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1953-07

NASCAR Grand National race number 7 of 37
Sunday, April 26, 1953 at Central City Speedway, Macon, GA
200 laps on a 0.500 mile dirt track (100.000 miles)

Time of race: 1:46:21
Average speed: 56.417 mph
Pole speed: n/a

Cautions: n/a
Margin of victory: n/a
Attendance: 7000
Lead changes: 2

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
1	1	120	Dick Rathmann	Walt Chapman	'52 Hudson	200	1000	running	35
2	–	92	Herb Thomas	Fabulous Hudson Hornet (Herb Thomas)	'53 Hudson	–	700	running	45
3	–	43	Jimmie Lewallen	Dave Quate	'53 Oldsmobile	–	450	running	0
4	–	14	Fonty Flock	Frank Christian	'53 Oldsmobile	–	350	running	120
5	–	78	Dick Passwater	Frank Arford	'53 Oldsmobile	–	200	running	0
6	–	91	Tim Flock	Ted Chester	'53 Hudson	–	150	–	0
7	–	82	Joe Eubanks	Oates Motor Co. (Phil Oates)	'52 Hudson	–	125	–	0
8	–	87	Buck Baker	Griffin Motors (Bob Griffin)	'53 Oldsmobile	–	100	–	0
9	–	93	Ted Chamberlain	Ted Chamberlain	'51 Plymouth	–	75	–	0
10	–	66	Virgil Livengood	Virgil Livengood	'53 Oldsmobile	–	50	crash	0
11	–	1	Herschel Buchanan	Herschel Buchanan	'52 Nash	–	25	crash	0
12	–		Ralph Liguori	Al Wheatley	'49 Oldsmobile	–	25	–	0
13	–	72	Donald Thomas	Doug Meeks	'50 Ford	–	25	–	0
14	–	55	Bub King	Bub King	'52 Hudson	–	25	–	0
15	–	60	Dub Livingston	Dub Livingston	'53 Dodge	–	25	–	0
16	–	51	Gober Sosebee	Cherokee Garage (Gober Sosebee)	'53 Oldsmobile	–	25	–	0
17	–	19	Fred Dove	Fred Dove	'50 Plymouth	–	25	–	0
18	–	71	Coleman Lawrence	Coleman Lawrence	'50 Ford	–	25	–	0
19	–	42	Lee Petty	Petty Enterprises	'53 Dodge	–	25	crash	0
20	–	2	Bill Blair	Bill Blair	'52 Oldsmobile	–	25	–	0
21	–	12	Jim Paschal	George Hutchens	'52 Plymouth	–	25	–	0
22	–		Gordon Bracken	Gordon Bracken	'52 Plymouth	–	25	–	0
23	–		Leonard Lawrence	–	'50 Ford	–	25	–	0
24	–	4	Slick Smith	Frank Christian	'51 Oldsmobile	–	25	–	0

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Fonty Flock	1	120	120
Herb Thomas	121	165	45
Dick Rathman	166	200	35