
| 1953 Lincoln City 200 NASCAR Cup Series Race 24 of 37 | |||||
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| Race Information | Track Information | ||||
| Total Purse: | $3,400 | Race Date: | Jul 26, 1953 | Lincoln City Fairgrounds | |
| Margin of Victory: | 6 FT | Race Duration: | 1h 50m 20s | North Platte, Nevada | |
| Lead Changes: | None | Average Speed: | 54.380 MPH | .500 Mile Dirt | |
| No. of Cars: | 18 | No. of Cautions: | TBA | ||
| Winner, Pole and Manufacturer Information | ||||||||
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| Winner Information | Pole Information | Manufacturer Points | ||||||
| Driver: | Dick Rathmann D. Rathmann | Driver: | Herb Thomas H. Thomas | Hudson: | 9 | |||
| Car No.: | #120 Hudson | Car No.: | #92 Hudson | Dodge: | 0 | |||
| Team: | Walt Chapman | Team: | Thomas Racing | Oldsmobile: | 0 | |||
| Crew Chief: | Crew Chief: | Smokey Yunick | Plymouth: | 0 | ||||
| Laps Led: | 1 of 200 | Pole Speed: | 54.397 MPH | |||||
| Official 1953 Lincoln City 200 Results |
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| Finish | Start | Num | Driver | Sponsor | Status | Mfg | Points | Laps | Led |
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| 1 | - | 120 | Dick Rathmann | Walt Chapman (Car Owner) | Running | Hudson | 0 | 200 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 92 | Herb Thomas | Fabulous Hudson Hornet | Running | Hudson | 0 | 200 | 199 |
| 3 | - | 42 | Lee Petty | Petty Enterprises | Running | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | - | 87 | Buck Baker | Griffin Motors | Running | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | - | 0 | Marvin Copple | Running | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | - | 0 | Bill Harrison | Bill Harrison (Car Owner) | Unknown | Hudson | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | - | 0 | Byron Clouse | Unknown | Hudson | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | - | 0 | C.H. Dingler | C.H. Dingler (Car Owner) | Unknown | Studebaker | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | - | 0 | Tubby Harrison | Unknown | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | - | 0 | Sandy Slack | Unknown | Henry J | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | - | 0 | Bill Mann | Unknown | Hudson | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 12 | - | 0 | Red Knuter | Unknown | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 13 | - | 28 | Eddie Skinner | Frank Dodge (Car Owner) | Unknown | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | - | 0 | Johnny Beauchamp | Unknown | Hudson | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 15 | - | 0 | Don Ostendorf | Engine | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 16 | - | 14 | Fonty Flock | Frank Christian (Car Owner) | Accident | Hudson | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | - | 0 | Mel Krueger | DNF | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 18 | - | 90 | Ted Lee | Ted Lee (Car Owner) | DNF | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 |