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NASCAR Grand National race
Palm Beach Speedway, West Palm Beach, FL
February 1, 1953
200 laps on 0.5 mile paved oval; 100 miles

Fin	St	Driver	#	Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Laps Led
1	7	Lee Petty	42	Petty Enterprises	1953 Dodge	200	1,000	running	152
2	9	Jimmie Lewallen	41	Petty Enterprises	1952 Plymouth	198	700	running	0
3	4	Tim Flock	91	Ted Chester	1952 Hudson	197	450	running	0
4	12	Herschel Buchanan	1	Herschel Buchanan	1952 Nash	192	350	running	0
5	10	Don Oldenberg	86	Bill House	1953 Lincoln	186	200	running	0
6	11	Bub King	55	Bub King	1952 Hudson	185	150	running	0
7	22	Dub Livingston	60	Dub Livingston	1953 Dodge	183	125	accident	0
8	5	Pop McGinnis	13	Irving Frye	1952 Hudson	182	100	running	0
9	6	Donald Thomas	9	Herb Thomas	1952 Hudson	181	75	running	0
10	20	Sam DiRusso	67	Sam DiRusso	1952 Plymouth	180	50	running	0
11	2	Fonty Flock	14	Frank Christian	1952 Oldsmobile	174	25	running	0
12	13	Gober Sosebee	51	Sam Knox	1952 Chrysler	172	25	running	0
13	19	Marion Edwards	102		1950 Dodge	166	25	running	0
14	16	Elton Hildreth	167	Elton Hildreth	1951 Nash	159	25	accident	0
15	21	Jack Culpepper	57		1949 Ford	119	25	overheating	0
16	14	Herb Tillman	T-2	Herb Tillman	1950 Oldsmobile	104	25	overheating	0
17	18	Jack Lawrence		Jack Lawrence	1953 Dodge	101	25	hub	0
18	17	Allan Clarke			1950 Chevrolet	76	25	ignition	0
19	8	Al Keller	31	George Miller	1950 Oldsmobile	73	25	accident	0
20	15	Hank Ribet	37	Norm Johnson	1950 Ford	68	25	wheel	0
21	3	Herb Thomas	92	Herb Thomas	1953 Hudson	48	25	universal joint	45
22	1	Dick Rathmann	120	Walt Chapman	1953 Hudson	31	25	coil	3
23	23	Lucky Sawyer	196	Lucky Sawyer	1949 Ford	4	25	ignition	0

Time of race: 01:39:38
Average Speed: 60.22 MPH
Pole Speed: 27.68 seconds
Race Purse: $ 3,525
Attendance: 8,500