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1953 - Wilkes County 200 Race Results


Race Name - Wilkes County 200
Date - 3/29/1953
Race Track - North Wilkesboro Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 0.625 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 125 miles
Pole Speed - 78.424 mph
Number of Cautions -
Caution Laps -
Average Race Speed - 71.907 mph
Lead Changes - 6
Total Race Purse - $3,800
Race Number - 4
 More Races from 1953
Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 1 Herb Thomas 92 FABULOUS (Herb Thomas) 200 53 Hudson 18 $1,000
2 3 Dick Rathman 120 Walt Chapman 200 53 Hudson 70 $700
3 4 Fonty Flock 14 Frank Christian 53 Oldsmob 3 $450
4 12 Lee Petty 42 Petty Enterprises 53 Dodge 0 $350
5 10 Jimmie Lewallen 43 Dave Quate 53 Dodge 0 $200
6 5 Buck Baker 87 Wheatley Motors (Al Wheatley) 53 Lincoln 0 $150
7 11 Joe Eubanks 82 Oates Motor Co (Phil Oates) 52 Hudson 0 $125
8 9 Slick Smith 4 Frank Christian 52 Oldsmob 0 $100
9 19 Dick Passwater 78 Frank Arford 53 Oldsmob 0 $75
10 15 Bub King 55 Bub King 52 Hudson 0 $50
11 26 Gene Comstock 8 Gene Comstock 52 Hudson 0 $25
12 30 Dub Livingston 60 Dub Livingston 53 Dodge 0 $25
13 34 Otis Martin 100 Otis Martin 53 Mercury 0 $25
14 28 Ewell Weddle 0 Ewell Weddle 52 Plymout 0 $25
15 32 Lucky Sawyer 96 Lucky Sawyer 50 Ford 0 $25
16 21 Don Oldenberg 86 Bill House 52 Packard 0 $25
17 20 Frank Arford 77 Frank Arford 52 Oldsmob 0 $25
18 25 Steve McGrath 31 George Miller 52 Hudson 0 $25
19 33 Coleman Lawrence 71 Coleman Lawrence 52 Ford 0 $25
20 29 Clyde Minter 3 Coleman Lawrence 52 Ford 0 $25
21 31 Fred Dove 19 Fred Dove 52 Plymout 0 $25
22 8 Curtis Turner 41 Eanes Motor Co (John Eanes) 109 53 Oldsmob 9 $25
23 2 Tim Flock 91 Ted Chester 100 53 Hudson 100 $25
24 14 Johnny Patterson 58 HB Ranier 52 Hudson 0 $25
25 23 Bill Blair 2 Bill Blair 53 Oldsmob 0 $25
26 13 Herschel Buchanan 1 Herschel Buchanan 52 Nash 0 $25
27 6 Perk Brown 22 RG Shelton 52 Hudson 0 $25
28 24 Pop McGinnis 13 Irving Frye 52 Hudson 0 $25
29 15 Elton Hildreth 167 Hildreth Motors (Elton Hildreth) 51 Nash 0 $25
30 22 Ray Duhigg 44 Julian Petty 52 Plymout 0 $25
31 7 Buddy Shuman 12 Buddy Shuman 50 Oldsmob 0 $25
32 17 Wally Campbell 171 53 Dodge 0 $25
33 18 Donald Thomas 72 Doug Meeks 51 Ford 0 $25
34 27 June Cleveland 11 52 Studeba 0 $25