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NASCAR Grand National race
Daytona Beach Road Course, Daytona Beach, FL
February 15, 1953
39 laps on 4.1 mile road course; 159.9 miles

Fin	St	Driver	#	Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Laps Led
1	6	Bill Blair	2	Bill Blair	1953 Oldsmobile	39	1,500	running	1
2	2	Fonty Flock	14	Frank Christian	1953 Oldsmobile	39	1,000	running	38
3	4	Tommy Thompson	40	Tommy Thompson	1953 Lincoln	39	800	running	0
4	3	Herb Thomas	92	Herb Thomas	1953 Hudson	39	600	running	0
5	7	Tim Flock	91	Ted Chester	1952 Hudson	39	500	running	0
6	10	Dick Passwater	77	Frank Arford	1952 Oldsmobile	38	400	running	0
7	16	Curtis Turner	41	R.L. Bowling	1953 Lincoln	38	300	running	0
8	19	Donald Thomas	9	Herb Thomas	1952 Hudson	38	200	running	0
9	13	Tom Cherry	38	Tom Cherry	1953 Lincoln	38	180	running	0
10	18	Slick Smith	4	Frank Christian	1952 Oldsmobile	38	150	running	0
11	17	Gober Sosebee	51	Sam Knox	1952 Chrysler	38	75	running	0
12	9	Dick Rathmann	120	Walt Chapman	1953 Hudson	37	75	running	0
13	15	Buck Baker	87	Al Wheatley	1953 Lincoln	37	75	running	0
14	20	Red Duvall	187	Duane Duvall	1953 Packard	37	75	running	0
15	23	Don Oldenberg	86	Bill House	1953 Lincoln	37	75	running	0
16	11	Bill Adams	18	Bill Adams	1953 Oldsmobile	36	50	running	0
17	34	Joe Guide	52	Sally Guide	1951 Hudson	36	50	running	0
18	47	Obie Chupp	54	Gene Horne	1951 Hudson	36	50	running	0
19	29	George Gallup	103	George Gallup	1950 Oldsmobile	36	50	running	0
20	36	Cotton Priddy	25	Cotton Priddy	1951 Oldsmobile	35	50	running	0
21	27	Bub King	55	Bub King	1952 Hudson	35	25	spin out	0
22	40	Charlie Causey	33	Charlie Causey	1950 Oldsmobile	35	25	running	0
23	44	Gene Comstock	8	Gene Comstock	1951 Hudson	35	25	spin out	0
24	37	Red Douglass	7	R.W. Douglass	1953 Dodge	33	25	running	0
25	57	Tom Travis	291	Tom Travis	1952 Ford	33	25	running	0
26	56	Sam DiRusso	67	Sam DiRusso	1952 Plymouth	33	25	running	0
27	30	Pop McGinnis	13	Irving Frye	1952 Hudson	33	25	running	0
28	51	Mason Bright	96	Mason Bright	1949 Plymouth	33	25	running	0
29	28	Keith Hamner	71	Mason Darnell	1952 Hudson	33	25	running	0
30	46	Herschel Buchanan	1	Herschel Buchanan	1952 Nash	33	25	clutch	0
31	22	George Fleming	66	Joseph Braun	1951 Hudson	33	25	running	0
32	49	Johnny Roberts	16	Johnny Roberts	1950 Ford	33	25	running	0
33	25	Cotton Hodges	30	Jim Fowler	1950 Oldsmobile	32	25	hub	0
34	53	Hank Ribet	37	Norm Johnson	1950 Ford	32	25	running	0
35	24	Tommy Boger	15	Tommy Boger	1952 Oldsmobile	32	25	spin out	0
36	54	Marion Edwards	102		1950 Dodge	31	25	running	0
37	55	Ted Lee	90	Ted Lee	1953 Hudson	30	25	running	0
38	52	Hub McBride	3		1950 Nash	29	25	running	0
39	50	Lucky Sawyer	196	Lucky Sawyer	1949 Ford	23	25	gas line	0
40	45	Herb Tillman	T-2	Herb Tillman	1950 Oldsmobile	18	25	gas line	0
41	42	Jim Paschal	12	George Hutchens	1949 Oldsmobile	17		oil pressure	0
42	14	Dan Walters	98		1950 Packard	15		gasket	0
43	26	Perk Brown	22	R.G. Shelton	1952 Hudson	14		engine	0
44	35	Doug Wells	186		1950 Oldsmobile	13		overheating	0
45	41	Red Farmer	48		1951 Hudson	12		overheating	0
46	38	Dub Livingston	60	Dub Livingston	1953 Dodge	11		tie rod	0
47	48	Charles Weidler	79	Charles Weidler	1951 Hudson	9		accident	0
48	33	Fred Dove	19	Paul Nunn	1952 Packard	8		bearing	0
49	12	Joe Eubanks	82	Phil Oates	1952 Hudson	8		gasket	0
50	8	Johnny Patterson	58	H.B. Ranier	1952 Hudson	6		engine	0
51	1	Bob Pronger	46	Bob Pronger	1953 Oldsmobile	5		accident	0
52	21	Tommy Moon	57	C.D. Wilson	1952 Hudson	5		engine	0
53	31	Wally Campbell	10		1953 Dodge	4		engine	0
54	39	Elton Hildreth	167	Elton Hildreth	1951 Nash	4		overheating	0
55	43	Buddy Shuman	190	J.R. Dunberry	1952 Hudson	4		clutch	0
56	32	Ted Chamberlain	93	Ted Chamberlain	1950 Plymouth	3		clutch	0
57	5	Frank Arford	78	Frank Arford	1953 Oldsmobile	2		gasket	0

Time of race: 01:46:51
Average Speed: 89.789 MPH
Pole Speed: 127.494 seconds
0 cautions
Race Purse: $ 6,755
Attendance: 20,000