Race #7 — DuQuoin State Fairgrounds

September 7, 1953 • Winner: Sam Hanks

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

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#7Season Race

32Feature Starters

100Winner Laps

Sam HanksFeature Winner

3Winning Car

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Feature Results

FinStartNo.DriverMakeLapsStatus

133Sam HanksKurtis 4000 / Offy1001:06:40.71 89.984

2988Manny AyuloKuzma / Offy100Finished

31121Johnnie ParsonsKurtis 4000 / Offy100Finished

485Jack McGrathKurtis 4000 / Offy100Finished

5189Jimmy DaviesEwing / Offy100Finished

61323Walt FaulknerKurtis 4000 / Offy100Finished

71516Jimmy BryanKurtis 4000 / Offy98Flagged

8412Cal NidayRusso/Nichels / Offy98Flagged

9598Chuck StevensonKuzma / Offy98Flagged

101435Chuck WeyantPawl / Offy98Flagged

111636Andy LindenPankratz / Offy98Flagged

12238Don FreelandWatson / Offy98Flagged

13173Mike NazarukKurtis/Wetteroth / Offy98Flagged

14177Paul RussoKurtis 4000 / Offy98Flagged

15781Eddie RussoTrevis / Offy96Flagged

161282Johnny RobertsKurtis 2000 / Offy96Flagged

171051Bob SweikertKuzma / Offy95Flagged

18699Tony BettenhausenKurtis / Offy85Oil leak

—--68Duke DinsmoreRalph Miller / Ralph Miller--DNS, too slow

—--48Jimmy DaywaltBlough / Offy--Wrecked practice, T3

—--67Ed ElisianClemons / Offy--DNS, too slow

—--89Johnny FedricksKurtis 500B / Offy--DNS, too slow

—--65Gene HartleyEwing / Offy--DNS, too slow

—--93Jerry HoytKurtis 2000 / Offy--DNS, too slow

—--61Johnny HobelKurtis 500A / Chrysler V8--DNS, too slow

—--56Tommy HinnershitzDel Roy / Offy--DNS, too slow

—--57Johnny KeyMeyer / Offy--DNS, too slow

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

—--63Pat O'ConnorMoore / Offy--DNS, too slow

—--92Rodger WardKurtis / Offy--DNS, too slow

—--68Jimmy ReeceKurtis 4000 / Offy--DNS, too slow

—--27Bob ScottKurtis 4000 / 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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