| 1953 Hickory 100 NASCAR Cup Series Race 10 of 37 | |||||
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| Race Information | Track Information | ||||
| Total Purse: | $3,625 | Race Date: | May 16, 1953 | Hickory Speedway | |
| Margin of Victory: | N/A | Race Duration: | TBA | Newton, North Carolina | |
| Lead Changes: | None | Average Speed: | TBA | .363 Mile Paved | |
| No. of Cars: | 27 | No. of Cautions: | TBA | hickorymotorspeedway.com/ | |
| Winner, Pole and Manufacturer Information | ||||||||
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| Winner Information | Pole Information | Manufacturer Points | ||||||
| Driver: | Tim Flock T. Flock | Driver: | Herb Thomas H. Thomas | Hudson: | 9 | |||
| Car No.: | #91 Hudson | Car No.: | #92 Hudson | Plymouth: | 0 | |||
| Team: | Team: | Thomas Racing | Studebaker: | 0 | ||||
| Crew Chief: | B.B. Blackburn | Crew Chief: | Smokey Yunick | Mercury: | 0 | |||
| Laps Led: | 1 of 200 | Pole Speed: | Pole set per NASCAR rules | |||||
| Official 1953 Hickory 100 Results |
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| Finish | Start | Num | Driver | Sponsor | Status | Mfg | Points | Laps | Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | - | 91 | Tim Flock | Ted Chester (Car Owner) | Running | Hudson | 0 | 200 | 0 |
| 2 | - | 82 | Joe Eubanks | Oates Motor Company | Running | Hudson | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | - | 44 | Ray Duhigg | Julian Petty (Car Owner) | Running |  | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | - | 78 | Dick Passwater | Frank Arford (Car Owner) | Running |  | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | - | 120 | Dick Rathmann | Walt Chapman (Car Owner) | Running | Hudson | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | - | Bob Welborn | Julian Petty (Car Owner) | | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 7 | - | 100 | Otis Martin | Otis Martin (Car Owner) |  | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | - | 1 | Herschel Buchanan | Herschel Buchanan (Car Owner) | Nash | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | - | 13 | Pop McGinnis | Irving Frye (Car Owner) | Hudson | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | - | 3 | Clyde Minter | Coleman Lawrence (Car Owner) |  | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | - | 19 | Fred Dove | Fred Dove (Car Owner) | | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 12 | - | 2 | Bill Blair | Bill Blair (Car Owner) | | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 13 | - | 108 | Arden Mounts | Gene Comstock (Car Owner) | Hudson | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 14 | - | 8 | Gene Comstock | Gene Comstock (Car Owner) | Hudson | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 15 | - | 42 | Lee Petty | Petty Enterprises |  | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 16 | - | 71 | Coleman Lawrence | Coleman Lawrence (Car Owner) | | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 17 | - | 128 | Russell Armentrout | J.B. Richter (Car Owner) | | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 18 | - | 46 | Ralph Liguori | Al Wheatley (Car Owner) | Lincoln | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 19 | - | 87 | Buck Baker | Griffin Motors | | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 20 | 1 | 92 | Herb Thomas | Fabulous Hudson Hornet | Accident | Hudson | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | - | 93 | Ted Chamberlain | FRS Racing | | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 22 | - | Ralph Dyer | Ralph Dyer (Car Owner) | Nash | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 23 | - | 167 | Elton Hildreth | Hildreth Motors | Nash | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 24 | - | 4 | Slick Smith | Frank Christian (Car Owner) | | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 25 | - | 43 | Jim Paschal | Dave Quate (Car Owner) | | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 26 | - | 14 | Fonty Flock | Frank Christian (Car Owner) | Steering | | 0 | 57 | 0 |
| 27 | - | 72 | Donald Thomas | Doug Meeks (Car Owner) | | 0 | 0 | 0 |
