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1953-26

NASCAR Grand National race number 26 of 37
Sunday, August 9, 1953 at Occoneechee Speedway, Hillsborough, NC
100 laps on a 1.000 mile dirt track (100.000 miles)

Time of race: 1:19:52
Average speed: 75.125 mph
Pole speed: 89.078 mph

Cautions: 2
Margin of victory: .5 lap
Attendance: 4000
Lead changes: 0

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
1	1	41	Curtis Turner	Frank Christian	'53 Oldsmobile	100	1000	running	100
2	–	92	Herb Thomas	Fabulous Hudson Hornet (Herb Thomas)	'53 Hudson	100	700	running	0
3	–	42	Lee Petty	Petty Enterprises	'53 Dodge	99	450	running	0
4	–	82	Joe Eubanks	Oates Motor Co. (Phil Oates)	'52 Hudson	–	350	running	0
5	–	2	Bill Blair	Bill Blair	'53 Oldsmobile	–	200	running	0
6	–	80	Jim Paschal	George Hutchens	'53 Dodge	–	150	running	0
7	–	4	Slick Smith	Frank Christian	'51 Oldsmobile	–	125	running	0
8	–	167	Elton Hildreth	Hildreth Motors (Elton Hildreth)	'53 Nash	–	100	running	0
9	–	22	Jimmie Lewallen	R.G. Shelton	'53 Oldsmobile	–	75	–	0
10	–		Jimmy Ayers	Jimmy Ayers	'51 Plymouth	–	50	–	0
11	–	19	Fred Dove	Fred Dove	'50 Ford	–	25	engine	0
12	–	14	Fonty Flock	Frank Christian	'53 Hudson	–	25	rear end	0
13	–		John Meggers	–	'53 Plymouth	–	25	–	0
14	–		Elbert Allen	–	'52 Hudson	–	25	–	0
15	–		Virgil Stockton	–	'53 Hudson	–	25	–	0
16	–	91	Tim Flock	Ted Chester	'53 Hudson	–	25	–	0
17	–		Buck Smith	–	'49 Plymouth	–	25	–	0
18	–	87	Buck Baker	Griffin Motors (Bob Griffin)	'53 Oldsmobile	–	25	crash	0
19	–	120	Dick Rathman	Walt Chapman	'53 Hudson	3	25	crash	0

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Curtis Turner	1	100	100