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Raleigh 300

NASCAR Grand National race
Raleigh Speedway, Raleigh, NC
May 30, 1953
300 laps on 1 mile paved oval; 300 miles

Fin	St	Driver	#	Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Laps Led
1	43	Fonty Flock	14	Frank Christian	1953 Hudson Hornet	300	3,500	running	105
2	7	Speedy Thompson	12	Buckshot Morris	1953 Oldsmobile 88	298	1,800	running	0
3		Tim Flock	91	Ted Chester	1953 Hudson Hornet	297	1,200	running	0
4	5	Herb Thomas	92	Herb Thomas	1953 Hudson Hornet	296	1,000	running	1
5	22	Dick Passwater	78	Frank Arford	1953 Oldsmobile 88	296	800	running	0
6	40	Dick Rathmann	120	Walt Chapman	1953 Hudson	295	600	running	0
7	1	Slick Smith	4	Frank Christian	1951 Oldsmobile 88	295	500	running	4
8	28	Lee Petty	42	Petty Enterprises	1953 Dodge	295	450	running	0
9	14	Ray Duhigg	44	Julian Petty	1952 Plymouth	294	400	running	0
10	2	Joe Eubanks	82	Phil Oates	1952 Hudson Hornet	292	350	running	0
11	29	Jim Paschal	43	Dave Quate	1953 Dodge	292	300	running	0
12	25	Ralph Dyer	10	Ralph Dyer	1953 Nash Ambassador	288	250		0
13	4	Buck Baker	87	Bob Griffin	1953 Oldsmobile 88	288	200		39
14	23	Curtis Turner	41	John Eanes	1953 Oldsmobile	283	150		0
15	35	Otis Martin	71	Coleman Lawrence	1950 Ford	281	125		0
16	8	Donald Thomas	9	Herb Thomas	1951 Hudson	280	100		0
17	13	Andy Winfree	34	Andy Winfree	1951 Plymouth	277	100		0
18	12	Bob Welborn	24	J.O. Goode	1951 Plymouth	276	100		0
19	6	Hershel McGriff	5	Hershel McGriff	1953 Oldsmobile 88	274	100	bearing	101
20	30	Glen Wood	21	Wood Brothers	1953 Lincoln	274	100		0
21	33	Cotton Owens	6	George Hutchens	1951 Ford	274	50		0
22	21	Stewart McDonald	99	Matt Gowan	1953 Plymouth	271	50		0
23	37	Gayle Warren	23	Gayle Warren	1953 Studebaker	270	50		0
24		Ted Lee	15	Ted Lee	1951 Ford	264	50		0
25	38	Coleman Lawrence	3	Coleman Lawrence	1950 Ford	263	50		0
26	19	Ted Chamberlain	93	Ted Chamberlain	1951 Plymouth	256	50		0
27	39	Earl Foushee	27	Earl Foushee	1951 Plymouth	256	50		0
28	24	Frank Arford	77	Frank Arford	1952 Oldsmobile	253	50		0
29		Arden Mounts	108	Gene Comstock	1951 Hudson	231	50		0
30		Gordon Bracken	40	Gordon Bracken	1953 Nash	221	50		0
31	17	Roy Bentley	17	Jesse Mann	1951 Plymouth	220	50		0
32	34	Gene Comstock	8	Gene Comstock	1952 Hudson	214	50		0
33	3	Bill Blair	2	Bill Blair	1953 Oldsmobile 88	213	50	accident	50
34		John Ray	16	Johnny Ray	1953 Lincoln	202	50		0
35	15	Earl Moss	72	Doug Meeks	1950 Ford	190	50		0
36	11	Ralph Liguori	46	Al Wheatley	1953 Lincoln	190	50		0
37		Pop McGinnis	13	Irving Frye	1952 Hudson	187	50		0
38	10	Bub King	55	Bub King	1952 Hudson	165	50		0
39	18	Fireball Roberts	11	Ed Saverance	1952 Ford	154	50		0
40	32	Dub Livingston	60	Dub Livingston	1953 Dodge	115	50		0
41	31	Elton Hildreth	73	Elton Hildreth	1953 Nash Ambassador	110	40		0
42	27	Herschel Buchanan	1	Herschel Buchanan	1953 Nash Ambassador	93	40		0
43	26	Johnny Zeke	481	Johnny Zeke	1953 Dodge	84	40	accident	0
44		Clyde Minter	101	Otis Martin	1950 Mercury	81	40		0
45	16	Russell Armentrout	128	J.B. Richter	1953 Dodge	60	40		0
46	36	Fred Dove	19	Fred Dove	1951 Plymouth	45	40		0
47	9	Jimmie Lewallen	22	R.G. Shelton	1952 Oldsmobile 88	41	40		0
48		Johnny Patterson	58	H.B. Ranier	1952 Hudson	33	40		0
49	20	J.L. Justice	74	J.L. Justice	1950 Ford	9	40		0
	14	Julian Petty	44	Julian Petty	1952 Plymouth	0		qualified car	0

Time of race: 04:14:51
Average Speed: 70.629 MPH
Pole Speed: 94.38 seconds
Race Purse: $ 13,100
Attendance: 15,235