1953 250 Miles at Langhorne Speedway

Langhorne Speedway · 1953 · NASCAR Cup Series

Race summary

Winner	Cars	Ldrs	W-Led	Laps	Miles
Dick Rathman	40	3	95	250	250

Fin	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Led	Status
1	120	Dick Rathman	Walt Chapman (Owner)	Hudson	250	95	running
2	92	Herb Thomas	Herb Thomas Racing	Hudson	249	106	running
3	46	Speedy Thompson	Buckshot Morris (Owner)	Oldsmobile	248	49	running
4	9	Jim Reed		Hudson			running
5	80	Jim Paschal	George Hutchens (Owner)	Dodge			running
6	42	Lee Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge			-
7	41	Curtis Turner	John Eanes (Owner)	Oldsmobile			-
8	82	Joe Eubanks	Phil Oates (Owner)	Hudson			-
9	22	Jimmie Lewallen		Oldsmobile			-
10	18	Bobby Myers		Oldsmobile			-
11	87	Buck Baker	Bob Griffin (Owner)	Oldsmobile			-
12	51	Gober Sosebee	Sosebee Racing	Oldsmobile			-
13	77	Dick Allwine		Chevrolet			-
14	—	Don Glass		Nash Motor Company			-
15	53	Ronnie Kohler	John Golabek (Owner)	Plymouth			-
16	19	Fred Dove	Fred Dove (Owner)	Ford			-
17	55	Bub King	Bub King (Owner)	Oldsmobile			-
18	6	Marvin Panch	Marvin Panch (Owner)	Dodge			-
19	34	Andy Winfree	Andy Winfree (Owner)	Plymouth			-
20	—	John McGorrien		Dodge			-
21	—	George Clark		Plymouth			-
22	—	Wimpy Ervin		Dodge			-
23	—	Ralph Sheeler		Ford			-
24	—	Lou Thomas		Plymouth			-
25	—	Joe Bill O'Dell		Ford			-
26	—	John Dodd Sr.		-			-
27	167	Elton Hildreth	Elton Hildreth (Owner)	Nash Motor Company			-
28	—	Eddie Riker		Plymouth			-
29	24	Bob Welborn	J.O. Goode (Owner)	Plymouth			-
30	—	Ed DeWolff		Ford			-
31	2	Bill Blair	Bill Blair (Owner)	Oldsmobile			-
32	89	Buddy Shuman	B.A. Pless (Owner)	Hudson			accident
33	—	Bob Harris		Dodge			-
34	—	Mickey Rorer		Ford			-
35	14	Fonty Flock	Frank Christian (Owner)	Hudson			-
36	4	Slick Smith	Frank Christian (Owner)	Hudson			-
37	—	Bill Cleveland		Ford			-
38	—	Gene Darragh	Gene Darragh (Owner)	Ford			-
39	91	Tim Flock	Ted Chester (Owner)	Hudson			-
40	99	Matt Gowan	Matt Gowan (Owner)	Plymouth			-

#	Driver	Led	Share	Fin
1	Herb Thomas	106	42.4%	P2
2	Dick Rathman	95	38.0%	P1
3	Speedy Thompson	49	19.6%	P3