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NASCAR Grand National race number 8 of 37
Sunday, May 3, 1953 at Langhorne Speedway, Langhorne, PA
150 laps on a 1.000 mile dirt track (150.000 miles)

Time of race: 2:03:43
Average speed: 72.743 mph
Pole speed: drew for pole

Cautions: n/a
Margin of victory: 51 sec
Attendance: 15000
Lead changes: 5

Glossary 1953 NASCAR Grand National results / 1953 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
33	–		Gene Parry	–	'51 Nash	–	25	–	0
32	–		Bill Hammersley	–	'51 Ford	–	25	–	0
25	–		Larry Schultz	–	'53 Plymouth	–	25	–	0
24	–		Neil Cole	John Golabek	'50 Plymouth	–	25	–	0
20	–		Don Price	–	'50 Ford	–	50	–	0
17	–		Buck Mason	Joe Kersey	'53 Dodge	–	50	–	0
16	–		Dick Rathmann	–	'53 Plymouth	–	50	–	0
11	–		Ronnie Kohler	Ronnie Kohler	'50 Dodge	–	75	–	0
12	–		Leon Lundy	–	'53 Ford	–	75	–	0
15	–		Mike Magill	Michael Jarema	'53 Lincoln	–	75	–	0
14	–		Jim Lacy	–	'53 Dodge	–	75	–	0
4	–	1	Herschel Buchanan	Herschel Buchanan	'52 Nash	–	600	running	0
18	–	2	Bill Blair	Bill Blair	'53 Oldsmobile	–	50	–	0
35	–	4	Slick Smith	Frank Christian	'51 Oldsmobile	–	25	–	0
22	–	8	Gene Comstock	Gene Comstock	'53 Hudson	–	25	–	0
26	–	9	Donald Thomas	Fabulous Hudson Hornet (Herb Thomas)	'51 Hudson	–	25	–	0
23	–	13	Lou Johnson	Lou Johnson	'53 Dodge	–	25	–	0
3	–	14	Fonty Flock	Frank Christian	'53 Oldsmobile	–	800	running	0
8	–	18	Bill Adams	Bill Adams	'53 Oldsmobile	–	200	–	0
27	–	31	Al Keller	George Miller	'53 Oldsmobile	–	25	–	0
28	–	41	Jimmie Lewallen	R.G. Shelton	'51 Hudson	–	25	–	0
2	–	42	Lee Petty	Petty Enterprises	'53 Dodge	150	1000	running	26
29	–	43	Jim Paschal	Dave Quate	'53 Oldsmobile	–	25	–	0
6	–	44	Ray Duhigg	Julian Petty	'52 Plymouth	–	400	running	0
9	–	46	Ralph Liguori	Ralph Liguori	'53 Oldsmobile	–	180	–	0
31	–	55	Bub King	Bub King	'52 Hudson	–	25	–	0
19	–	78	Dick Passwater	Frank Arford	'53 Oldsmobile	–	50	–	0
30	–	79	Charles Weidler	Charles Weidler	'51 Hudson	–	25	–	0
1	25	87	Buck Baker	Griffin Motors (Bob Griffin)	'53 Oldsmobile	150	1525	running	42
5	1	91	Tim Flock	Ted Chester	'53 Hudson	–	500	running	69
7	–	92	Herb Thomas	Fabulous Hudson Hornet (Herb Thomas)	'53 Hudson	–	300	–	13
10	–	93	Ted Chamberlain	Ted Chamberlain	'51 Plymouth	–	150	–	0
21	–	100	Otis Martin	Otis Martin	'53 Oldsmobile	–	25	–	0
13	–	111	Joe Bill O'Dell	Joe Bill O'Dell	'49 Ford	–	75	–	0
34	–	167	Elton Hildreth	Hildreth Motors (Elton Hildreth)	'53 Nash	–	25	–	0

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Tim Flock	1	9	9
Herb Thomas	10	22	13
Tim Flock	23	82	60
Buck Baker	83	110	28
Lee Petty	111	136	26
Buck Baker	137	150	14