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1954 Springfield 100 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post 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

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Chass./Eng. Laps Money Status Led Pts 5 1 92   Jiggs Peters Lee Glessner Scopa/Offenhauser 100 988 running 0 100 4 2 17   Bob Sweikert Lutes Truck Parts Kurtis / Offy 100 1070 running 0 120 13 3 45   Ed Elisian Bardahl Oil Company Kurtis / Offy 99 411 running 0   9 4 73   Mike Nazaruk McNamara   (Lee Elkins) Kurtis / Offy 100 576 running 0 30 1 5 14   Jimmy Davies Pat Clancy Ewing / Offy 100 4118 running 100 200 14 6 3   Danny Oakes Hart Fullerton Kurtis / Offy 99 329 running 0   7 7 1   Sam Hanks Dr. Sabourin Pawl / Offy 100 658 running 0 60 2 8 98   Chuck Stevenson J.C. Agajanian Kuzma / Offy 100 2965 running 0 160 8 9 2   Jack McGrath Jack Hinkle Kurtis / Offy 100 617 running 0 40 10 10 49   Johnnie Tolan Anderson Kurtis / Offy 100 535 running 0 20 16 11 71   Cal Niday Martin Brothers Silnes / Offy 97 205 running 0   11 12 52   Chuck Weyant Parks Motors Silnes / Offy 100 494 running 0 10 15 13 81   Rodger Ward Central Excavating   (Floyd Trevis) Trevis / Offy 98 288 running 0   3 14 7   Don Freeland Bob Estes Watson / Offy 100 1647 running 0 140 6 15 37   Larry Crockett Federal Engineering Kurtis / Offy 100 823 running 0 80 12 16 9   Jimmy Bryan Dean Van Lines   (Al Dean) Kuzma / Offy 100 411 running 0   18 17 32   Ray Crawford Ray Crawford Kurtis / Offy 93 164 running 0   17 18 89   Rex Easton Dunn Engineering Kurtis / Offy 96 164 running 0

Relief Drivers: Car #89: Andy Linden (15 laps) Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car Johnnie Parsons 1 Bardahl Oil Company Kurtis / Offy Art Cross 6 Springfield Welding Kurtis / Offy Duane Carter 16 Auto Shippers Lou Rassey Kurtis / Offy Andy Linden 22 Tom Sarafoff Kurtis / Offy Jimmy Reece 25 Emmett Malloy Pankratz / Offy Pat O'Connor 26 Lindsey Hopkins Lesovsky / Offy Gene Hartley 31 John Zink Kurtis / Offy Eddie Sachs 33 Ray Brady Schroeder / Offy Bob Carroll 39 Joe Shaheen Hill / Offy Duke Nalon 43 H.A. Chapman Russo-Nichels / Offy Manny Ayulo 44 Peter Schmidt Kuzma / Offy Johnny Boyd 48 Sumar Chapman Root Blough / Offy Tommy Hinnershitz 57 Iddings Meyer / Offy Joe Sostilio 62 Commercial Motor Freight Ewing / Offy Jack Bates 94 Charles Van Acker Stevens / Offy Paul Howe 95 Norm Olson Offy George Wilson 95 Sacco Johnstone / GMC Jerry Hoyt 99 Belanger Motors Murrell Belanger Kurtis / Offy Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Jimmy Davies 1 100 100