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1954-16

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NASCAR Grand National race number 16 of 37
Sunday, May 30, 1954 at Carrell Speedway, Gardena, CA
500 laps* on a .500 mile dirt track (250.0 miles)

Time of race: 4:38:27
Average Speed: 53.438 mph
Pole Speed: 62.849 mph

Cautions: n/a
Margin of Victory: n/a
Attendance: 12,000
Lead changes: 2

Glossary 1954 NASCAR Grand National results / 1954 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
1	17	4	John Soares	Charles Vance	'54 Dodge	496	1,500	running	211
2	4	33	Lloyd Dane	Jim Dane	'53 Hudson	495	800	running	180
3	1	39	Danny Letner	Joe Bearscheck	'52 Hudson	490	600	running	105
4	2	12	Ben Gregory	Coz Concilla	'53 Oldsmobile	486	400	running	0
5	4	73	George Seeger	Carl Dane	'54 Ford	486	350	running	0
6	21	66	Erick Erickson	Walt Smith	'50 Oldsmobile	477	250	running	0
7	6	89	Bill West	Bert Letner	'51 Hudson	476	200	running	0
8	20	16	Tony Nelson	Joe Savatier	'49 Ford	475	200	running	0
9	10	99	Joe Valente	Joe Mangini	'50 Oldsmobile	468	150	running	0
10	7	65	Bill Bade	Sam Arena	'52 Oldsmobile	466	150	running	0
11	14	24	Bob Havemann	Bob Havenmann	'54 Ford	466	125	running	0
12	23	52	Eddie Pagan	Eddie Pagan	'50 Plymouth	459	100	running	0
13	16	35	Bill Smith		'51 Hudson	455	100	running	0
14	28	82	Bob Tyrell		'53 Ford	450	100	running	0
15	30	45	Bill Galdarisi	Bill Galdarisi	'50 Ford	445	100	running	0
16	29	40	Tom Drake		'50 Ford	444	50	running	0
17	9	30	Bill Stammer	Bill Stammer	'53 Pontiac	441	50	running	0
18	5	88	Woody Brown	Joe Mangini	'50 Oldsmobile	428	50	running	0
19	24	15	Cliff Roberts		'50 Plymouth	422	25	running	0
20	15	6	John Kieper	Vincent Cornella	'54 Ford	420	25	running	0
21	22	80	Arley Scranton	Arley Scranton	'50 Ford	413	25	running	0
22	32	93	Bob Rose		'52 Henry J	393	25	crash	0
23	19	17	Jerry Keyes	Jerry Keyes	'54 Dodge	338	25	tie rod	0
24	27	41	Ernie Young	Walt Palozi	'50 Plymouth	337	25	rf hub	0
25	31	90	Ted Lee	Ted Lee	'50 Ford	328	25	fuel pump	0
26	11	50	Jim Cook	Leroy Weyher	'50 Oldsmobile	299		rear end	0
27	3	91	Fred Bince	Fred Bince	'53 Dodge	200		steering	0
28	12	5	Chuck Meekins	Larry Dorsey	'52 Oldsmobile	191		wheel	0
29	18	48	Allen Heath	McCullock (Allen Heath)	'54 Kaiser	52		fuel pump	0
30	26	44	H.R. Kahl		'52 Plymouth	51		crash	0
31	25	32	Dick Freeman	Pat Freeman	'53 Hudson	20		radiator	0
32	13	28	Bud Diamond	Chester Price	'52 Hudson	11		wheel	0

* Race shortened to 496 laps due to scoring error.

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Danny Letner	1	105	105
Lloyd Dane	106	285	180
John Soares	286	496	211

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