1953 - NASCAR Grand National Series

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1953 - 8 Race Results

Race Name - 8
Date - 5/3/1953
Race Track - Langhorne Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 1 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 150 miles
Pole Speed - mph
Number of Cautions -
Caution Laps -
Average Race Speed - 72.743 mph
Lead Changes - 5
Total Race Purse - $6,655
Race Number - 8

More Races from 1953

Fin	St	Driver	#	Sponsor	Laps Run	Make	Laps Led	Purse
1	25	Buck Baker	87	Griffin Motors (Bob Griffin)	150	53 Oldsmob	42	$1,525
2		Lee Petty	42	Petty Enterprises	150	53 Dodge	26	$1,000
3		Fonty Flock	14	Frank Christian		53 Oldsmob	0	$800
4		Herschel Buchanan	1	Herschel Buchanan		52 Nash	0	$600
5	1	Tim Flock	91	Ted Chester		53 Hudson	69	$500
6		Ray Duhigg	44	Julian Petty		52 Plymout	0	$400
7		Herb Thomas	92	FABULOUS (Herb Thomas)		53 Hudson	13	$300
8		Bill Adams	18	Bill Adams		53 Oldsmob	0	$200
9		Ralph Liguori	46	Ralph Liguori		53 Oldsmob	0	$180
10		Ted Chamberlain	93	Ted Chamberlain		51 Plymout	0	$150
11		Ronnie Kohler	0	Ronnie Kohler		50 Dodge	0	$75
12		Leon Lundy	0			53 Ford	0	$75
13		Joe Bill ODell	111	Joe Bill ODell		49 Ford	0	$75
14		Jim Lacy	0			53 Dodge	0	$75
15		Mike Magill	0	Michael Jarema		53 Lincoln	0	$75
16		Dick Rathman	0			53 Plymout	0	$50
17		Buck Mason	0	Joe Kersey		53 Dodge	0	$50
18		Bill Blair	2	Bill Blair		53 Oldsmob	0	$50
19		Dick Passwater	78	Frank Arford		53 Oldsmob	0	$50
20		Don Price	0			50 Ford	0	$50
21		Otis Martin	100	Otis Martin		53 Oldsmob	0	$25
22		Gene Comstock	8	Gene Comstock		53 Hudson	0	$25
23		Lou Johnson	0			53 Dodge	0	$25
24		Neil Cole	0	John Golabek		50 Plymout	0	$25
25		Larry Schultz	0			53 Plymout	0	$25
26		Donald Thomas	9	FABULOUS (Herb Thomas)		51 Hudson	0	$25
27		Al Keller	31	George Miller		53 Oldsmob	0	$25
28		Jimmie Lewallen	41	RG Shelton		51 Hudson	0	$25
29		Jim Paschal	43	Dave Quate		53 Oldsmob	0	$25
30		Charles Weidler	79	Charles Weidler		51 Hudson	0	$25
31		Bub King	55	Bub King		52 Hudson	0	$25
32		Bill Hammersley	0			51 Ford	0	$25
33		Gene Parry	0			51 Nash	0	$25
34		Elton Hildreth	167	Hildreth Motors (Elton Hildreth)		53 Nash	0	$25
35		Slick Smith	4	Frank Christian		51 Oldsmob	0	$25