NASCAR Grand National Series Series by Race
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The NASCAR Cup Series is a stock car racing series owned and operated by NASCAR (the National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing). NASCAR’s premier series had been known as the NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Series since Jan. 1, 2017, rebranded in 2020. It holds races over the season at tracks located in the United States both road courses and ovals. Although the roots of the series was in the use of "stock" manufacturers vehicles, todays cars are custom built automobiles powered by custom built V8 engines.
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1953 - 1 Race Results
Race Name - 1Date - 2/1/1953Race Track - Palm Beach SpeedwayTrack Length (Miles) - 0.5 milesRace Length (Miles) - 100 milesPole Speed - 65.028 mphNumber of Cautions - Caution Laps - Average Race Speed - 60.22 mphLead Changes - 2Total Race Purse - $3,525Race Number - 1 | More Races from 1953 |
Fin | St | Driver | # | Sponsor | Laps Run | Make | Laps Led | Purse |
1 | 7 | Lee Petty | 42 | Petty Enterprises | 200 | 53 Dodge | 152 | $1,000 |
2 | 9 | Jimmie Lewallen | 41 | Petty Enterprises | 198 | 52 Plymout | 0 | $700 |
3 | 4 | Tim Flock | 91 | Ted Chester | 197 | 52 Hudson | 0 | $450 |
4 | 12 | Herschel Buchanan | 1 | Herschel Buchanan | 192 | 52 Nash | 0 | $350 |
5 | 10 | Don Oldenberg | 86 | Bill House | 186 | 53 Lincoln | 0 | $200 |
6 | 11 | Bub King | 55 | Bub King | 185 | 52 Hudson | 0 | $150 |
7 | 22 | Dub Livingston | 60 | Dub Livingston | 183 | 53 Dodge | 0 | $125 |
8 | 5 | Pop McGinnis | 13 | Irving Frye | 182 | 52 Hudson | 0 | $100 |
9 | 6 | Donald Thomas | 9 | FABULOUS (Herb Thomas) | 181 | 52 Hudson | 0 | $75 |
10 | 20 | Sam DiRusso | 67 | Sam DiRusso | 180 | 52 Plymout | 0 | $50 |
11 | 2 | Fonty Flock | 14 | Frank Christian | 174 | 52 Oldsmob | 0 | $25 |
12 | 13 | Gober Sosebee | 51 | Cherokee Garage (Sam Knox) | 172 | 52 Chrysle | 0 | $25 |
13 | 19 | Marion Edwards | 102 | 166 | 50 Dodge | 0 | $25 | |
14 | 16 | Elton Hildreth | 167 | Hildreth Motors (Elton Hildreth) | 159 | 51 Nash | 0 | $25 |
15 | 21 | Jack Culpepper | 57 | 119 | 49 Ford | 0 | $25 | |
16 | 14 | Herb Tillman | 0 | Herb Tillman | 104 | 50 Oldsmob | 0 | $25 |
17 | 18 | Jack Lawrence | 0 | Jack Lawrence | 101 | 53 Dodge | 0 | $25 |
18 | 17 | Allan Clarke | 0 | 76 | 50 Chevrol | 0 | $25 | |
19 | 8 | Al Keller | 31 | George Miller | 73 | 50 Oldsmob | 0 | $25 |
20 | 15 | Hank Ribet | 37 | Norm Johnson | 68 | 50 Ford | 0 | $25 |
21 | 3 | Herb Thomas | 92 | FABULOUS (Herb Thomas) | 48 | 53 Hudson | 45 | $25 |
22 | 1 | Dick Rathman | 120 | Walt Chapman | 31 | 53 Hudson | 3 | $25 |
23 | 23 | Lucky Sawyer | 196 | Lucky Sawyer | 4 | 49 Ford | 0 | $25 |