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1953-03 Previous race results / Next race results                         Tweet NASCAR Grand National race number 3 of 37 Sunday, March 8, 1953 at Harnett Speedway, Spring Lake, NC 200 laps on a 0.500 mile dirt track (100.000 miles) Time of race: 2:08:08 Average speed: 48.826 mph Pole speed: 51.918 mph Cautions: n/a Margin of victory: 3 laps + Attendance: 7000 Lead changes: 0 Glossary    1953 NASCAR Grand National results   /   1953 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led 1 1 92   Herb Thomas Fabulous Hudson Hornet   (Herb Thomas) '53 Hudson 200 1000 running 200 2 3 120   Dick Rathman Walt Chapman '53 Hudson 197 700 running 0 3 – 42   Lee Petty Petty Enterprises '53 Dodge – 450 running 0 4 7 78   Dick Passwater Frank Arford '53 Oldsmobile – 350 running 0 5 – 1   Herschel Buchanan Herschel Buchanan '53 Nash – 200 running 0 6 2 18   Mike Klapak Bill Adams '53 Oldsmobile – 150 – 0 7 – 91   Tim Flock Blackburn Auto Service   (Ted Chester) '52 Hudson – 125 – 0 8 – 24   Ray Duhigg J.O. Goode '52 Plymouth – 100 – 0 9 –     Don Oldenberg Bill House '50 Packard – 75 – 0 10 – 71   Keith Hamner Mason Darnell '52 Hudson – 50 – 0 11 – 55   Bub King Bub King '52 Hudson – 25 – 0 12 –     Ewell Weddle Ewell Weddle '51 Plymouth – 25 – 0 13 – 167   Elton Hildreth Elton Hildreth '52 Nash – 25 – 0 14 4 14   Fonty Flock Frank Christian '52 Oldsmobile – 25 – 0 15 – 37   Coleman Lawrence Coleman Lawrence '50 Ford – 25 – 0 16 – 19   Fred Dove Fred Dove '50 Plymouth – 25 – 0 17 – 72   Donald Thomas Doug Meeks '50 Ford – 25 – 0 18 –     Jack Lawrence Jack Lawrence '53 Dodge – 25 – 0 19 – 44   Harold Nash Harold Nash '51 Oldsmobile – 25 – 0 20 – 43   Jimmie Lewallen Dave Quate '53 Dodge – 25 – 0 21 –     Dub Livingston Dub Livingston '53 Dodge – 25 – 0 22 –     Harry Bennett – '52 Oldsmobile – 25 – 0 23 6 82   Joe Eubanks Oates Motor Co.   (Phil Oates) '52 Hudson – 25 – 0 24 –     Lucky Sawyer Lucky Sawyer '49 Ford – 25 – 0 25 –     Johnny Roberts Johnny Roberts '52 Ford – 25 – 0 26 – 23   Weldon Adams – '51 Studebaker – 25 – 0 27 8 2   Bill Blair Bill Blair '52 Oldsmobile – 25 – 0 28 – 58   Johnny Patterson H.B. Ranier '52 Oldsmobile – 25 – 0 29 –     Jim Lacy – '53 Dodge – 25 – 0 30 5 41   Curtis Turner Eanes Motor Co.   (John Eanes) '52 Oldsmobile – 25 – 0 31 – 25   Cotton Priddy Cotton Priddy '51 Oldsmobile – 25 – 0 32 – 171   Wally Campbell – '53 Dodge – 25 – 0

Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Herb Thomas 1 200 200