Race #11 — California State Fairgrounds

October 25, 1953 • Winner: Jimmy Bryan

Full-field race results and preserved archive material from the 1953 AAA Champ Car Series event at California State Fairgrounds.

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#11Season Race

28Feature Starters

100Winner Laps

Jimmy BryanFeature Winner

16Winning Car

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Feature Results

FinStartNo.DriverMakeLapsStatus

1316Jimmy BryanKurtis 4000 / Offy1001:15:12.05 79.786

2451Bob SweikertKuzma / Offy99Flagged

3173Sam HanksKurtis 4000 / Offy99Flagged

479Jimmy DaviesEwing / Offy98Flagged

51212Bob ScottRusso/Nichels / Offy97Flagged

6117Paul RussoKurtis 4000 / Offy96Flagged

7922Jimmy ReeceKurtis 4000 / Offy96Flagged

8648Jerry HoytBlough / Offy96Flagged

9898Chuck StevensonKuzma / Offy96Flagged

1025Jack McGrathKurtis 4000 / Offy88Flagged

111342Edgar ElderPankratz / Offy77Stalled

121488Manny AyuloKuzma / Offy38Out

131592Rodger WardKurtis / Offy33Fuel line

14173Mike NazarukKurtis/Wetteroth D / Offy13Wrecked, turn 1

15521Johnnie ParsonsKurtis 4000 / Offy13Wrecked, turn 1

161063Don OldsKurtis 2000 / Offy12Wrecked, turn 1

171838Don FreelandWatson / Offy8Burned piston

181667Eddie SachsClemons / Offy5Clutch

—--42Frank ArmiPankratz / Offy21Relieved Elder 57-77

—--79Rex EastonKurtis 4000 / Offy--DNS, too slow

—--36Andy LindenPankratz / Offy--DNS, too slow

—--23Bill VukovichKurtis 4000 / Offy--DNS, too slow

—--84Bill TaylorLesovsky / Offy--DNS, too slow

—--12Ernie McCoyRusso/Nichels / Offy--Driven by Scott

—--XWalt Faulkner—--Did not appear

—--XSpider Webb—--Did not appear

—--10Duane CarterLesovsky / Offy--Withdrew

—--78Cal NidayKurtis 4000 / Offy--Withdrew

Source Attribution

Series framework and final standings: The Third Turn. Supplemental full-field race-result detail: ChampCarStats.com where individual The Third Turn race pages were login-gated.

Source: The Third Turn event page

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