
| 1953 Powell 200 NASCAR Cup Series Race 12 of 37 | |||||
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| Race Information | Track Information | ||||
| Total Purse: | $3,625 | Race Date: | May 24, 1953 | Powell Motor Speedway | |
| Margin of Victory: | N/A | Race Duration: | 1h 46m 54s | Columbus, Ohio | |
| Lead Changes: | None | Average Speed: | 56.127 MPH | .500 Mile Dirt | |
| No. of Cars: | 27 | No. of Cautions: | TBA | ||
| Winner, Pole and Manufacturer Information | ||||||||
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| Winner Information | Pole Information | Manufacturer Points | ||||||
| Driver: | Herb Thomas H. Thomas | Driver: | Fonty Flock F. Flock | Hudson: | 9 | |||
| Car No.: | #92 Hudson | Car No.: | #14 Oldsmobile | Oldsmobile: | 0 | |||
| Team: | Thomas Racing | Team: | Nash: | 0 | ||||
| Crew Chief: | Smokey Yunick | Crew Chief: | Dodge: | 0 | ||||
| Laps Led: | TBA | Pole Speed: | 59.288 MPH | |||||
| Official 1953 Powell 200 Results |
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| Finish | Start | Num | Driver | Sponsor | Status | Mfg | Points | Laps | Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 92 | Herb Thomas | Fabulous Hudson Hornet | Running | Hudson | 0 | 200 | 0 |
| 2 | 4 | 120 | Dick Rathmann | Walt Chapman (Car Owner) | Running | Hudson | 0 | 200 | 0 |
| 3 | 6 | 87 | Buck Baker | Griffin Motors | Running | ![]() | 0 | 198 | 0 |
| 4 | 8 | 41 | Curtis Turner | Eanes Motor Company | Running | ![]() | 0 | 198 | 0 |
| 5 | 20 | 13 | Pop McGinnis | Irving Frye (Car Owner) | Running | Hudson | 0 | 193 | 0 |
| 6 | 14 | 10 | Ralph Dyer | Ralph Dyer (Car Owner) | Running | Nash | 0 | 192 | 0 |
| 7 | 11 | 0 | Ed Benedict | Ken Swihart (Car Owner) | Running | Hudson | 0 | 189 | 0 |
| 8 | 17 | 42 | Lee Petty | Petty Enterprises | Running | ![]() | 0 | 184 | 0 |
| 9 | 12 | 8 | Gene Comstock | Gene Comstock (Car Owner) | Running | Hudson | 0 | 183 | 0 |
| 10 | 16 | 55 | Bub King | Bub King (Car Owner) | Running | Hudson | 0 | 182 | 0 |
| 11 | 26 | 0 | Dick Linder | Running | ![]() | 0 | 176 | 0 | |
| 12 | 24 | 93 | Ted Chamberlain | FRS Racing | Running | ![]() | 0 | 174 | 0 |
| 13 | 10 | 78 | Dick Passwater | Frank Arford (Car Owner) | Running | ![]() | 0 | 159 | 0 |
| 14 | 7 | 51 | Gober Sosebee | Cherokee Garage | Running | ![]() | 0 | 131 | 0 |
| 15 | 1 | 14 | Fonty Flock | Frank Christian (Car Owner) | Running | ![]() | 0 | 111 | 0 |
| 16 | 21 | 127 | Elton Hildreth | Hildreth Motors | Running | Nash | 0 | 98 | 0 |
| 17 | 27 | 0 | Chet Williams | Chet Williams (Car Owner) | Accident | ![]() | 0 | 97 | 0 |
| 18 | 25 | 108 | Arden Mounts | Gene Comstock (Car Owner) | Clutch | Hudson | 0 | 88 | 0 |
| 19 | 3 | 82 | Joe Eubanks | Oates Motor Company | Unknown | Hudson | 0 | 84 | 71 |
| 20 | 5 | 58 | Johnny Patterson | H.B. Ranier (Car Owner) | Engine | Hudson | 0 | 74 | 0 |
| 21 | 15 | 4 | Slick Smith | Frank Christian (Car Owner) | Overheating | ![]() | 0 | 59 | 0 |
| 22 | 9 | 91 | Tim Flock | Ted Chester (Car Owner) | Bearings | Hudson | 0 | 57 | 2 |
| 23 | 18 | 44 | Ray Duhigg | Julian Petty (Car Owner) | Unknown | ![]() | 0 | 39 | 0 |
| 24 | 19 | 1 | Herschel Buchanan | Herschel Buchanan (Car Owner) | Accident | Nash | 0 | 38 | 0 |
| 25 | 23 | 0 | Paul Parks | Overheating | ![]() | 0 | 33 | 0 | |
| 26 | 27 | 72 | Donald Thomas | Doug Meeks (Car Owner) | Radiator | ![]() | 0 | 32 | 0 |
| 27 | 13 | 0 | Virgil Livengood | Virgil Livengood (Car Owner) | Engine | ![]() | 0 | 7 | 0 |