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AAA Sprint Car (Eastern) race
Delaware State Fairgrounds, Harrington, DE
August 1, 1953
20 laps on 0.5 mile dirt oval; 10 miles

Fin	St	Driver	#	Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Laps Led
1	1	Tommy Hinnershitz				20		running	0
2	3	Johnnie Parsons		Nyquist	Offenhauser	20		running	0
3	8	Jiggs Peters		Culp	Offenhauser				0
4	9	Russ Klar		Curtis					0
5	7	Al Herman	19	Sam Traylor					0
11	11	Mel Weidner	7	Weidner		0		did not start	0
12	12	Bill Case		Murray	Mercury	0		did not qualify	0
13	13	Wally Campbell		Wally Campbell	Mercury	0		did not qualify	0
14	14	Joseph Mattera		Joe Mattera	Mercury	0		did not qualify	0
15	15	Bob Cooney		Bob Cooney	McDowell	0		did not qualify	0
		Ottis Stine		Walt Wenz	Offenhauser	0		did not qualify	0
		Joe Barzda		Joe Barzda		0		did not qualify	0
		Bill Gouse		Bill Gouse	Dreyer	0		did not qualify	0
		Howard Bechtel			Ford	0		did not qualify	0
		Charles Musselman	71	Weidner		0		did not qualify	0
		Danny Goss		Danny Goss	McDowell	0		did not qualify	0
		Mark Sooy		Mark Sooy	Hal	0		did not qualify	0
		Joe Barzda		Cal	Offenhauser	0		did not qualify	0
		Dick O'Neal			Mercury	0		did not qualify	0
	2	Jimmy Bryan		Leitenberger	Offenhauser				0
	4	Johnny Thomson		Caruso	Offenhauser				0
	5	Buster Warke		Steffens	Offenhauser				0
	6	Joe Sostilio		Jake Vargo	Offenhauser				0
	10	Johnny Kay		Charlie Sacks	Hal			accident	0

Notes: Tommy Hinnershitz was the fast qualifier.
Hinnershitz started on pole as the first alternate.
Time of race: 00:09:30
Average Speed: 63.151 MPH
Pole Speed: 25.09 seconds