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1953-01 Previous race results Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Grand National race number 1 of 37 Sunday, February 1, 1953 at Palm Beach Speedway, W. Palm Beach, FL 200 laps on a 0.500 mile dirt track (100.000 miles) Time of race: 1:39:38 Average speed: 60.22 mph Pole speed: 65.028 mph Cautions: n/a Margin of victory: 2 laps + Attendance: 8500 Lead changes: 2 Glossary    1953 NASCAR Grand National results   /   1953 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led 1 7 42   Lee Petty Petty Enterprises '53 Dodge 200 1000 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 Hudson Hornet   (Herb Thomas) '52 Hudson 181 75 running 0 10 20 67   Sam DiRusso Sam DiRusso '52 Plymouth 180 50 running 0 11 2 14   Fonty Flock Frank Christian '52 Oldsmobile 174 25 running 0 12 13 51   Gober Sosebee Cherokee Garage   (Sam Knox) '52 Chrysler 172 25 running 0 13 19 102   Marion Edwards – '50 Dodge 166 25 running 0 14 16 167   Elton Hildreth Hildreth Motors   (Elton Hildreth) '51 Nash 159 25 crash 0 15 21 57   Jack Culpepper – '49 Ford 119 25 overheating 0 16 14 T-2   Herb Tillman Herb Tillman '50 Oldsmobile 104 25 overheating 0 17 18     Jack Lawrence Jack Lawrence '53 Dodge 101 25 rf hub 0 18 17     Allan Clarke – '50 Chevrolet 76 25 ignition 0 19 8 31   Al Keller George Miller '50 Oldsmobile 73 25 crash 0 20 15 37   Hank Ribet Norm Johnson '50 Ford 68 25 wheel 0 21 3 92   Herb Thomas Fabulous Hudson Hornet   (Herb Thomas) '53 Hudson 48 25 u joint 45 22 1 120   Dick Rathmann Walt Chapman '53 Hudson 31 25 coil 3 23 23 196   Lucky Sawyer Lucky Sawyer '49 Ford 4 25 ignition 0

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