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1953-01

NASCAR Grand National race number 1 of 37
Sunday, February 1, 1953 at Palm Beach Speedway, W. Palm Beach, FL
200 laps on a .500 mile dirt track (100.0 miles)

Time of race: 1:39:38
Average Speed: 60.22 mph
Pole Speed: 65.028 mph

Cautions: n/a
Margin of Victory: n/a
Attendance: 8,500
Lead changes: 2

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
1	7	42	Lee Petty	Petty Enterprises	'53 Dodge	200	1,000	running	152
2	9	41	Jimmie Lewallen	Petty Enterprises	'52 Plymouth	198	700	running	0
3	4	91	Tim Flock	Ted Chester	'52 Hudson	197	450	running	0
4	12	1	Herschel Buchanan	Herschel Buchanan	'52 Nash	192	350	running	0
5	10	86	Don Oldenberg	Bill House	'53 Lincoln	186	200	running	0
6	11	55	Bub King	Bub King	'52 Hudson	185	150	running	0
7	22	60	Dub Livingston	Dub Livingston	'53 Dodge	183	125	crash	0
8	5	13	Pop McGinnis	Irving Frye	'52 Hudson	182	100	running	0
9	6	9	Donald Thomas	FABULOUS (Herb Thomas)	'52 Hudson	181	75	running	0
10	20	67	Sam DiRusso	Sam DiRusso	'52 Plymouth	180	50	running	0
22	1	120	Dick Rathman	Walt Chapman	'53 Hudson	31	25	coil	3
21	3	92	Herb Thomas	FABULOUS (Herb Thomas)	'53 Hudson	48	25	u joint	45
20	15	37	Hank Ribet	Norm Johnson	'50 Ford	68	25	wheel	0
19	8	31	Al Keller	George Miller	'50 Oldsmobile	73	25	crash	0
18	17		Allan Clarke		'50 Chevrolet	76	25	ignition	0
17	18		Jack Lawrence	Jack Lawrence	'53 Dodge	101	25	rf hub	0
16	14	T-2	Herb Tillman	Herb Tillman	'50 Oldsmobile	104	25	overheating	0
15	21	57	Jack Culpepper		'49 Ford	119	25	overheating	0
14	16	167	Elton Hildreth	Hildreth Motors (Elton Hildreth)	'51 Nash	159	25	crash	0
13	19	102	Marion Edwards		'50 Dodge	166	25	running	0
12	13	51	Gober Sosebee	Cherokee Garage (Sam Knox)	'52 Chrysler	172	25	running	0
11	2	14	Fonty Flock	Frank Christian	'52 Oldsmobile	174	25	running	0
23	23	196	Lucky Sawyer	Lucky Sawyer	'49 Ford	4	25	ignition	0

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Dick Rathman	1	3	3
Herb Thomas	4	48	45
Lee Petty	49	200	152

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