
| 1953 Rapid Valley 200 NASCAR Cup Series Race 23 of 37 | |||||
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| Race Information | Track Information | ||||
| Total Purse: | $3,375 | Race Date: | Jul 22, 1953 | Rapid Valley Speedway | |
| Margin of Victory: | N/A | Race Duration: | 1h 44m 46s | Rapid City, South Dakota | |
| Lead Changes: | None | Average Speed: | 57.270 MPH | .500 Mile Dirt | |
| No. of Cars: | 15 | 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: | Herb Thomas H. Thomas | Hudson: | 9 | |||
| Car No.: | #92 Hudson | Car No.: | #92 Hudson | Dodge: | 0 | |||
| Team: | Thomas Racing | Team: | Thomas Racing | Oldsmobile: | 0 | |||
| Crew Chief: | Smokey Yunick | Crew Chief: | Smokey Yunick | Nash: | 0 | |||
| Laps Led: | TBA | Pole Speed: | 55.727 MPH | |||||
| Official 1953 Rapid Valley 200 Results |
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| Finish | Start | Num | Driver | Sponsor | Status | Mfg | Points | Laps | Led |
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| 1 | 1 | 92 | Herb Thomas | Fabulous Hudson Hornet | Running | Hudson | 0 | 200 | 176 |
| 2 | - | 120 | Dick Rathmann | Walt Chapman (Car Owner) | Running | Hudson | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | - | 14 | Fonty Flock | Frank Christian (Car Owner) | Running | Hudson | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | - | 42 | Lee Petty | Petty Enterprises | Running | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | - | 87 | Buck Baker | Griffin Motors | Running | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| 6 | - | 0 | Bill Harrison | Bill Harrison (Car Owner) | Unknown | Hudson | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | - | 0 | Eddie Skinner | Frank Dodge (Car Owner) | Unknown | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | - | 0 | Leo Ray | Unknown | Nash | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | - | 0 | Dick Fellows | Unknown | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | - | 0 | C.H. Dingler | C.H. Dingler (Car Owner) | Unknown | Studebaker | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | - | 0 | Ray Springer | Unknown | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 12 | - | 0 | Mel Krueger | Unknown | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 13 | - | 0 | Ted Lee | Ted Lee (Car Owner) | Unknown | Hudson | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | - | 0 | Bob Laswell | Unknown | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 15 | - | 0 | Johnny Beauchamp | Unknown | Hudson | 0 | 34 | 0 |