The 1953 NASCAR Speedway Division consisted of three races, beginning in Greensboro, North Carolina on June 12 and concluding in Fayetteville, North Carolina on June 28. There were also two non-championship events. The season champion was Pete Allen. This was the final season of the NASCAR Speedway Division. Every driver was American racecar driver and every race in the USA.
Schedule
Rnd Date Race Name Length Track Location Type Winning driverNC February 12 Daytona Beach Time Trial Daytona Beach Road Course Daytona Beach, Florida Sand Buck Baker 1 June 12 Greensboro 25 Greensboro Agricultural Fairgrounds Greensboro, North Carolina Dirt Wally Campbell 2 June 14 Martinsville 25 Martinsville Speedway Martinsville, Virginia Dirt Wayne AlspaughNC June 27 Hickory 30 Hickory Motor Speedway Hickory, North Carolina Dirt Dick Fraizer 3 June 28 Fayetteville 25 Champion Speedway Fayetteville, North Carolina Paved Pete Allen
Final points standings
# Driver Team Car Points 1 Pete Allen 333 2 Ralph Liguori Lincoln Special 330 3 Al Fleming J. B. Siegfred Hudson Special 312 4 Mickey Fenn Leland Colvin Ford Special 292 5 Tex Keene Al Wheatley Mercury Special 277 6 Red Amick 243 7 Wayne Alspaugh 230 8 Tom Cherry Cherry Mercury Special 190 9 Al Keller W. W. Burroughs Cadillac Special 180 10 Jimmy Thompson Bob Colvin Ford Special 169
See also 1953 in NASCAR 1953 AAA Championship Car season
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