Schedule and results edit
Rnd Date Race Name Track Location Type Pole Position Winning Driver 1 May 30 International 500 Mile Sweepstakes A Indianapolis Motor Speedway Speedway , Indiana Paved Bill Vukovich Bill Vukovich 2 June 7 Rex Mays Classic Wisconsin State Fair Park Speedway West Allis , Wisconsin Dirt Manny Ayulo Jack McGrath 3 June 21 Springfield 100Illinois State Fairgrounds Springfield , Illinois Dirt Don Freeland Rodger Ward 4 July 4 Detroit 100B Michigan State Fairgrounds Speedway Detroit , Michigan Dirt Duane Carter Rodger Ward NC July 26 Indianapolis SweepstakesWilliams Grove Speedway Mechanicsburg , Pennsylvania Dirt Duane Carter Jimmy Davies 5 August 22 Springfield 100Illinois State Fairgrounds Springfield , Illinois Dirt Chuck Stevenson Sam Hanks 6 August 30 Milwaukee 200 Wisconsin State Fair Park Speedway West Allis , Wisconsin Dirt Jack McGrath Chuck Stevenson 7 September 7 Ted Horn MemorialDuQuoin State Fairgrounds Du Quoin , Illinois Dirt Mike Nazaruk Sam Hanks 8 September 7 Pikes Peak Auto Hill Climb Pikes Peak Highway Pikes Peak , Colorado Hill Bob Finney C Louis Unser 9 September 12 Syracuse 100New York State Fairgrounds Syracuse , New York Dirt Bob Sweikert Tony Bettenhausen 10 September 26 Hoosier HundredIndiana State Fairgrounds Indianapolis , Indiana Dirt Manny Ayulo Bob Sweikert 11 October 25 Golden State 100California State Fairgrounds Sacramento , California Dirt Mike Nazaruk Jimmy Bryan 12 November 11 Phoenix 100 Arizona State Fairgrounds Phoenix , Arizona Dirt Tony Bettenhausen Tony Bettenhausen
Paved/Dirt Oval
Road Course/Hill Climb
Non-championship race
^A The Indianapolis 500 was AAA-sanctioned and counted towards the 1953 World Championship of Drivers .^B 73 laps were completed. Race stopped due to flipped car. Final standings reverted to 51 laps because of red flag and work done on cars. Half points awarded.^C No pole is awarded for the Pikes Peak Hill Climb, in this schedule on the pole is the driver who started first. No lap led was awarded for the Pikes Peak Hill Climb, however, a lap was awarded to the drivers that completed the climb.Final points standings edit
Note1: The points became the car, when not only one driver led the car, the relieved driver became small part of the points. Points for driver method: (the points for the finish place) / (number the lap when completed the car) * (number the lap when completed the driver)
Note2: Bob Scott was running at the finish of two races after taking over mid-event as a relief driver.
Color Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green 4th & 5th place Light Blue 6th-10th place Dark Blue Finished (Outside Top 10) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Brown Withdrawn (Wth) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Blank Did not participate (DNP) Not competing
In-line notation Bold Pole position Italics Ran fastest race lap * Led most race laps RY Rookie of the Year R Rookie