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1953 Detroit 100 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post AAA Champ Car Series race number 4 of 12 Saturday, July 4, 1953 at Michigan State Fairgrounds, Detroit, MI 100 laps* on a 1.000 mile dirt track (100.000 miles) Time of race: 0:37:12 Average speed: 82.257 mph Pole speed: 90.978 mph Cautions: n/a Margin of victory: n/a Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 2 Glossary    1953 AAA Champ Car Series results   /   1953 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Chass./Eng. Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 3 92   Rodger Ward M.A. Walker Kurtis / Offy 51 1875 running 21 102 2 10 73   Allen Heath McNamara   (Lee Elkins) Kurtis / Offy 51 1350 running 0 81.6 3 12 16   Jimmy Bryan Bessie Lee Paoli Kurtis / Offy 51 750 running 0 71.4 4 13 3   Sam Hanks Bardahl Oil Company Kurtis / Offy 49 487 running 0 61.2 5 16 12   Ernie McCoy H.A. Chapman Russo-Nichels / Offy 49 450 crash 0 51 6 18 83   Mike Nazaruk Kalamazoo Turner / Offy 49 375 running 0 40.8 7 1 63   Duane Carter Lindsey Hopkins Moore / Offy 48 300 running 0 30.6 8 4 21   Johnnie Parsons Belond Equa-Flow Kurtis / Offy 48 281 shocks 30 25.5 9 5 4   Cal Niday Miracle Power Lesovsky / Offy 48 262 running 0 20.4 10 15 36   Andy Linden Sid Street Pankratz / Offy 47 244 running 0 15.3 11 11 81   Eddie Russo Central Excavating   (Floyd Trevis) Trevis / Offy 47 225 running 0 10.2 12 6 52   Duke Dinsmore Tom Sarafoff Kurtis / Offy 47 187 running 0 5.1 13 9 7   Paul Russo Federal Engineering Kurtis / Offy 46 169 withdrew 0   14 17 57   Gene Hartley Iddings Meyer / Offy 46 150 dnf 0   15 8 42   Jimmy Davies Pat Clancy Ewing / Offy 43 131 shocks 0   16 14 5   Jack McGrath Jack Hinkle Kurtis / Offy 38 112 withdrew 0   17 7 88   Manny Ayulo Peter Schmidt Kuzma / Offy 16 75 dnf 0   18 2 89   Johnny Fedricks Dunn Engineering Kurtis / Offy 9 75 dnf 0   * Race shortened to 51 laps due to accident.

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car Eddie Johnson 27 City of Detroit Kurtis / Offy Buzz Barton 35 Parks Pawl / Offy Don Freeland 38 Bob Estes Watson / Offy Chuck Stevenson 51 Dean Van Lines Al Dean Kuzma / Offy Bill Doster 57 Olszweski Charlie Volker Offy Spider Webb 65 Commercial Motor Freight Karl Hall Ewing / Offy Paul Howe 67 Lee Glessner Clemons / Offy Walt Faulkner 68 Peter Wales Kurtis / Offy Gays Biro 76 George Leitenberger Silnes-Sherman / Offy Johnny Roberts 82 Burns Kurtis / Offy Bill Homeier 93 Dr. Morris Kurtis / Offy Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Johnnie Parsons 1 30 30   Rodger Ward 31 51 21