1953 - NASCAR Grand National Series

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1953 - 32 Race Results

Race Name - 32
Date - 9/20/1953
Race Track - Langhorne Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 1 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 250 miles
Pole Speed - mph
Number of Cautions - 4
Caution Laps -
Average Race Speed - 67.046 mph
Lead Changes - 4
Total Race Purse - $8,225
Race Number - 32

More Races from 1953

Fin	St	Driver	#	Sponsor	Laps Run	Make	Laps Led	Purse
1		Dick Rathman	120	Walt Chapman	250	53 Hudson	95	$2,500
2	1	Herb Thomas	92	FABULOUS (Herb Thomas)	249	53 Hudson	106	$1,250
3		Speedy Thompson	46	Buckshot Morris	248	53 Oldsmob	49	$750
4		Jim Reed	9			52 Hudson	0	$500
5		Jim Paschal	80	George Hutchens		53 Dodge	0	$450
6		Lee Petty	42	Petty Enterprises		53 Dodge	0	$400
7		Curtis Turner	41	Eanes Motor Co (John Eanes)		53 Oldsmob	0	$350
8		Joe Eubanks	82	Oates Motor Co (Phil Oates)		52 Hudson	0	$300
9		Jimmie Lewallen	22	RG Shelton		53 Oldsmob	0	$250
10		Bobby Myers	18			53 Oldsmob	0	$200
11		Buck Baker	87	Griffin Motors (Bob Griffin)		53 Oldsmob	0	$150
12		Gober Sosebee	51	Cherokee Garage (Gober Sosebee)		53 Oldsmob	0	$125
13		Dick Allwine	77			53 Chevrol	0	$100
14		Don Glass	0			51 Nash	0	$75
15		Ronnie Kohler	53	John Golabek		50 Plymout	0	$50
16		Fred Dove	19	Fred Dove		50 Ford	0	$50
17		Bub King	55	Bub King		53 Oldsmob	0	$50
18		Marvin Panch	6	Marvin Panch		53 Dodge	0	$50
19		Andy Winfree	34	Andy Winfree		51 Plymout	0	$50
20		John McGorrien	0			52 Dodge	0	$50
21		George Clark	0			51 Plymout	0	$35
22		Wimpy Ervin	0			52 Dodge	0	$35
23		Ralph Sheeler	0			49 Ford	0	$35
24		Lou Thomas	0			52 Plymout	0	$35
25		Joe Bill ODell	111	Joe Bill ODell		49 Ford	0	$35
26		John Dodd Sr	0			52 Willys	0	$35
27		Elton Hildreth	167	Hildreth Motors (Elton Hildreth)		53 Nash	0	$35
28		Eddie Riker	0			49 Plymout	0	$35
29		Bob Welborn	24	JO Goode		51 Plymout	0	$35
30		Ed DeWolff	0			50 Ford	0	$35
31		Bill Blair	2	Bill Blair		53 Oldsmob	0	$35
32		Buddy Shuman	89	BA Pless		53 Hudson	0	$35
33		Bob Harris	0			53 Dodge	0	$35
34		Mickey Rorer	0			50 Ford	0	$35
35		Fonty Flock	14	Frank Christian		53 Hudson	0	$35
36		Slick Smith	4	Frank Christian		52 Hudson	0	$
37		Bill Cleveland	0			50 Ford	0	$
38		Gene Darragh	0	Gene Darragh		50 Ford	0	$
39		Tim Flock	91	Ted Chester		53 Hudson	0	$
40		Matt Gowan	99	Gowans Auto Parts (Matt Gowan)		53 Plymout	0	$