| 1953 Harnett 100 NASCAR Cup Series Race 3 of 37 | |||||
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| Race Information | Track Information | ||||
| Total Purse: | $3,750 | Race Date: | Mar 8, 1953 | Harnett Speedway | |
| Margin of Victory: | 3 Laps | Race Duration: | 2Hr 8Min 8Sec. | Spring Lake, North Carolina | |
| Lead Changes: | None Among / 1 Drivers | Average Speed: | 48.826 MPH | .500 Mile Dirt | |
| No. of Cars: | 32 | 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: | All 200 Laps | Pole Speed: | 51.918 MPH | |||||
| Official 1953 Harnett 100 Results |
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| Finish | Start | Num | Driver | Sponsor | Status | Mfg | Points | Laps | Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 92 | Herb Thomas | Fabulous Hudson Hornet | Running | Hudson | 9 | 200 | 200 |
| 2 | 3 | 120 | Dick Rathmann | Walt Chapman (Car Owner) | Running | Hudson | 0 | 197 | 0 |
| 3 | - | 42 | Lee Petty | Petty Enterprises | Running |  | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 7 | 78 | Dick Passwater | Frank Arford (Car Owner) | Running |  | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | - | 1 | Herschel Buchanan | Herschel Buchanan (Car Owner) | Running | Nash | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 2 | 18 | Mike Klapak | Bill Adams (Car Owner) | | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | - | 91 | Tim Flock | Blackburn Auto Service | Hudson | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | - | 24 | Ray Duhigg | J.O. Goode (Car Owner) |  | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | - | Don Oldenberg | Bill House (Car Owner) | Packard | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 10 | - | 71 | Keith Hamner | Mason Darnell (Car Owner) | Hudson | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | - | 55 | Bub King | Bub King (Car Owner) | Hudson | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 12 | - | Ewell Weddle | Weddle Racing | | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 13 | - | 167 | Elton Hildreth | Elton Hildreth (Car Owner) | Nash | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 14 | 4 | 14 | Fonty Flock | Frank Christian (Car Owner) | | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 15 | - | 37 | Coleman Lawrence | Coleman Lawrence (Car Owner) |  | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 16 | - | 19 | Fred Dove | Fred Dove (Car Owner) | | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 17 | - | 72 | Donald Thomas | Doug Meeks (Car Owner) | | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 18 | - | Jack Lawrence | Jack Lawrence (Car Owner) | | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 19 | - | 44 | Harold Nash | Harold Nash (Car Owner) | | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 20 | - | 43 | Jimmie Lewallen | Dave Quate (Car Owner) | | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 21 | - | Dub Livingston | Dub Livingston (Car Owner) | | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 22 | - | Harry Bennett | | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 23 | 6 | 82 | Joe Eubanks | Oates Motor Company | Hudson | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 24 | - | Lucky Sawyer | Lucky Sawyer (Car Owner) | | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 25 | - | Johnny Roberts | Johnny Roberts (Car Owner) | | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 26 | - | 23 | Weldon Adams | Studebaker | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 27 | 8 | 2 | Bill Blair | Bill Blair (Car Owner) | | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 28 | - | 58 | Johnny Patterson | H.B. Ranier (Car Owner) | | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 29 | - | Jim Lacy | | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 30 | 5 | 41 | Curtis Turner | Eanes Motor Company | | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 31 | - | 25 | Cotton Priddy | Cotton Priddy (Car Owner) | | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 32 | - | 171 | Wally Campbell | | 0 | 0 | 0 |
