1953 North Wilkesboro Speedway

Race 35 of 37

North Wilkesboro
160 laps
Time of race: 1:24:16
Average speed of winner: 71.202 mph
Margin of victory: 2 laps
Lead changes: 13 among 4 drivers
Cautions: 3 for 16 laps
Lap leaders: Baker pole, Turner 1-6, Baker 7, Turner 8, Baker 9-10, Turner 11-17, Baker 18-69, F. Flock 70-88, Baker 89-103, F. Flock 104-105, Turner 106-109, Baker 110-119, F. Flock 120-135, Thompson 136-160

Race notes: Debut for Pete Stewart. Finale for Slim Rominger. Only start for Bud Jones.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1		Speedy Thompson	12		'53 Oldsmobile 88	Buckshot Morris			160	1	25	running	1000	0
2		Fonty Flock	14		'53 Hudson	Frank Christian			158	3	37	running	700	0
3		Ray Duhigg	44		'52 Plymouth	Julian Petty			156	0	0	running	450	0
4		Bob Welborn	24		'51 Plymouth	Goode			156	0	0	running	350	0
5		Lee Petty	42		'53 Dodge	Petty	Petty		155	0	0	running	200	0
6	1	Buck Baker	87		'53 Oldsmobile 88	Bob Griffin		78.288	155	5	80		150	0
7		Bill Blair	2		'53 Oldsmobile 88	Bill Blair			155	0	0		125	0
8		Joe Eubanks	82		'52 Hudson	Oates			154	0	0		100	0
9		Jimmie Lewallen	22		'53 Oldsmobile 88	Shelton			153	0	0		75	0
10		Bub King	55		'53 Oldsmobile 88	Bub King			153	0	0		50	0
11		Johnny Patterson	58		'53 Hudson	Akers			153	0	0		25	0
12		Donald Thomas	93		'53 Hudson	Donald Thomas			153	0	0		25	0
13		Tim Flock	91		'53 Hudson	Chester			152	0	0		25	0
14		Gober Sosebee	51	Cherokee Garage	'53 Oldsmobile	Sosebee			151	0	0		25	0
15		Herb Thomas	92		'53 Hudson	Herb Thomas	Yunick		151	0	0		25	0
16		Ralph Liguori	45		'51 Plymouth				149	0	0		25	0
17		Arden Mounts	08		'51 Hudson Hornet	Mounts			143	0	0		25	0
18		Bob Walden			'50 Plymouth				143	0	0		25	0
19		Parks Surratt			'51 Plymouth				141	0	0		25	0
20		Ted Chamberlain	93		'50 Plymouth	Ted Chamberlain			139	0	0		25	0
21		Clyde Minter			'50 Mercury				136	0	0		25	0
22		Curtis Turner	41		'53 Oldsmobile 88	Frank Christian			131	4	18		25	0
23		Jim Paschal	80		'53 Dodge	Hutchens			125	0	0		25	0
24		Dick Rathman	120		'53 Hudson	Walt Chapman			124	0	0		25	0
25		Fred Dove	19		'50 Ford				110	0	0		25	0
26		Slim Rominger			'50 Oldsmobile				84	0	0		25	0
27		Don Vershure			'53 Hudson Hornet				53	0	0		25	0
28		Elton Hildreth	167		'53 Nash	Hildreth			41	0	0		25	0
29		Bud Jones			'50 Plymouth				36	0	0		25	0
30		Pete Stewart			'51 Ford				20	0	0		25	0
31		Ralph Dutton			'53 Dodge					0	0		25	0