Southern 500 1953

Darlington Raceway · 1953 · NASCAR Cup Series

Finishing order

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

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