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NASCAR Grand National race number 37 of 37
Sunday, November 1, 1953 at Lakewood Speedway, Atlanta, GA
100 laps on a 1.000 mile dirt track (100.000 miles)

Time of race: 1:24:58
Average speed: 63.18 mph
Pole speed: 73.58 mph

Cautions: n/a
Margin of victory: .75 lap
Attendance: 9000
Lead changes: 3

Glossary 1953 NASCAR Grand National results / 1953 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
14	–	92	Herb Thomas	Herb Thomas	'53 Hudson	–	25	–	52
26	–	110	Lou Faver	G.A. Faver	'51 Kaiser	12	25	crash	0
25	–	44	Harold Nash	Harold Nash	'52 Oldsmobile	–	25	piston	0
24	–		Charlie Causey	Charlie Causey	'50 Oldsmobile	–	25	–	0
23	–		Don Vershure	–	'53 Hudson	33	25	crash	0
22	–	2	Bill Blair	Bill Blair	'53 Oldsmobile	–	25	–	0
21	–		Ray Erickson	–	'52 Hudson	–	25	–	0
19	–	81	Roscoe Thompson	–	'51 Studebaker	–	25	rear end	0
18	–		Tommy Thompson	Ernest Woods	'53 Oldsmobile	–	25	–	0
17	–		Chuck Housley	–	'53 Oldsmobile	–	25	–	0
16	–	41	Curtis Turner	Eanes Motor Co. (John Eanes)	'53 Oldsmobile	–	25	overheating	0
15	–	75	Ralph Dutton	Ralph Dutton	'53 Dodge	–	25	–	0
1	–	87	Buck Baker	Griffin Motors (Bob Griffin)	'53 Oldsmobile	100	1000	running	22
13	–		Ed Massey	–	'51 Studebaker	–	25	–	0
12	–		C.H. Dingler	C.H. Dingler	'50 Plymouth	–	25	–	0
11	–	51	Gober Sosebee	Cherokee Garage (Gober Sosebee)	'53 Oldsmobile	–	25	–	0
10	–		Ewell Weddle	Ewell Weddle	'50 Plymouth	–	50	–	0
9	–	25	Bob Welborn	J.O. Goode	'51 Plymouth	–	75	–	0
8	–	82	Joe Eubanks	Oates Motor Co. (Phil Oates)	'52 Hudson	–	100	–	0
7	–	13	Pop McGinnis	Irving Frye	'52 Hudson	–	125	–	0
6	–	58	Johnny Patterson	H.B. Ranier	'53 Hudson	–	150	–	0
5	–	22	Jimmie Lewallen	R.G. Shelton	'53 Oldsmobile	–	200	running	0
4	–	80	Jim Paschal	Big Bear Market (George Hutchens)	'53 Dodge	–	350	running	0
3	–	42	Lee Petty	Petty Enterprises	'53 Dodge	–	450	running	0
20	1	91	Tim Flock	Ted Chester	'53 Hudson	50	25	overheating	1
2	2	14	Fonty Flock	Frank Christian	'53 Hudson	100	700	running	25

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Tim Flock	1	1	1
Fonty Flock	2	26	25
Herb Thomas	27	78	52
Buck Baker	79	100	22