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1954 Southern 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post 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 (500.500 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: 28000 Lead changes: 12 Glossary    1954 NASCAR Grand National results   /   1954 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led 1 23 92   Herb Thomas Fabulous Hudson Hornet   (Herb Thomas) '54 Hudson 364 6830 running 43 2 17 44   Curtis Turner Elmer Brooks '52 Oldsmobile 364 6245 running 266 3 24 98   Marvin Panch Beryl Jackson '54 Dodge 362 2155 running 0 4 27 58   Johnny Patterson H.B. Ranier '54 Mercury 360 1165 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 23 29 21   Laird Bruner Carmen Amica '54 Oldsmobile 294 150 rear end 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 Walt Harvey '50 Ford 284 120 running 0 27 37 16   Buck Mason – '51 Plymouth 283 110 running 0 28 30 70   Charles Brinkley – '51 Hudson 268 100 engine 0 29 43 20   Van Van Wey Pee Dee Motor Co.   (Van Van Wey) '54 Ford 260 120 crash 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 33 5 26   Dave Terrell Dave Terrell '54 Dodge 231 75 rear end 0 34 16 83   Cotton Owens – '51 Hudson 228 75 engine 0 35 22 33   Pop McGinnis Irving Frye '53 Hudson 221 115 fuel 4 36 44 71   Dean Pelton – '50 Ford 216 75 gasket 0 37 47 15   Joe Sheppard – '54 Ford 215 75 running 0 38 13 42   Lee Petty Bender Magnetic   (Petty Enterprises) '54 Chrysler 173 75 coil 0 39 39 23   Erick Erickson Erick Erickson '54 Buick 131 75 rear end 0 40 8 4   Ken Fisher Ken Fisher '54 Hudson 118 75 radiator 0 41 18 5   Jimmie Lewallen Joe Blair '54 Mercury 110 75 crash 0 42 20 29   Dink Widenhouse Dink Widenhouse '53 Oldsmobile 101 75 vapor lock 0 43 26 10   Blackie Pitt Gary Drake '54 Oldsmobile 98 75 piston 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 46 49 20   John McGinley Walt Chapman '53 Hudson 36 75 bearing 0 47 46 43   Danny Letner Joe Bearscheck '51 Hudson 26 75 engine 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 50 36 75   Jimmy Thompson – '52 Oldsmobile 4 75 fuel tank 0

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car Parks Surratt 00 Park Sarratt Plymouth Bill Blair 2 Bill Blair Hudson Dick Rathman 3 Pure John Ditz Hudson Ross Morrison 05 Hudson Donald Thomas 9 Herb Thomas Hudson Clyde Minter 19 Ken Pace Mercury Hank Carruthers 50 Packard Gober Sosebee 51 Cherokee Garage Gober Sosebee Oldsmobile Ken Taylor 62 Ford Fred Dove 71 Fred Dove Plymouth Jim Graham 72 George Bignotti Ford Bill Morgan 77 Hudson Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   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