1953 - NASCAR Grand National Series - Wilkes 160 Race Results

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1953 - Wilkes 160 Race Results

Race Name - Wilkes 160
Date - 10/11/1953
Race Track - North Wilkesboro Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 0.625 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 100 miles
Pole Speed - 78.288 mph
Number of Cautions - 3
Caution Laps - 16
Average Race Speed - 71.202 mph
Lead Changes - 13
Total Race Purse - $3,725
Race Number - 35

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Fin	St	Driver	#	Sponsor	Laps Run	Make	Laps Led	Purse
1		Speedy Thompson	46	Buckshot Morris	160	53 Oldsmob	25	$1,000
2		Fonty Flock	14	Vogt Special (Frank Christian)	158	53 Hudson	37	$700
3		Ray Duhigg	44	Julian Petty	156	52 Plymout	0	$450
4		Bob Welborn	24	JO Goode	156	51 Plymout	0	$350
5		Lee Petty	42	Petty Enterprises	155	53 Dodge	0	$200
6	1	Buck Baker	87	Griffin Motors (Bob Griffin)	155	53 Oldsmob	80	$150
7		Bill Blair	2	Bill Blair	155	53 Oldsmob	0	$125
8		Joe Eubanks	82	Oates Motor Co (Phil Oates)	154	52 Hudson	0	$100
9		Jimmie Lewallen	22	RG Shelton	153	53 Oldsmob	0	$75
10		Bub King	55	Bub King	153	53 Oldsmob	0	$50
11		Johnny Patterson	58	HB Ranier	153	53 Hudson	0	$25
12		Donald Thomas	93	FABULOUS (Herb Thomas)	153	53 Hudson	0	$25
13		Tim Flock	91	Ted Chester	152	53 Hudson	0	$25
14		Gober Sosebee	51	Cherokee Garage (Gober Sosebee)	151	53 Oldsmob	0	$25
15		Herb Thomas	92	FABULOUS (Herb Thomas)	151	53 Hudson	0	$25
16		Ralph Liguori	0	Ralph Liguori	149	51 Plymout	0	$25
17		Arden Mounts	8	Gene Comstock	143	51 Hudson	0	$25
18		Bob Walden	0	Bob Walden	143	50 Plymout	0	$25
19		Parks Surratt	0		141	51 Plymout	0	$25
20		Ted Chamberlain	93	Ted Chamberlain	139	50 Plymout	0	$25
21		Clyde Minter	0	Clyde Minter	136	50 Mercury	0	$25
22		Curtis Turner	41	Eanes Motor Co (John Eanes)	131	53 Oldsmob	18	$25
23		Jim Paschal	80	George Hutchens	125	53 Dodge	0	$25
24		Dick Rathman	120	Walt Chapman	124	53 Hudson	0	$25
25		Fred Dove	19	Fred Dove	110	50 Ford	0	$25
26		Slim Rominger	0	Slim Rominger	84	50 Oldsmob	0	$25
27		Don Vershure	0		53	53 Hudson	0	$25
28		Elton Hildreth	167	Hildreth Motors (Elton Hildreth)	41	53 Nash	0	$25
29		Bud Jones	0		36	50 Plymout	0	$25
30		Pete Stewart	0		20	51 Ford	0	$25
31		Ralph Dutton	0			53 Dodge	0	$25