1953 Wilkes 160

North Wilkesboro Speedway · 1953 · NASCAR Cup Series

Race summary

Winner	Cars	Ldrs	W-Led	Laps	Miles
Speedy Thompson	31	4	25	160	100

Fin	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Led	Status
1	46	Speedy Thompson	Buckshot Morris (Owner)	Oldsmobile	160	25	running
2	14	Fonty Flock	Frank Christian (Owner)	Hudson	158	37	running
3	44	Ray Duhigg	Julian Petty (Owner)	Plymouth	156		running
4	24	Bob Welborn	J.O. Goode (Owner)	Plymouth	156		running
5	42	Lee Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	155		running
6	87	Buck Baker	Bob Griffin (Owner)	Oldsmobile	155	80	-
7	2	Bill Blair	Bill Blair (Owner)	Oldsmobile	155		-
8	82	Joe Eubanks	Phil Oates (Owner)	Hudson	154		-
9	22	Jimmie Lewallen	R.G. Shelton (Owner)	Oldsmobile	153		-
10	55	Bub King	Bub King (Owner)	Oldsmobile	153		-
11	58	Johnny Patterson	Ranier-Lundy Racing	Hudson	153		-
12	93	Donald Thomas	Herb Thomas Racing	Hudson	153		-
13	91	Tim Flock	Ted Chester (Owner)	Hudson	152		-
14	51	Gober Sosebee	Sosebee Racing	Oldsmobile	151		-
15	92	Herb Thomas	Herb Thomas Racing	Hudson	151		-
16	—	Ralph Liguori	Ralph Liguori (Owner)	Plymouth	149		-
17	8	Arden Mounts	Gene Comstock (Owner)	Hudson	143		-
18	—	Bob Walden	Bob Walden (Owner)	Plymouth	143		-
19	—	Parks Surratt		Plymouth	141		-
20	93	Ted Chamberlain	Ted Chamberlain (Owner)	Plymouth	139		-
21	—	Clyde Minter	Clyde Minter (Owner)	Mercury	136		-
22	41	Curtis Turner	John Eanes (Owner)	Oldsmobile	131	18	-
23	80	Jim Paschal	George Hutchens (Owner)	Dodge	125		-
24	120	Dick Rathman	Walt Chapman (Owner)	Hudson	124		-
25	19	Fred Dove	Fred Dove (Owner)	Ford	110		-
26	—	Slim Rominger	Slim Rominger (Owner)	Oldsmobile	84		-
27	—	Don Vershure		Hudson	53		-
28	167	Elton Hildreth	Elton Hildreth (Owner)	Nash Motor Company	41		-
29	—	Bud Jones		Plymouth	36		-
30	—	Pete Stewart		Ford	20		-
31	—	Ralph Dutton		Dodge			-

#	Driver	Led	Share	Fin
1	Buck Baker	80	50.0%	P6
2	Fonty Flock	37	23.1%	P2
3	Speedy Thompson	25	15.6%	P1
4	Curtis Turner	18	11.3%	P22