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Louisiana 200 1953 NASCAR Cup Series Race 14 of 37
Race Information				Track Information
Total Purse:	$3,625	Race Date:	Jun 7, 1953	Louisiana Fairgrounds
Margin of Victory:	N/A	Race Duration:	1Hr 46Min 7Sec.	Shreveport, Louisana
Lead Changes:	No Data Found	Average Speed:	53.199 MPH	.500 Mile Dirt
No. of Cars:	19	No. of Cautions:	No Data Found

Winner, Pole and Manufacturer Information
Winner Information	Pole Information	Manufacturer Points
Driver:	Lee Petty L. Petty	Driver:	Herb Thomas H. Thomas	Dodge:	9
Car No.:	#42 Dodge	Car No.:	#92 Hudson	Hudson:	0
Team:	Petty Enterprises	Team:	Thomas Racing	Oldsmobile:	0
Crew Chief:	Lee Petty	Crew Chief:	Smokey Yunick	Nash:	0
Laps Led:	1 of 200	Pole Speed:	58.727 MPH

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Official 1953 Louisiana 200 Results

Finish	Start	Num	Driver	Sponsor	Mfg	Points	Laps	Led	Status
1	7	42	Lee Petty L. PettyLee Petty	Petty Enterprises		0	200	87	Running
2	3	120	Dick Rathmann D. RathmannDick Rathmann	Walt Chapman (Car Owner)	Hudson	0		0	Running
3	1	92	Herb Thomas H. ThomasHerb Thomas	Fabulous Hudson Hornet	Hudson	0		113	Running
4	2	91	Tim Flock T. FlockTim Flock	Ted Chester (Car Owner)	Hudson	0		0	Running
5	5	87	Buck Baker B. BakerBuck Baker	Griffin Motors		0		0	Running
6	11	1	Herschel Buchanan H. BuchananHerschel Buchanan	Herschel Buchanan (Car Owner)	Nash	0		0
7	9	51	Gober Sosebee G. SosebeeGober Sosebee	Cherokee Garage		0		0
8	14	11	Ralph Dyer R. DyerRalph Dyer	Ralph Dyer (Car Owner)	Nash	0		0
9	12		Elbert Allen E. AllenElbert Allen		Hudson	0		0
10	6	4	Slick Smith S. SmithSlick Smith	Frank Christian (Car Owner)		0		0
11	18	14	Fonty Flock F. FlockFonty Flock	Frank Christian (Car Owner)		0		0
12	13		J.W. Gentry J. GentryJ.W. Gentry		Nash	0		0
13	15		Roxy Dancy R. DancyRoxy Dancy			0		0
14	10	5	Hershel McGriff H. McGriffHershel McGriff	McGriff Motorsports		0		0
15	17		Bud Rinaldo B. RinaldoBud Rinaldo			0		0
16	8	44	Ray Duhigg R. DuhiggRay Duhigg	Julian Petty (Car Owner)		0		0
17	4	78	Dick Passwater D. PasswaterDick Passwater	Frank Arford (Car Owner)		0		0
18	16		Red Dowdy R. DowdyRed Dowdy			0		0
19	0	28	Eddie Skinner E. SkinnerEddie Skinner	Frank Dodge (Car Owner)		0		0
	(R) Denotes Rookie ◄► (I) Driver is Ineligible For Points Click on Driver's Name to View Driver's Statistics

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