1953 113 Miles at Charlotte Speedway

Charlotte Speedway · 1953 · NASCAR Cup Series

Race summary

Winner	St	Cars	Ldrs	W-Led	Laps	Miles
Dick Passwater	9	28	6	3	150	112.5

Fin	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Led	Status
1	78	Dick Passwater	Frank Arford (Owner)	Oldsmobile	150	3	running
2	51	Gober Sosebee	Sosebee Racing	Oldsmobile	150		running
3	1	Herschel Buchanan	Herschel Buchanan (Owner)	Nash Motor Company	150		running
4	91	Tim Flock	Ted Chester (Owner)	Hudson	150	87	running
5	13	Pop McGinnis	Irving Frye (Owner)	Hudson	149	13	wheel
6	100	Otis Martin	Otis Martin (Owner)	Mercury			running
7	19	Fred Dove	Fred Dove (Owner)	Plymouth			running
8	18	Mike Klapak	Bill Adams (Owner)	Oldsmobile			running
9	55	Bub King	Bub King (Owner)	Hudson			running
10	3	Coleman Lawrence	Coleman Lawrence (Owner)	Ford			running
11	42	Lee Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge			-
12	92	Herb Thomas	Herb Thomas Racing	Hudson		4	clutch
13	120	Dick Rathman	Walt Chapman (Owner)	Hudson		25	wheel
14	87	Buck Baker	Bob Griffin (Owner)	Oldsmobile		18	wheel
15	31	Steve McGrath	George Miller (Owner)	Hudson			spindle
16	2	Bill Blair	Bill Blair (Owner)	Oldsmobile			-
17	8	Gene Comstock	Gene Comstock (Owner)	Hudson			accident
18	43	Jimmie Lewallen	Dave Quate (Owner)	Dodge			-
19	0	Ewell Weddle	Weddle Racing	Plymouth			-
20	82	Joe Eubanks	Phil Oates (Owner)	Hudson			-
21	12	Jim Paschal	George Hutchens (Owner)	Plymouth			-
22	11	June Cleveland	June Cleveland (Owner)	Studebaker			-
23	12	Buddy Shuman	Buddy Shuman (Owner)	Oldsmobile			-
24	41	Curtis Turner	John Eanes (Owner)	Oldsmobile			engine
25	14	Fonty Flock	Frank Christian (Owner)	Oldsmobile			oil pressure
26	167	Elton Hildreth	Elton Hildreth (Owner)	Nash Motor Company			hub
27	4	Slick Smith	Frank Christian (Owner)	Oldsmobile			engine
28	72	Donald Thomas	Doug Meeks (Owner)	Ford			engine mount

#	Driver	Led	Share	Fin
1	Tim Flock	87	58.0%	P4
2	Dick Rathman	25	16.7%	P13
3	Buck Baker	18	12.0%	P14
4	Pop McGinnis	13	8.7%	P5
5	Herb Thomas	4	2.7%	P12
6	Dick Passwater	3	2.0%	P1