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1953 Wilkes County 200

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NASCAR Grand National race number 4 of 37
March 29, 1953 at North Wilkesboro Speedway, North Wilkesboro, NC
200 laps on a .625 mile dirt track (125.0 miles)

Time of race: 1:44:18
Average Speed: 71.907 mph
Pole Speed: 78.424 mph

Cautions: n/a
Margin of Victory: 0.33 lap
Attendance: 7,500
Lead changes: 6

Glossary 1953 NASCAR Grand National results / 1953 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
1	1	92	Herb Thomas	FABULOUS (Herb Thomas)	'53 Hudson	200	1,000	running	18
2	3	120	Dick Rathman	Walt Chapman	'53 Hudson	200	700	running	70
3	4	14	Fonty Flock	Frank Christian	'53 Oldsmobile		450	running	3
4	12	42	Lee Petty	Petty Enterprises	'53 Dodge		350	running	0
5	10	43	Jimmie Lewallen	Dave Quate	'53 Dodge		200	running	0
6	5	87	Buck Baker	Wheatley Motors (Al Wheatley)	'53 Lincoln		150	running	0
7	11	82	Joe Eubanks	Oates Motor Co. (Phil Oates)	'52 Hudson		125	running	0
8	9	4	Slick Smith	Frank Christian	'52 Oldsmobile		100	running	0
9	19	78	Dick Passwater	Frank Arford	'53 Oldsmobile		75	running	0
10	15	55	Bub King	Bub King	'52 Hudson		50	running	0
11	26	8	Gene Comstock	Gene Comstock	'52 Hudson		25	running	0
12	30	60	Dub Livingston	Dub Livingston	'53 Dodge		25	running	0
13	34	100	Otis Martin	Otis Martin	'53 Mercury		25	running	0
14	28	0	Ewell Weddle	Ewell Weddle	'52 Plymouth		25	running	0
15	32	96	Lucky Sawyer	Lucky Sawyer	'50 Ford		25	running	0
16	21	86	Don Oldenberg	Bill House	'52 Packard		25	running	0
17	20	77	Frank Arford	Frank Arford	'52 Oldsmobile		25	running	0
18	25	31	Steve McGrath	George Miller	'52 Hudson		25	running	0
19	33	71	Coleman Lawrence	Coleman Lawrence	'52 Ford		25	running	0
20	29	3	Clyde Minter	Coleman Lawrence	'52 Ford		25	crash	0
21	31	19	Fred Dove	Fred Dove	'52 Plymouth		25	running	0
22	8	41	Curtis Turner	Eanes Motor Co. (John Eanes)	'53 Oldsmobile	109	25	piston	9
23	2	91	Tim Flock	Ted Chester	'53 Hudson	100	25	bearings	100
24	14	58	Johnny Patterson	H.B. Ranier	'52 Hudson		25	running	0
25	23	2	Bill Blair	Bill Blair	'53 Oldsmobile		25	crash	0
26	13	1	Herschel Buchanan	Herschel Buchanan	'52 Nash		25	spindle	0
27	6	22	Perk Brown	R.G. Shelton	'52 Hudson		25	gas tank	0
28	24	13	Pop McGinnis	Irving Frye	'52 Hudson		25	clutch	0
29	15	167	Elton Hildreth	Hildreth Motors (Elton Hildreth)	'51 Nash		25	crash	0
30	22	44	Ray Duhigg	Julian Petty	'52 Plymouth		25	gas line	0
31	7	12	Buddy Shuman	Buddy Shuman	'50 Oldsmobile		25		0
32	17	171	Wally Campbell		'53 Dodge		25	rf hub	0
33	18	72	Donald Thomas	Doug Meeks	'51 Ford		25	crash	0
34	27	11	June Cleveland		'52 Studebaker		25	engine	0

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Tim Flock	1	100	100
Curtis Turner	101	109	9
Dick Rathman	110	119	10
Fonty Flock	120	122	3
Dick Rathman	123	182	60
Herb Thomas	183	200	18

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