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1953-31

NASCAR Grand National race number 31 of 37
Sunday, September 13, 1953 at Central City Speedway, Macon, GA
200 laps on a 0.500 mile dirt track (100.000 miles)

Time of race: 1:48:45
Average speed: 55.172 mph
Pole speed: 60.81 mph

Cautions: n/a
Margin of victory: 1 lap +
Attendance: n/a
Lead changes: 7

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
1	7	12	Speedy Thompson	Buckshot Morris	'53 Oldsmobile	200	1000	running	24
2	4	42	Lee Petty	Petty Enterprises	'53 Dodge	199	700	running	28
3	8	51	Gober Sosebee	Cherokee Garage (Gober Sosebee)	'53 Oldsmobile	198	450	running	73
4	1	82	Joe Eubanks	Oates Motor Co. (Phil Oates)	'53 Hudson	196	350	running	11
5	3	91	Tim Flock	Ted Chester	'53 Hudson	193	200	running	0
6	5	92	Herb Thomas	Fabulous Hudson Hornet (Herb Thomas)	'53 Hudson	188	150	engine	0
7	9	87	Buck Baker	Griffin Motors (Bob Griffin)	'53 Oldsmobile	–	120	running	0
8	–		Bob Walden	Bob Walden	'50 Plymouth	–	100	running	0
9	–	4	Slick Smith	Frank Christian	'53 Oldsmobile	–	75	–	0
10	–	34	Andy Winfree	Andy Winfree	'52 Plymouth	–	50	–	0
11	2	41	Curtis Turner	John Eanes	'53 Oldsmobile	132	25	engine	64
12	–		Chuck Housley	Chuck Housley	'53 Oldsmobile	–	25	–	0
13	–	33	Charlie Causey	Charlie Causey	'50 Oldsmobile	–	25	–	0
14	10	14	Fonty Flock	Frank Christian	'53 Oldsmobile	–	25	–	0
15	–		C.H. Dingler	C.H. Dingler	'51 Studebaker	119	25	crash	0
16	6	120	Dick Rathmann	Walt Chapman	'53 Hudson	–	25	–	0
17	–	101	Ed Massey	Edsel Massey	'51 Studebaker	–	25	–	0
18	–	75	Ralph Dutton	Ralph Dutton	'53 Dodge	–	25	–	0
19	–	110	Lou Faver	G.A. Faver	'51 Kaiser	23	25	engine	0
20	–	3	Jimmy Ayers	Jimmy Ayers	'52 Hudson	–	25	–	0

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Joe Eubanks	1	11	11
Gober Sosebee	12	59	48
Curtis Turner	60	108	49
Lee Petty	109	117	9
Curtis Turner	118	132	15
Gober Sosebee	133	157	25
Lee Petty	158	176	19
Speedy Thompson	177	200	24