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1953 - Wilkes 160 Race Results


Race Name - Wilkes 160
Date - 10/11/1953
Race Track - North Wilkesboro Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 0.625 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 100 miles
Pole Speed - 78.288 mph
Number of Cautions - 3
Caution Laps - 16
Average Race Speed - 71.202 mph
Lead Changes - 13
Total Race Purse - $3,725
Race Number - 35
 More Races from 1953
Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 Speedy Thompson 46 Buckshot Morris 160 53 Oldsmob 25 $1,000
2 Fonty Flock 14 Vogt Special (Frank Christian) 158 53 Hudson 37 $700
3 Ray Duhigg 44 Julian Petty 156 52 Plymout 0 $450
4 Bob Welborn 24 JO Goode 156 51 Plymout 0 $350
5 Lee Petty 42 Petty Enterprises 155 53 Dodge 0 $200
6 1 Buck Baker 87 Griffin Motors (Bob Griffin) 155 53 Oldsmob 80 $150
7 Bill Blair 2 Bill Blair 155 53 Oldsmob 0 $125
8 Joe Eubanks 82 Oates Motor Co (Phil Oates) 154 52 Hudson 0 $100
9 Jimmie Lewallen 22 RG Shelton 153 53 Oldsmob 0 $75
10 Bub King 55 Bub King 153 53 Oldsmob 0 $50
11 Johnny Patterson 58 HB Ranier 153 53 Hudson 0 $25
12 Donald Thomas 93 FABULOUS (Herb Thomas) 153 53 Hudson 0 $25
13 Tim Flock 91 Ted Chester 152 53 Hudson 0 $25
14 Gober Sosebee 51 Cherokee Garage (Gober Sosebee) 151 53 Oldsmob 0 $25
15 Herb Thomas 92 FABULOUS (Herb Thomas) 151 53 Hudson 0 $25
16 Ralph Liguori 0 Ralph Liguori 149 51 Plymout 0 $25
17 Arden Mounts 8 Gene Comstock 143 51 Hudson 0 $25
18 Bob Walden 0 Bob Walden 143 50 Plymout 0 $25
19 Parks Surratt 0 141 51 Plymout 0 $25
20 Ted Chamberlain 93 Ted Chamberlain 139 50 Plymout 0 $25
21 Clyde Minter 0 Clyde Minter 136 50 Mercury 0 $25
22 Curtis Turner 41 Eanes Motor Co (John Eanes) 131 53 Oldsmob 18 $25
23 Jim Paschal 80 George Hutchens 125 53 Dodge 0 $25
24 Dick Rathman 120 Walt Chapman 124 53 Hudson 0 $25
25 Fred Dove 19 Fred Dove 110 50 Ford 0 $25
26 Slim Rominger 0 Slim Rominger 84 50 Oldsmob 0 $25
27 Don Vershure 0 53 53 Hudson 0 $25
28 Elton Hildreth 167 Hildreth Motors (Elton Hildreth) 41 53 Nash 0 $25
29 Bud Jones 0 36 50 Plymout 0 $25
30 Pete Stewart 0 20 51 Ford 0 $25
31 Ralph Dutton 0 53 Dodge 0 $25