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1953 Springfield 100
Held on August 22, 1953 at Illinois State Fairgrounds in Springfield, IL
100 L, 100 M, 160.9 KM - Scheduled Distance

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FEATURE RESULTS

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	5	3	Sam Hanks	Bardahl Oil Company	Kurtis / Offy	100	40	running	200
2	2	88	Manny Ayulo		Kuzma / Offy	100	39	running	160
3	1	98	Chuck Stevenson		Kuzma / Offy	100	0	running	140
4	16	21	Johnnie Parsons	Belond Equa-Flow	Kurtis / Offy	100	0	running	120
5	3	99	Cal Niday	Belanger Motors	Kurtis / Offy	100	0	running	100
6	6	7	Paul Russo	Federal Engineering	Kurtis / Offy	100	0	running	80
7	11	38	Don Freeland		Watson / Offy	100	0	running	60
8	12	68	Jimmy Reece	Peter Wales Trucking	Kurtis / Offy	100	0	running	40
9	10	12	Bob Scott		Russo-Nichels / Offy	100	0	running	30
10	8	81	Eddie Russo	Central Excavating	Trevis / Offy	98	0	running	20
11	7	63	Danny Oakes		Moore / Offy	96	0	running	10
12	18	56	Tommy Hinnershitz		Del Roy / Offy	87	0	running	0
13	13	5	Jack McGrath		Kurtis / Offy	87	0	running	0
14	15	89	Johnny Fedricks	Dunn Engineering	Kurtis / Offy	75	0	running	0
15	14	16	Jimmy Bryan	Springfield Welding	Kurtis / Offy	59	0	spun out	0
16	4	9	Jimmy Davies		Ewing / Offy	36	21	rear end	0
17	9	92	Rodger Ward		Kurtis / Offy	33	0	connecting rod	0
18	17	23	Walt Faulkner	Auto Shippers	Kurtis / Offy	14	0	radiator hose	0
DID NOT QUALIFY
			Duane Carter					DNQ
			Ralph Pratt					DNQ
			Buzz Barton					DNQ
			Andy Linden					DNQ
			Rex Easton					DNQ
			Bob Sweikert					DNQ
			Jerry Hoyt					DNQ
			Gene Force					DNQ
			George Tichenor					DNQ
			Spider Webb					DNQ
			Potsy Goacher					DNQ
			Bill Holland					DNQ
			Bill Homeier					DNQ
			Chuck Marshall					DNQ
			Johnny Roberts					DNQ
			Mike Nazaruk					DNQ
			Eddie Johnson					DNQ
			George Wilson					DNQ

RACE DATA
Did not start:
Did not qualify:
Time of Race: 1h:05:49
Starting Lineup Set By: Time Trials
Fast Qualifier: Chuck Stevenson - 34.36 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: 91.162 mph
Cautions: ?? for ?? laps - not available
Lead Changes: 4 among 3 drivers - Manny Ayulo (1-15); Jimmy Davies (16-36); Manny Ayulo (37-60); Sam Hanks (61-100)
Fastest Lap: Unknown/Unentered