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1953-02 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post 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 (159.900 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: 20000 Lead changes: 2 Glossary    1953 NASCAR Grand National results   /   1953 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led 1 6 2   Bill Blair Halifax Motors   (Bill Blair) '53 Oldsmobile 39 1500 running 1 2 2 14   Fonty Flock Air Lift   (Frank Christian) '53 Oldsmobile 39 1000 running 38 3 4 40   Tommy Thompson San Juan Motors   (Tommy Thompson) '53 Lincoln 39 800 running 0 4 3 92   Herb Thomas Fabulous Hudson Hornet   (Herb Thomas) '53 Hudson 39 600 running 0 5 7 91   Tim Flock Ted Chester '52 Hudson 39 500 running 0 6 10 77   Dick Passwater Frank Arford '52 Oldsmobile 38 400 running 0 7 16 41   Curtis Turner R.L. Bowling '53 Lincoln 38 300 running 0 8 19 9   Donald Thomas Fabulous Hudson Hornet   (Herb Thomas) '52 Hudson 38 200 running 0 9 13 38   Tom Cherry Hot Rod Shop   (Tom Cherry) '53 Lincoln 38 180 running 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 12 9 120   Dick Rathmann America's Champion   (Walt Chapman) '53 Hudson 37 75 running 0 13 15 87   Buck Baker Wheatley Motors   (Al Wheatley) '53 Lincoln 37 75 running 0 14 20 187   Red Duvall Duane Duvall '53 Packard 37 75 running 0 15 23 86   Don Oldenberg Bill House '53 Lincoln 37 75 running 0 16 11 18   Bill Adams Bill Adams '53 Oldsmobile 36 50 running 0 17 34 52   Joe Guide Sally Guide '51 Hudson 36 50 running 0 18 47 54   Obie Chupp Wild Gene Horne   (Gene Horne) '51 Hudson 36 50 running 0 19 29 103   George Gallup George Gallup '50 Oldsmobile 36 50 running 0 20 36 25   Cotton Priddy Cotton Priddy '51 Oldsmobile 35 50 running 0 21 27 55   Bub King T.H. King's Garage   (Bub King) '52 Hudson 35 25 spin out 0 22 40 33   Charlie Causey Charlie Causey '50 Oldsmobile 35 25 running 0 23 44 8   Gene Comstock Gene Comstock '51 Hudson 35 25 spin out 0 24 37 7   Red Douglass R.W. Douglass '53 Dodge 33 25 running 0 25 57 291   Tom Travis Tom Travis '52 Ford 33 25 running 0 26 56 67   Sam DiRusso Sam DiRusso '52 Plymouth 33 25 running 0 27 30 13   Pop McGinnis Irving Frye '52 Hudson 33 25 running 0 28 51 96   Mason Bright Mason Bright '49 Plymouth 33 25 running 0 29 28 71   Keith Hamner Mason Darnell '52 Hudson 33 25 running 0 30 46 1   Herschel Buchanan Herschel Buchanan '52 Nash 33 25 clutch 0 31 22 66   George Fleming Joseph Braun '51 Hudson 33 25 running 0 32 49 16   Johnny Roberts Johnny Roberts '50 Ford 33 25 running 0 33 25 30   Cotton Hodges Jim Fowler '50 Oldsmobile 32 25 rf hub 0 34 53 37   Hank Ribet Norm Johnson '50 Ford 32 25 running 0 35 24 15   Tommy Boger Tommy Boger '52 Oldsmobile 32 25 spin out 0 36 54 102   Marion Edwards – '50 Dodge 31 25 running 0 37 55 90   Ted Lee Ted Lee '53 Hudson 30 25 running 0 38 52 3   Hub McBride Jack Barton '50 Nash 29 25 running 0 39 50 196   Lucky Sawyer Lucky Sawyer '49 Ford 23 25 gas line 0 40 45 T-2   Herb Tillman Herb Tillman '50 Oldsmobile 18 25 gas line 0 41 42 12   Jim Paschal George Hutchens '49 Oldsmobile 17   oil pressure 0 42 14 98   Dan Walters – '50 Packard 15   gasket 0 43 26 22   Perk Brown R.G. Shelton '52 Hudson 14   engine 0 44 35 186   Doug Wells Gilbreath Motors '50 Oldsmobile 13   overheating 0 45 41 48   Red Farmer Sikes Motors '51 Hudson 12   overheating 0 46 38 60   Dub Livingston Dub Livingston '53 Dodge 11   tie rod 0 47 48 79   Charles Weidler Charles Weidler '51 Hudson 9   crash 0 48 33 19   Fred Dove Paul Nunn '52 Packard 8   bearing 0 49 12 82   Joe Eubanks Oates Motor Co.   (Phil Oates) '52 Hudson 8   gasket 0 50 8 58   Johnny Patterson H.B. Ranier '52 Hudson 6   engine 0 51 1 46   Bob Pronger Bob Pronger '53 Oldsmobile 5   crash 0 52 21 57   Tommy Moon C.D. Wilson '52 Hudson 5   engine 0 53 31 10   Wally Campbell Wally Campbell '53 Dodge 4   engine 0 54 39 167   Elton Hildreth Hildreth Motors   (Elton Hildreth) '51 Nash 4   overheating 0 55 43 190   Buddy Shuman J.R. Dunberry '52 Hudson 4   clutch 0 56 32 93   Ted Chamberlain Ted Chamberlain '50 Plymouth 3   clutch 0 57 5 78   Frank Arford Frank Arford '53 Oldsmobile 2   gasket 0

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