Race #5 — Illinois State Fairgrounds

August 22, 1953 • Winner: Sam Hanks

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

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#5Season Race

36Feature Starters

100Winner Laps

Sam HanksFeature Winner

3Winning Car

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Feature Results

FinStartNo.DriverMakeLapsStatus

153Sam HanksKurtis 4000 / Offy1001:05:49.00 91.162

2288Manny AyuloKuzma / Offy100Finished

3198Chuck StevensonKuzma / Offy100Finished

41621Johnnie ParsonsKurtis 4000 / Offy100Finished

5399Cal NidayKurtis / Offy100Finished

667Paul RussoKurtis 4000 / Offy100Finished

71138Don FreelandWatson / Offy100Finished

81268Jimmy ReeceKurtis 4000 / Offy100Finished

91012Bob ScottRusso/Nichels / Offy100Finished

10881Eddie RussoTrevis / Offy98Flagged

11763Danny OakesMoore / Offy96Flagged

121856Tommy HinnershitzDel Roy / Offy87Flagged

13135Jack McGrathKurtis 4000 / Offy87Flagged

141589Johnny FedricksKurtis 500B / Offy75Flagged

151416Jimmy BryanKurtis 4000 / Offy59Spun out, turn 3

1649Jimmy DaviesEwing / Offy36Broken rear end

17992Rodger WardKurtis / Offy33Connecting rod bearing

181723Walt FaulknerKurtis 4000 / Offy14Broken radiator hose

—--35Buzz BartonPawl / Offy--DNS, too slow

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

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

—--57Gene ForceMeyer / Offy--DNS, too slow

—--67Potsy GoacherClemons / Offy--DNS, too slow

—--73Bill HollandKurtis/Wetteroth / Offy--DNS, too slow

—--76Bill HomeierSilnes/Sherman / Offy--DNS, too slow

—--55Jerry HoytKurtis 4000 / Offy--DNS, too slow

—--93Eddie JohnsonKurtis 2000 / Offy--DNS, too slow

—--36Andy LindenPankratz / Offy--Did not qualify

—--79Chuck MarshallKurtis 4000 / Offy--DNS, too slow

—--83Mike NazarukTurner / Offy--DNS, too slow

—--27Ralph PrattKurtis 4000 / Offy--DNS, too slow

—--61George TichenorKurtis 500A / Chrysler V8--DNS, too slow

—--95George WilsonJohnston / Wayne--DNS, too slow

—--65Spider WebbEwing / Offy--DNS, too slow

—--82Johnny RobertsKurtis 2000 / Offy--DNS, too slow

—--51Bob SweikertKuzma / Offy--DNS, too slow

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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