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1953-14

NASCAR Grand National race number 14 of 37
Sunday, June 7, 1953 at Louisiana Fairgrounds, Shreveport, LA
200 laps on a 0.500 mile dirt track (100.000 miles)

Time of race: 1:46:07
Average speed: 53.199 mph
Pole speed: 58.727 mph

Cautions: n/a
Margin of victory: n/a
Attendance: 3000
Lead changes: 1

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
1	7	42	Lee Petty	Petty Enterprises	'53 Dodge	200	1000	running	87
2	3	120	Dick Rathmann	Walt Chapman	'53 Hudson	–	700	running	0
3	1	92	Herb Thomas	Fabulous Hudson Hornet (Herb Thomas)	'53 Hudson	–	650	running	113
4	2	91	Tim Flock	Ted Chester	'52 Hudson	–	350	running	0
5	5	87	Buck Baker	Griffin Motors (Bob Griffin)	'53 Oldsmobile	–	200	running	0
6	11	1	Herschel Buchanan	Herschel Buchanan	'51 Nash	–	150	–	0
7	9	51	Gober Sosebee	Cherokee Garage (Gober Sosebee)	'53 Oldsmobile	–	125	–	0
8	14	11	Ralph Dyer	Ralph Dyer	Nash	–	100	–	0
9	12		Elbert Allen	–	Hudson	–	75	–	0
10	6	4	Slick Smith	Frank Christian	'51 Oldsmobile	–	50	–	0
11	–	14	Fonty Flock	Frank Christian	'53 Oldsmobile	–	25	–	0
12	13		J.W. Gentry	–	Nash	–	25	–	0
13	15		Roxy Dancy	–	Plymouth	–	25	–	0
14	10	5	Hershel McGriff	Hershel McGriff	'53 Oldsmobile	–	25	–	0
15	17		Bud Rinaldo	–	Oldsmobile	–	25	–	0
16	8	44	Ray Duhigg	Julian Petty	'53 Plymouth	–	25	–	0
17	4	78	Dick Passwater	Frank Arford	'53 Oldsmobile	–	25	–	0
18	16		Red Dowdy	–	Oldsmobile	–	25	–	0
19	–	28	Eddie Skinner	Frank Dodge	'53 Oldsmobile	–	25	–	0

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Herb Thomas	1	113	113
Lee Petty	114	200	87