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1953 Springfield 100 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post AAA Champ Car Series race number 3 of 12 Sunday, June 21, 1953 at Illinois State Fairgrounds, Springfield, IL 100 laps on a 1.000 mile dirt track (100.000 miles) Time of race: 1:07:03 Average speed: 89.645 mph Pole speed: 105.603 mph Cautions: 3 Margin of victory: n/a Attendance: 6942 Lead changes: 3 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 100 1875 running 58 200 2 6 3   Sam Hanks Bardahl Oil Company Kurtis / Offy 100 1350 running 0 160 3 1 38   Don Freeland Bob Estes Watson / Offy 100 750 running 0 140 4 2 5   Jack McGrath Jack Hinkle Kurtis / Offy 100 487 running 16 120 5 12 36   Andy Linden Sid Street Pankratz / Offy 100 450 running 0 100 6 4 97   Chuck Stevenson J.C. Agajanian Kuzma / Offy 100 375 running 26 80 7 15 4   Cal Niday Miracle Power Lesovsky / Offy 100 300 running 0 60 8 11 16   Jimmy Bryan Bessie Lee Paoli Kurtis / Offy 100 281 running 0 40 9 17 22   Walt Faulkner Pure Oil   (Hart Fullerton) Kurtis / Offy 98 262 running 0 30 10 9 56   Tommy Hinnershitz Dr. Sabourin Del Roy / Offy 98 243 running 0 20 11 13 35   Buzz Barton Parks Pawl / Offy 97 225 running 0 10 12 8 93   Bill Homeier Dr. Morris Kurtis / Offy 92 187 running 0   13 16 79   Chuck Marshall Mel Wiggers Kurtis / Offy 91 112 running 0   14 7 55   Jerry Hoyt John Zink Kurtis / Offy 76 150 crash 0   15 14 73   Allen Heath McNamara   (Lee Elkins) Kurtis / Offy 49 131 dnf 0   16 18 65   Spider Webb Commercial Motor Freight   (Karl Hall) Ewing / Offy 33 169 dnf 0   17 10 12   Ernie McCoy H.A. Chapman Russo-Nichels / Offy 20 75 dnf 0   18 5 29   Jimmy Reece Ralph Malamud Scopa / Offy 5 75 spun out 0

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car Duane Carter 10 Lindsey Hopkins Lesovsky / Offy Johnnie Parsons 21 Belond Equa Flow Kurtis / Offy Eddie Johnson 27 City of Detroit Kurtis / Offy Rex Easton 39 Joe Shaheen Hill / Offy Paul Russo 51 Dean Van Lines Al Dean Kuzma / Offy Duke Dinsmore 52 Tom Sarafoff Kurtis / Offy Danny Oakes 63 Lindsey Hopkins Moore / Offy Ottis Stine 67 Lee Glessner Clemons / Offy Eddie Russo 68 Peter Wales Trucking Peter Wales Kurtis / Offy Johnnie Tolan 81 Central Excavating Floyd Trevis Trevis / Offy Gene Hartley 82 Burns Kurtis / Offy Manny Ayulo 88 Peter Schmidt Kuzma / Offy Johnny Fedricks 89 Dunn Engineering Kurtis / Offy Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Jack McGrath 1 16 16   Chuck Stevenson 17 42 26   Rodger Ward 43 100 58