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Race Entry List

NASCAR Cup Series

1953-27

Asheville Weaverville Speedway

August 16th, 1953

Race #27 of the 1953 NASCAR Cup Series Season

  • Laps Scheduled: 200
  • Drivers Entered: 19
  • Makes
    • Dodge (3)
    • Ford (1)
    • Hudson (7)
    • Nash (1)
    • Oldsmobile (5)
    • Plymouth (2)
  • Last Asheville Weaverville Speedway race (1952-24)
    • Pole: (-- mph)
    • Winner:
NASCAR NEXT GEN Car
Concord, North Carolina - November 16th, 2020: NASCAR Cup Series Next Gen car to debut in the 2022 NASCAR season. Photo by Jared C Tilton | Getty Images
Car # Driver Hometown Make Sponsor Team Crew Chief
-- John Meggers Plymouth -- --
-- Wayne Niedecken Dodge Wayne Niedecken Wayne Niedecken
-- Jim Paschal Dodge George Hutchens George Hutchens
-- Buck Smith Plymouth -- --
120 Dick Rathman Hudson Walt Chapman Walt Chapman
14 Fonty Flock Hudson Frank Christian Frank Christian
167 Elton Hildreth Nash Elton Hildreth Elton Hildreth
18 Arden Mounts Hudson Gene Comstock Gene Comstock
2 Bill Blair Oldsmobile Bill Blair Bill Blair
22 Jimmie Lewallen Oldsmobile R.G. Shelton R.G. Shelton
3 Jimmy Ayers Hudson Jimmy Ayers Jimmy Ayers
4 Slick Smith Oldsmobile Frank Christian Frank Christian
41 Curtis Turner Oldsmobile Eanes Motor Co. John Eanes
42 Lee Petty Dodge Petty Enterprises Petty Enterprises
72 Donald Thomas Ford Doug Meeks Doug Meeks
8 Gene Comstock Hudson Gene Comstock Gene Comstock
87 Buck Baker Oldsmobile Griffin Motors Bob Griffin
91 Tim Flock Hudson Ted Chester Ted Chester
92 Herb Thomas Hudson FABULOUS Herb Thomas