1953 Wilkes County 200

North Wilkesboro Speedway · 1953 · NASCAR Cup Series

Race summary

Winner	St	Cars	Ldrs	W-Led	Laps	Miles
Herb Thomas	1	34	5	18	200	125

Finishing order

Fin	St	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Led	Status
1	1	92	Herb Thomas	Herb Thomas Racing	Hudson	200	18	running
2	3	120	Dick Rathman	Walt Chapman (Owner)	Hudson	200	70	running
3	4	14	Fonty Flock	Frank Christian (Owner)	Oldsmobile		3	running
4	12	42	Lee Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge			running
5	10	43	Jimmie Lewallen	Dave Quate (Owner)	Dodge			running
6	5	87	Buck Baker	Al Wheatley (Owner)	Lincoln			running
7	11	82	Joe Eubanks	Phil Oates (Owner)	Hudson			running
8	9	4	Slick Smith	Frank Christian (Owner)	Oldsmobile			running
9	19	78	Dick Passwater	Frank Arford (Owner)	Oldsmobile			running
10	15	55	Bub King	Bub King (Owner)	Hudson			running
11	26	8	Gene Comstock	Gene Comstock (Owner)	Hudson			running
12	30	60	Dub Livingston	Dub Livingston (Owner)	Dodge			running
13	34	100	Otis Martin	Otis Martin (Owner)	Mercury			running
14	28	0	Ewell Weddle	Weddle Racing	Plymouth			running
15	32	96	Lucky Sawyer	Lucky Sawyer (Owner)	Ford			running
16	21	86	Don Oldenberg	Bill House (Owner)	Packard Motor Car Company			running
17	20	77	Frank Arford	Frank Arford (Owner)	Oldsmobile			running
18	25	31	Steve McGrath	George Miller (Owner)	Hudson			running
19	33	71	Coleman Lawrence	Coleman Lawrence (Owner)	Ford			running
20	29	3	Clyde Minter	Coleman Lawrence (Owner)	Ford			accident
21	31	19	Fred Dove	Fred Dove (Owner)	Plymouth			running
22	8	41	Curtis Turner	John Eanes (Owner)	Oldsmobile	109	9	piston
23	2	91	Tim Flock	Ted Chester (Owner)	Hudson	100	100	bearing
24	14	58	Johnny Patterson	Ranier-Lundy Racing	Hudson			running
25	23	2	Bill Blair	Bill Blair (Owner)	Oldsmobile			accident
26	13	1	Herschel Buchanan	Herschel Buchanan (Owner)	Nash Motor Company			spindle
27	6	22	Perk Brown	R.G. Shelton (Owner)	Hudson			fuel tank
28	24	13	Pop McGinnis	Irving Frye (Owner)	Hudson			clutch
29	15	167	Elton Hildreth	Elton Hildreth (Owner)	Nash Motor Company			accident
30	22	44	Ray Duhigg	Julian Petty (Owner)	Plymouth			fuel line
31	7	12	Buddy Shuman	Buddy Shuman (Owner)	Oldsmobile			-
32	17	171	Wally Campbell		Dodge			hub
33	18	72	Donald Thomas	Doug Meeks (Owner)	Ford			accident
34	27	11	June Cleveland		Studebaker			engine

Lap leaders

#	Driver	Led	Share	Fin
1	Tim Flock	100	50.0%	P23
2	Dick Rathman	70	35.0%	P2
3	Herb Thomas	18	9.0%	P1
4	Curtis Turner	9	4.5%	P22
5	Fonty Flock	3	1.5%	P3

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1953 Wilkes County 200

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