Little 500 Qualifying Results 1953

5th Little 500 Qualifying Results
Sun Valley Speedway
Friday, May 29, 1953

Fast Qualifier:  Curly Boyd – 15.600 seconds

POS # DRIVER HOMETOWN ENTRANT TIME MARGIN
1 31 Curly Boyd Anderson, IN Sherman Allen 15.600 0.000
2 99 Bob King Muncie, IN Frank Brown 16.000 0.400
3 43 Nelson Stacy Maysville, KY George Conner 16.370 0.770
4 95 Chuck Grover Goshen, IN Don Metzler 16.440 0.840
5 18 Bud Claypool Delphos, OH George Place 16.670 1.070
6 63 Al Miller Roseville, MI Joe Leonardo 17.060 1.460
7 64 Johnny Arnold Muncie, IN Eugene Teal 15.120 -0.480
8 15 Jack Goodwin Detroit, MI Edgar Bests 15.210 -0.390
9 4 Bill Holloway Muncie, IN Charles Holloway 15.280 -0.320
10 9 Norm Pence Richmond, IN Bob Tucker 14.900 -0.700
11 66 Wayne Alspaugh Anderson, IN John Bennett 14.970 -0.630
12 82 Jonnie Key Salinas, CA Bob Doyscher 14.980 -0.620
13 6 Jack Farris Richmond, IN Bob Tucker N/A N/A
14 81 Red Amick Muncie, IN Bob Fiene N/A N/A
15 17 Leon Clum Wapakoneta, OH Eldon Gaberdial 15.200 -0.400
16 36 Jimmy Morrison Muncie, IN Larry Deer 15.360 -0.240
17 52 Avery McAdams Losantville, IN Fred Vickery 15.420 -0.180
18 60 Tex Shackleford Dayton, OH Clearance Jordan 15.420 -0.180
19 3 Zane Howell Muncie, IN Zane Howell 15.450 -0.150
20 8 Walt Scherer Dayton, OH Harley Pulfer 15.450 -0.150
21 71 Bobby Stokes Westwood, IN Jonie Van Dyke 15.520 -0.080
22 41 Bob Wilson Vandalia, OH Harry Boblitt 15.560 -0.040
23 50 Rick Kerr Indianapolis, IN Gerald Timm 15.590 -0.010
24 55 Bob Carpenter Wabash, IN Lucian Adamson 15.650 0.050
25 46 Red Cramer Franklin, OH John Fliessner 15.670 0.070
26 1 Fred Boggs Warsaw, IN Fred Boggs 15.670 0.070
27 14 Cliff Riggins Anderson, IN Vern Riggins 15.760 0.160
28 20 Bob Kyle Hamilton, OH Bob Kyle 15.770 0.170
29 28 John Remsik Madison, WI John Remsik 15.790 0.190
30 5 Jim McWithey Anderson, IN Harry Moenck 15.790 0.190
31 44 John Bond Germantown, OH John Turner 15.920 0.320
32 56 Phip Gerhart Detroit, MI William Ault 15.940 0.340
33 35 Rut Ralston Kalamazoo, MI V.T. Byhr 15.950 0.350

N/A = Unknown

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