| 1953 Louisiana 200 NASCAR Cup Series Race 14 of 37 | |||||
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| Race Information | Track Information | ||||
| Total Purse: | $3,625 | Race Date: | Apr 30, 2026 | Louisiana Fairgrounds | |
| Margin of Victory: | N/A | Race Duration: | 1Hr 46Min 7Sec. | Shreveport, Louisana | |
| Lead Changes: | None | Average Speed: | 53.199 MPH | .500 Mile Dirt | |
| No. of Cars: | 19 | No. of Cautions: | TBA | ||
| Winner, Pole and Manufacturer Information | ||||||||
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| Winner Information | Pole Information | Manufacturer Points | ||||||
| Driver: | Lee Petty L. Petty | Driver: | Herb Thomas H. Thomas | Dodge: | 9 | |||
| Car No.: | #42 Dodge | Car No.: | #92 Hudson | Hudson: | 0 | |||
| Team: | Petty Enterprises | Team: | Thomas Racing | Oldsmobile: | 0 | |||
| Crew Chief: | Lee Petty | Crew Chief: | Smokey Yunick | Nash: | 0 | |||
| Laps Led: | 1 of 200 | Pole Speed: | 58.727 MPH | |||||
| Official 1953 Louisiana 200 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 |  | 0 | 200 | 87 |
| 2 | 3 | 120 | Dick Rathmann | Walt Chapman (Car Owner) | Running | Hudson | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 1 | 92 | Herb Thomas | Fabulous Hudson Hornet | Running | Hudson | 0 | 0 | 113 |
| 4 | 2 | 91 | Tim Flock | Ted Chester (Car Owner) | Running | Hudson | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 5 | 87 | Buck Baker | Griffin Motors | Running |  | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 11 | 1 | Herschel Buchanan | Herschel Buchanan (Car Owner) | Nash | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | 9 | 51 | Gober Sosebee | Cherokee Garage | | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | 14 | 11 | Ralph Dyer | Ralph Dyer (Car Owner) | Nash | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | 12 | Elbert Allen | Hudson | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 10 | 6 | 4 | Slick Smith | Frank Christian (Car Owner) | | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | 18 | 14 | Fonty Flock | Frank Christian (Car Owner) | | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 12 | 13 | J.W. Gentry | Nash | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 13 | 15 | Roxy Dancy |  | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 14 | 10 | 5 | Hershel McGriff | McGriff Motorsports | | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 15 | 17 | Bud Rinaldo | | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 16 | 8 | 44 | Ray Duhigg | Julian Petty (Car Owner) | | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 17 | 4 | 78 | Dick Passwater | Frank Arford (Car Owner) | | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 18 | 16 | Red Dowdy | | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 19 | - | 28 | Eddie Skinner | Frank Dodge (Car Owner) | | 0 | 0 | 0 |
