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Race #6 of 12 in the 1953 AAA Champ Car Series Season
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1953 Milwaukee 200 AAA Champ Car Series.jpg
Held on August 30, 1953 at Wisconsin State Fair Park Speedway in West Allis, WI (Dirt Track configuration)
200 L, 200 M, 321.868 KM - Scheduled Distance

FEATURE RESULTS
Fin St # Driver Sponsor Make Laps Led Status Pts
1 17 98 Chuck Stevenson Kuzma / Offy 200 53 running 400
2 18 88 Manny Ayulo Kuzma / Offy 200 38 running 320
3 21 7 Paul Russo Federal Engineering Kurtis / Offy 200 10 running 280
4 1 5 Jack McGrath Kurtis / Offy 200 25 running 240
5 3 38 Don Freeland Watson / Offy 200 55 running 200
6 10 92 Rodger Ward Kurtis / Offy 200 0 running 160
7 19 68 Jimmy Reece Peter Wales Trucking Kurtis / Offy 198 0 running 120
8 15 36 Andy Linden Pankratz / Offy 198 0 running 38
9 9 56 Tommy Hinnershitz Del Roy / Offy 198 0 running 41.6
10 8 16 Jimmy Bryan Springfield Welding Kurtis / Offy 198 0 running 60
11 14 81 Eddie Russo Central Excavating Trevis / Offy 197 0 running 40
12 11 9 Jimmy Davies Ewing / Offy 196 0 running 14.2
13 2 51 Bob Sweikert Dean Van Lines Kuzma / Offy 195 19 running 0
14 6 63 Danny Oakes Moore / Offy 190 0 running 0
15 20 52 Duke Dinsmore Kurtis / Offy 188 0 running 0
16 12 83 Mike Nazaruk Turner / Offy 186 0 blew tire 0
17 13 10 Duane Carter Lesovsky / Offy 184 0 running 0
18 7 73 Bill Holland McNamara Kurtis / Offy 183 0 running 0
19 16 99 Cal Niday Belanger Motors Kurtis / Offy 170 0 differential 0
20 22 55 Jerry Hoyt Kurtis / Offy 101 0 accident 0
21 4 21 Johnnie Parsons Belond Equa-Flow Kurtis / Offy 43 0 oil line 0
22 5 3 Sam Hanks Bardahl Oil Company Kurtis / Offy 23 0 engine 0
DID NOT QUALIFY

Ernie McCoy DNQ
Walt Faulkner DNQ
Ralph Pratt DNQ
Buzz Barton DNQ
Johnny Key DNQ
Spider Webb DNQ
Bill Homeier DNQ
Johnny Roberts DNQ
Johnny Fedricks DNQ
Chuck Weyant DNQ
George Wilson DNQ
RACE DATA
Did not start:

Did not qualify:

Time of Race: 2h:13:57
Starting Lineup Set By: Time Trials
Fast Qualifier: Jack McGrath - 36.3 sec.
Preliminary Feature Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{PrelimWinners}}}|{{{PrelimWinners}}}]]
Heat Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{HeatWinners}}}|{{{HeatWinners}}}]]
Qualifier Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{QualWinners}}}|{{{QualWinners}}}]]
Dash Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{DashWinners}}}|{{{DashWinners}}}]]
Scramble Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{ScrambleWinners}}}|{{{ScrambleWinners}}}]]
Consi Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{ConsiWinners}}}|{{{ConsiWinners}}}]]
Non-Qualifiers Race Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{NonQualWinners}}}|{{{NonQualWinners}}}]]
Margin of Victory:
Average Speed: 89.58 mph
Cautions: ?? for ?? laps - not available
Lead Changes: 6 among 6 drivers - Jack McGrath (1-25); Bob Sweikert (26-44); Manny Ayulo (45-82); Chuck Stevenson (83-98); Paul Russo (99-108); Don Freeland (109-163); Chuck Stevenson (164-200)
Fastest Lap: Unknown/Unentered
STATISTICALLY SPEAKING
Relief Drivers:

Car #36: Potsy Goacher (123 laps), 62 points)
Car #56: Walt Faulkner (97 laps), 38.4 points)
Car #9: Gene Hartley (57 laps), 5.8 points)
Car #10: Sam Hanks (63 laps)
Car #73: Tony Bettenhausen (62 laps)
Car #21: Tony Bettenhausen (5 laps)