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1953-23 Previous race results / Next race results                         Post NASCAR Grand National race number 23 of 37 Wednesday, July 22, 1953 at Rapid Valley Speedway, Rapid City, SD 200 laps on a 0.500 mile dirt track (100.000 miles) Time of race: 1:44:46 Average speed: 57.27 mph Pole speed: 55.727 mph Cautions: n/a Margin of victory: n/a Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 4 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 176 2 – 120   Dick Rathmann Walt Chapman '53 Hudson – 750 running 4 3 – 14   Fonty Flock Frank Christian '53 Hudson – 450 running 0 4 – 42   Lee Petty Petty Enterprises '53 Dodge – 350 running 0 5 – 87   Buck Baker Griffin Motors   (Bob Griffin) '53 Oldsmobile – 200 running 20 6 – 9   Bill Harrison Bill Harrison '52 Hudson – 150 – 0 7 – 28   Eddie Skinner Frank Dodge '53 Oldsmobile – 125 – 0 8 –     Leo Ray – '51 Nash – 100 – 0 9 –     Dick Fellows – '50 Plymouth – 75 – 0 10 –     C.H. Dingler C.H. Dingler '51 Studebaker – 50 – 0 11 –     Ray Springer – '50 Ford – 25 – 0 12 –     Mel Krueger – '49 Ford – 25 – 0 13 – 90   Ted Lee Ted Lee '52 Hudson – 25 – 0 14 –     Bob Laswell – '49 Plymouth – 25 – 0 15 –     Johnny Beauchamp – '52 Hudson 34 25 radiator 0

Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Buck Baker 1 20 20   Herb Thomas 21 114 94   Dick Rathman 115 118 4   Herb Thomas 119 200 82