1953 NASCAR Speedway Division

1953 NASCAR Speedway Division season
NASCAR Speedway Division
Season
Races	3
Start date	June 12
End date	June 28
Awards
Champion	Pete Allen
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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 driver
NC	February 12	Daytona Beach Time Trial	2 miles (3.2 km)	Daytona Beach Road Course	Daytona Beach, Florida	Sand	Buck Baker
1	June 12	Greensboro 25	8.333 miles (13.411 km)	Greensboro Agricultural Fairgrounds	Greensboro, North Carolina	Dirt	Wally Campbell
2	June 14	Martinsville 25	12.5 miles (20.1 km)	Martinsville Speedway	Martinsville, Virginia	Dirt	Wayne Alspaugh
NC	June 27	Hickory 30	12 miles (19 km)	Hickory Motor Speedway	Hickory, North Carolina	Dirt	Dick Fraizer
3	June 28	Fayetteville 25	8.333 miles (13.411 km)	Champion Speedway	Fayetteville, North Carolina	Paved	Pete Allen

  Paved/Dirt Oval

  Beach Track

  Non-championship race

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

References

• Burt, William M. (2001). The American Stock Car (Second ed.). St. Paul, MN: MBI Publishing Company.
• Capps, Don (2003). "1952 NASCAR Speedway Division Championship". The AUTOSPORT Bulletin Board. Archived from the original on February 13, 2012. Retrieved May 13, 2009.
• Fielden, Greg (2003). NASCAR Chronicle . Lincolnwood, IL: Publications International, Ltd.
• "1953 NASCAR Speedway Division". ChampCarStats.com. Archived from the original on February 14, 2012. Retrieved July 7, 2011.