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NASCAR Grand National race
Columbia Speedway, Cayce, SC
May 9, 1953
200 laps on 0.5 mile dirt oval; 100 miles

Fin	St	Driver	#	Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Laps Led
1	3	Buck Baker	87	Bob Griffin	1953 Oldsmobile	200	1,000	running
2	12	Tim Flock	91	Ted Chester	1953 Hudson		700	running
3	6	Jimmie Lewallen	41	R.G. Shelton	1951 Hudson		450	running
4	5	Ray Duhigg	44	Julian Petty	1952 Plymouth		350	running
5	7	Lee Petty	42	Petty Enterprises	1953 Dodge		200	running
6	2	Gober Sosebee	51	Gober Sosebee	1953 Oldsmobile		150	running
7	13	Bill Blair	2	Bill Blair	1953 Oldsmobile		125
8	1	Herb Thomas	92	Herb Thomas	1953 Hudson		100
9	11	Bill Jennings			1951 Plymouth		75
10	9	Ralph Dyer	10	Ralph Dyer	1953 Nash		50
11	8	Pop McGinnis	13	Irving Frye	1952 Hudson		25
12	16	Elton Hildreth	167	Elton Hildreth	1953 Nash		25
13	15	Slick Smith	4	Frank Christian	1951 Oldsmobile		25
14	14	Fonty Flock	14	Frank Christian	1953 Hudson		25
15	10	Herschel Buchanan	1	Herschel Buchanan	1953 Nash		25
16	4	Dick Rathmann	120	Walt Chapman	1953 Hudson		25

Time of race: 01:51:43
Average Speed: 53.707 MPH
Pole Speed: 30.68 seconds
Race Purse: $ 3,350