1953 Daytona Beach/Road Course

Race 2 of 37

Daytona Beach
39 laps
Time of race: 1:46:51
Average speed of winner: 89.789 mph
Margin of victory: 26 sec.
Lead changes: 2 among 3 drivers
Cautions: 0 for 0 laps
Lap leaders: Pronger pole, F. Flock 1-38, Blair 39

Race notes: Last win for Bill Blair. Only pole for Bob Pronger. Debut for Frank Arford, Mason Bright, Red Farmer, Cotton Hodges, Ted Lee, Cotton Priddy, and Johnny Roberts. Finale for Sam DiRusso, George Gallup, Hub McBride, and Hank Ribet. Only start for Tommy Boger, Tom Cherry, Obie Chupp, Red Douglass, Tom Travis, Dan Walters, and Doug Wells. Fonty Flock took the points lead from Lee Petty.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	6	Bill Blair	2		'53 Oldsmobile Super 88	Bill Blair			39	1	1	running	1500	0
2	2	Fonty Flock	14		'53 Oldsmobile 8	Frank Christian			39	1	38	running	1000	0
3	4	Tommy Thompson	40		'53 Lincoln	Tommy Thompson			39	0	0	running	800	0
4	3	Herb Thomas	92		'53 Hudson	Herb Thomas	Yunick		39	0	0	running	600	0
5	7	Tim Flock	91		'52 Hudson	Chester			39	0	0	running	500	0
6	10	Dick Passwater	77		'52 Oldsmobile 88	Arford			38	0	0	running	400	0
7	16	Curtis Turner	41		'53 Lincoln	Bowling			38	0	0	running	300	0
8	19	Donald Thomas	9		'52 Hudson	Donald Thomas			38	0	0	running	200	0
9	13	Tom Cherry	38	Hot Rod Shop	'53 Lincoln				38	0	0	running	180	0
10	18	Slick Smith	4		'52 Oldsmobile 88	Frank Christian			38	0	0	running	150	0
11	17	Gober Sosebee	51	Cherokee Garage	'52 Chrysler	Sosebee			38	0	0	running	75	0
12	9	Dick Rathman	120		'53 Hudson	Walt Chapman			37	0	0	running	75	0
13	15	Buck Baker	87		'53 Lincoln	Wheatley			37	0	0	running	75	0
14	20	Red Duvall	187		'53 Packard	Duane Duvall			37	0	0	running	75	0
15	23	Don Oldenberg	86		'53 Lincoln	Bill House			37	0	0	running	75	0
16	11	Bill Adams	18		'53 Oldsmobile 88	Bill Adams			36	0	0	running	50	0
17	34	Joe Guide	52		'51 Hudson	Sally Guide			36	0	0	running	50	0
18	47	Obie Chupp	54		'51 Hudson	Gene Horne			36	0	0	running	50	0
19	29	George Gallup	103		'50 Oldsmobile	George Gallup			36	0	0	running	50	0
20	36	Cotton Priddy	25		'51 Oldsmobile	Priddy			35	0	0	running	50	0
21	27	Bub King	55		'52 Hudson Hornet	Bub King			35	0	0	spun out	25	0
22	40	Charlie Causey	33		'50 Oldsmobile				35	0	0	running	25	0
23	44	Gene Comstock	8		'51 Hudson Hornet	Comstock			35	0	0	spun out	25	0
24	37	Red Douglass	7		'53 Dodge	R.W. Douglass			33	0	0	running	25	0
25	57	Tom Travis	291		'52 Ford				33	0	0	running	25	0
26	56	Sam DiRusso	67		'52 Plymouth	DiRusso			33	0	0	running	25	0
27	30	Pop McGinnis	13		'52 Hudson Hornet	Frye			33	0	0	running	25	0
28	51	Mason Bright	96		'49 Plymouth	Mason Bright			33	0	0	running	25	0
29	28	Keith Hamner	71		'52 Hudson	Mason Darnell			33	0	0	running	25	0
30	46	Herschel Buchanan	1		'52 Nash	Herschel Buchanan			33	0	0	clutch	25	0
31	22	George Fleming	66		'51 Hudson	Joseph Braun			33	0	0	running	25	0
32	49	Johnny Roberts	16		'50 Ford	J.F. Roberts			33	0	0	running	25	0
33	25	Cotton Hodges	30		'50 Oldsmobile	Fowler			32	0	0	hub	25	0
34	53	Hank Ribet	37		'50 Ford	Norm Johnson			32	0	0	running	25	0
35	24	Tommy Boger	15		'52 Oldsmobile	Boger			32	0	0	spun out	25	0
36	54	Marion Edwards	102		'50 Dodge				31	0	0	running	25	0
37	55	Ted Lee	90		'53 Hudson Wasp	Ted Lee			30	0	0	running	25	0
38	52	Hub McBride	3		'50 Nash				29	0	0	running	25	0
39	50	Lucky Sawyer	196		'49 Ford	Lucky Sawyer			23	0	0	gas line	25	0
40	45	Herb Tillman	T-2		'50 Oldsmobile				18	0	0	gas line	25	0
41	42	Jim Paschal	12		'49 Oldsmobile	Hutchens			17	0	0	oil pressure	0	0
42	14	Dan Walters	98		'50 Packard				15	0	0	gasket	0	0
43	26	Perk Brown	22		'52 Hudson	Shelton			14	0	0	engine	0	0
44	35	Doug Wells	186		'50 Oldsmobile				13	0	0	heating	0	0
45	41	Red Farmer	48	Sikes Motors	'51 Hudson				12	0	0	heating	0	0
46	38	Dub Livingston	60		'53 Dodge	Dub Livingston			11	0	0	tie rod	0	0
47	48	Charles Weidler	79		'51 Hudson	Weidler			9	0	0	accident	0	0
48	33	Fred Dove	19		'52 Packard	Sam Nunn			8	0	0	bearing	0	0
49	12	Joe Eubanks	82		'52 Hudson	Oates			8	0	0	gasket	0	0
50	8	Johnny Patterson	58		'52 Hudson	Lou Tanner			6	0	0	engine	0	0
51	1	Bob Pronger	46		'53 Oldsmobile 88	Pronger		115.770	5	0	0	accident	0	0
52	21	Tommy Moon	57		'52 Hudson	C.D. Wilson			5	0	0	engine	0	0
53	31	Wally Campbell	10		'53 Dodge				4	0	0	engine	0	0
54	39	Elton Hildreth	167		'51 Nash	Hildreth			4	0	0	heating	0	0
55	43	Buddy Shuman	190		'52 Hudson	Dunberry			4	0	0	clutch	0	0
56	32	Ted Chamberlain	93		'50 Plymouth	Ted Chamberlain			3	0	0	clutch	0	0
57	5	Frank Arford	78		'53 Oldsmobile 88	Arford			2	0	0	gasket	0	0