1953 160 Miles at Daytona Beach & Road Course

Daytona Beach & Road Course · 1953 · NASCAR Cup Series

Race summary

Winner	St	Cars	RAF	LLF	Ldrs	W-Led	Laps	Miles
Bill Blair	6	57	33	5	2	1	39	159.9

Finishing order

Fin	St	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	6	2	Bill Blair	Bill Blair (Owner)	Oldsmobile	39	1	running
2	2	14	Fonty Flock	Frank Christian (Owner)	Oldsmobile	39	38	running
3	4	40	Tommy Thompson	Tommy Thompson (Owner)	Lincoln	39		running
4	3	92	Herb Thomas	Herb Thomas Racing	Hudson	39		running
5	7	91	Tim Flock	Ted Chester (Owner)	Hudson	39		running
6	10	77	Dick Passwater	Frank Arford (Owner)	Oldsmobile	38		running
7	16	41	Curtis Turner	R.L. Bowling (Owner)	Lincoln	38		running
8	19	9	Donald Thomas	Herb Thomas Racing	Hudson	38		running
9	13	38	Tom Cherry	Tom Cherry (Owner)	Lincoln	38		running
10	18	4	Slick Smith	Frank Christian (Owner)	Oldsmobile	38		running
11	17	51	Gober Sosebee	Sam Knox (Owner)	Chrysler	38		running
12	9	120	Dick Rathman	Walt Chapman (Owner)	Hudson	37		running
13	15	87	Buck Baker	Al Wheatley (Owner)	Lincoln	37		running
14	20	187	Red Duvall	Duane Duvall (Owner)	Packard Motor Car Company	37		running
15	23	86	Don Oldenberg	Bill House (Owner)	Lincoln	37		running
16	11	18	Bill Adams	Bill Adams (Owner)	Oldsmobile	36		running
17	34	52	Joe Guide	Sally Guide (Owner)	Hudson	36		running
18	47	54	Obie Chupp	Gene Horne (Owner)	Hudson	36		running
19	29	103	George Gallup	George Gallup (Owner)	Oldsmobile	36		running
20	36	25	Cotton Priddy	Cotton Priddy (Owner)	Oldsmobile	35		running
21	27	55	Bub King	Bub King (Owner)	Hudson	35		spin out	0
22	40	33	Charlie Causey	Charlie Causey (Owner)	Oldsmobile	35		running
23	44	8	Gene Comstock	Gene Comstock (Owner)	Hudson	35		spin out	0
24	37	7	Red Douglass	R.W. Douglass (Owner)	Dodge	33		running
25	57	291	Tom Travis	Tom Travis (Owner)	Ford	33		running
26	56	67	Sam DiRusso	Sam DiRusso (Owner)	Plymouth	33		running
27	30	13	Pop McGinnis	Irving Frye (Owner)	Hudson	33		running
28	51	96	Mason Bright	Mason Bright (Owner)	Plymouth	33		running
29	28	71	Keith Hamner	Mason Darnell (Owner)	Hudson	33		running
30	46	1	Herschel Buchanan	Herschel Buchanan (Owner)	Nash Motor Company	33		clutch
31	22	66	George Fleming	Joseph Braun (Owner)	Hudson	33		running
32	49	16	Johnny Roberts	Johnny Roberts (Owner)	Ford	33		running
33	25	30	Cotton Hodges	Baugess Racing	Oldsmobile	32		hub
34	53	37	Hank Ribet	Norm Johnson (Owner)	Ford	32		running
35	24	15	Tommy Boger	Tommy Boger (Owner)	Oldsmobile	32		accident
36	54	102	Marion Edwards		Dodge	31		running
37	55	90	Ted Lee	Ted Lee (Owner)	Hudson	30		running
38	52	3	Hub McBride		Nash Motor Company	29		running
39	50	196	Lucky Sawyer	Lucky Sawyer (Owner)	Ford	23		fuel line
40	45	T-2	Herb Tillman	Herb Tillman (Owner)	Oldsmobile	18		fuel line
41	42	12	Jim Paschal	George Hutchens (Owner)	Oldsmobile	17		oil pressure
42	14	98	Dan Walters		Packard Motor Car Company	15		gasket
43	26	22	Perk Brown	R.G. Shelton (Owner)	Hudson	14		engine
44	35	186	Doug Wells		Oldsmobile	13		overheating
45	41	48	Red Farmer		Hudson	12		overheating
46	38	60	Dub Livingston	Dub Livingston (Owner)	Dodge	11		tie rod
47	48	79	Charles Weidler	Charles Weidler (Owner)	Hudson	9		accident
48	33	19	Fred Dove	Paul Nunn (Owner)	Packard Motor Car Company	8		bearing
49	12	82	Joe Eubanks	Phil Oates (Owner)	Hudson	8		gasket
50	8	58	Johnny Patterson	Ranier-Lundy Racing	Hudson	6		engine
51	1	46	Bob Pronger	Bob Pronger (Owner)	Oldsmobile	5		accident
52	21	57	Tommy Moon	C.D. Wilson (Owner)	Hudson	5		engine
53	31	10	Wally Campbell		Dodge	4		engine
54	39	167	Elton Hildreth	Elton Hildreth (Owner)	Nash Motor Company	4		overheating
55	43	190	Buddy Shuman	J.R. Dunberry (Owner)	Hudson	4		clutch
56	32	93	Ted Chamberlain	Ted Chamberlain (Owner)	Plymouth	3		clutch
57	5	78	Frank Arford	Frank Arford (Owner)	Oldsmobile	2		gasket

Lap leaders

#	Driver	Led	Share	Fin
1	Fonty Flock	38	97.4%	P2
2	Bill Blair	1	2.6%	P1

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