Ted Horn Memorial
DuQuoin State Fairgrounds
1 Mile Dirt Oval
100 Laps/100 Miles
September 7, 1953

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

Points
1 3 Sam Hanks 3 Bardahl Kurtis 4000 Offy 100 1:06:40.71 89.984 200
2 9 Manny Ayulo 88 Peter Schmidt Kuzma Offy 100 Finished 160
3 11 Johnnie Parsons 21 Belond Equa Flow Kurtis 4000 Offy 100 Finished 140
4 8 Jack McGrath 5 Hinkle Kurtis 4000 Offy 100 Finished 120
5 18 Jimmy Davies 9 Pat Clancy Ewing Offy 100 Finished 100
6 13 Walt Faulkner 23 Auto Shippers Kurtis 4000 Offy 100 Finished 80
7 15 Jimmy Bryan 16 Springfield Welding Kurtis 4000 Offy 98 Flagged 60
8 4 Cal Niday 12 Chapman Russo/Nichels Offy 98 Flagged 50
9 5 Chuck Stevenson 98 Agajanian Kuzma Offy 98 Flagged 40
10 14 Chuck Weyant 35 Parks Pawl Offy 98 Flagged 30
11 16 Andy Linden 36 Sid Street Pankratz Offy 98 Flagged 20
12 2 Don Freeland 38 Bob Estes Watson Offy 98 Flagged 10
13 1 Mike Nazaruk 73 McNamara Kurtis/Wetteroth Offy 98 Flagged
14 17 Paul Russo 7 Federal Engineering Kurtis 4000 Offy 98 Flagged
15 7 Eddie Russo 81 Central Excavating Trevis Offy 96 Flagged
16 12 Johnny Roberts 82 Burns Kurtis 2000 Offy 96 Flagged
17 10 Bob Sweikert 51 Dean Van Lines Kuzma Offy 95 Flagged
18 6 Tony Bettenhausen 99 Belanger Kurtis Offy 85 Oil leak
-- -- Duke Dinsmore 68 Vulcan Tool Ralph Miller Ralph Miller -- DNS, too slow
-- -- Jimmy Daywalt 48 Sumar Blough Offy -- Wrecked practice, T3
-- -- Ed Elisian 67 Glessner Clemons Offy -- DNS, too slow
-- -- Johnny Fedricks 89 Dunn Engineering Kurtis 500B Offy -- DNS, too slow
-- -- Gene Hartley 65 Karl Hall/Commercial Motor Freight Ewing Offy -- DNS, too slow
-- -- Jerry Hoyt 93 Dr. Morris Kurtis 2000 Offy -- DNS, too slow
-- -- Johnny Hobel 61 Shouse Motors Kurtis 500A Chrysler V8 -- DNS, too slow
-- -- Tommy Hinnershitz 56 Dr. Sabourin Del Roy Offy -- DNS, too slow
-- -- Johnny Key 57 Iddings Meyer Offy -- DNS, too slow
-- -- Chuck Marshall 79 Mel-Rae Kurtis 4000 Offy -- DNS, too slow
-- -- Pat O'Connor 63 Hopkins Moore Offy -- DNS, too slow
-- -- Rodger Ward 92 M. A. Walker Kurtis Offy -- DNS, too slow
-- -- Jimmy Reece 68 Pete Wales Kurtis 4000 Offy -- DNS, too slow
-- -- Bob Scott 27 City of Detroit Kurtis 4000 Offy -- DNS, too slow

Lap Leaders Total Laps
Tony Bettenhausen 71 1-71
Jack McGrath 15 82-96
Sam Hanks 14 72-84, 97-100