
29		Jim Lacy	0			53 Dodge	0	$25
30	5	Curtis Turner	41	Eanes Motor Co (John Eanes)		52 Oldsmob	0	$25
31		Cotton Priddy	25	Cotton Priddy		51 Oldsmob	0	$25
32		Wally Campbell	171			53 Dodge	0	$25