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Race Entry List

NASCAR Cup Series

Southern 500

Darlington Raceway

September 7th, 1953

Race #30 of the 1953 NASCAR Cup Series Season

  • Laps Scheduled: 364
  • Drivers Entered: 59
  • Makes
    • Buick (1)
    • Chevrolet (2)
    • Chrysler (1)
    • Dodge (4)
    • Ford (5)
    • Hudson (16)
    • Lincoln (3)
    • Mercury (1)
    • Nash (3)
    • Oldsmobile (17)
    • Packard (1)
    • Plymouth (3)
    • Studebaker (2)
  • Last Darlington Raceway race (Southern 500)
    • 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
-- Elmer Cooper Nash -- --
-- Bob Hunter Oldsmobile -- --
-- Lonnie Bragg Oldsmobile -- --
-- Joe Guide Hudson Sally Guide Sally Guide
-- Merritt Brown Studebaker -- --
00 Dick Passwater Oldsmobile Dick Passwater Dick Passwater
06 Marvin Panch Dodge Marvin Panch Marvin Panch
08 Arden Mounts Hudson Gene Comstock Gene Comstock
10 Chet Williams Ford Chet Williams Chet Williams
11 Fireball Roberts Oldsmobile Leland Colvin Leland Colvin
120 Dick Rathman Hudson IT'S A HUDSON Walt Chapman
13 Emory Lewis Oldsmobile Ernest Woods Ernest Woods
14 Fonty Flock Hudson Red Vogt Special Frank Christian
16 Weldon Adams Ford Adams Racing Weldon Adams
18 Bobby Myers Oldsmobile -- --
19 Clyde Minter Mercury Clyde Minter Clyde Minter
2 Bill Blair Oldsmobile Bill Blair Bill Blair
21 Neil Roberts Chrysler Neil Roberts Neil Roberts
22 George Osborne Hudson George Osborne George Osborne
23 Mike Magill Lincoln Michael Jarema Michael Jarema
25 Bill Norton Oldsmobile -- --
30 Johnny Bridgers Ford Johnny Bridgers Johnny Bridgers
33 Pop McGinnis Hudson Irving Frye Irving Frye
4 Slick Smith Oldsmobile Griffin Motors Bob Griffin
42 Lee Petty Dodge Petty Enterprises Petty Enterprises
44 Curtis Turner Oldsmobile Griffin Motors Frank Christian
45 Ben Dixon Hudson -- --
45 Ralph Liguori Lincoln Al Wheatley Al Wheatley
46 Speedy Thompson Oldsmobile Bob Pronger Bob Pronger
47 Otis Martin Plymouth Otis Martin Otis Martin
48 Slim Rominger Lincoln Slim Rominger Slim Rominger
49 Dick Meyer Dodge Dick Meyer Dick Meyer
50 Bob Weatherly Plymouth Bob Weatherly Bob Weatherly
51 Gober Sosebee Oldsmobile Cherokee Garage Gober Sosebee
55 Bub King Packard Bub King Bub King
56 Donald Thomas Hudson Herb Thomas Herb Thomas
58 Johnny Patterson Hudson H.B. Ranier H.B. Ranier
6 Jimmie Lewallen Oldsmobile Pete Mann Pete Mann
60 Tyre Rakestraw Chevrolet Billy's Body Shop Tyre Rakestraw
67 Elton Hildreth Nash Hildreth Motors Elton Hildreth
7 Lloyd Hulette Buick Lloyd Hulette Lloyd Hulette
71 Fred Dove Ford Fred Dove Fred Dove
73 Bill Widenhouse Nash -- --
74 JL Justice Ford J.L. Justice J.L. Justice
75 Junior Johnson Oldsmobile Junior Johnson Junior Johnson
77 Dick Allwine Chevrolet Dick Curry Dick Curry
79 Ned Jarrett Oldsmobile Ned Jarrett Ned Jarrett
8 Gene Comstock Hudson Gene Comstock Gene Comstock
80 Jim Paschal Dodge George Hutchens George Hutchens
82 Joe Eubanks Hudson Oates Motor Co. Phil Oates
84 Gayle Warren Studebaker Gayle Warren Gayle Warren
87 Buck Baker Oldsmobile Griffin Motors Bob Griffin
88 Laird Bruner Oldsmobile Laird Bruner Laird Bruner
89 Buddy Shuman Hudson B.A. Pless B.A. Pless
9 Jim Reed Hudson -- --
91 Tim Flock Hudson Ted Chester Ted Chester
92 Herb Thomas Hudson FABULOUS Herb Thomas
97 Lacy Jackson Hudson Lacy Jackson Lacy Jackson
99 Matt Gowan Plymouth Gowan's Auto Parts Matt Gowan