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1954 Wilkes County 160

NASCAR Grand National race number 7 of 37
Sunday, April 4, 1954 at North Wilkesboro Speedway, North Wilkesboro, NC
160 laps on a 0.625 mile dirt track (100.000 miles)

Time of race: 1:27:32
Average speed: 68.545 mph
Pole speed: 78.698 mph

Cautions: 2 for 11 laps
Margin of victory: 20 sec
Attendance: 5500
Lead changes: 3

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
1	2	3	Dick Rathmann	Pure (John Ditz)	'54 Hudson	160	1000	running	48
2	24	92	Herb Thomas	Fabulous Hudson Hornet (Herb Thomas)	'54 Hudson	160	650	running	0
3	5	82	Joe Eubanks	Oates Motor Co. (Phil Oates)	'51 Hudson	160	450	running	0
4	6	14	Curtis Turner	Frank Christian	'52 Oldsmobile	158	350	running	0
5	9	42	Lee Petty	Petty Enterprises	'54 Dodge	156	300	running	0
6	11	6	Ralph Liguori	Ralph Liguori	'54 Dodge	156	250	running	0
7	4	23	Al Keller	George Miller	'54 Hudson	155	200	running	0
8	10	34	Andy Winfree	Andy Winfree	'50 Plymouth	155	150	running	0
9	12	80	Jim Paschal	George Hutchens	'54 Dodge	155	100	running	0
10	15	24	Jimmie Lewallen	J.O. Goode	'50 Plymouth	154	100	running	0
11	17	44	Bob Welborn	Julian Petty	'51 Plymouth	154	25	running	0
12	1	51	Gober Sosebee	Cherokee Garage (Gober Sosebee)	'54 Oldsmobile	152	25	spindle	112
13	19	71	Fred Dove	Fred Dove	'54 Chevrolet	149	25	running	0
14	18	43	Billy Irvin	Julian Petty	'53 Dodge	149	25	running	0
15	3	87	Buck Baker	Griffin Motors (Bob Griffin)	'53 Oldsmobile	142	25	running	0
16	14	28	Eddie Skinner	Frank Dodge	'53 Oldsmobile	139	25	running	0
17	20	58	Bud Harless	Edgar Clay	'53 Hudson	129	25	crash	0
18	22	75	Ralph Dutton	Ralph Dutton	'53 Dodge	70	25	wheel	0
19	8	1	Elton Hildreth	Hildreth Motors (Elton Hildreth)	'53 Nash	58	25	hose	0
20	7	16	Ted Rambo	Bob Cancro	'54 Lincoln	46	25	crash	0
21	16	108	Arden Mounts	Gene Comstock	'51 Hudson	44	25	wheel	0
22	21	126	Dave Terrell	Dave Terrell	'54 Dodge	31		bearing	0
23	13	77	Stan Kross	Sam Knox	'54 Hudson	26		piston	0
24	23	X100	Blackie Pitt	Gary Drake	'50 Plymouth	12		wheel	0

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	46	46
	47	51	5	#16,108 accident turn 1
	52	136	85
	137	142	6	#58 accident turn 3
	143	160	18
Percent of race run under caution: 6.9% Average green flag run: 49.7 laps

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Gober Sosebee	1	94	94
Dick Rathman	95	96	2
Gober Sosebee	97	114	18
Dick Rathman	115	160	46