1953 - NASCAR Grand National Series - Raleigh 300 Race Results

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1953 - Raleigh 300 Race Results

Race Name - Raleigh 300
Date - 5/30/1953
Race Track - Raleigh Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 1 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 300 miles
Pole Speed - 76.23 mph
Number of Cautions -
Caution Laps -
Average Race Speed - 70.629 mph
Lead Changes - 6
Total Race Purse - $13,100
Race Number - 13

More Races from 1953

Fin	St	Driver	#	Sponsor	Laps Run	Make	Laps Led	Purse
1	43	Fonty Flock	14	Red Vogt Special (Frank Christian)	300	53 Hudson	105	$3,500
2	7	Speedy Thompson	12	Buckshot Morris	298	53 Oldsmob	0	$1,800
3		Tim Flock	91	Ted Chester	297	53 Hudson	0	$1,200
4	5	Herb Thomas	92	FABULOUS (Herb Thomas)	296	53 Hudson	1	$1,000
5		Dick Passwater	78	Frank Arford	296	53 Oldsmob	0	$800
6		Dick Rathman	120	Walt Chapman	295	53 Hudson	0	$600
7	1	Slick Smith	4	Frank Christian	295	51 Oldsmob	4	$500
8		Lee Petty	42	Petty Enterprises	295	53 Dodge	0	$450
9		Ray Duhigg	44	Julian Petty	294	52 Plymout	0	$400
10	2	Joe Eubanks	82	Oates Motor Co (Phil Oates)	292	52 Hudson	0	$350
11		Jim Paschal	43	Dave Quate	292	53 Dodge	0	$300
12		Ralph Dyer	11	Ralph Dyer	288	53 Nash	0	$250
13	4	Buck Baker	87	Griffin Motors (Bob Griffin)	288	53 Oldsmob	39	$200
14		Curtis Turner	41	Eanes Motor Co (John Eanes)	283	53 Oldsmob	0	$150
15		Otis Martin	71	Coleman Lawrence	281	50 Ford	0	$125
16	8	Donald Thomas	9	FABULOUS (Herb Thomas)	280	51 Hudson	0	$100
17		Andy Winfree	34	Andy Winfree	277	51 Plymout	0	$100
18		Bob Welborn	24	JO Goode	276	51 Plymout	0	$100
19	6	Hershel McGriff	5	Earl Morley Motors (Hershel McGriff)	274	53 Oldsmob	101	$100
20		Glen Wood	21	RLLRB Bowling (Wood Brothers)	274	53 Lincoln	0	$100
21		Cotton Owens	6	George Hutchens	274	51 Ford	0	$50
22		Stewart McDonald	99	Matt Gowan	271	53 Plymout	0	$50
23		Gayle Warren	23	Gayle Warren	270	53 Studeba	0	$50
24		Ted Lee	15	Ted Lee	264	51 Ford	0	$50
25		Coleman Lawrence	3	Coleman Lawrence	263	50 Ford	0	$50
26		Ted Chamberlain	93	Ted Chamberlain	256	51 Plymout	0	$50
27		Earl Foushee	27	Earl Foushee	256	51 Plymout	0	$50
28		Frank Arford	77	Frank Arford	253	52 Oldsmob	0	$50
29		Arden Mounts	108	Gene Comstock	231	51 Hudson	0	$50
30		Gordon Bracken	40	Gordon Bracken	221	53 Nash	0	$50
31		Roy Bentley	17	Jesse Mann	220	51 Plymout	0	$25
32		Gene Comstock	8	Gene Comstock	214	52 Hudson	0	$25
33	3	Bill Blair	2	Bill Blair	213	53 Oldsmob	50	$25
34		John Ray	16	Johnny Ray	202	53 Lincoln	0	$25
35		Earl Moss	72	Doug Meeks	190	50 Ford	0	$25
36		Ralph Liguori	46	Al Wheatley	190	53 Lincoln	0	$25
37		Pop McGinnis	13	Irving Frye	187	52 Hudson	0	$25
38		Bub King	55	Bub King	165	52 Hudson	0	$25
39		Fireball Roberts	11	Ed Saverance	154	52 Ford	0	$25
40		Dub Livingston	60	Dub Livingston	115	53 Dodge	0	$25
41		Elton Hildreth	73	Hildreth Motors (Elton Hildreth)	110	53 Nash	0	$25
42		Herschel Buchanan	1	Herschel Buchanan	93	53 Nash	0	$25
43		Johnny Zeke	481	Johnny Zeke	84	53 Dodge	0	$25
44		Clyde Minter	101	Otis Martin	81	50 Mercury	0	$25
45		Russell Armentrout	128	JB Richter	60	53 Dodge	0	$25
46		Fred Dove	19	Fred Dove	45	51 Plymout	0	$25
47	9	Jimmie Lewallen	22	RG Shelton	41	52 Oldsmob	0	$25
48		Johnny Patterson	58	HB Ranier	33	52 Hudson	0	$25
49		JL Justice	74	JL Justice	9	50 Ford	0	$25