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1953 Wilkes 160

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NASCAR Grand National race number 35 of 37
October 11, 1953 at North Wilkesboro Speedway, North Wilkesboro, NC
160 laps on a .625 mile dirt track (100.0 miles)

Time of race: 1:24:16
Average Speed: 71.202 mph
Pole Speed: 78.288 mph

Cautions: 3 for 16 laps
Margin of Victory: n/a
Attendance: 2,000
Lead changes: 13

Glossary 1953 NASCAR Grand National results / 1953 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
1		46	Speedy Thompson	Buckshot Morris	'53 Oldsmobile	160	1,000	running	25
2		14	Fonty Flock	Vogt Special (Frank Christian)	'53 Hudson	158	700	running	37
3		44	Ray Duhigg	Julian Petty	'52 Plymouth	156	450	running	0
4		24	Bob Welborn	J.O. Goode	'51 Plymouth	156	350	running	0
5		42	Lee Petty	Petty Enterprises	'53 Dodge	155	200	running	0
6	1	87	Buck Baker	Griffin Motors (Bob Griffin)	'53 Oldsmobile	155	150		80
7		2	Bill Blair	Bill Blair	'53 Oldsmobile	155	125		0
8		82	Joe Eubanks	Oates Motor Co. (Phil Oates)	'52 Hudson	154	100		0
9		22	Jimmie Lewallen	R.G. Shelton	'53 Oldsmobile	153	75		0
10		55	Bub King	Bub King	'53 Oldsmobile	153	50		0
11		58	Johnny Patterson	H.B. Ranier	'53 Hudson	153	25		0
12		93	Donald Thomas	FABULOUS (Herb Thomas)	'53 Hudson	153	25		0
13		91	Tim Flock	Ted Chester	'53 Hudson	152	25		0
14		51	Gober Sosebee	Cherokee Garage (Gober Sosebee)	'53 Oldsmobile	151	25		0
15		92	Herb Thomas	FABULOUS (Herb Thomas)	'53 Hudson	151	25		0
16			Ralph Liguori	Ralph Liguori	'51 Plymouth	149	25		0
17		08	Arden Mounts	Gene Comstock	'51 Hudson	143	25		0
18			Bob Walden	Bob Walden	'50 Plymouth	143	25		0
19			Parks Surratt		'51 Plymouth	141	25		0
20		93	Ted Chamberlain	Ted Chamberlain	'50 Plymouth	139	25		0
21			Clyde Minter	Clyde Minter	'50 Mercury	136	25		0
22		41	Curtis Turner	Eanes Motor Co. (John Eanes)	'53 Oldsmobile	131	25		18
23		80	Jim Paschal	George Hutchens	'53 Dodge	125	25		0
24		120	Dick Rathman	Walt Chapman	'53 Hudson	124	25		0
25		19	Fred Dove	Fred Dove	'50 Ford	110	25		0
26			Slim Rominger	Slim Rominger	'50 Oldsmobile	84	25		0
27			Don Vershure		'53 Hudson	53	25		0
28		167	Elton Hildreth	Hildreth Motors (Elton Hildreth)	'53 Nash	41	25		0
29			Bud Jones		'50 Plymouth	36	25		0
30			Pete Stewart		'51 Ford	20	25		0
31			Ralph Dutton		'53 Dodge		25		0

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Curtis Turner	1	6	6
Buck Baker	7	7	1
Curtis Turner	8	8	1
Buck Baker	9	10	2
Curtis Turner	11	17	7
Buck Baker	18	69	52
Fonty Flock	70	88	19
Buck Baker	89	103	15
Fonty Flock	104	105	2
Curtis Turner	106	109	4
Buck Baker	110	119	10
Fonty Flock	120	135	16
Speedy Thompson	136	160	25

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