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1953 - Richmond 200 Race Results


Race Name - Richmond 200
Date - 4/19/1953
Race Track - Richmond Fairgrounds
Track Length (Miles) - 0.5 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 100 miles
Pole Speed - 48.465 mph
Number of Cautions -
Caution Laps -
Average Race Speed - 45.535 mph
Lead Changes -
Total Race Purse - $3,625
Race Number - 6
 More Races from 1953
Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 Lee Petty 42 Petty Enterprises 200 53 Dodge 1 $1,000
2 Dick Rathman 120 Walt Chapman 52 Hudson $700
3 1 Buck Baker 87 Griffin Motors (Bob Griffin) 53 Oldsmob $450
4 Dick Passwater 78 Frank Arford 53 Oldsmob $350
5 Bill Blair 2 Bill Blair 53 Oldsmob $200
6 Ray Duhigg 44 Julian Petty 53 Oldsmob $150
7 Donald Thomas 9 FABULOUS (Herb Thomas) 51 Hudson $125
8 Gene Comstock 8 Gene Comstock 51 Hudson $100
9 Fred Dove 19 Fred Dove 51 Plymout $75
10 Herb Thomas 92 FABULOUS (Herb Thomas) 53 Hudson $50
11 Virgil Livengood 0 Virgil Livengood 53 Oldsmob $25
12 Lou Johnson 0 Lou Johnson 53 Dodge $25
13 Al Kent 0 51 Henry J $25
14 Joe Bill ODell 111 Joe Bill ODell 50 Ford $25
15 Bub King 55 Bub King 52 Oldsmob $25
16 Ralph Liguori 46 Al Wheatley 53 Lincoln $25
16 Slick Smith 0 Frank Christian 51 Oldsmob $25
18 Elton Hildreth 167 Elton Hildreth 51 Nash $25
19 Buck Mason 0 WR Quann 52 Dodge $25
20 Jim Reed 0 Jim Reed 51 Ford $25
21 Jim Paschal 12 George Hutchens 53 Oldsmob $25
22 Jimmie Lewallen 22 RG Shelton 52 Hudson $25
23 Jim Lacy 0 53 Dodge $25
24 Ollie Olson 0 52 Hudson $25
25 Herschel Buchanan 1 Herschel Buchanan 52 Nash $25
26 Al Keller 0 George Miller 52 Hudson $25
27 Coleman Lawrence 71 Coleman Lawrence 50 Ford $25