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Race #8 — Pikes Peak Hill Climb

September 7, 1953 • Winner: Louis Unser

Full-field race results and preserved archive material from the 1953 AAA Champ Car Series event at Pikes Peak Hill Climb.

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#8Season Race

26Feature Starters

1Winner Laps

Louis UnserFeature Winner

7Winning Car

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Feature Results

FinStartNo.DriverMakeLapsStatus

1137Louis UnserKurtis 4000 / Offy10:15:15.40 48.844

2368Keith AndrewsRalph Miller / Ralph Miller10:15:17.95 48.709

3231Al RogersOffy10:15:27.05 48.230

4158Bob FinneyLincoln10:15:28.75 48.142

5812Hugh Thomas4 WD / Cadillac10:15:33.14 47.916

61197Walt KillingerOffy SC10:15:42.30 47.450

751Shelby HillHill D / Ford SC10:15:44.10 47.359

8483Herb BryersOffy10:15:44.15 47.357

91550Pete Pusede—10:15:48.05 47.162

1066Pete WoodsChevy V610:15:57.50 46.697

111299Charlie LowdermanFord10:15:58.15 46.665

1294Paul KleinschmidtMcDowell10:16:03.15 46.423

13102Malcolm BrazierFord10:16:11.55 46.021

141789Jimmy GoodOffy10:16:12.25 45.988

15169Chuck Hulse—10:16:27.85 45.262

161977Norman RobinsonChevy V610:17:01.06 43.790

17719Charles BryantAlfa Romeo0Blew engine, spun

181763George HammondOffy0Stalled

191866Joe GarsonBuick0Wrecked

202063Don CarlsonGMC0Did not finish

—--27Art McKee—--Disqualified

—--XPhil Shafer—--DNS, too slow

—--XWayne Sankey—--DNS, too slow

—--XR. Manual—--DNS, too slow

—--XDon Daly—--DNS, too slow

—--XBill Milliken—--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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