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1954-08 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Grand National race number 8 of 37 Sunday, April 18, 1954 at Orange Speedway, Hillsborough, NC 100 laps on a 1.000 mile dirt track (100.000 miles) Time of race: 1:17:32 Average speed: 77.386 mph Pole speed: 86.767 mph Cautions: 1 Margin of victory: 1 cl Attendance: 5700 Lead changes: 2 Glossary    1954 NASCAR Grand National results   /   1954 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led 1 4 92   Herb Thomas Fabulous Hudson Hornet   (Herb Thomas) '54 Hudson 100 1000 running 35 2 3 31   Donald Thomas Pure   (John Ditz) '53 Hudson 100 650 running 53 3 1 88   Buck Baker Ernest Woods '54 Oldsmobile 100 450 running 12 4 9 3   Dick Rathmann Pure   (John Ditz) '54 Hudson 100 350 running 0 5 12 14   Curtis Turner Frank Christian '54 Oldsmobile 99 300 running 0 6 13 42   Lee Petty Petty Enterprises '54 Dodge 98 250 running 0 7 5 82   Joe Eubanks Oates Motor Co.   (Phil Oates) '51 Hudson 97 200 running 0 8 10 16   Ted Rambo Bob Cancro '54 Lincoln 97 150 running 0 9 11 21   Laird Bruner Carmen Amica '53 Oldsmobile 96 100 running 0 10 18 24   Ray Duhigg J.O. Goode '50 Plymouth 95 100 running 0 11 21 6   Ralph Liguori Ralph Liguori '54 Dodge 94 25 running 0 12 26 143   Andy Winfree Andy Winfree '50 Plymouth 92 25 running 0 13 17 108   Arden Mounts Gene Comstock '51 Hudson 91 25 running 0 14 25 100   Blackie Pitt Gary Drake '49 Plymouth 90 25 running 0 15 23 8   Bud Harless Edgar Clay '53 Hudson 90 25 running 0 16 28 47   Harvey Eakin Harvey Eakin '53 Nash 89 25 running 0 17 19 28   Eddie Skinner Frank Dodge '53 Oldsmobile 88 25 running 0 18 20 78   Elbert Allen Ernest Woods '53 Oldsmobile 86 25 running 0 19 14 1   Elton Hildreth Hildreth Motors   (Elton Hildreth) '53 Nash 86 25 running 0 20 27 10   Marshall Harless Marshall Harless '49 Ford 82 25 running 0 21 6 22   Perk Brown R.G. Shelton '51 Hudson 77 25 running 0 22 22 71   Fred Dove Fred Dove '54 Chevrolet 64   overheating 0 23 8 13   Emory Lewis Ernest Woods '53 Oldsmobile 61   crash 0 24 7 87   Jim Paschal Griffin Motors   (Bob Griffin) '53 Oldsmobile 37   oil pan 0 25 16 61   Jimmie Lewallen M.E. Riley '53 Oldsmobile 31   spring 0 26 2 51   Gober Sosebee Cherokee Auto Ser. / Mitchell Motors   (Gober Sosebee) '54 Oldsmobile 21   piston 0 27 15 43   Bob Welborn Julian Petty '53 Dodge 17   gasket 0 28 24 126   Dave Terrell Dave Terrell '54 Dodge 8   hub 0

Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Buck Baker 1 12 12   Donald Thomas 13 65 53   Herb Thomas 66 100 35