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1954-02 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post 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 (159.900 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: 27000 Lead changes: 2 Glossary    1954 NASCAR Grand National results   /   1954 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led 1 1 42   Lee Petty San Juan Motors   (Petty Enterprises) '54 Chrysler 39 1700 running 37 2 10 87   Buck Baker Griffin Motors   (Bob Griffin) '53 Oldsmobile 39 1325 running 0 3 13 14   Curtis Turner Air Lift Special   (Frank Christian) '54 Oldsmobile 39 900 running 0 4 8 3   Dick Rathmann 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 Conely Jack Conely '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 Volusia County Motors   (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 Geisler – '51 Ford 2   – 0 62 4 88   Tim Flock Helzapopin   (Ernest Woods) '54 Oldsmobile 39   disqualified 0

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