Race #9 — New York State Fairgrounds

September 12, 1953 • Winner: Tony Bettenhausen

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

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#9Season Race

33Feature Starters

100Winner Laps

Tony BettenhausenFeature Winner

99Winning Car

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Feature Results

FinStartNo.DriverMakeLapsStatus

1599Tony BettenhausenKurtis / Offy1001:20:59 74.089

2273Mike NazarukKurtis/Wetteroth / Offy100Finished

31238Don FreelandWatson / Offy100Finished

4153Sam HanksKurtis 4000 / Offy99Flagged

51629Bill HollandScopa / Offy99Flagged

6893Jerry HoytKurtis 2000 / Offy97Flagged

7792Rodger WardKurtis / Offy97Flagged

8151Bob SweikertKuzma / Offy71Wrecked, turn 3

9115Jack McGrathKurtis 4000 / Offy71Wrecked, turn 3

10388Manny AyuloKuzma / Offy71Wrecked, turn 3

111381Eddie RussoTrevis / Offy70Wrecked, turn 3

121421Johnnie ParsonsKurtis 4000 / Offy64Low oil pressure

1347Paul RussoKurtis 4000 / Offy63Withdrew

141056Tommy HinnershitzDel Roy / Offy29Engine vibration

151789Johnny FedricksKurtis 500B / Offy28Wrecked, turn 4

16189Jimmy DaviesEwing / Offy16Blown engine

17616Jimmy BryanKurtis 4000 / Offy0Wrecked, turn 3

18998Chuck StevensonKuzma / Offy0Wrecked, turn 3

—--92Bob ScottKurtis / Offy50Relieved R. Ward 48-97

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

—--48Jimmy DaywaltBlough / Offy--DNS, too slow

—--33Len DuncanKurtis 4000 / Offy--DNS, too slow

—--23Walt FaulknerKurtis 4000 / Offy--DNS, too slow

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

—--12Cal NidayRusso/Nichels / Offy--DNS, too slow

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

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

—--67Eddie SachsClemons / Offy--DNS, too slow

—--XJoe Barzda—--Did not qualify

—--XOttis Stine—--Did not qualify

—--65Spider WebbEwing / Offy--Did not qualify

—--35Chuck WeyantPawl / Offy--Did not qualify

—--95George WilsonJohnston / Wayne--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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