1953 Southern 500

Darlington Raceway · 1953 · NASCAR Cup Series

Race summary

Winner	St	Cars	RAF	LLF	Ldrs	W-Led	Laps	Miles
Buck Baker	7	59	31	1	4	151	364	500.5

Finishing order

Fin	St	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	7	87	Buck Baker	Bob Griffin (Owner)	Oldsmobile	364	151	running	0
2	1	14	Fonty Flock	Frank Christian (Owner)	Hudson	361	48	running	0
3	10	44	Curtis Turner	Frank Christian (Owner)	Oldsmobile	359		running
4	13	49	Dick Meyer	Dick Meyer (Owner)	Dodge	355		running
5	4	92	Herb Thomas	Herb Thomas Racing	Hudson	354	124	engine	0
6	16	80	Jim Paschal	George Hutchens (Owner)	Dodge	354		running
7	19	46	Speedy Thompson	Bob Pronger (Owner)	Oldsmobile	351		running
8	5	56	Donald Thomas	Herb Thomas Racing	Hudson	350		running
9	22	0	Dick Passwater	Dick Passwater (Owner)	Oldsmobile	350		running
10	9	91	Tim Flock	Ted Chester (Owner)	Hudson	349		running
11	44	42	Lee Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	344		running
12	24	67	Elton Hildreth	Elton Hildreth (Owner)	Nash Motor Company	343		running
13	21	6	Jimmie Lewallen	Pete Mann (Owner)	Oldsmobile	340		running
14	8	89	Buddy Shuman	B.A. Pless (Owner)	Hudson	338		running
15	32	21	Neil Roberts	Neil Roberts (Owner)	Chrysler	335		running
16	25	22	George Osborne	George Osborne (Owner)	Hudson	331		running
17	29	7	Lloyd Hulette	Jimmy Vaughn (Owner)	Buick	328		running
18	30	8	Gene Comstock	Gene Comstock (Owner)	Hudson	324		running
19	33	71	Fred Dove	Fred Dove (Owner)	Ford	324		running
20	50	18	Bobby Myers		Oldsmobile	321		running
21	55	55	Bub King	Bub King (Owner)	Packard Motor Car Company	309		running
22	34	60	Tyre Rakestraw	Tyre Rakestraw (Owner)	Chevrolet	308		running
23	47	51	Gober Sosebee	Sosebee Racing	Oldsmobile	301		running
24	39	50	Bob Weatherly	Bob Weatherly (Owner)	Plymouth	289		running
25	37	97	Lacy Jackson	Lacy Jackson (Owner)	Hudson	288		accident
26	48	30	Johnny Bridgers	Johnny Bridgers (Owner)	Ford	279		running
27	40	10	Chet Williams	Chet Williams (Owner)	Ford	277		running
28	15	6	Marvin Panch	Marvin Panch (Owner)	Dodge	275		overheating
29	50	—	Elmer Cooper		Nash Motor Company	271		running
30	22	8	Arden Mounts	Gene Comstock (Owner)	Hudson	262		radiator
31	12	9	Jim Reed		Hudson	260		engine
32	38	99	Matt Gowan	Matt Gowan (Owner)	Plymouth	250		running
33	45	2	Bill Blair	Bill Blair (Owner)	Oldsmobile	250		radiator
34	20	23	Mike Magill	Michael Jarema (Owner)	Lincoln	244		accident
35	54	25	Bill Norton		Oldsmobile	241		running
36	14	47	Otis Martin	Otis Martin (Owner)	Plymouth	238		running
37	28	73	Bill Widenhouse		Nash Motor Company	234		running
38	26	75	Junior Johnson	Junior Johnson & Associates	Oldsmobile	222		accident
39	44	16	Weldon Adams	Adams Racing	Ford	217		engine
40	35	74	J.L. Justice	J.L. Justice (Owner)	Ford	217		overheating
41	56	—	Bob Hunter		Oldsmobile	210		running
42	3	120	Dick Rathman	Walt Chapman (Owner)	Hudson	208		hub
43	42	4	Slick Smith	Smokey Yunick Racing	Oldsmobile	200		fuel tank
44	31	77	Dick Allwine	Dick Curry (Owner)	Chevrolet	198		fuel line
45	6	11	Fireball Roberts	Leland Colvin (Owner)	Oldsmobile	198	41	a-frame	0
46	19	13	Emory Lewis	Ernest Woods (Owner)	Oldsmobile	195		engine
47	53	19	Clyde Minter	Clyde Minter (Owner)	Mercury	190		oil pressure
48	49	45	Ben Dixon		Hudson	187		overheating
49	57	—	Lonnie Bragg		Oldsmobile	149		engine
50	36	88	Laird Bruner	Laird Bruner (Owner)	Oldsmobile	142		transmission
51	58	—	Joe Guide	Sally Guide (Owner)	Hudson	111		oil pressure
52	18	58	Johnny Patterson	Ranier-Lundy Racing	Hudson	98		accident
53	51	48	Slim Rominger	Slim Rominger (Owner)	Lincoln	69		fuel pump
54	11	45	Ralph Liguori	Al Wheatley (Owner)	Lincoln	68		accident
55	27	84	Gayle Warren	Gayle Warren (Owner)	Studebaker	57		fuel line
56	2	82	Joe Eubanks	Phil Oates (Owner)	Hudson	40		spindle
57	43	33	Pop McGinnis	Irving Frye (Owner)	Hudson	31		engine
58	46	—	Merritt Brown		Studebaker	20		transmission
59	52	79	Ned Jarrett	Ned Jarrett (Owner)	Oldsmobile	8		oil line

Lap leaders

#	Driver	Led	Share	Fin
1	Buck Baker	151	41.5%	P1
2	Herb Thomas	124	34.1%	P5
3	Fonty Flock	48	13.2%	P2
4	Fireball Roberts	41	11.3%	P45

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