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1953 Wilkes County 200 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Grand National race number 4 of 37 Sunday, March 29, 1953 at North Wilkesboro Speedway, North Wilkesboro, NC 200 laps on a 0.625 mile dirt track (125.000 miles) Time of race: 1:44:18 Average speed: 71.907 mph Pole speed: 78.424 mph Cautions: n/a Margin of victory: .33 lap Attendance: 7500 Lead changes: 6 Glossary    1953 NASCAR Grand National results   /   1953 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led 1 1 92   Herb Thomas Fabulous Hudson Hornet   (Herb Thomas) '53 Hudson 200 1000 running 18 2 3 120   Dick Rathmann Walt Chapman '53 Hudson 200 700 running 70 3 4 14   Fonty Flock Frank Christian '53 Oldsmobile – 450 running 3 4 12 42   Lee Petty Petty Enterprises '53 Dodge – 350 running 0 5 10 43   Jimmie Lewallen Dave Quate '53 Dodge – 200 running 0 6 5 87   Buck Baker Wheatley Motors   (Al Wheatley) '53 Lincoln – 150 running 0 7 11 82   Joe Eubanks Oates Motor Co.   (Phil Oates) '52 Hudson – 125 running 0 8 9 4   Slick Smith Frank Christian '52 Oldsmobile – 100 running 0 9 19 78   Dick Passwater Frank Arford '53 Oldsmobile – 75 running 0 10 15 55   Bub King Bub King '52 Hudson – 50 running 0 11 26 8   Gene Comstock Gene Comstock '52 Hudson – 25 running 0 12 30 60   Dub Livingston Dub Livingston '53 Dodge – 25 running 0 13 34 100   Otis Martin Otis Martin '53 Mercury – 25 running 0 14 28 0   Ewell Weddle Ewell Weddle '52 Plymouth – 25 running 0 15 32 96   Lucky Sawyer Lucky Sawyer '50 Ford – 25 running 0 16 21 86   Don Oldenberg Bill House '52 Packard – 25 running 0 17 20 77   Frank Arford Frank Arford '52 Oldsmobile – 25 running 0 18 25 31   Steve McGrath George Miller '52 Hudson – 25 running 0 19 33 71   Coleman Lawrence Coleman Lawrence '52 Ford – 25 running 0 20 29 3   Clyde Minter Coleman Lawrence '52 Ford – 25 crash 0 21 31 19   Fred Dove Fred Dove '52 Plymouth – 25 running 0 22 8 41   Curtis Turner Eanes Motor Co.   (John Eanes) '53 Oldsmobile 109 25 piston 9 23 2 91   Tim Flock Ted Chester '53 Hudson 100 25 bearings 100 24 14 58   Johnny Patterson H.B. Ranier '52 Hudson – 25 running 0 25 23 2   Bill Blair Bill Blair '53 Oldsmobile – 25 crash 0 26 13 1   Herschel Buchanan Herschel Buchanan '52 Nash – 25 spindle 0 27 6 22   Perk Brown R.G. Shelton '52 Hudson – 25 gas tank 0 28 24 13   Pop McGinnis Irving Frye '52 Hudson – 25 clutch 0 29 15 167   Elton Hildreth Hildreth Motors   (Elton Hildreth) '51 Nash – 25 crash 0 30 22 44   Ray Duhigg Julian Petty '52 Plymouth – 25 gas line 0 31 7 12   Buddy Shuman Buddy Shuman '50 Oldsmobile – 25 – 0 32 17 171   Wally Campbell – '53 Dodge – 25 rf hub 0 33 18 72   Donald Thomas Doug Meeks '51 Ford – 25 crash 0 34 27 11   June Cleveland – '52 Studebaker – 25 engine 0

Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Tim Flock 1 100 100   Curtis Turner 101 109 9   Dick Rathman 110 119 10   Fonty Flock 120 122 3   Dick Rathman 123 182 60   Herb Thomas 183 200 18