1953 100 Miles at Palm Beach Speedway

Palm Beach Speedway · 1953 · NASCAR Cup Series

Race summary

Winner	St	Cars	RAF	LLF	Ldrs	W-Led	Laps	Miles
Lee Petty	7	23	12	1	3	152	200	100

Fin	St	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Led	Status
1	7	42	Lee Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	200	152	running
2	9	41	Jimmie Lewallen	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	198		running
3	4	91	Tim Flock	Ted Chester (Owner)	Hudson	197		running
4	12	1	Herschel Buchanan	Herschel Buchanan (Owner)	Nash Motor Company	192		running
5	10	86	Don Oldenberg	Bill House (Owner)	Lincoln	186		running
6	11	55	Bub King	Bub King (Owner)	Hudson	185		running
7	22	60	Dub Livingston	Dub Livingston (Owner)	Dodge	183		accident
8	5	13	Pop McGinnis	Irving Frye (Owner)	Hudson	182		running
9	6	9	Donald Thomas	Herb Thomas Racing	Hudson	181		running
10	20	67	Sam DiRusso	Sam DiRusso (Owner)	Plymouth	180		running
11	2	14	Fonty Flock	Frank Christian (Owner)	Oldsmobile	174		running
12	13	51	Gober Sosebee	Sam Knox (Owner)	Chrysler	172		running
13	19	102	Marion Edwards		Dodge	166		running
14	16	167	Elton Hildreth	Elton Hildreth (Owner)	Nash Motor Company	159		accident
15	21	57	Jack Culpepper		Ford	119		overheating
16	14	T-2	Herb Tillman	Herb Tillman (Owner)	Oldsmobile	104		overheating
17	18	—	Jack Lawrence	Jack Lawrence (Owner)	Dodge	101		hub
18	17	—	Allan Clarke		Chevrolet	76		ignition
19	8	31	Al Keller	George Miller (Owner)	Oldsmobile	73		accident
20	15	37	Hank Ribet	Norm Johnson (Owner)	Ford	68		wheel
21	3	92	Herb Thomas	Herb Thomas Racing	Hudson	48	45	u-joint
22	1	120	Dick Rathman	Walt Chapman (Owner)	Hudson	31	3	coil
23	23	196	Lucky Sawyer	Lucky Sawyer (Owner)	Ford	4		ignition

#	Driver	Led	Share	Fin
1	Lee Petty	152	76.0%	P1
2	Herb Thomas	45	22.5%	P21
3	Dick Rathman	3	1.5%	P22