Race #3 — Illinois State Fairgrounds

June 21, 1953 • Winner: Rodger Ward

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

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#3Season Race

31Feature Starters

100Winner Laps

Rodger WardFeature Winner

92Winning Car

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Feature Results

FinStartNo.DriverMakeLapsStatus

1392Rodger WardKurtis / Offy1001:07:03.90 89.465

263Sam HanksKurtis 4000 / Offy100Finished

3138Don FreelandWatson / Offy100Finished

425Jack McGrathKurtis 4000 / Offy100Finished

51236Andy LindenPankratz / Offy100Finished

6497Chuck StevensonKuzma / Offy100Finished

7154Cal NidayLesovsky / Offy100Finished

81116Jimmy BryanKurtis 4000 / Offy100Finished

91722Walt FaulknerKurtis 4000 / Offy98Flagged

10956Tommy HinnershitzDel Roy / Offy98Flagged

111335Buzz BartonPawl / Offy97Flagged

12893Bill HomeierKurtis 2000 / Offy92Flagged

131679Chuck MarshallKurtis 4000 / Offy91Flagged

14755Jerry HoytKurtis 4000 / Offy76Wrecked, turn 3

151473Allen HeathKurtis/Wetteroth D / Offy49Out

161865Spider WebbEwing / Offy33Out

171012Ernie McCoyRusso/Nichels / Offy20Out

18529Jimmy ReeceScopa / Offy5Spun out, turn 2

—--10Duane CarterLesovsky / Offy--DNS, too slow

—--52Duke DinsmoreKurtis 2000 / Offy--DNS, too slow

—--88Manny AyuloKuzma / Offy--DNS, too slow

—--39Rex EastonHill / Offy--DNS, too slow

—--89Johnny FedricksKurtis 5000 / Offy--DNS, too slow

—--82Gene HartleyKurtis 2000 / Offy--DNS, too slow

—--27Eddie JohnsonKurtis 4000 / Offy--DNS, too slow

—--63Danny OakesMoore / Offy--DNS, too slow

—--81Johnnie TolanTrevis / Offy--DNS, too slow

—--68Eddie RussoKurtis 4000 / Offy--DNS, too slow

—--51Paul RussoKuzma / Offy--DNS, too slow

—--67Ottis StineClemons / Offy--DNS, too slow

—--21Johnnie ParsonsKurtis 4000 / Offy--Did not qualify

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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