Springfield 100
Illinois State Fairgrounds
1 Mile Dirt Oval
100 Laps/100 Miles
June 21, 1953

Finish Start Driver Car # Sponsor/Name Chassis Engine Laps Status

Points
1 3 Rodger Ward 92 M. A. Walker Kurtis Offy 100 1:07:03.90 89.465 200
2 6 Sam Hanks 3 Bardahl Kurtis 4000 Offy 100 Finished 160
3 1 Don Freeland 38 Bob Estes Watson Offy 100 Finished 140
4 2 Jack McGrath 5 Hinkle Kurtis 4000 Offy 100 Finished 120
5 12 Andy Linden 36 Sid Street Pankratz Offy 100 Finished 100
6 4 Chuck Stevenson 97 Agajanian Kuzma Offy 100 Finished 80
7 15 Cal Niday 4 Miracle Power Lesovsky Offy 100 Finished 60
8 11 Jimmy Bryan 16 Springfield Welding Kurtis 4000 Offy 100 Finished 50
9 17 Walt Faulkner 22 Hart Fullerton/Pure Oil Kurtis 4000 Offy 98 Flagged 40
10 9 Tommy Hinnershitz 56 Dr. Sabourin Del Roy Offy 98 Flagged 30
11 13 Buzz Barton 35 Parks Pawl Offy 97 Flagged 20
12 8 Bill Homeier 93 Dr. Morris Kurtis 2000 Offy 92 Flagged 10
13 16 Chuck Marshall 79 Mel-Rae Kurtis 4000 Offy 91 Flagged
14 7 Jerry Hoyt 55 John Zink Kurtis 4000 Offy 76 Wrecked, turn 3
15 14 Allen Heath 73 McNamara Kurtis/Wetteroth D Offy 49 Out
16 18 Spider Webb 65 Karl Hall/Commercial Motor Freight Ewing Offy 33 Out
17 10 Ernie McCoy 12 Chapman Russo/Nichels Offy 20 Out
18 5 Jimmy Reece 29 Malamud Scopa Offy 5 Spun out, turn 2
-- -- Duane Carter 10 Hopkins Lesovsky Offy -- DNS, too slow
-- -- Duke Dinsmore 52 Sarafoff Kurtis 2000 Offy -- DNS, too slow
-- -- Manny Ayulo 88 Peter Schmidt Kuzma Offy -- DNS, too slow
-- -- Rex Easton 39 Shaheen Hill Offy -- DNS, too slow
-- -- Johnny Fedricks 89 Dunn Engineering Kurtis 5000 Offy -- DNS, too slow
-- -- Gene Hartley 82 Burns Kurtis 2000 Offy -- DNS, too slow
-- -- Eddie Johnson 27 City of Detroit Kurtis 4000 Offy -- DNS, too slow
-- -- Danny Oakes 63 Hopkins Moore Offy -- DNS, too slow
-- -- Johnnie Tolan 81 Central Excavating Trevis Offy -- DNS, too slow
-- -- Eddie Russo 68 Pete Wales Kurtis 4000 Offy -- DNS, too slow
-- -- Paul Russo 51 Dean Van Lines Kuzma Offy -- DNS, too slow
-- -- Ottis Stine 67 Glessner Clemons Offy -- DNS, too slow
-- -- Johnnie Parsons 21 Belond Equa Flow Kurtis 4000 Offy -- Did not qualify

Lap Leaders Total Laps
Rodger Ward 58 43-100
Chuck Stevenson 26 17-42
Jack McGrath 16 1-16