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1954 Southern 500

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NASCAR Grand National race number 31 of 37
Monday, September 6, 1954 at Darlington Raceway, Darlington, SC
364 laps on a 1.375 mile paved track (500.5 miles)

Time of race: 5:16:01
Average Speed: 95.026 mph
Pole Speed: 108.261 mph

Cautions: 2 for 4 laps
Margin of Victory: 26 sec
Attendance: 28,000
Lead changes: 12

Glossary 1954 NASCAR Grand National results / 1954 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
46	49	20	John McGinley	Walt Chapman	'53 Hudson	36	75	bearing	0
38	13	42	Lee Petty	Bender Magnetic (Petty Enterprises)	'54 Chrysler	173	75	coil	0
29	43	20	Van Van Wey	Pee Dee Motor Co. (Van Van Wey)	'54 Ford	260	120	crash	0
41	18	5	Jimmie Lewallen	Joe Blair	'54 Mercury	110	75	crash	0
28	30	70	Charles Brinkley		'51 Hudson	268	100	engine	0
34	16	83	Cotton Owens		'51 Hudson	228	75	engine	0
44	1	87	Buck Baker	Griffin Motors (Bob Griffin)	'54 Oldsmobile	66	465	engine	34
45	3	14	Hershel McGriff	Air Lift Special (Frank Christian)	'54 Oldsmobile	37	95	engine	0
47	46	43	Danny Letner	Joe Bearscheck	'51 Hudson	26	75	engine	0
35	22	33	Pop McGinnis	Irving Frye	'53 Hudson	221	115	fuel	4
50	36	75	Jimmy Thompson		'52 Oldsmobile	4	75	fuel tank	0
36	44	71	Dean Pelton		'50 Ford	216	75	gasket	0
43	26	10	Blackie Pitt	Gary Drake	'54 Oldsmobile	98	75	piston	0
48	33	90	Bob Welborn	George Hutchens	'53 Dodge	14	75	piston	0
49	45	79	Hassell Reid		'49 Plymouth	11	75	piston	0
1	23	92	Herb Thomas	Fabulous Hudson Hornet (Herb Thomas)	'54 Hudson	364	6,830	running	43
2	17	44	Curtis Turner	Elmer Brooks	'52 Oldsmobile	364	6,245	running	266
3	24	98	Marvin Panch	Beryl Jackson	'54 Dodge	362	2,155	running	0
4	27	58	Johnny Patterson	H.B. Ranier	'54 Mercury	360	1,165	running	0
5	34	88	Jim Paschal	Ernest Woods	'54 Oldsmobile	357	975	running	0
6	7	40	John Soares	Le French Co. (Charles Vance)	'54 Dodge	348	855	running	0
7	2	25	Fireball Roberts	Leland Colvin	'53 Oldsmobile	343	730	running	0
8	25	7	Gwyn Staley	Paul Whiteman	'54 Cadillac	342	670	running	0
9	40	13	Joel Million	Ernest Woods	'53 Oldsmobile	339	600	running	0
10	38	12	Speedy Thompson	Buckshot Morris	'54 Buick	337	550	running	0
11	21	18	Arden Mounts	Gene Comstock	'51 Hudson	335	500	running	0
12	41	53	Elmo Langley	Darlington 500 (Elmo Langley)	'54 Oldsmobile	335	450	running	0
13	9	8	Gene Comstock	Gene Comstock	'52 Hudson	334	400	running	0
14	4	28	Eddie Skinner	Frank Dodge	'53 Oldsmobile	332	350	running	0
15	14	82	Joe Eubanks	Oates Motor Co. (Phil Oates)	'51 Hudson	330	325	running	0
16	50	1	Elton Hildreth	Hildreth Motors (Elton Hildreth)	'53 Nash	327	300	running	0
17	28	17	Bill Widenhouse	Bob Widenhouse	'54 Mercury	326	275	running	0
18	31	47	Harvey Eakin	Harvey Eakin	'54 Nash	321	250	running	0
19	6	97	Bill Amick	Frank Christian	'54 Oldsmobile	317	225	running	9
20	11	64	Charlie Cregar	James Gess	'51 Plymouth	313	280	running	8
21	19	32	Art Watts		'54 Hudson	312	175	running	0
22	12	11	George Parrish	George Parrish	'53 Studebaker	299	160	running	0
24	35	27	Jim Gillette		'52 Plymouth	293	140	running	0
25	42	48	Otis Martin	Otis Martin	'54 Chrysler	290	130	running	0
26	32	85	Walt Harvey		'50 Ford	284	120	running	0
27	37	16	Buck Mason		'51 Plymouth	283	110	running	0
30	15	6	Ralph Liguori	Ralph Liguori	'54 Dodge	253	120	running	0
31	10	93	Ted Chamberlain	Chrysler Fire Power (Ted Chamberlain)	'53 Chrysler	252	75	running	0
32	48	55	Frank Stutts		'50 Ford	250	75	running	0
37	47	15	Joe Sheppard		'54 Ford	215	75	running	0
40	8	4	Ken Fisher	Ken Fisher	'54 Hudson	118	75	radiator	0
23	29	21	Laird Bruner	Carmen Amica	'54 Oldsmobile	294	150	rear end	0
33	5	26	Dave Terrell	Dave Terrell	'54 Dodge	231	75	rear end	0
39	39	23	Erick Erickson	Erick Erickson	'54 Buick	131	75	rear end	0
42	20	29	Dink Widenhouse	Dink Widenhouse	'53 Oldsmobile	101	75	vapor lock	0

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Buck Baker	1	34	34
Bill Amick	35	43	9
Curtis Turner	44	129	86
Charlie Cregar	130	137	8
Pop McGinnis	138	141	4
Curtis Turner	142	190	49
Herb Thomas	191	203	13
Curtis Turner	204	297	94
Herb Thomas	298	301	4
Curtis Turner	302	307	6
Herb Thomas	308	313	6
Curtis Turner	314	344	31
Herb Thomas	345	364	20

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