AUTO RACING FACTS


NASCAR CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS HISTORY

 



NASCAR 1953 Grand National Points Standings

  DRIVER STARTS WINS POINTS MONEY
1 Herb Thomas 37 12 8,460 28,910
2 Lee Petty 36 5 7,814 18,447
3 Dick Rathmann 34 5 7,362 20,245
4 Buck Baker 33 4 6,713 18,167
5 Fonty Flock 33 4 6,174 17,756
6 Tim Flock 1 1 5,011 8,282
7 Jim Paschal 24 1 4,211 5,571
8 Joe Eubanks 24 0 3,603 5,254
9 Jimmie Lewallen 22 0 3,508 4,222
10 Curtis Turner 19 1 3,373 4,347
11 Speedy Thompson 7 2 2,958 6,547
12 Slick Smith 23 0 2,670 2,302
13 Elton Hildreth 25 0 2,625 1,997
14 Gober Sosebee 17 0 2,525 2,722
15 Bill Blair 21 1 2,457 4,535
16 Fred Dove 0 2 1,997 1,240
17 Bub King 14 0 1,624 1,036
18 Gene Comstock 13 0 1,519 990
19 Donald Thomas 17 0 1,408 1,765
20 Ralph Liguori 12 1 1,336 1,098
21 Pop Mcginnis 13 0 1,113 975
22 Otis Martin 8 0 1,068 610
23 Andy Winfree 7 0 954 300
24 Bob Welborn 11 0 761 1,160
25 Johnny Patterson 11 0 753 645
26 Ted Chamberlain 9 0 738 500
27 Neil Roberts 2 0 738 400
28 Buddy Shuman 5 0 713 395
29 Arden Mounts 10 0 644 395
30 Bobby Myers 2 0 644 390
31 Clyde Minter 8 0 636 405
32 George Osborne 2 0 612 300
33 Jim Reed 3 0 590 635
34 Gordon Bracken 6 0 538 215
35 Don Oldenberg 4 0 527 375
36 C. H. Dingler 5 0 520 250
37 Elbert Allen 4 0 488 250
38 Mike Magill 3 0 486 235
39 Lloyd Hulette 1 0 486 250
40 Bill Harrison 3 0 480 450
41 Tommy Thompson 3 0 463 865
42 Coleman Lawrence 8 0 446 250
43 Dub Livingston 6 0 435 225
44 Buck Smith 5 0 400 175
45 Jimmy Ayers 4 0 384 150
46 Bob Walden 4 0 356 250
47 Eddie Skinner 4 0 352 200
48 Bill Adams 2 0 346 250
49 Mel Krueger 3 0 336 175
50 Johnny Beauchamp 3 0 328 150