| 1953 Columbia 100 NASCAR Cup Series Race 9 of 37 | |||||
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| Race Information | Track Information | ||||
| Total Purse: | $3,350 | Race Date: | May 9, 1953 | Columbia Speedway | |
| Margin of Victory: | N/A | Race Duration: | 1Hr 51Min 43Sec. | Columbia, South Carolina | |
| Lead Changes: | None | Average Speed: | 53.707 MPH | .500 Mile Paved | |
| No. of Cars: | 16 | No. of Cautions: | TBA | ||
| Winner, Pole and Manufacturer Information | ||||||||
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| Winner Information | Pole Information | Manufacturer Points | ||||||
| Driver: | Buck Baker B. Baker | Driver: | Herb Thomas H. Thomas | Oldsmobile: | 9 | |||
| Car No.: | #87 Oldsmobile | Car No.: | #92 Hudson | Hudson: | 0 | |||
| Team: | Griffin Racing | Team: | Thomas Racing | Plymouth: | 0 | |||
| Crew Chief: | Crew Chief: | Smokey Yunick | Dodge: | 0 | ||||
| Laps Led: | 1 of 200 | Pole Speed: | 58.670 MPH | |||||
| Official 1953 Columbia 100 Results |
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| Finish | Start | Num | Driver | Sponsor | Status | Mfg | Points | Laps | Led |
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| 1 | 3 | 87 | Buck Baker | Griffin Motors | Running |  | 0 | 200 | 1 |
| 2 | 12 | 91 | Tim Flock | Ted Chester (Car Owner) | Running | Hudson | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 6 | 41 | Jimmie Lewallen | R.G. Shelton (Car Owner) | Running | Hudson | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 5 | 44 | Ray Duhigg | Julian Petty (Car Owner) | Running |  | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 7 | 42 | Lee Petty | Petty Enterprises | Running |  | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 2 | 51 | Gober Sosebee | Cherokee Garage | Running | | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 13 | 2 | Bill Blair | Bill Blair (Car Owner) | | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | 1 | 92 | Herb Thomas | Fabulous Hudson Hornet | Hudson | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | 11 | Bill Jennings | | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 10 | 9 | 10 | Ralph Dyer | Ralph Dyer (Car Owner) | Nash | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | 8 | 13 | Pop McGinnis | Irving Frye (Car Owner) | Hudson | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 12 | 16 | 167 | Elton Hildreth | Hildreth Motors | Nash | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 13 | 15 | 4 | Slick Smith | Frank Christian (Car Owner) | | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 14 | 14 | 14 | Fonty Flock | Frank Christian (Car Owner) | Hudson | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 15 | 10 | 1 | Herschel Buchanan | Herschel Buchanan (Car Owner) | Nash | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 16 | 4 | 120 | Dick Rathmann | Walt Chapman (Car Owner) | Hudson | 0 | 0 | 0 |
