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Wilkes County 200

NASCAR Grand National race
North Wilkesboro Speedway, North Wilkesboro, NC
March 29, 1953
200 laps on 0.625 mile dirt oval; 125 miles

Fin	St	Driver	#	Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Laps Led
1	1	Herb Thomas	92	Herb Thomas	1953 Hudson Hornet	200	1,000	running	18
2	3	Dick Rathmann	120	Walt Chapman	1952 Hudson Hornet	200	700	running	70
3	4	Fonty Flock	14	Frank Christian	1953 Oldsmobile 88		450	running	3
4	12	Lee Petty	42	Petty Enterprises	1953 Dodge		350	running	0
5	10	Jimmie Lewallen	43	Dave Quate	1953 Dodge		200	running	0
6	5	Buck Baker	87	Al Wheatley	1953 Oldsmobile 88		150	running	0
7	11	Joe Eubanks	82	Phil Oates	1952 Hudson Hornet		125	running	0
8	9	Slick Smith	4	Frank Christian	1952 Oldsmobile 88		100	running	0
9	19	Dick Passwater	78	Frank Arford	1953 Oldsmobile 88		75	running	0
10	15	Bub King	55	Bub King	1952 Hudson Hornet		50	running	0
11	26	Gene Comstock	8	Gene Comstock	1952 Hudson Hornet		25	running	0
12	30	Dub Livingston	60	Dub Livingston	1953 Dodge		25	running	0
13	34	Otis Martin	100	Otis Martin	1953 Mercury		25	running	0
14	28	Ewell Weddle	0	Ewell Weddle	1952 Plymouth		25	running	0
15	32	Lucky Sawyer	96	Lucky Sawyer	1950 Ford		25	running	0
16	21	Don Oldenberg	86	Bill House	1952 Packard		25	running	0
17	20	Frank Arford	77	Frank Arford	1952 Oldsmobile 88		25	running	0
18	25	Steve McGrath	31	George Miller	1952 Hudson		25	running	0
19	33	Coleman Lawrence	71	Coleman Lawrence	1952 Ford		25	running	0
20	29	Clyde Minter	3	Coleman Lawrence	1952 Ford		25	accident	0
21	31	Fred Dove	19	Fred Dove	1952 Plymouth		25	running	0
22	8	Curtis Turner	41	John Eanes	1953 Oldsmobile 88	109	25	piston	9
23	2	Tim Flock	91	Ted Chester	1953 Hudson Hornet	100	25	bearings	100
24	14	Johnny Patterson	58	H.B. Ranier	1952 Hudson		25	running	0
25	23	Bill Blair	2	Bill Blair	1953 Oldsmobile 88		25	accident	0
26	13	Herschel Buchanan	1	Herschel Buchanan	1952 Nash Ambassador		25	spindle	0
27	6	Perk Brown	22	R.G. Shelton	1952 Hudson		25	gas tank	0
28	24	Pop McGinnis	13	Irving Frye	1952 Hudson		25	clutch	0
29	15	Elton Hildreth	167	Elton Hildreth	1951 Nash Ambassador		25	accident	0
30	22	Ray Duhigg	44	Julian Petty	1952 Plymouth		25	gas line	0
31	7	Buddy Shuman	12	Buddy Shuman	1950 Oldsmobile 88		25		0
32	17	Wally Campbell	171		1953 Dodge		25	hub	0
33	18	Donald Thomas	72	Doug Meeks	1950 Ford		25	accident	0
34	27	June Cleveland	11		1952 Studebaker		25	engine	0

Time of race: 01:44:18
Average Speed: 71.907 MPH
Pole Speed: 28.69 seconds
Race Purse: $ 3,800
Attendance: 7,500