| 1953 Martainsville 200 NASCAR Cup Series Race 11 of 37 | |||||
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| Race Information | Track Information | ||||
| Total Purse: | $3,760 | Race Date: | May 17, 1953 | Martinsville Speedway | |
| Margin of Victory: | N/A | Race Duration: | TBA | Ridgeway, Virginia | |
| Lead Changes: | 2 Among / 4 Drivers | Average Speed: | TBA | .526 Mile Paved Oval | |
| No. of Cars: | 35 | No. of Cautions: | TBA | martinsvillespeedway.com | |
| Winner, Pole and Manufacturer Information | ||||||||
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| Winner Information | Pole Information | Manufacturer Points | ||||||
| Driver: | Lee Petty L. Petty | Driver: | Joe Eubanks J. Eubanks | Dodge: | 9 | |||
| Car No.: | #42 Dodge | Car No.: | #82 Hudson | Hudson: | 0 | |||
| Team: | Petty Enterprises | Team: | Phil Oates | Plymouth: | 0 | |||
| Crew Chief: | Lee Petty | Crew Chief: | Lincoln: | 0 | ||||
| Laps Led: | TBA | Pole Speed: | Pole set per NASCAR rules | |||||
| Official 1953 Martainsville 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 |  | 0 | 200 | 1 |
| 2 | - | 92 | Herb Thomas | Fabulous Hudson Hornet | Running | Hudson | 0 | 200 | 127 |
| 3 | - | 120 | Dick Rathmann | Walt Chapman (Car Owner) | Running | Hudson | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | - | 44 | Ray Duhigg | Julian Petty (Car Owner) | Running |  | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | - | 46 | Ralph Liguori | Al Wheatley (Car Owner) | Running | Lincoln | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | - | 78 | Dick Passwater | Frank Arford (Car Owner) | Running |  | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | - | 87 | Buck Baker | Griffin Motors | Running | | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | - | Bob Welborn | Julian Petty (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | - | Clyde Minter | Coleman Lawrence (Car Owner) | Running |  | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | - | Lyle Scott | Lyle Scott (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | - | Ralph Dyer | Ralph Dyer (Car Owner) | Nash | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 12 | - | 93 | Ted Chamberlain | FRS Racing | | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 13 | - | Gifford Wood | Gifford Wood (Car Owner) | | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 14 | - | 55 | Bub King | Bub King (Car Owner) |  | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 15 | - | 100 | Otis Martin | Otis Martin (Car Owner) | | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 16 | - | Joe Bill O'Dell | Joe Bill O'Dell | | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 17 | - | 37 | Coleman Lawrence | Coleman Lawrence (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | - | 72 | Donald Thomas | Doug Meeks (Car Owner) | | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 19 | - | 2 | Bill Blair | Bill Blair (Car Owner) | | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 20 | - | 41 | Curtis Turner | Eanes Motor Company | | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 21 | - | 58 | Johnny Patterson | H.B. Ranier (Car Owner) | Hudson | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 22 | - | 1 | Herschel Buchanan | Herschel Buchanan (Car Owner) | Nash | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 23 | - | 8 | Gene Comstock | Gene Comstock (Car Owner) | Hudson | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 24 | - | 19 | Fred Dove | Fred Dove (Car Owner) | | 0 | 86 | 0 | |
| 25 | 1 | 82 | Joe Eubanks | Oates Motor Company | Hudson | 0 | 85 | 71 | |
| 26 | - | 13 | Pop McGinnis | Irving Frye (Car Owner) | Hudson | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 27 | - | 28 | Eddie Skinner | Frank Dodge (Car Owner) | | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 28 | - | Jimmie Lewallen | R.G. Shelton (Car Owner) | Hudson | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 29 | - | 14 | Fonty Flock | Frank Christian (Car Owner) | | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 30 | - | 21 | Glen Wood | Wood Brothers Racing | Lincoln | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 31 | - | J.L. Justice | J.L. Justice (Car Owner) | | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 32 | - | 91 | Tim Flock | Blackburn Auto Service | Hudson | 0 | 18 | 2 | |
| 33 | - | 4 | Slick Smith | Frank Christian (Car Owner) | | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 34 | - | 43 | Jim Paschal | Dave Quate (Car Owner) | | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 35 | - | 108 | Arden Mounts | Gene Comstock (Car Owner) | Hudson | 0 | 0 | 0 |
