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1953 Syracuse 100

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

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)

Pos	Name	Nbr	Sponsor	Owner	Car
Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes:
	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

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Bob Sweikert	1	71	71
Tony Bettenhausen	72	100	29