1953 - NASCAR Grand National Series

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1953 - 5 Race Results

Race Name - 5
Date - 4/5/1953
Race Track - Charlotte Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 0.75 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 113 miles
Pole Speed - 71.108 mph
Number of Cautions -
Caution Laps -
Average Race Speed - 0 mph
Lead Changes - 16
Total Race Purse - $3,650
Race Number - 5

More Races from 1953

Fin	St	Driver	#	Sponsor	Laps Run	Make	Laps Led	Purse
1	9	Dick Passwater	78	Frank Arford	150	53 Oldsmob	3	$1,000
2		Gober Sosebee	51	Cherokee Garage (Gober Sosebee)	150	53 Oldsmob	0	$700
3		Herschel Buchanan	1	Herschel Buchanan	150	52 Nash	0	$450
4	1	Tim Flock	91	Ted Chester	150	53 Hudson	87	$350
5	5	Pop McGinnis	13	Irving Frye	149	52 Hudson	13	$200
6		Otis Martin	100	Otis Martin		51 Mercury	0	$150
7		Fred Dove	19	Fred Dove		52 Plymout	0	$125
8		Mike Klapak	18	Bill Adams		53 Oldsmob	0	$100
9		Bub King	55	Bub King		52 Hudson	0	$75
10		Coleman Lawrence	3	Coleman Lawrence		51 Ford	0	$50
11		Lee Petty	42	Petty Enterprises		53 Dodge	0	$25
12	3	Herb Thomas	92	FABULOUS (Herb Thomas)		53 Hudson	4	$25
13	2	Dick Rathman	120	Walt Chapman		53 Hudson	25	$25
14	4	Buck Baker	87	Griffin Motors (Bob Griffin)		53 Oldsmob	18	$25
15		Steve McGrath	31	George Miller		52 Hudson	0	$25
16		Bill Blair	2	Bill Blair		53 Oldsmob	0	$25
17		Gene Comstock	8	Gene Comstock		51 Hudson	0	$25
18		Jimmie Lewallen	43	Dave Quate		53 Dodge	0	$25
19		Ewell Weddle	0	Weddle Racing (Ewell Weddle)		52 Plymout	0	$25
20		Joe Eubanks	82	Oates Motor Co (Phil Oates)		52 Hudson	0	$25
21		Jim Paschal	12	George Hutchens		52 Plymout	0	$25
22		June Cleveland	11	June Cleveland		52 Studeba	0	$25
23		Buddy Shuman	12	Buddy Shuman		49 Oldsmob	0	$25
24	6	Curtis Turner	41	Eanes Motor Co (John Eanes)		53 Oldsmob	0	$25
25		Fonty Flock	14	Frank Christian		53 Oldsmob	0	$25
26		Elton Hildreth	167	Hildreth Motors (Elton Hildreth)		51 Nash	0	$25
27		Slick Smith	4	Frank Christian		52 Oldsmob	0	$25
28		Donald Thomas	72	Doug Meeks		50 Ford	0	$25