OFFICIAL RACE RESULTS

1953-02

RACE SUMMARY

Bill Blair won the 1953 NASCAR GRAND NATIONAL SERIES 1953-02 at Daytona Beach & Road Course.

TRACK

  • NAME: Daytona Beach & Road Course
  • LOCATION: Daytona Beach
  • LENGTH: 4.100 Miles
  • SURFACE: Road Course
  • PURSE: $6,755

RACE

  • NUMBER: 2
  • NAME: 1953-02
  • DATE: 02-15-1953
  • LAPS / MILES: 39 / 160
  • CAUTIONS / LAPS: 0 / 0

WINNER

  • NAME: Bill Blair
  • CAR MAKE: 1953 Oldsmobile
  • AVG SPEED: 89.789
  • START POSITION: 6th
  • LEAD CHANGES: 2

RACE RESULTS

POINTS LAPS
Fin St # Driver Make Sponsor Tot Race Bonus Tot Led Status Money
1 6 2 Bill Blair Oldsmobile Halifax Motors 0 0 0 39 1 Running 1,500
2 2 14 Fonty Flock Oldsmobile Air Lift 0 0 0 39 38 Running 1,000
3 4 40 Tommy Thompson Lincoln Tommy Thompson 0 0 0 39 0 Running 800
4 3 92 Herb Thomas Hudson FABULOUS 0 0 0 39 0 Running 600
5 7 91 Tim Flock Hudson Ted Chester 0 0 0 39 0 Running 500
6 10 77 Dick Passwater Oldsmobile Frank Arford 0 0 0 38 0 Running 400
7 16 41 Curtis Turner Lincoln R.L. Bowling 0 0 0 38 0 Running 300
8 19 9 Donald Thomas Hudson FABULOUS 0 0 0 38 0 Running 200
9 13 38 Tom Cherry Lincoln Hot Rod Shop 0 0 0 38 0 Running 180
10 18 4 Slick Smith Oldsmobile Air Lift 0 0 0 38 0 Running 150
11 17 51 Gober Sosebee Chrysler Cherokee Garage 0 0 0 38 0 Running 75
12 9 120 Dick Rathman Hudson America's Champion 0 0 0 37 0 Running 75
13 15 87 Buck Baker Lincoln Wheatley Motors 0 0 0 37 0 Running 75
14 20 187 Red Duvall Packard Duane Duvall 0 0 0 37 0 Running 75
15 23 86 Don Oldenberg Lincoln Bill House 0 0 0 37 0 Running 75
16 11 18 Bill Adams Oldsmobile Bill Adams 0 0 0 36 0 Running 50
17 34 52 Joe Guide Hudson Sally Guide 0 0 0 36 0 Running 50
18 47 54 Obie Chupp Hudson Wide Gene Horne 0 0 0 36 0 Running 50
19 29 103 George Gallup Oldsmobile George Gallup 0 0 0 36 0 Running 50
20 36 25 Cotton Priddy Oldsmobile Cotton Priddy 0 0 0 35 0 Running 50
21 27 55 Bub King Hudson Bub King 0 0 0 35 0 Spin out 25
22 40 33 Charlie Causey Oldsmobile Charlie Causey 0 0 0 35 0 Running 25
23 44 8 Gene Comstock Hudson Gene Comstock 0 0 0 35 0 Spin out 25
24 37 7 Red Douglass Dodge R.W. Douglass 0 0 0 33 0 Running 25
25 57 291 Tom Travis Ford Tom Travis 0 0 0 33 0 Running 25
26 56 67 Sam DiRusso Plymouth Sam DiRusso 0 0 0 33 0 Running 25
27 30 13 Pop McGinnis Hudson Irving Frye 0 0 0 33 0 Running 25
28 51 96 Mason Bright Plymouth Mason Bright 0 0 0 33 0 Running 25
29 28 71 Keith Hamner Hudson Mason Darnell 0 0 0 33 0 Running 25
30 46 1 Herschel Buchanan Nash Herschel Buchanan 0 0 0 33 0 Clutch 25
31 22 66 George Fleming Hudson Joseph Braun 0 0 0 33 0 Running 25
32 49 16 Johnny Roberts Ford Johnny Roberts 0 0 0 33 0 Running 25
33 25 30 Cotton Hodges Oldsmobile Jim Fowler 0 0 0 32 0 Rf hub 25
34 53 37 Hank Ribet Ford Norm Johnson 0 0 0 32 0 Running 25
35 24 15 Tommy Boger Oldsmobile Tommy Boger 0 0 0 32 0 Spin out 25
36 54 102 Marion Edwards Dodge -- 0 0 0 31 0 Running 25
37 55 90 Ted Lee Hudson Ted Lee 0 0 0 30 0 Running 25
38 52 3 Hub McBride Nash -- 0 0 0 29 0 Running 25
39 50 196 Lucky Sawyer Ford Lucky Sawyer 0 0 0 23 0 Gas line 25
40 45 T-2 Herb Tillman Oldsmobile Herb Tillman 0 0 0 18 0 Gas line 25
41 42 12 Jim Paschal Oldsmobile George Hutchens 0 0 0 17 0 Oil pressure 0
42 14 98 Dan Walters Packard -- 0 0 0 15 0 Gasket 0
43 26 22 Perk Brown Hudson R.G. Shelton 0 0 0 14 0 Engine 0
44 35 186 Doug Wells Oldsmobile Gilbreath Motors 0 0 0 13 0 Overheating 0
45 41 48 Red Farmer Hudson Sikes Motors 0 0 0 12 0 Overheating 0
46 38 60 Dub Livingston Dodge Dub Livingston 0 0 0 11 0 Tie rod 0
47 48 79 Charles Weidler Hudson Charles Weidler 0 0 0 9 0 Crash 0
48 33 19 Fred Dove Packard Paul Nunn 0 0 0 8 0 Bearing 0
49 12 82 Joe Eubanks Hudson Oates Motor Co. 0 0 0 8 0 Gasket 0
50 8 58 Johnny Patterson Hudson H.B. Ranier 0 0 0 6 0 Engine 0
51 1 46 Bob Pronger Oldsmobile Bob Pronger 0 0 0 5 0 Crash 0
52 21 57 Tommy Moon Hudson C.D. Wilson 0 0 0 5 0 Engine 0
53 31 10 Wally Campbell Dodge -- 0 0 0 4 0 Engine 0
54 39 167 Elton Hildreth Nash Hildreth Motors 0 0 0 4 0 Overheating 0
55 43 190 Buddy Shuman Hudson J.R. Dunberry 0 0 0 4 0 Clutch 0
56 32 93 Ted Chamberlain Plymouth Ted Chamberlain 0 0 0 3 0 Clutch 0
57 5 78 Frank Arford Oldsmobile Frank Arford 0 0 0 2 0 Gasket 0