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AAA Midget race
Lafayette Speedway, Lafayette, IN
August 11, 1953
50 laps on 0.2 mile dirt oval; 10 miles

Fin	St	Driver	#	Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Laps Led
1	3	Justin King	79	Persons		50		running
2	2	Art Cross	33	Ridenour
3	11	Cal Niday	3	Luse
4	6	Dick Brown	5	Brown
5	8	Jimmy Knight	21	Babuscio
6	10	Gene Force
7	5	Charles Gattalia	43	Miller
8	15	Rex Easton	39	Shaheen
9	13	George Tichenor	6	Gosma
10	7	Joe Giba	62	Joe Giba
11	14	Leroy Warriner	67	Cadwell
12	17	Gene Hartley	36	Harmon
13	18	Johnnie Tolan	8	Anderson
14	12	Jiggs Peters	5	Jiggs Peters
15	16	Andy Linden	47	Burns
16	1	Bill Boyd	76	Krech
17	4	Mauri Wilson	61	Wilson
18	9	Sam Hanks	38	Hanks		0		did not start	0
19	19	Mike Nazaruk	83	Lee Elkins		0		did not qualify	0
20	20	Bill Taylor	35	Hawkins		0		did not qualify	0
21	21	Jack Bates	87	Lienewski		0		did not qualify	0
22	22	Allen Heath	82	Turner		0		did not qualify	0
23	23	Jack Turner	96	Jack Turner		0		did not qualify	0
24	24	Buzz Barton	44	Meers		0		did not qualify	0
25	25	Forrest Parker	12	Forrest Parker		0		did not qualify	0
26	26	Jimmy Bryan	17	Fessie		0		did not qualify	0
27	27	Dwight Brown	79	Lloyd Rahn		0		did not qualify	0
28	28	Bill Homeier	34	Crossan		0		did not qualify	0
29	29	Al Alpern	48	Al Alpern		0		did not qualify	0
30	30	Johnny Key	39	Renee Dean		0		did not qualify	0
31	31	Paul Howe	16	Fessie		0		did not qualify	0

Notes: Johnnie Tolan was the fast qualifier.
Time of race: 00:13:24
Average Speed: 44.792 MPH
Pole Speed: 13.45 seconds