The Races 1953
Bill Vukovich won the Indianapolis 500
AAA Racing – Sam Hanks won the season driving championship
NASCAR Championship – Herb Thomas
Formula One Championship – Alberto Ascari of Italy
24 hours of Le Mans – the team of Tony Rolt / Duncan
Hamilton won, driving a Jaguar C-Type
Rally racing – the team of Maurice Gatsonides / Peter Worledge won the Monte Carlo Rally driving a Ford
Zephyr
Drag racing – With Wally Parks behind the wheel, the NHRA held its first official race in April on a section of the Los Angeles County Fairgrounds parking lot in Pomona, California.
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