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1954-24

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NASCAR Grand National race number 24 of 37
Saturday, July 10, 1954 at Santa Fe Speedway, Willow Springs, IL
200 laps on a .500 mile dirt track (100.0 miles)

Time of race: 1:23:05
Average Speed: 72.216 mph
Pole Speed: 75.662 mph

Cautions: n/a
Margin of Victory: 0.75 lap
Attendance: 6,208
Lead changes: 1

Glossary 1954 NASCAR Grand National results / 1954 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
1	5	3	Dick Rathman	Pure (John Ditz)	'54 Hudson	200	1,000	running	154
2	3	92	Herb Thomas	Herb Thomas	'54 Hudson	200	650	running	0
3	4	14	Hershel McGriff	Frank Christian	'51 Oldsmobile	200	450	running	0
4	6	42	Lee Petty	Petty Enterprises	'54 Chrysler	199	350	running	0
5	1	88	Buck Baker	Ernest Woods	'54 Oldsmobile	197	300	running	46
6	14	7	Jim Reed	Jim Reed	'52 Hudson	196	250	running	0
7	10	82	Joe Eubanks	Oates Motor Co. (Phil Oates)	'51 Hudson	196	200	running	0
8	7	21	Laird Bruner	Carmen Amica	'53 Oldsmobile	195	150	running	0
9	15	24	Ray Duhigg	J.O. Goode	'50 Plymouth	195	100	running	0
10	22	48	Bill Moore		'50 Plymouth	183	100	running	0
11	2	12	Jim Paschal	Buckshot Morris	'53 Oldsmobile	180	25	running	0
12	16	11	Hal Ruyle		'52 Mercury	178	25	running	0
13	18	126	Dave Terrell	Dave Terrell	'54 Dodge	175	25	running	0
14	12	91-B	Virgil Stockton		'52 Hudson	171	25	crash	0
15	11	57	Art Dugan		'49 Ford	165	25	running	0
16	20	M-22	Frank Ropp		'49 Ford	163	25	running	0
17	23	25	Sam Pearson		'49 Ford	150	25	running	0
18	21	1	Ted Wright		'51 Ford	132	25	clutch	0
19	19	50	Danny Curley		'51 Ford	125	25	overheating	0
20	8	100	Blackie Pitt	Gary Drake	'54 Oldsmobile	113	25	hub	0
21	13	V-2	Legs Whitcomb		'50 Ford	97		bearings	0
22	9	15	Slim Brown		'54 Buick	41		transmission	0
23	17	69	Bay Darnell		'50 Ford	18		overheating	0

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Buck Baker	1	46	46
Dick Rathman	47	200	154

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