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NASCAR Grand National race
Hickory Motor Speedway, Hickory, NC
May 16, 1953
200 laps on 0.5 mile dirt oval; 100 miles

Fin	St	Driver	#	Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Laps Led
1		Tim Flock	91	Ted Chester	1953 Hudson	200	1,000	running
2		Joe Eubanks	82	Phil Oates	1952 Hudson		700	running
3		Ray Duhigg	44	Julian Petty	1952 Plymouth		450	running
4		Dick Passwater	78	Frank Arford	1953 Oldsmobile		350	running
5		Dick Rathmann	120	Walt Chapman	1953 Hudson		200	running
6		Bob Welborn		Julian Petty	1952 Plymouth		150
7		Otis Martin	100	Otis Martin	1953 Mercury		125
8		Herschel Buchanan	1	Herschel Buchanan	1951 Nash		100
9		Pop McGinnis	13	Irving Frye	1952 Hudson		75
10		Clyde Minter	3	Coleman Lawrence	1951 Ford		50
11		Fred Dove	19	Fred Dove	1950 Plymouth		25
12		Bill Blair	2	Bill Blair	1952 Oldsmobile		25
13		Arden Mounts	108	Gene Comstock	1952 Hudson		25
14		Gene Comstock	8	Gene Comstock	1953 Hudson		25
15		Lee Petty	42	Petty Enterprises	1953 Dodge		25
16		Coleman Lawrence	71	Coleman Lawrence	1950 Ford		25
17		Russell Armentrout		J.B. Richter	1953 Dodge		25
18		Ralph Liguori	46	Al Wheatley	1953 Lincoln		25
19		Buck Baker	87	Bob Griffin	1953 Oldsmobile		25
20	1	Herb Thomas	92	Herb Thomas	1953 Hudson		25	accident
21		Ted Chamberlain	93	Ted Chamberlain	1950 Plymouth		25
22		Ralph Dyer		Ralph Dyer	1953 Nash		25
23		Elton Hildreth	167	Elton Hildreth	1951 Nash		25
24		Slick Smith	4	Frank Christian	1951 Oldsmobile		25
25		Jim Paschal		Dave Quate	1951 Ford		25
26		Fonty Flock	14	Frank Christian	1953 Oldsmobile	57	25	steering
27		Donald Thomas	72	Doug Meeks	1950 Ford		25

Race Purse: $ 3,625