Detroit 100
Michigan State Fairgrounds
1 Mile Dirt Oval
51 Laps/51 Miles
July 4, 1953

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

Points
1 3 Rodger Ward 92 M. A. Walker Kurtis Offy 51 0:37:12.04 82.257 102
2 10 Allen Heath 73 McNamara Kurtis/Wetteroth Offy 51 Finished 81.6
3 12 Jimmy Bryan 16 Springfield Welding Kurtis 4000 Offy 51 Finished 71.4
4 13 Sam Hanks 3 Bardahl Kurtis 4000 Offy 49 Flagged 61.2
5 16 Ernie McCoy 12 Chapman Russo/Nichels Offy 49 Flipped turn 2 51
6 18 Mike Nazaruk 83 Kalamazoo Turner Offy 49 Flagged 40.8
7 1 Duane Carter 63 Hopkins Moore Offy 48 Flagged 30.6
8 4 Johnnie Parsons 21 Belond Equa Flow Kurtis 4000 Offy 48 Broken shocks 25.5
9 5 Cal Niday 4 Miracle Power Lesovsky Offy 48 Flagged 20.4
10 15 Andy Linden 36 Sid Street Pankratz Offy 47 Flagged 15.3
11 11 Eddie Russo 81 Central Excavating Trevis Offy 47 Flagged 10.2
12 6 Duke Dinsmore 52 Sarafoff Kurtis 2000 Offy 47 Flagged 5.1
13 9 Paul Russo 7 Federal Engineering Kurtis 4000 Offy 46 Withdrew, rough track
14 17 Gene Hartley 57 Iddings Meyer Offy 46 Out
15 8 Jimmy Davies 42 Pat Clancy Ewing Offy 43 Broken shock absorber
16 14 Jack McGrath 5 Hinkle Kurtis 4000 Offy 38 Withdrew, rough track
17 7 Manny Ayulo 88 Peter Schmidt Kuzma Offy 16 Out
18 2 Johnny Fedricks 89 Dunn Engineering Kurtis 500B Offy 9 Out
-- -- Bill Doster 57 Olszweski X Offy -- DNS, too slow
-- -- Buzz Barton 35 Parks Pawl Offy -- DNS, too slow
-- -- Gays Biro 76 Leitenberger Silnes/Sherman Offy -- DNS, too slow
-- -- Don Freeland 38 Bob Estes Watson Offy -- DNS, too slow
-- -- Walt Faulkner 68 Pete Wales Kurtis 4000 Offy -- DNS, too slow
-- -- Bill Homeier 93 Dr. Morris Kurtis 2000 Offy -- DNS, too slow
-- -- Paul Howe 67 Jeanie-Lee\Glessner Clemons Offy -- DNS, too slow
-- -- Eddie Johnson 27 City of Detroit Kurtis 4000 Offy -- DNS, too slow
-- -- Spider Webb 65 Karl Hall/Commercial Motor Freight Ewing Offy -- DNS, too slow
-- -- Johnny Roberts 82 Burns Kurtis 2000 Offy -- DNS, too slow
-- -- Chuck Stevenson 51 Dean Van Lines Kuzma Offy -- DNS, too slow

Lap Leaders Total Laps
Johnnie Parsons 30 1-30
Rodger Ward 21 31-51