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1954 Springfield 100


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AAA Champ Car Series race number 5 of 13
Saturday, August 21, 1954 at Illinois State Fairgrounds, Springfield, IL
100 laps on a 1.000 mile dirt track (100.000 miles)

Time of race: 1:04:49
Average speed: 92.546 mph
Pole speed: 104.287 mph
Cautions: n/a
Margin of victory: n/a
Attendance: 21000
Lead changes: 1

Glossary    1954 AAA Champ Car Series results   /   1954 standings

PosSt#DriverChass./Eng.LapsMoneyStatusLedPts
1 514   Jimmy Davies Pat ClancyEwing / Offy1004118running100200
2 898   Chuck Stevenson J.C. AgajanianKuzma / Offy1002965running0160
3147   Don Freeland Bob EstesWatson / Offy1001647running0140
4 217   Bob Sweikert Lutes Truck PartsKurtis / Offy1001070running0120
5 192   Jiggs Peters Lee GlessnerScopa/Offenhauser100988running0100
61537   Larry Crockett Federal EngineeringKurtis / Offy100823running080
7 71   Sam Hanks Dr. SabourinPawl / Offy100658running060
8 92   Jack McGrath Jack HinkleKurtis / Offy100617running040
9 473   Mike Nazaruk McNamara   (Lee Elkins)Kurtis / Offy100576running030
101049   Johnnie Tolan AndersonKurtis / Offy100535running020
111252   Chuck Weyant Parks MotorsSilnes / Offy100494running010
12169   Jimmy Bryan Dean Van Lines   (Al Dean)Kuzma / Offy100411running0 
13 345   Ed Elisian Bardahl Oil CompanyKurtis / Offy99411running0 
14 63   Danny Oakes Hart FullertonKurtis / Offy99329running0 
151381   Rodger Ward Central Excavating   (Floyd Trevis)Trevis / Offy98288running0 
161171   Cal Niday Martin BrothersSilnes / Offy97205running0 
171889   Rex Easton Dunn EngineeringKurtis / Offy96164running0 
181732   Ray Crawford Ray CrawfordKurtis / Offy93164running0 

Relief Drivers:

Car #89: Andy Linden (15 laps)

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes:
PosNameNbrSponsorOwnerCar
Johnnie Parsons1Bardahl Oil CompanyKurtis / Offy
Art Cross6Springfield WeldingKurtis / Offy
Duane Carter16Auto ShippersLou RasseyKurtis / Offy
Andy Linden22Tom SarafoffKurtis / Offy
Jimmy Reece25Emmett MalloyPankratz / Offy
Pat O'Connor26Lindsey HopkinsLesovsky / Offy
Gene Hartley31John ZinkKurtis / Offy
Eddie Sachs33Ray BradySchroeder / Offy
Bob Carroll39Joe ShaheenHill / Offy
Duke Nalon43H.A. ChapmanRusso-Nichels / Offy
Manny Ayulo44Peter SchmidtKuzma / Offy
Johnny Boyd48SumarChapman RootBlough / Offy
Tommy Hinnershitz57IddingsMeyer / Offy
Joe Sostilio62Commercial Motor FreightEwing / Offy
Jack Bates94Charles Van AckerStevens / Offy
Paul Howe95Norm OlsonOffy
George Wilson95SaccoJohnstone / GMC
Jerry Hoyt99Belanger MotorsMurrell BelangerKurtis / Offy

Lap leader breakdown:
LeaderFrom
Lap
To
Lap
# Of
Laps
  Jimmy Davies1100100