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1953-27

NASCAR Grand National race number 27 of 37
Sunday, August 16, 1953 at Asheville-Weaverville Speedway, Weaverville, NC
200 laps on a 0.500 mile dirt track (100.000 miles)

Time of race: 1:36:06
Average speed: 62.434 mph
Pole speed: n/a

Cautions: n/a
Margin of victory: n/a
Attendance: n/a
Lead changes: n/a

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
9	–	3	Jimmy Ayers	Jimmy Ayers	'52 Hudson	–	75	–	–
4	–	87	Buck Baker	Griffin Motors (Bob Griffin)	'53 Oldsmobile	–	350	running	–
3	–	2	Bill Blair	Bill Blair	'53 Oldsmobile	–	450	running	–
8	–	8	Gene Comstock	Gene Comstock	'53 Hudson	–	100	–	–
1	–	14	Fonty Flock	Frank Christian	'53 Hudson	200	1000	running	–
10	–	91	Tim Flock	Ted Chester	'53 Hudson	–	50	–	–
16	–	167	Elton Hildreth	Elton Hildreth	'51 Nash	–	25	–	–
5	–	22	Jimmie Lewallen	R.G. Shelton	'52 Oldsmobile	–	200	running	–
11	–		John Meggers	–	'53 Plymouth	–	25	–	–
19	–	18	Arden Mounts	Gene Comstock	'53 Hudson	–	25	–	–
12	–		Wayne Niedecken	Wayne Niedecken	'53 Dodge	–	25	–	–
13	–	80	Jim Paschal	George Hutchens	'53 Dodge	–	25	–	–
7	–	42	Lee Petty	Petty Enterprises	'53 Dodge	–	125	–	–
14	–	120	Dick Rathmann	Walt Chapman	'53 Hudson	–	25	–	–
17	–		Buck Smith	–	'49 Plymouth	–	25	–	–
6	–	4	Slick Smith	Frank Christian	'53 Oldsmobile	–	150	–	–
15	–	72	Donald Thomas	Doug Meeks	'50 Ford	–	25	–	–
2	–	92	Herb Thomas	Fabulous Hudson Hornet (Herb Thomas)	'53 Hudson	–	700	running	–
18	1	41	Curtis Turner	Eanes Motor Co. (John Eanes)	'51 Oldsmobile	–	25	crash	–