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AAA Champ Car Series race number 1 of 12
Saturday, May 30, 1953 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Speedway, IN
200 laps on a 2.500 mile paved track (500.000 miles)

Time of race: 3:53:02
Average speed: 128.74 mph
Pole speed: 138.392 mph

Cautions: n/a
Margin of victory: 210.87 sec
Attendance: 175000
Lead changes: 4

Glossary 1953 AAA Champ Car Series results / 1953 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Chass./Eng.	Laps	Status	Led	Pts
1	1	14	Bill Vukovich	Fuel Injection (Keck)	KK500A / Offy	200	running	195	1000
2	12	16	Art Cross	Springfield Welding / Clay Smith (Paoli)	KK4000 / Offy	200	running	0	800
3	9	3	Sam Hanks	Bardahl (Walsh)	KK4000 / Offy	200	running	3	532
4	2	59	Freddie Agabashian	Grancor-Elgin Piston Pin (Grancor Auto)	KK500B / Offy	200	running	1	315
5	3	5	Jack McGrath	Hinkle	KK4000 / Offy	200	running	0	500
6	21	48	Jimmy Daywalt	Sumar (Root)	KK3000 / Offy	200	running	0	400
7	25	2	Jim Rathmann	Travelon Trailer (Ruiz)	KK500B / Offy	200	running	1	169.5
8	20	12	Ernie McCoy	Chapman	Stevens / Offy	200	running	0	250
9	6	98	Tony Bettenhausen	Agajanian	Kuzma / Offy	196	crash	0	116
10	32	53	Jimmy Davies	Pat Clancy	KK500B / Offy	193	running	0	150
11	26	9	Duke Nalon	Novi Governor (Lewis Welch)	Kurtis / Novi	191	crash	0	110
12	19	73	Carl Scarborough	McNamara (Elkins)	KK2000 / Offy	190	running	0	17.5
13	4	88	Manny Ayulo	Schmidt	Kuzma / Offy	184	engine	0
14	31	8	Jimmy Bryan	Blakely Oil (McDaniel)	Schroeder / Offy	183	running	0
15	28	49	Bill Holland	Crawford	KK500B / Offy	177	magneto	0
16	10	92	Rodger Ward	M.A. Walker Electric (M.A. Walker)	Kurtis / Offy	177	axle	0
17	14	23	Walt Faulkner	Automobile Shippers (Casaroll)	KK500A / Offy	176	running	0
18	22	22	Marshall Teague	Hart Fullerton	KK4000 / Offy	169	oil leak	0
19	18	62	Spider Webb	Lubri-Loy (3L)	KK3000 / Offy	166	oil leak	0
20	29	51	Bob Sweikert	Dean Van Lines (A.E. Dean)	Kuzma / Offy	151	suspension	0
21	23	83	Mike Nazaruk	Kalamazoo (Elkins)	Turner / Offy	146	transmission	0
22	24	77	Pat Flaherty	Schmidt	KK3000 / Offy	115	crash	0
23	7	55	Jerry Hoyt	John Zink	KK4000 / Offy	107	overheating	0
24	27	4	Duane Carter	Miracle Power (Belanger)	Lesovsky / Offy	94	ignition	0
25	17	7	Paul Russo	Federal Engineering (Federal Auto Associates)	KK3000 / Offy	89	magneto	0
26	8	21	Johnnie Parsons	Belond Equa-Flow Exhaust (Belond)	KK500B / Offy	86	engine	0
27	15	38	Don Freeland	Bob Estes	Watson / Offy	76	crash	0
28	13	41	Gene Hartley	Federal Engineering (Federal Auto Associates)	KK4000 / Offy	53	crash	0
29	16	97	Chuck Stevenson	Agajanian	Kuzma / Offy	42	fuel leak	0
30	30	99	Cal Niday	Miracle Power (Belanger)	Kurtis / Offy	30	magneto	0
31	11	29	Bob Scott	Belond Equa-Flow Exhaust (Bromme)	Bromme / Offy	14	oil leak	0
32	33	56	Johnny Thomson	Dr. Sabourin (Sabourin)	Del Roy-Allen / Offy	6	ignition	0
33	5	32	Andy Linden	Cop-Sil-Loy (Ansted)	Stevens / Offy	3	crash	0

Relief Drivers:

Car #3: Duane Carter (49 laps), 168 points)
Car #59: Paul Russo (96 laps), 285 points)
Car #2: Eddie Johnson (88 laps), 130.5 points)
Car #98: Chuck Stevenson (44 laps), 45 points); Gene Hartley (37 laps), 39 points)
Car #73: Bob Scott (121 laps), 32.5 points)
Car #49: Jim Rathmann (36 laps)
Car #92: Andy Linden (29 laps); Duke Dinsmore (10 laps)
Car #23: Johnny Mantz (42 laps)
Car #62: Johnny Thomson (45 laps); Jackie Holmes (9 laps)
Car #55: Chuck Stevenson (13 laps); Andy Linden (12 laps)

Pos	Name	Nbr	Sponsor	Owner	Car
Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes:
	Jim Rathmann	6	Wynn's Friction Proofing		Moore / Offy
	Henry Banks	10		Lindsey Hopkins	Lesovsky / Offy
	Chet Miller	15	Novi Governor	Lewis Welch	Kurtis / Novi
	Joe Sostilio	17	Belanger Motors	Murrell Belanger	Kurtis / Chrysler
	Neal Carter	23	Auto Shippers	Lou Rassey	Kurtis / Offy
	Cliff Griffith	24	Bardahl Oil Company		Kurtis / Offy
	George Connor	25	Chrysler	Frank Kurtis / Herb Porter	Kurtis / Chrysler
	Eddie Johnson	26	City of Detroit		Kurtis / Offy
	Pat O'Connor	28, 64, 74
	Len Duncan	31, 81
	Art Cross	33		Ray Brady	Kurtis / Offy
	Jim Mayes	34		Dr. Morris	Kurtis / Offy
	Eddie Sachs	34		Dr. Morris	Kurtis / Offy
	Buzz Barton	35		Parks	Pawl / Offy
	Potsy Goacher	36		Sid Street	Pankratz / Offy
	Bill Taylor	39	Blue Crown Spark Plug	Lou Moore	Lesovsky / Offy
	Billy Cantrell	42		Emmett Malloy	Pankratz / Offy
	Roy Newman	43	Maserati		Maserati / Maserati
	Leroy Warriner	44		Jim Robbins	Kurtis / Offy
	Johnny Fedricks	46		Dunn Engineering	Kurtis / Offy
	Ray Crawford	49		Ray Crawford	Kurtis / Offy
	Edgar Elder	49		Ray Crawford	Kurtis / Offy
	John Fitch	49, 74		Ray Crawford, Brown Motor Co.
	Duke Dinsmore	52		Tom Sarafoff	Kurtis / Offy
	Bill Doster	57	Olszweski	Charlie Volker	Volker
	Hal Robson	57		Charlie Volker	Volker
	Bill Holland	61		Slick Racers	Kurtis / Offy
	Danny Oakes	63		Lindsey Hopkins	Moore / Offy
	Allen Heath	65	Commercial Motor Freight	Karl Hall	Ewing / Offy
	George Tichenor	65	Commercial Motor Freight	Karl Hall	Ewing / Offy
	Johnnie Tolan	66, 85
	Johnny Kay	67		Lee Glessner	Clemons / Offy
	Joe Barzda	69	California Speed & Sport	Joe Barzda	Maserati / Maserati
	Jackie Holmes	71	Merkler Machine Works		Kurtis / Offy
	Wayne Selser	75		Christy
	George Fonder	76		George Leitenberger	Silnes-Sherman / Offy
	Cal Niday	78		Storey-Ricketts	Kurtis / Offy
	Frank Armi	79		Mel Wiggers	Kurtis / Offy
	Johnny Roberts	82		Burns	Kurtis / Offy
	Bill Homeier	84, 87		Bob Weinberg, Cal Connell
	Harry Stockman	84	Coast Grain	Bob Weinberg	Lesovsky / Offy
	Bill Boyd	86		Merz Engineering	Kurtis / Offy
	Spider Webb	89		Fadley-Anderson	Maserati / Offy
	Red Hamilton	91		Dillon	Kurtis / Offy
	Al Herman	93	Traylor Engineering	Sam Traylor	Kurtis / Offy
	Jorge Daponte	95		Wayne	Johnstone / Wayne
	Jud Larson	96		Charles Helin	Snowberger / Offy
DC	Troy Ruttman	2		Travelon Trailer	Kurtis / Offy
DC	Alberto Ascari	97	Scuderia Ferrari		Ferrari / Ferrari
WD	Ebe Yoder
WD	Johnny Mauro	47	Johnny Mauro Ferrari		Ferrari / Ferrari

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Bill Vukovich	1	48	48
Fred Agabashian	49	49	1
Jim Rathman	50	50	1
Sam Hanks	51	53	3
Bill Vukovich	54	200	147