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1954 Independence Day Sweepstakes

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AAA Champ Car Series race number 4 of 13
Sunday, July 4, 1954 at Darlington Raceway, Darlington, SC
146 laps on a 1.375 mile paved track (200.750 miles)

Time of race: 1:37:33
Average speed: 123.012 mph
Pole speed: 132.779 mph

Cautions: 1 for 15 laps
Margin of victory: n/a
Attendance: 15000
Lead changes: 2

Glossary 1954 AAA Champ Car Series results / 1954 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Chass./Eng.	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Pts
1	2	44	Manny Ayulo	Peter Schmidt	Kuzma / Offy	146	3750	running	58	400
2	7	25	Jimmy Reece	Emmett Malloy	Pankratz / Offy	146	2250	running	0	320
3	3	9	Jimmy Bryan	Dean Van Lines (Al Dean)	Kuzma / Offy	146	1500	running	87	280
4	11	49	Johnnie Tolan	Anderson	Kurtis / Offy	146	975	running	0	240
5	6	99	Jerry Hoyt	Belanger Motors (Murrell Belanger)	Kurtis / Offy	146	900	running	0	200
6	17	6	Art Cross	Bessie Lee Paoli	Kurtis / Offy	146	787	running	0	160
7	13	45	Joe Sostilio	Bardahl Oil Company	Kurtis / Offy	146	600	running	0	120
8	9	1	Sam Hanks	Bardahl Oil Company	Kurtis / Offy	146	487	running	0	53
9	25	34	Duane Carter	Auto Shippers (Lou Rassey)	Kurtis / Offy	145	450	running	0	80
10	8	26	Pat O'Connor	Lindsey Hopkins	Lesovsky / Offy	145	450	running	0	60
11	4	28	Larry Crockett	Federal Engineering	Kurtis / Offy	144	375	running	0	40
12	26	74	Gene Force	Brown Motor Co.	Schroeder / Offy	142	375	running	0	20
13	23	43	Walt Faulkner	H.A. Chapman	Russo-Nichels / Offy	141	300	running	0
14	22	48	Johnny Boyd	Sumar (Chapman Root)	Blough / Offy	139	300	running	0
15	19	3	Troy Ruttman	Sid Street	Pankratz / Offy	134	150	running	0
16	27	92	Eddie Sachs	Lee Glessner	Scopa / Offy	134	150	running	0
17	24	68	Eddie Russo	Peter Wales Trucking (Peter Wales)	Kurtis / Offy	132	150	running	0
18	14	7	Don Freeland	Bob Estes	Watson / Offy	120	150	dnf	0
19	28	57	Tommy Hinnershitz	Iddings	Meyer / Offy	115	75	dnf	0
20	21	18	Bob Scott	Ray Brady	Kurtis / Offy	108	75	crash	0
21	5	2	Jack McGrath	Jack Hinkle	Kurtis / Offy	104	75	spun out	0
22	16	17	Bob Sweikert	Lutes Truck Parts	Kurtis / Offy	102	75	dnf	0
23	20	16	Jimmy Daywalt	Auto Shippers (Lou Rassey)	Kurtis / Offy	77	75	crash	0
24	30	33	Wally Campbell	Ray Brady	Schroeder / Offy	76	75	dnf	0
25	18	73	Mike Nazaruk	McNamara (Lee Elkins)	Kurtis / Offy	61	75	dnf	0
26	12	76	Andy Linden	George Leitenberger	Silnes-Sherman / Offy	60	75	dnf	0
27	29	21	Jim Rathmann	Ernest Ruiz	Kurtis / Offy	46	75	brakes	0
28	15	14	Jimmy Davies	Pat Clancy	Ewing / Offy	37	75	stalled	0
29	1	98	Chuck Stevenson	J.C. Agajanian	Kuzma / Offy	17	75	bearing	1
30	10	36	Johnnie Parsons	Ed Stone	Kurtis / Offy	9	75	crankshaft	0

Relief Drivers:

Car #1: Len Duncan (77 laps), 47 points)
Car #16: Ernie McCoy (19 laps)

Pos	Name	Nbr	Sponsor	Owner	Car
Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes:
	Ray Crawford	32		Ray Crawford	Kurtis / Offy
	Johnny Thomson	62	Commercial Motor Freight		Ewing / Offy
	Ernie McCoy	71		Martin Bros.	Silnes / Offy
	Rodger Ward	81	Central Excavating	Floyd Trevis	Trevis / Offy
DC	Ed Elisian	28		Federal Engineering	Kurtis / Offy
WD	Marshall Teague			Hart Fullerton	Kurtis / Offy

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Chuck Stevenson	1	1	1
Jimmy Bryan	2	88	87
Manny Ayulo	89	146	58