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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 5 of 12 Saturday, August 22, 1953 at Illinois State Fairgrounds, Springfield, IL 100 laps on a 1.000 mile dirt track (100.000 miles) Time of race: 1:05:49 Average speed: 91.162 mph Pole speed: 104.773 mph Cautions: n/a Margin of victory: n/a Attendance: 20000 Lead changes: n/a Glossary    1953 AAA Champ Car Series results   /   1953 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Chass./Eng. Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 5 3   Sam Hanks Bardahl Oil Company Kurtis / Offy 100 4599 running 40 200 2 2 88   Manny Ayulo Peter Schmidt Kuzma / Offy 100 2943 running 39 160 3 1 98   Chuck Stevenson J.C. Agajanian Kuzma / Offy 100 2024 running 0 140 4 16 21   Johnnie Parsons Belond Equa-Flow Kurtis / Offy 100 1472 running 0 120 5 3 99   Cal Niday Belanger Motors   (Murrell Belanger) Kurtis / Offy 100 1104 running 0 100 6 6 7   Paul Russo Federal Engineering Kurtis / Offy 100 920 running 0 80 7 11 38   Don Freeland Bob Estes Watson / Offy 100 736 running 0 60 8 12 68   Jimmy Reece Peter Wales Trucking   (Peter Wales) Kurtis / Offy 100 736 running 0 40 9 10 12   Bob Scott H.A. Chapman Russo-Nichels / Offy 100 552 running 0 30 10 8 81   Eddie Russo Central Excavating   (Floyd Trevis) Trevis / Offy 98 552 running 0 20 11 7 63   Danny Oakes Lindsey Hopkins Moore / Offy 96 460 running 0 10 12 18 56   Tommy Hinnershitz Dr. Sabourin Del Roy / Offy 87 460 running 0   13 13 5   Jack McGrath Jack Hinkle Kurtis / Offy 87 368 running 0   14 15 89   Johnny Fedricks Dunn Engineering Kurtis / Offy 75 368 running 0   15 14 16   Jimmy Bryan Bessie Lee Paoli Kurtis / Offy 59 368 spun out 0   16 4 9   Jimmy Davies Pat Clancy Ewing / Offy 36 368 rear end 21   17 9 92   Rodger Ward M.A. Walker Kurtis / Offy 33 184 connecting rod 0   18 17 23   Walt Faulkner Auto Shippers   (Lou Rassey) Kurtis / Offy 14 184 radiator hose 0

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car Duane Carter 10 Lindsey Hopkins Lesovsky / Offy Ralph Pratt 27 City of Detroit Kurtis / Offy Buzz Barton 35 Parks Pawl / Offy Andy Linden 36 Sid Street Pankratz / Offy Rex Easton 39 Joe Shaheen Hill / GMC Bob Sweikert 51 Dean Van Lines Al Dean Kuzma / Offy Jerry Hoyt 55 John Zink Kurtis / Offy Gene Force 57 Iddings Meyer / Offy George Tichenor 61 Belanger Motors Murrell Belanger Kurtis / Chrysler Spider Webb 65 Commercial Motor Freight Karl Hall Ewing / Offy Potsy Goacher 67 Lee Glessner Clemons / Offy Bill Holland 73 McNamara Lee Elkins Kurtis-Wetteroth / Offy Bill Homeier 76 George Leitenberger Silnes-Sherman / Offy Chuck Marshall 79 Mel Wiggers Kurtis / Offy Johnny Roberts 82 Burns Kurtis / Offy Mike Nazaruk 83 Kalamazoo Turner / Offy Eddie Johnson 93 Dr. Morris Kurtis / Offy George Wilson 95 Sacco/Wilson Johnstone / Wayne Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Manny Ayulo 1 15 15   Jimmy Davies 16 36 21   Manny Ayulo 37 60 24   Sam Hanks 61 100 40