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1953-37 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post 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 1 – 87   Buck Baker Griffin Motors   (Bob Griffin) '53 Oldsmobile 100 1000 running 22 2 2 14   Fonty Flock Frank Christian '53 Hudson 100 700 running 25 20 1 91   Tim Flock Ted Chester '53 Hudson 50 25 overheating 1 23 –     Don Vershure – '53 Hudson 33 25 crash 0 26 – 110   Lou Faver G.A. Faver '51 Kaiser 12 25 crash 0 3 – 42   Lee Petty Petty Enterprises '53 Dodge – 450 running 0 4 – 80   Jim Paschal Big Bear Market   (George Hutchens) '53 Dodge – 350 running 0 5 – 22   Jimmie Lewallen R.G. Shelton '53 Oldsmobile – 200 running 0 6 – 58   Johnny Patterson H.B. Ranier '53 Hudson – 150 – 0 7 – 13   Pop McGinnis Irving Frye '52 Hudson – 125 – 0 8 – 82   Joe Eubanks Oates Motor Co.   (Phil Oates) '52 Hudson – 100 – 0 9 – 25   Bob Welborn J.O. Goode '51 Plymouth – 75 – 0 10 –     Ewell Weddle Ewell Weddle '50 Plymouth – 50 – 0 11 – 51   Gober Sosebee Cherokee Garage   (Gober Sosebee) '53 Oldsmobile – 25 – 0 12 –     C.H. Dingler C.H. Dingler '50 Plymouth – 25 – 0 13 –     Ed Massey – '51 Studebaker – 25 – 0 14 – 92   Herb Thomas Herb Thomas '53 Hudson – 25 – 52 15 – 75   Ralph Dutton Ralph Dutton '53 Dodge – 25 – 0 16 – 41   Curtis Turner Eanes Motor Co.   (John Eanes) '53 Oldsmobile – 25 overheating 0 17 –     Chuck Housley – '53 Oldsmobile – 25 – 0 18 –     Tommy Thompson Ernest Woods '53 Oldsmobile – 25 – 0 19 – 81   Roscoe Thompson – '51 Studebaker – 25 rear end 0 21 –     Ray Erickson – '52 Hudson – 25 – 0 22 – 2   Bill Blair Bill Blair '53 Oldsmobile – 25 – 0 24 –     Charlie Causey Charlie Causey '50 Oldsmobile – 25 – 0 25 – 44   Harold Nash Harold Nash '52 Oldsmobile – 25 piston 0

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