
| 1953 Palm Beach 100 NASCAR Cup Series Race 1 of 37 | |||||
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| Race Information | Track Information | ||||
| Official 1953 Palm Beach 100 Results |
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| Finish | Start | Num | Driver | Sponsor | Status | Mfg | Points | Laps | Led |
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| 1 | 7 | 42 | Lee Petty | Petty Enterprises | Running | ![]() | 9 | 200 | 152 |
| 2 | 9 | 41 | Jimmie Lewallen | Petty Enterprises | Running | ![]() | 5 | 198 | 0 |
| 3 | 4 | 91 | Tim Flock | Ted Chester (Car Owner) | Running | Hudson | 4 | 197 | 0 |
| 4 | 12 | 1 | Herschel Buchanan | Herschel Buchanan (Car Owner) | Running | Nash | 1 | 192 | 0 |
| 5 | 10 | 86 | Don Oldenberg | Bill House (Car Owner) | Running | Lincoln | 1 | 186 | 0 |
| 6 | 11 | 55 | Bub King | Bub King (Car Owner) | Running | Hudson | 0 | 185 | 0 |
| 7 | 22 | 60 | Dub Livingston | Dub Livingston (Car Owner) | Accident | ![]() | 0 | 183 | 0 |
| 8 | 5 | 13 | Pop McGinnis | Irving Frye (Car Owner) | Running | Hudson | 0 | 182 | 0 |
| 9 | 6 | 9 | Donald Thomas | Fabulous Hudson Hornet | Running | Hudson | 0 | 181 | 0 |
| 10 | 20 | 67 | Sam DiRusso | Sam DiRusso (Car Owner) | Running | ![]() | 0 | 180 | 0 |
| 11 | 2 | 14 | Fonty Flock | Frank Christian (Car Owner) | Running | ![]() | 1 | 174 | 0 |
| 12 | 13 | 51 | Gober Sosebee | Cherokee Garage | Running | Chrysler | 1 | 172 | 0 |
| 13 | 19 | 102 | Marion Edwards | Running | ![]() | 0 | 166 | 0 | |
| 14 | 16 | 127 | Elton Hildreth | Hildreth Motors | Accident | Nash | 0 | 159 | 0 |
| 15 | 21 | 57 | Jack Culpepper | Overheating | ![]() | 1 | 119 | 0 | |
| 16 | 14 | 0 | Herb Tillman | Herb Tillman | Overheating | ![]() | 0 | 104 | 0 |
| 17 | 18 | 0 | Jack Lawrence | Jack Lawrence (Car Owner) | Hub | ![]() | 0 | 101 | 0 |
| 18 | 17 | 0 | Allan Clarke | Ignition | ![]() | 1 | 76 | 0 | |
| 19 | 8 | 31 | Al Keller | George Miller (Car Owner) | Accident | ![]() | 0 | 73 | 0 |
| 20 | 15 | 37 | Hank Ribet | Norm Johnson (Car Owner) | Unknown | ![]() | 0 | 68 | 0 |
| 21 | 3 | 92 | Herb Thomas | Fabulous Hudson Hornet | Driveshaft | Hudson | 0 | 48 | 45 |
| 22 | 1 | 120 | Dick Rathmann | Walt Chapman (Car Owner) | Unknown | Hudson | 0 | 31 | 3 |
| 23 | 23 | 127 | Lucky Sawyer | Lucky Sawyer (Car Owner) | Ignition | ![]() | 0 | 4 | 0 |