| 1953 Raleigh 300 NASCAR Cup Series Race 13 of 37 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Race Information | Track Information | ||||
| Total Purse: | $13,100 | Race Date: | May 30, 1953 | Raleigh Speedway | |
| Margin of Victory: | 2 Laps | Race Duration: | 4Hr 14Min 51Sec. | Raleigh, North Carolina | |
| Lead Changes: | 6 Among / 6 Drivers | Average Speed: | 70.629 MPH | 1 Mile Paved | |
| No. of Cars: | 49 | No. of Cautions: | TBA | ||
| Winner, Pole and Manufacturer Information | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner Information | Pole Information | Manufacturer Points | ||||||
| Driver: | Fonty Flock F. Flock | Driver: | Slick Smith S. Smith | Hudson: | 9 | |||
| Car No.: | #14 Hudson | Car No.: | #4 Oldsmobile | Oldsmobile: | 0 | |||
| Team: | Team: | Dodge: | 0 | |||||
| Crew Chief: | Crew Chief: | Plymouth: | 0 | |||||
| Laps Led: | 105 of 300 | Pole Speed: | 76.230 MPH | |||||
| Official 1953 Raleigh 300 Results |
|---|
| Finish | Start | Num | Driver | Sponsor | Status | Mfg | Points | Laps | Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 43 | 14 | Fonty Flock | Red Vogt Special | Running | Hudson | 0 | 300 | 105 |
| 2 | 7 | 12 | Speedy Thompson | Buckshot Morris (Car Owner) | Running |  | 0 | 298 | 0 |
| 3 | - | 91 | Tim Flock | Ted Chester (Car Owner) | Running | Hudson | 0 | 297 | 0 |
| 4 | 5 | 92 | Herb Thomas | Fabulous Hudson Hornet | Running | Hudson | 0 | 296 | 1 |
| 5 | - | 78 | Dick Passwater | Frank Arford (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 296 | 0 |
| 6 | - | 120 | Dick Rathmann | Walt Chapman (Car Owner) | Running | Hudson | 0 | 295 | 0 |
| 7 | 1 | 4 | Slick Smith | Frank Christian (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 295 | 4 |
| 8 | - | 42 | Lee Petty | Petty Enterprises | Running |  | 0 | 295 | 0 |
| 9 | - | 44 | Ray Duhigg | Julian Petty (Car Owner) | Running |  | 0 | 294 | 0 |
| 10 | 2 | 82 | Joe Eubanks | Oates Motor Company | Running | Hudson | 0 | 292 | 0 |
| 11 | - | 43 | Jim Paschal | Dave Quate (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 292 | 0 |
| 12 | - | Ralph Dyer | Ralph Dyer (Car Owner) | Nash | 0 | 288 | 0 | ||
| 13 | 4 | 87 | Buck Baker | Griffin Motors | | 0 | 288 | 39 | |
| 14 | - | 41 | Curtis Turner | Eanes Motor Company | | 0 | 283 | 0 | |
| 15 | - | 71 | Otis Martin | Coleman Lawrence (Car Owner) |  | 0 | 281 | 0 | |
| 16 | 8 | 9 | Donald Thomas | Fabulous Hudson Hornet | Hudson | 0 | 280 | 0 | |
| 17 | - | 34 | Andy Winfree | Andy Winfree (Car Owner) | | 0 | 277 | 0 | |
| 18 | - | 24 | Bob Welborn | J.O. Goode (Car Owner) | | 0 | 276 | 0 | |
| 19 | 6 | 5 | Hershel McGriff | Earl Morley Motors | Bearings | | 0 | 274 | 101 |
| 20 | - | 21 | Glen Wood | R.L.L.R.B. Bowling | Lincoln | 0 | 274 | 0 | |
| 21 | - | 6 | Cotton Owens | George Hutchens (Car Owner) | | 0 | 274 | 0 | |
| 22 | - | 99 | Stewart McDonald | Matt Gowan (Car Owner) | | 0 | 271 | 0 | |
| 23 | - | 23 | Gayle Warren | Gayle Warren (Car Owner) | Studebaker | 0 | 270 | 0 | |
| 24 | - | 15 | Ted Lee | Ted Lee (Car Owner) | | 0 | 264 | 0 | |
| 25 | - | 3 | Coleman Lawrence | Coleman Lawrence (Car Owner) | | 0 | 263 | 0 | |
| 26 | - | 93 | Ted Chamberlain | FRS Racing | | 0 | 256 | 0 | |
| 27 | - | 27 | Earl Foushee | Earl Foushee (Car Owner) | | 0 | 256 | 0 | |
| 28 | - | 77 | Frank Arford | Frank Arford (Car Owner) | | 0 | 253 | 0 | |
| 29 | - | 108 | Arden Mounts | Gene Comstock (Car Owner) | Hudson | 0 | 231 | 0 | |
| 30 | - | 40 | Gordon Bracken | Gordon Bracken (Car Owner) | Nash | 0 | 221 | 0 | |
| 31 | - | 17 | Roy Bentley | Jesse Mann (Car Owner) | | 0 | 220 | 0 | |
| 32 | - | 8 | Gene Comstock | Gene Comstock (Car Owner) | Hudson | 0 | 214 | 0 | |
| 33 | 3 | 2 | Bill Blair | Bill Blair (Car Owner) | Accident | | 0 | 213 | 50 |
| 34 | - | 16 | John Ray | Johnny Ray (Car Owner) | Lincoln | 0 | 202 | 0 | |
| 35 | - | 72 | Earl Moss | Doug Meeks (Car Owner) | | 0 | 190 | 0 | |
| 36 | - | 46 | Ralph Liguori | Al Wheatley (Car Owner) | Lincoln | 0 | 190 | 0 | |
| 37 | - | 13 | Pop McGinnis | Irving Frye (Car Owner) | Hudson | 0 | 187 | 0 | |
| 38 | - | 55 | Bub King | Bub King (Car Owner) | Hudson | 0 | 165 | 0 | |
| 39 | - | 11 | Fireball Roberts | Saverance Motors | | 0 | 154 | 0 | |
| 40 | - | 60 | Dub Livingston | Dub Livingston (Car Owner) | | 0 | 115 | 0 | |
| 41 | - | 73 | Elton Hildreth | Hildreth Motors | Nash | 0 | 110 | 0 | |
| 42 | - | 1 | Herschel Buchanan | Herschel Buchanan (Car Owner) | Nash | 0 | 93 | 0 | |
| 43 | - | 481 | Johnny Zeke | Johnny Zeke (Car Owner) | Accident | | 0 | 84 | 0 |
| 44 | - | 101 | Clyde Minter | Otis Martin (Car Owner) |  | 0 | 81 | 0 | |
| 45 | - | 128 | Russell Armentrout | J.B. Richter (Car Owner) | | 0 | 60 | 0 | |
| 46 | - | 19 | Fred Dove | Fred Dove (Car Owner) | | 0 | 45 | 0 | |
| 47 | 9 | 22 | Jimmie Lewallen | R.G. Shelton (Car Owner) | | 0 | 41 | 0 | |
| 48 | - | 58 | Johnny Patterson | H.B. Ranier (Car Owner) | Hudson | 0 | 33 | 0 | |
| 49 | - | 74 | J.L. Justice | J.L. Justice (Car Owner) | | 0 | 9 | 0 |
