1953 Raleigh 300

Race 13 of 37

Raleigh
300 laps
Time of race: 4:14:51
Average speed of winner: 70.629 mph
Margin of victory: 2 laps
Lead changes: 6 among 6 drivers
Cautions: N/A for N/A laps
Lap leaders: Smith 1-4, Blair 5-17, Baker 18-56, H. Thomas 57, Blair 58-94, McGriff 95-195, F. Flock 196-300

Race notes: Only pole for Slick Smith. Debut for Johnny Ray, Andy Winfree, and Johnny Zeke. Finale for Russell Armentrout, Coleman Lawrence, and Dub Livingston. Only start for Earl Foushee and Stewart McDonald.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	43	Fonty Flock	14		'53 Hudson	Frank Christian			300	1	105	running	3500	0
2	7	Speedy Thompson	12		'53 Oldsmobile 88	Buckshot Morris			298	0	0	running	1800	0
3		Tim Flock	91		'53 Hudson	Chester			297	0	0	running	1200	0
4	5	Herb Thomas	92		'53 Hudson	Herb Thomas	Yunick		296	1	1	running	1000	0
5		Dick Passwater	78		'53 Oldsmobile 88	Arford			296	0	0	running	800	0
6		Dick Rathman	120		'53 Hudson	Walt Chapman			295	0	0	running	600	0
7	1	Slick Smith	4		'51 Oldsmobile 88	Frank Christian		76.230	295	1	4	running	500	0
8		Lee Petty	42		'53 Dodge	Petty	Petty		295	0	0	running	450	0
9		Ray Duhigg	44		'52 Plymouth	Julian Petty			294	0	0	running	400	0
10	2	Joe Eubanks	82		'52 Hudson	Oates			292	0	0	running	350	0
11		Jim Paschal	43		'53 Dodge	Quate			292	0	0	running	300	0
12		Ralph Dyer	10		'53 Nash Ambassador				288	0	0		250	0
13	4	Buck Baker	87		'53 Oldsmobile 88	Bob Griffin			288	1	39		200	0
14		Curtis Turner	41		'53 Oldsmobile 88	Eanes			283	0	0		150	0
15		Otis Martin	71		'50 Ford				281	0	0		125	0
16	8	Donald Thomas	9		'51 Hudson	Donald Thomas			280	0	0		100	0
17		Andy Winfree	34		'51 Plymouth				277	0	0		100	0
18		Bob Welborn	24		'51 Plymouth	Goode			276	0	0		100	0
19	6	Hershel McGriff	5	Earl Morley Motors	'53 Oldsmobile 88				274	1	101	bearing	100	0
20		Glen Wood	21		'53 Lincoln	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		274	0	0		100	0
21		Cotton Owens	6		'51 Ford 6				274	0	0		50	0
22		Stewart McDonald	99	Gowan's Auto	'53 Plymouth	Matt Gowan			271	0	0		50	0
23		Gayle Warren	23		'53 Studebaker				270	0	0		50	0
24		Ted Lee	15		'51 Ford				264	0	0		50	0
25		Coleman Lawrence	3		'50 Ford	Coleman Lawrence			263	0	0		50	0
26		Ted Chamberlain	93		'51 Plymouth	Ted Chamberlain			256	0	0		50	0
27		Earl Foushee	27		'51 Plymouth				256	0	0		50	0
28		Frank Arford	77		'52 Oldsmobile 88	Arford			253	0	0		50	0
29		Arden Mounts	108		'51 Hudson	Comstock			231	0	0		50	0
30		Gordon Bracken	40		'53 Nash Rambler				221	0	0		50	0
31		Roy Bentley	17		'51 Plymouth				220	0	0		25	0
32		Gene Comstock	8		'52 Hudson	Mounts			214	0	0		25	0
33	3	Bill Blair	2		'53 Oldsmobile 88	Bill Blair		76.620	213	2	50	accident	25	0
34		Johnny Ray	16		'53 Lincoln				202	0	0		25	0
35		Earl Moss	72		'50 Ford	T.D. Meeks			190	0	0		25	0
36		Ralph Liguori	46		'53 Lincoln	Liguori			190	0	0		25	0
37		Pop McGinnis	13		'52 Hudson	Frye			187	0	0		25	0
38		Bub King	55		'52 Hudson Hornet	Bub King			165	0	0		25	0
39		Fireball Roberts	11		'52 Ford 8	Saverance			154	0	0		25	0
40		Dub Livingston	60		'53 Dodge				115	0	0		25	0
41		Elton Hildreth	73		'53 Nash	Hildreth			110	0	0		25	0
42		Herschel Buchanan	1		'53 Nash Ambassador	Herschel Buchanan			93	0	0		25	0
43		Johnny Zeke	481		'53 Dodge				84	0	0	accident	25	0
44		Clyde Minter	101		'50 Mercury				81	0	0		25	0
45		Russell Armentrout	128		'53 Dodge				60	0	0		25	0
46		Fred Dove	19		'51 Plymouth	Sam Nunn			45	0	0		25	0
47	9	Jimmie Lewallen	22		'52 Oldsmobile 88				41	0	0		25	0
48		Johnny Patterson	58		'52 Hudson	Akers			33	0	0		25	0
49		J.L. Justice	74		'50 Ford				9	0	0		25	0