1953 - NASCAR Grand National Series - Wilkes County 200 Race Results

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1953 - Wilkes County 200 Race Results

Race Name - Wilkes County 200
Date - 3/29/1953
Race Track - North Wilkesboro Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 0.625 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 125 miles
Pole Speed - 78.424 mph
Number of Cautions -
Caution Laps -
Average Race Speed - 71.907 mph
Lead Changes - 6
Total Race Purse - $3,800
Race Number - 4

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	18	$1,000
2	3	Dick Rathman	120	Walt Chapman	200	53 Hudson	70	$700
3	4	Fonty Flock	14	Frank Christian		53 Oldsmob	3	$450
4	12	Lee Petty	42	Petty Enterprises		53 Dodge	0	$350
5	10	Jimmie Lewallen	43	Dave Quate		53 Dodge	0	$200
6	5	Buck Baker	87	Wheatley Motors (Al Wheatley)		53 Lincoln	0	$150
7	11	Joe Eubanks	82	Oates Motor Co (Phil Oates)		52 Hudson	0	$125
8	9	Slick Smith	4	Frank Christian		52 Oldsmob	0	$100
9	19	Dick Passwater	78	Frank Arford		53 Oldsmob	0	$75
10	15	Bub King	55	Bub King		52 Hudson	0	$50
11	26	Gene Comstock	8	Gene Comstock		52 Hudson	0	$25
12	30	Dub Livingston	60	Dub Livingston		53 Dodge	0	$25
13	34	Otis Martin	100	Otis Martin		53 Mercury	0	$25
14	28	Ewell Weddle	0	Ewell Weddle		52 Plymout	0	$25
15	32	Lucky Sawyer	96	Lucky Sawyer		50 Ford	0	$25
16	21	Don Oldenberg	86	Bill House		52 Packard	0	$25
17	20	Frank Arford	77	Frank Arford		52 Oldsmob	0	$25
18	25	Steve McGrath	31	George Miller		52 Hudson	0	$25
19	33	Coleman Lawrence	71	Coleman Lawrence		52 Ford	0	$25
20	29	Clyde Minter	3	Coleman Lawrence		52 Ford	0	$25
21	31	Fred Dove	19	Fred Dove		52 Plymout	0	$25
22	8	Curtis Turner	41	Eanes Motor Co (John Eanes)	109	53 Oldsmob	9	$25
23	2	Tim Flock	91	Ted Chester	100	53 Hudson	100	$25
24	14	Johnny Patterson	58	HB Ranier		52 Hudson	0	$25
25	23	Bill Blair	2	Bill Blair		53 Oldsmob	0	$25
26	13	Herschel Buchanan	1	Herschel Buchanan		52 Nash	0	$25
27	6	Perk Brown	22	RG Shelton		52 Hudson	0	$25
28	24	Pop McGinnis	13	Irving Frye		52 Hudson	0	$25
29	15	Elton Hildreth	167	Hildreth Motors (Elton Hildreth)		51 Nash	0	$25
30	22	Ray Duhigg	44	Julian Petty		52 Plymout	0	$25
31	7	Buddy Shuman	12	Buddy Shuman		50 Oldsmob	0	$25
32	17	Wally Campbell	171			53 Dodge	0	$25
33	18	Donald Thomas	72	Doug Meeks		51 Ford	0	$25
34	27	June Cleveland	11			52 Studeba	0	$25