1953 Martinsville Speedway

Race 36 of 37

Martinsville
200 laps
Time of race: 1:47:07
Average speed of winner: 56.013 mph
Margin of victory: N/A
Lead changes: 2 among 3 drivers
Cautions: N/A for N/A laps
Lap leaders: Flock pole, Baker 1-127, Paschal 128-200

Race notes: First win for Jim Paschal. Debut for Bud Harless, Bill Morgan, and Bob Sampson.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1		Jim Paschal	80		'53 Dodge	Hutchens			200	1	73	running	1000	0
2	5	Lee Petty	42		'53 Dodge	Petty	Petty		200	0	0	running	700	0
3	9	Bill Blair	2		'53 Oldsmobile 88	Bill Blair			199	0	0	running	450	0
4	1	Fonty Flock	14		'53 Hudson	Frank Christian		58.958	199	0	0	running	350	0
5		Carl Burris			'51 Plymouth				194	0	0	running	200	0
6	7	Emory Lewis	13		'53 Oldsmobile 88	Ernest Woods			192	0	0	running	150	0
7		Bob Welborn	24		'51 Plymouth	Goode			185	0	0	running	125	0
8		Clyde Minter			'50 Mercury				185	0	0	running	100	0
9		Bill Morgan			'51 Ford				184	0	0	running	75	0
10		Bob Walden			'50 Plymouth				183	0	0	running	50	0
11		Joe Bill O'Dell			'49 Ford				182	0	0		25	0
12		Jimmie Lewallen	22		'53 Oldsmobile 88	Shelton			176	0	0		25	0
13		Bob Sampson			'53 Dodge				172	0	0		25	0
14		Johnny Patterson	58		'53 Hudson	Akers			170	0	0		25	0
15		Fred Dove	19		'51 Ford				169	0	0		25	0
16		Bud Harless			'51 Ford				168	0	0		25	0
17		George Osborne			'53 Hudson Hornet				146	0	0		25	0
18		Gifford Wood			'52 Plymouth				136	0	0		25	0
19		Parks Surratt			'51 Plymouth				130	0	0		25	0
20	2	Buck Baker	87		'53 Oldsmobile 88	Bob Griffin			127	1	127	bearing	25	0
21		Arden Mounts	08		'51 Hudson Hornet	Comstock			68	0	0		25	0
22		Elton Hildreth	167		'53 Nash	Hildreth			66	0	0	heating	25	0
23	3	Joe Eubanks	82		'52 Hudson	Oates			55	0	0	engine	25	0
24	4	Curtis Turner	44		'53 Oldsmobile 88	Frank Christian			46	0	0	engine	25	0
25		Ralph Dutton			'53 Dodge				46	0	0		25	0
26	6	Herb Thomas	92		'53 Hudson	Herb Thomas	Yunick		28	0	0	fuel pump	25	0