Race Results

NASCAR Cup Series

1953-02

Daytona Beach Road Course

February 15th, 1953

Race #2 of the 1953 NASCAR Cup Series Season

  • Laps: 39
  • Miles: 162.6
  • Average Speed: 89.789 mph
  • Cautions: 0
  • Caution Laps: 0
  • Lead Changes: 2
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FIN ST Car # Driver Make TOT PTS F PTS B PTS Laps Led STUS
1 6 2 Bill Blair Oldsmobile 0 0 0 39 1 Running
2 2 14 Fonty Flock Oldsmobile 0 0 0 39 38 Running
3 4 40 Tommy Thompson Lincoln 0 0 0 39 0 Running
4 3 92 Herb Thomas Hudson 0 0 0 39 0 Running
5 7 91 Tim Flock Hudson 0 0 0 39 0 Running
6 10 77 Dick Passwater Oldsmobile 0 0 0 38 0 Running
7 16 41 Curtis Turner Lincoln 0 0 0 38 0 Running
8 19 9 Donald Thomas Hudson 0 0 0 38 0 Running
9 13 38 Tom Cherry Lincoln 0 0 0 38 0 Running
10 18 4 Slick Smith Oldsmobile 0 0 0 38 0 Running
11 17 51 Gober Sosebee Chrysler 0 0 0 38 0 Running
12 9 120 Dick Rathman Hudson 0 0 0 37 0 Running
13 15 87 Buck Baker Lincoln 0 0 0 37 0 Running
14 20 187 Red Duvall Packard 0 0 0 37 0 Running
15 23 86 Don Oldenberg Lincoln 0 0 0 37 0 Running
16 11 18 Bill Adams Oldsmobile 0 0 0 36 0 Running
17 34 52 Joe Guide Hudson 0 0 0 36 0 Running
18 47 54 Obie Chupp Hudson 0 0 0 36 0 Running
19 29 103 George Gallup Oldsmobile 0 0 0 36 0 Running
20 36 25 Cotton Priddy Oldsmobile 0 0 0 35 0 Running
21 27 55 Bub King Hudson 0 0 0 35 0 Spin out
22 40 33 Charlie Causey Oldsmobile 0 0 0 35 0 Running
23 44 8 Gene Comstock Hudson 0 0 0 35 0 Spin out
24 37 7 Red Douglass Dodge 0 0 0 33 0 Running
25 57 291 Tom Travis Ford 0 0 0 33 0 Running
26 56 67 Sam DiRusso Plymouth 0 0 0 33 0 Running
27 30 13 Pop McGinnis Hudson 0 0 0 33 0 Running
28 51 96 Mason Bright Plymouth 0 0 0 33 0 Running
29 28 71 Keith Hamner Hudson 0 0 0 33 0 Running
30 46 1 Herschel Buchanan Nash 0 0 0 33 0 Clutch
31 22 66 George Fleming Hudson 0 0 0 33 0 Running
32 49 16 Johnny Roberts Ford 0 0 0 33 0 Running
33 25 30 Cotton Hodges Oldsmobile 0 0 0 32 0 Rf hub
34 53 37 Hank Ribet Ford 0 0 0 32 0 Running
35 24 15 Tommy Boger Oldsmobile 0 0 0 32 0 Spin out
36 54 102 Marion Edwards Dodge 0 0 0 31 0 Running
37 55 90 Ted Lee Hudson 0 0 0 30 0 Running
38 52 3 Hub McBride Nash 0 0 0 29 0 Running
39 50 196 Lucky Sawyer Ford 0 0 0 23 0 Gas line
40 45 T-2 Herb Tillman Oldsmobile 0 0 0 18 0 Gas line
41 42 12 Jim Paschal Oldsmobile 0 0 0 17 0 Oil pressure
42 14 98 Dan Walters Packard 0 0 0 15 0 Gasket
43 26 22 Perk Brown Hudson 0 0 0 14 0 Engine
44 35 186 Doug Wells Oldsmobile 0 0 0 13 0 Overheating
45 41 48 Red Farmer Hudson 0 0 0 12 0 Overheating
46 38 60 Dub Livingston Dodge 0 0 0 11 0 Tie rod
47 48 79 Charles Weidler Hudson 0 0 0 9 0 Crash
48 33 19 Fred Dove Packard 0 0 0 8 0 Bearing
49 12 82 Joe Eubanks Hudson 0 0 0 8 0 Gasket
50 8 58 Johnny Patterson Hudson 0 0 0 6 0 Engine
51 1 46 Bob Pronger Oldsmobile 0 0 0 5 0 Crash
52 21 57 Tommy Moon Hudson 0 0 0 5 0 Engine
53 31 10 Wally Campbell Dodge 0 0 0 4 0 Engine
54 39 167 Elton Hildreth Nash 0 0 0 4 0 Overheating
55 43 190 Buddy Shuman Hudson 0 0 0 4 0 Clutch
56 32 93 Ted Chamberlain Plymouth 0 0 0 3 0 Clutch
57 5 78 Frank Arford Oldsmobile 0 0 0 2 0 Gasket