| 1953 Richmond 200 NASCAR Cup Series Race 6 of 37 | |||||
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| Race Information | Track Information | ||||
| Total Purse: | $3,625 | Race Date: | Apr 19, 1953 | Richmond Raceway | |
| Margin of Victory: | N/A | Race Duration: | 2Hr 11Min 48Sec. | Richmond, Virginia | |
| Lead Changes: | None | Average Speed: | 45.535 MPH | .750 Mile D-Shaped Oval | |
| No. of Cars: | 27 | No. of Cautions: | TBA | richmondraceway.com | |
| Winner, Pole and Manufacturer Information | ||||||||
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| Winner Information | Pole Information | Manufacturer Points | ||||||
| Driver: | Lee Petty L. Petty | Driver: | Buck Baker B. Baker | Dodge: | 9 | |||
| Car No.: | #42 Dodge | Car No.: | #87 Oldsmobile | Hudson: | 0 | |||
| Team: | Petty Enterprises | Team: | Griffin Racing | Oldsmobile: | 0 | |||
| Crew Chief: | Lee Petty | Crew Chief: | Plymouth: | 0 | ||||
| Laps Led: | 1 of 200 | Pole Speed: | 48.465 MPH | |||||
| Official 1953 Richmond 200 Results |
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| Finish | Start | Num | Driver | Sponsor | Status | Mfg | Points | Laps | Led |
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| 1 | - | 42 | Lee Petty | Petty Enterprises | Running |  | 9 | 200 | 1 |
| 2 | - | 120 | Dick Rathmann | Walt Chapman (Car Owner) | Running | Hudson | 5 | 199 | 0 |
| 3 | 1 | 87 | Buck Baker | Griffin Motors | Running |  | 4 | 199 | 0 |
| 4 | - | 78 | Dick Passwater | Frank Arford (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 198 | 0 |
| 5 | - | 2 | Bill Blair | Bill Blair (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 198 | 0 |
| 6 | - | 44 | Ray Duhigg | Julian Petty (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 196 | 0 |
| 7 | - | 9 | Donald Thomas | Fabulous Hudson Hornet | Running | Hudson | 0 | 194 | 0 |
| 8 | - | 8 | Gene Comstock | Gene Comstock (Car Owner) | Running | Hudson | 0 | 194 | 0 |
| 9 | - | 19 | Fred Dove | Fred Dove (Car Owner) | Running |  | 1 | 193 | 0 |
| 10 | - | 92 | Herb Thomas | Fabulous Hudson Hornet | Running | Hudson | 0 | 189 | 0 |
| 11 | - | 66 | Virgil Livengood | Virgil Livengood (Car Owner) | | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 12 | - | 13 | Lou Johnson | Lou Johnson (Car Owner) | | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 13 | - | Al Kent | Henry J | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 14 | - | 111 | Joe Bill O'Dell | Joe Bill O'Dell |  | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 15 | - | 55 | Bub King | Bub King (Car Owner) | | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 16 | - | 46 | Ralph Liguori | Al Wheatley (Car Owner) | Lincoln | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 17 | - | 4 | Slick Smith | Frank Christian (Car Owner) | | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 18 | - | 167 | Elton Hildreth | Elton Hildreth (Car Owner) | Nash | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 19 | - | Buck Mason | W.R. Quann (Car Owner) | | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 20 | - | 7 | Jim Reed | Jim Reed (Car Owner) | | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 21 | - | 12 | Jim Paschal | George Hutchens (Car Owner) | | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 22 | - | 32 | Jimmie Lewallen | R.G. Shelton (Car Owner) | Hudson | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 23 | - | Jim Lacy | | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 24 | - | 90 | Ollie Olson | Hudson | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 25 | - | 1 | Herschel Buchanan | Herschel Buchanan (Car Owner) | Nash | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 26 | - | 31 | Al Keller | George Miller (Car Owner) | Hudson | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 27 | - | 71 | Coleman Lawrence | Coleman Lawrence (Car Owner) | | 0 | 0 | 0 |
