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1953-02

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NASCAR Grand National race number 2 of 37
Sunday, February 15, 1953 at Beach & Road Course, Daytona Beach, FL
39 laps on a 4.100 mile road course (159.9 miles)

Time of race: 1:46:51
Average Speed: 89.789 mph
Pole Speed: 115.77 mph

Cautions: none
Margin of Victory: 26 sec
Attendance: 20,000
Lead changes: 2

Glossary 1953 NASCAR Grand National results / 1953 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
16	11	18	Bill Adams	Bill Adams	'53 Oldsmobile	36	50	running	0
57	5	78	Frank Arford	Frank Arford	'53 Oldsmobile	2		gasket	0
13	15	87	Buck Baker	Wheatley Motors (Al Wheatley)	'53 Lincoln	37	75	running	0
1	6	2	Bill Blair	Halifax Motors (Bill Blair)	'53 Oldsmobile	39	1,500	running	1
35	24	15	Tommy Boger	Tommy Boger	'52 Oldsmobile	32	25	spin out	0
28	51	96	Mason Bright	Mason Bright	'49 Plymouth	33	25	running	0
43	26	22	Perk Brown	R.G. Shelton	'52 Hudson	14		engine	0
30	46	1	Herschel Buchanan	Herschel Buchanan	'52 Nash	33	25	clutch	0
53	31	10	Wally Campbell	Wally Campbell	'53 Dodge	4		engine	0
22	40	33	Charlie Causey	Charlie Causey	'50 Oldsmobile	35	25	running	0
56	32	93	Ted Chamberlain	Ted Chamberlain	'50 Plymouth	3		clutch	0
9	13	38	Tom Cherry	Hot Rod Shop (Tom Cherry)	'53 Lincoln	38	180	running	0
18	47	54	Obie Chupp	Wide Gene Horne (Gene Horne)	'51 Hudson	36	50	running	0
23	44	8	Gene Comstock	Gene Comstock	'51 Hudson	35	25	spin out	0
26	56	67	Sam DiRusso	Sam DiRusso	'52 Plymouth	33	25	running	0
24	37	7	Red Douglass	R.W. Douglass	'53 Dodge	33	25	running	0
48	33	19	Fred Dove	Paul Nunn	'52 Packard	8		bearing	0
14	20	187	Red Duvall	Duane Duvall	'53 Packard	37	75	running	0
36	54	102	Marion Edwards		'50 Dodge	31	25	running	0
49	12	82	Joe Eubanks	Oates Motor Co. (Phil Oates)	'52 Hudson	8		gasket	0
45	41	48	Red Farmer	Sikes Motors	'51 Hudson	12		overheating	0
31	22	66	George Fleming	Joseph Braun	'51 Hudson	33	25	running	0
2	2	14	Fonty Flock	Air Lift (Frank Christian)	'53 Oldsmobile	39	1,000	running	38
5	7	91	Tim Flock	Ted Chester	'52 Hudson	39	500	running	0
19	29	103	George Gallup	George Gallup	'50 Oldsmobile	36	50	running	0
17	34	52	Joe Guide	Sally Guide	'51 Hudson	36	50	running	0
29	28	71	Keith Hamner	Mason Darnell	'52 Hudson	33	25	running	0
54	39	167	Elton Hildreth	Hildreth Motors (Elton Hildreth)	'51 Nash	4		overheating	0
33	25	30	Cotton Hodges	Jim Fowler	'50 Oldsmobile	32	25	rf hub	0
21	27	55	Bub King	T.H. King's Garage (Bub King)	'52 Hudson	35	25	spin out	0
37	55	90	Ted Lee	Ted Lee	'53 Hudson	30	25	running	0
46	38	60	Dub Livingston	Dub Livingston	'53 Dodge	11		tie rod	0
38	52	3	Hub McBride	Jack Barton	'50 Nash	29	25	running	0
27	30	13	Pop McGinnis	Irving Frye	'52 Hudson	33	25	running	0
52	21	57	Tommy Moon	C.D. Wilson	'52 Hudson	5		engine	0
15	23	86	Don Oldenberg	Bill House	'53 Lincoln	37	75	running	0
41	42	12	Jim Paschal	George Hutchens	'49 Oldsmobile	17		oil pressure	0
6	10	77	Dick Passwater	Frank Arford	'52 Oldsmobile	38	400	running	0
50	8	58	Johnny Patterson	H.B. Ranier	'52 Hudson	6		engine	0
20	36	25	Cotton Priddy	Cotton Priddy	'51 Oldsmobile	35	50	running	0
51	1	46	Bob Pronger	Bob Pronger	'53 Oldsmobile	5		crash	0
12	9	120	Dick Rathman	America's Champion (Walt Chapman)	'53 Hudson	37	75	running	0
34	53	37	Hank Ribet	Norm Johnson	'50 Ford	32	25	running	0
32	49	16	Johnny Roberts	Johnny Roberts	'50 Ford	33	25	running	0
39	50	196	Lucky Sawyer	Lucky Sawyer	'49 Ford	23	25	gas line	0
55	43	190	Buddy Shuman	J.R. Dunberry	'52 Hudson	4		clutch	0
10	18	4	Slick Smith	Air Lift (Frank Christian)	'52 Oldsmobile	38	150	running	0
11	17	51	Gober Sosebee	Cherokee Garage (Sam Knox)	'52 Chrysler	38	75	running	0
8	19	9	Donald Thomas	FABULOUS (Herb Thomas)	'52 Hudson	38	200	running	0
4	3	92	Herb Thomas	FABULOUS (Herb Thomas)	'53 Hudson	39	600	running	0
3	4	40	Tommy Thompson	Tommy Thompson	'53 Lincoln	39	800	running	0
40	45	T-2	Herb Tillman	Herb Tillman	'50 Oldsmobile	18	25	gas line	0
25	57	291	Tom Travis	Tom Travis	'52 Ford	33	25	running	0
7	16	41	Curtis Turner	R.L. Bowling	'53 Lincoln	38	300	running	0
42	14	98	Dan Walters		'50 Packard	15		gasket	0
47	48	79	Charles Weidler	Charles Weidler	'51 Hudson	9		crash	0
44	35	186	Doug Wells	Gilbreath Motors	'50 Oldsmobile	13		overheating	0

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Fonty Flock	1	38	38
Bill Blair	39	39	1

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