Race #12 — Arizona State Fairgrounds

November 11, 1953 • Winner: Tony Bettenhausen

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

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#12Season Race

24Feature Starters

100Winner Laps

Tony BettenhausenFeature Winner

99Winning Car

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Feature Results

FinStartNo.DriverMakeLapsStatus

1199Tony BettenhausenKurtis / Offy1001:11:30.00 83.916

21523Duane CarterKurtis 4000 / Offy99Flagged

353Sam HanksKurtis 4000 / Offy99Flagged

4488Manny AyuloKuzma / Offy99Flagged

51312Bob ScottRusso/Nichels / Offy98Flagged

61438Don FreelandWatson / Offy98Flagged

729Jimmy DaviesEwing / Offy98Flagged

8863Pat O'ConnorMoore / Offy98Flagged

91748Jerry HoytBlough / Offy95Flagged

101236Andy LindenPankratz / Offy93Flagged

111179Rex EastonKurtis 4000 / Offy92Flagged

12751Bob SweikertKuzma / Offy89Broken front axle

13165Jack McGrathKurtis 4000 / Offy75Out

14922Jimmy ReeceKurtis 4000 / Offy48Out

151816Jimmy BryanKurtis 4000 / Offy44Broken rear end

16621Johnnie ParsonsKurtis 4000 / Offy42Broken shocks

17107Paul RussoKurtis 4000 / Offy38Broken suspension

18392Rodger WardKurtis / Offy19Broken suspension

—--42Edgar ElderPankratz / Offy--DNS, too slow

—--67Justin KingClemons / Offy--DNS, too slow

—--84Danny OakesLesovsky / Offy--DNS, too slow

—--63Don OldsKurtis 2000 / Offy--Did not qualify

—--39Johnnie TolanHill / Offy--DNS, too slow

—--73Eddie SachsKurtis/Wetteroth / Offy--Flipped qualifying

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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