1953 Palm Beach Speedway

Race 1 of 37

Palm Beach
200 laps
Time of race: 1:39:38.02
Average speed of winner: 60.220 mph
Margin of victory: 2 laps
Lead changes: 2 among 3 drivers
Cautions: N/A for N/A laps
Lap leaders: Rathmann 1-3, H. Thomas 4-48, Petty 49-200

Race notes: Debut for Hank Ribet, Herb Tillman, and Johnny Wynn. Only start for Jack Culpepper.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	7	Lee Petty	42		'53 Dodge	Petty	Petty		200	1	152	running	1000	0
2	9	Jimmie Lewallen	41		'52 Plymouth	Petty			198	0	0	running	700	0
3	4	Tim Flock	91		'52 Hudson	Chester			197	0	0	running	450	0
4	12	Herschel Buchanan	1		'52 Nash Ambassador	Herschel Buchanan			192	0	0	running	350	0
5	10	Don Oldenberg	86		'53 Lincoln	Bill House			186	0	0	running	200	0
6	11	Bub King	55		'52 Hudson	Bub King			185	0	0	running	150	0
7	22	Dub Livingston	60		'53 Dodge	Dub Livingston			183	0	0	accident	125	0
8	5	Pop McGinnis	13		'52 Hudson	Frye			182	0	0	running	100	0
9	6	Donald Thomas	9		'52 Hudson	Donald Thomas			181	0	0	running	75	0
10	20	Sam DiRusso	67		'52 Plymouth	DiRusso			180	0	0	running	50	0
11	2	Fonty Flock	14		'52 Oldsmobile	Frank Christian			174	0	0	running	25	0
12	13	Gober Sosebee	51	Cherokee Garage	'52 Chrysler	Sosebee			172	0	0	running	25	0
13	19	Marion Edwards	102		'50 Dodge				166	0	0	running	25	0
14	16	Elton Hildreth	167		'51 Nash	Hildreth			159	0	0	accident	25	0
15	21	Jack Culpepper	57		'49 Ford				119	0	0	heating	25	0
16	14	Herb Tillman	T-2		'50 Oldsmobile				104	0	0	heating	25	0
17	18	Johnny Wynn			'53 Dodge				101	0	0	hub	25	0
18	17	Allan Clarke			'50 Chevrolet				76	0	0	ignition	25	0
19	8	Al Keller	31		'50 Oldsmobile				73	0	0	accident	25	0
20	15	Hank Ribet	37		'50 Ford	Norm Johnson			68	0	0	wheel	25	0
21	3	Herb Thomas	92		'53 Hudson	Herb Thomas	Yunick		48	1	45	universal joint	25	0
22	1	Dick Rathman	120		'53 Hudson	Walt Chapman		65.028	31	1	3	coil	25	0
23	23	Lucky Sawyer	196		'49 Ford	Lucky Sawyer			4	0	0	ignition	25	0