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1954-02

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NASCAR Grand National race number 2 of 37
Sunday, February 21, 1954 at Beach & Road Course, Daytona Beach, FL
39 laps on a 4.100 mile road course (159.9 miles)

Time of race: 1:47:40
Average Speed: 89.108 mph
Pole Speed: 123.41 mph

Cautions: none
Margin of Victory: 9 sec
Attendance: 27,000
Lead changes: 2

Glossary 1954 NASCAR Grand National results / 1954 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
1	1	42	Lee Petty	San Juan Motors (Petty Enterprises)	'54 Chrysler	39	1,700	running	37
2	10	87	Buck Baker	Griffin Motors (Bob Griffin)	'53 Oldsmobile	39	1,325	running	0
3	13	14	Curtis Turner	Air Lift Special (Frank Christian)	'54 Oldsmobile	39	900	running	0
62	4	88	Tim Flock	Helzapopin (Ernest Woods)	'54 Oldsmobile	39		dq	0
4	8	3	Dick Rathman	Pure Sensitized (John Ditz)	'54 Hudson	38	625	running	0
5	26	2	Bill Blair	Halifax Motors (Bill Blair)	'54 Oldsmobile	38	475	running	0
6	23	122	Jack Smith	Jack Smith	'54 Oldsmobile	38	425	running	0
7	6	13	Emory Lewis	Ernest Woods	'53 Oldsmobile	38	300	running	0
8	14	25	Fireball Roberts	Leland Colvin	'53 Oldsmobile	38	200	running	0
9	17	51	Gober Sosebee	Cherokee Garage (Gober Sosebee)	'54 Oldsmobile	38	150	running	0
10	37	77	Stan Kross	Sam Knox	'54 Hudson	38	125	running	0
11	25	35	Don White	Don White	'54 Oldsmobile	38	90	running	0
12	9	98	Hershel McGriff	Beryl Jackson	'54 Oldsmobile	37	80	running	0
13	2	48	Otis Martin	Otis Martin	'54 Chrysler	37	70	running	0
14	27	118	Byron King	Byron King	'54 Buick	37	60	running	0
15	7	76	Jack Conley	Jack Conley	'53 Lincoln	37	50	rear end	0
16	20	7A	Jim Reed	Jim Reed	'54 Oldsmobile	37	40	running	0
17	12	9	Ed Samples	Claude Alexander	'54 Oldsmobile	36	40	running	0
18	31	82	Joe Eubanks	Oates Motor Co. (Phil Oates)	'51 Hudson	36	40	running	0
19	39	61	Jimmie Lewallen	M.E. Riley	'53 Oldsmobile	36	40	running	0
20	47	12	Speedy Thompson	Buckshot Morris	'53 Oldsmobile	36	40	running	0
21	46	23	Al Keller	George Miller	'54 Hudson	36	25	running	0
22	35	21	Laird Bruner	Carmen Amica	'53 Oldsmobile	36	25	running	0
23	36	86	Don Oldenberg	Don Oldenberg	'54 Mercury	36	25	running	0
24	28	101	Bucky Sager	Bucky Sager	'53 Studebaker	35	25	running	0
25	61	52	Joe Guide	Sally Guide	'51 Hudson	35	25	running	0
26	24	41	Dick Garlington	Air Lift Special (John Eanes)	'51 Oldsmobile	35	25	running	0
27	38	80	Jim Paschal	George Hutchens	'54 Dodge	35	25	running	0
28	59	33	Pop McGinnis	Irving Frye	'52 Hudson	35	25	running	0
29	43	30	Nero Steptoe	Lavern Kendrick	'52 Oldsmobile	35	25	running	0
30	48	7	Mike Brown	Citizens Packard Co. (Mike Brown)	'53 Packard	35	25	running	0
31	32	44A	Bob Welborn	Julian Petty	'53 Dodge	35	25	running	0
32	42	126	Dave Terrell	Dave Terrell	'54 Dodge	35	25	running	0
33	29	96	Mason Bright	Mason Bright	'53 Oldsmobile	35	25	running	0
34	41	34	Virgil Livengood	Virgil Livengood	'54 Nash	35	25	running	0
35	30	50	Elbert Allen	Gober Sosebee	'53 Oldsmobile	34	25	running	0
36	50	155	Mel Krueger	Ken Behn Motor Co. (Ken Behn)	'53 Hudson	34	25	running	0
37	49	15	Jimmy Florian	Jimmy Florian	'52 Hudson	34	25	running	0
38	44	1	Elton Hildreth	Hildreth Motors (Elton Hildreth)	'53 Nash	34	25	out of gas	0
39	45	28	Eddie Skinner	Frank Dodge	'53 Dodge	33	25	running	0
40	51	47	Harvey Eakin	Harvey Eakin	'53 Nash	33	25	running	0
41	40	10	Bob Sampson	Bob Sampson	'53 Dodge	32		overheating	0
42	55	141	Billy Rafter	Billy Rafter	'49 Plymouth	32		running	0
43	57	10A	Hap Jones	Greenville Nash Co. (Hap Jones)	'54 Nash	31		running	0
44	54	47A	Billy Irvin	Billy Irvin	'51 Plymouth	28		running	0
45	21	287	William Kearney		'51 Plymouth	28		clutch	0
46	60	44	Harold Nash	Harold Nash	'52 Oldsmobile	27		running	0
47	15	17	Jim Romine	Jim Romine	'53 Hudson	25		engine	0
48	52	107	Johnny Roberts	Johnny Roberts	'50 Ford	22		head gasket	0
49	62	58	Johnny Patterson	H.B. Ranier	'52 Oldsmobile	22		running	0
50	56	144	Art Binkley		'51 Ford	21		running	0
51	33	6	Ralph Liguori	Ralph Liguori	'54 Dodge	21		stalled	0
52	58	166	Ernest Palmer	W.E. Campbell	'53 Willys	20		running	0
53	18	53	Bill Cornwall	Bill Cornwall	'54 Oldsmobile	18		running	0
54	22	16	Ted Rambo	Bob Cancro	'54 Lincoln	16		running	0
55	34	22	George Osborne	George Osborne	'53 Hudson	16		gas line	0
56	3	40	Tommy Thompson	San Juan Motors (Tommy Thompson)	'54 Chrysler	15		crash	0
57	11	99	Fonty Flock	Raymond Parks	'54 Buick	13		clutch	0
58	16	39	Bill Barker		'54 Oldsmobile	12		overheating	0
59	5	92	Herb Thomas	Herb Thomas	'54 Hudson	10		gas line	2
60	19	4	Slick Smith	Air Lift (Frank Christian)	'54 Oldsmobile	5		engine	0
61	53	37	Victor Geisen		'51 Ford	2			0

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Herb Thomas	1	2	2
Lee Petty	3	39	37

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