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NASCAR Grand National race number 32 of 37
Sunday, September 20, 1953 at Langhorne Speedway, Langhorne, PA
250 laps on a 1.000 mile dirt track (250.000 miles)

Time of race: 3:43:44
Average speed: 67.046 mph
Pole speed: n/a

Cautions: 5
Margin of victory: 1 lap +
Attendance: 18000
Lead changes: 4

Glossary 1953 NASCAR Grand National results / 1953 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
13	–	77	Dick Allwine	–	'53 Chevrolet	–	100	–	0
11	–	87	Buck Baker	Griffin Motors (Bob Griffin)	'53 Oldsmobile	–	150	–	0
31	–	2	Bill Blair	Bill Blair	'53 Oldsmobile	–	35	–	0
21	–		George Clark	–	'51 Plymouth	–	35	–	0
37	–		Bill Cleveland	–	'50 Ford	–		–	0
38	–		Gene Darragh	Gene Darragh	'50 Ford	–		–	0
30	–		Ed DeWolff	–	'50 Ford	–	35	–	0
26	–		John Dodd, Sr.	–	'52 Willys	–	35	–	0
16	–	19	Fred Dove	Fred Dove	'50 Ford	–	50	–	0
22	–		Wimpy Ervin	–	'52 Dodge	–	35	–	0
8	–	82	Joe Eubanks	Oates Motor Co. (Phil Oates)	'52 Hudson	–	300	–	0
35	–	14	Fonty Flock	Red Vogt Special (Frank Christian)	'53 Hudson	–	35	–	0
39	–	91	Tim Flock	Ted Chester	'53 Hudson	–		–	0
14	–		Don Glass	–	'51 Nash	–	75	–	0
40	–	99	Matt Gowan	Gowan's Auto Parts (Matt Gowan)	'53 Plymouth	–		crash	0
33	–		Bob Harris	–	'53 Dodge	–	35	crash	0
27	–	167	Elton Hildreth	Hildreth Motors (Elton Hildreth)	'53 Nash	–	35	–	0
17	–	55	Bub King	Bub King	'53 Oldsmobile	–	50	–	0
15	–	53	Ronnie Kohler	John Golabek	'50 Plymouth	–	50	–	0
9	–	22	Jimmie Lewallen	R.G. Shelton	'53 Oldsmobile	–	250	–	0
20	–	154	John McGorrien	–	'52 Dodge	–	50	–	0
10	–	18	Bobby Myers	–	'53 Oldsmobile	–	200	–	0
25	–	111	Joe Bill O'Dell	Joe Bill O'Dell	'49 Ford	–	35	–	0
18	–	06	Marvin Panch	Marvin Panch	'53 Dodge	–	50	–	0
5	–	80	Jim Paschal	George Hutchens	'53 Dodge	–	450	running	0
6	–	42	Lee Petty	Petty Enterprises	'53 Dodge	–	400	–	0
1	–	120	Dick Rathmann	Walt Chapman	'53 Hudson	250	2500	running	95
4	–	9	Jim Reed	–	'52 Hudson	–	500	running	0
28	–		Eddie Riker	–	'49 Plymouth	–	35	–	0
34	–		Mickey Rorer	–	'50 Ford	–	35	–	0
23	–		Ralph Sheeler	–	'49 Ford	–	35	–	0
32	–	89	Buddy Shuman	B.A. Pless	'53 Hudson	–	35	crash	0
36	–	4	Slick Smith	Frank Christian	'52 Hudson	–		–	0
12	–	51	Gober Sosebee	Cherokee Garage (Gober Sosebee)	'53 Oldsmobile	–	125	–	0
2	1	92	Herb Thomas	Fabulous Hudson Hornet (Herb Thomas)	'53 Hudson	249	1250	running	106
24	–		Lou Thomas	–	'52 Plymouth	–	35	–	0
3	–	46	Speedy Thompson	Buckshot Morris	'53 Oldsmobile	248	750	running	49
7	–	41	Curtis Turner	Eanes Motor Co. (John Eanes)	'53 Oldsmobile	–	350	–	0
29	–	24	Bob Welborn	J.O. Goode	'51 Plymouth	–	35	–	0
19	–	34	Andy Winfree	Andy Winfree	'51 Plymouth	–	50	–	0

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Herb Thomas	1	22	22
Dick Rathman	23	60	38
Speedy Thompson	61	109	49
Herb Thomas	110	193	84
Dick Rathman	194	250	57