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1953 Syracuse 100 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post AAA Champ Car Series race number 9 of 12 Saturday, September 12, 1953 at New York State Fairgrounds, Syracuse, NY 100 laps on a 1.000 mile dirt track (100.000 miles) Time of race: 1:20:59 Average speed: 74.089 mph Pole speed: 101.896 mph Cautions: n/a Margin of victory: n/a Attendance: 60000 Lead changes: 1 Glossary    1953 AAA Champ Car Series results   /   1953 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Chass./Eng. Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 5 99   Tony Bettenhausen Belanger Motors   (Murrell Belanger) Kurtis / Offy 100 3750 running 29 200 2 2 73   Mike Nazaruk McNamara   (Lee Elkins) Kurtis / Offy 100 2700 running 0 160 3 12 38   Don Freeland Bob Estes Watson / Offy 100 1500 running 0 140 4 15 3   Sam Hanks Bardahl Oil Company Kurtis / Offy 99 975 running 0 120 5 16 29   Bill Holland Ralph Malamud Scopa / Offy 99 900 running 0 100 6 8 93   Jerry Hoyt Dr. Morris Kurtis / Offy 97 750 running 0 80 7 7 92   Rodger Ward M.A. Walker Kurtis / Offy 97 600 running 0 28.2 8 1 51   Bob Sweikert Dean Van Lines   (Al Dean) Kuzma / Offy 71 562 crash 71 40 9 11 5   Jack McGrath Jack Hinkle Kurtis / Offy 71 525 crash 0 30 10 3 88   Manny Ayulo Peter Schmidt Kuzma / Offy 71 487 crash 0 20 11 13 81   Eddie Russo Central Excavating   (Floyd Trevis) Trevis / Offy 70 450 crash 0 10 12 14 21   Johnnie Parsons Belond Equa-Flow Kurtis / Offy 64 375 oil pressure 0   13 4 7   Paul Russo Federal Engineering Kurtis / Offy 63 337 withdrew 0   14 10 56   Tommy Hinnershitz Dr. Sabourin Del Roy / Offy 29 300 engine 0   15 17 89   Johnny Fedricks Dunn Engineering Kurtis / Offy 28 262 crash 0   16 18 9   Jimmy Davies Pat Clancy Ewing / Offy 16 225 engine 0   17 6 16   Jimmy Bryan Bessie Lee Paoli Kurtis / Offy 0 150 crash 0   18 9 98   Chuck Stevenson J.C. Agajanian Kuzma / Offy 0 150 crash 0

Relief Drivers: Car #92: Bob Scott (50 laps), 31.8 points) Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car Joe Barzda Ottis Stine Duane Carter 10 Lindsey Hopkins Lesovsky / Offy Cal Niday 12 H.A. Chapman Russo/Nichels Walt Faulkner 23 Auto Shippers Lou Rassey Kurtis / Offy Len Duncan 33 Ray Brady Kurtis / Offy Chuck Weyant 35 Parks Pawl / Offy Andy Linden 36 Sid Street Pankratz / Offy Jimmy Daywalt 48 Sumar Chapman Root Blough / Offy Spider Webb 65 Commercial Motor Freight Karl Hall Ewing / Offy Eddie Sachs 67 Lee Glessner Clemons / Offy Jimmy Reece 68 Peter Wales Trucking Peter Wales Kurtis / Offy Johnny Roberts 82 Burns Kurtis / Offy George Wilson 95 Sacco/Wilson Johnstone / Wayne Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Bob Sweikert 1 71 71   Tony Bettenhausen 72 100 29