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NASCAR Grand National race number 29 of 37
Sunday, August 22, 1954 at Bay Meadows Speedway, San Mateo, CA
250 laps on a 1.000 mile dirt track (250.000 miles)

Time of race: 3:50:48
Average speed: 64.71 mph
Pole speed: 75.566 mph

Cautions: n/a
Margin of victory: n/a
Attendance: 10000
Lead changes: n/a

Glossary 1954 NASCAR Grand National results / 1954 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
29	–	51	Rick Henderson	Ray Henderson	'51 Ford	199	40	running	0
20	–	89	Bill West	Danny Letner	'51 Hudson	225	50	running	0
17	–	87	Buck Baker	Slick Smith	'54 Cadillac	231	100	running	0
39	–	35	Bill Smith	F.W. Smith	'51 Hudson	83	40	piston	0
40	–	19	George Rogge	George Rogge	'50 Oldsmobile	64	40	crash	0
24	–	33-X	Bob Deehan	–	'53 Dodge	213	40	running	0
13	–	10	Charles Pemberton	Bill Payne	'53 Dodge	237	100	running	0
25	–	7	Jim Heath	Allen Heath	'54 Ford	210	40	rear end	0
27	–	15	Sam Hawks	Chet Chiroso	'50 Plymouth	203	40	running	0
41	–	8	Ed Normi	Jack Beumer	'53 Dodge	39	40	engine	0
30	–	60	Howard Phillippi	Leroy Weyher	'51 Hudson	199	40	running	0
31	–	50	Jim Cook	Leroy Weyher	'50 Oldsmobile	184	40	running	0
32	–	41	Ernie Young	Walt Palozi	'51 Plymouth	178	40	running	0
33	–	90	Ted Lee	Ted Lee	'50 Ford	164	40	running	0
35	–	11	Dick Carter	Dick Carter	'51 Hudson	154	40	wheel	0
36	–	77	Bill Bade	–	'52 Plymouth	144	40	running	0
37	–	31	Red Ortwein	–	'51 Hudson	144	40	overheating	0
1	1	14	Hershel McGriff	Frank Christian	'54 Oldsmobile	250	2425	running	249
10	2	98	Marvin Panch	John Fernandez	'54 Dodge	244	200	running	0
11	3	2	Jim Graham	George Bignotti	'54 Oldsmobile	239	150	running	0
6	4	92	Herb Thomas	Herb Thomas	'54 Hudson	247	400	running	0
34	5	4	John Soares	Charles Vance	'54 Dodge	160	40	crash	0
4	6	68	Allen Adkins	Gus Davis	'54 Dodge	249	700	running	0
7	7	3	Danny Letner	Joe Bearscheck	'52 Hudson	245	300	crash	0
3	8	12	Dick Rathmann	Don Oliver	'53 Oldsmobile	249	900	running	0
28	9	73	Art Watts	–	'54 Hudson	200	40	gasket	0
23	10	X100	Blackie Pitt	Gary Drake	'54 Oldsmobile	214	40	running	0
19	11	97	Fred Bince	Fred Bince	'53 Dodge	226	50	running	0
14	12	16	Tony Nelson	Joe Savatier	'53 Hudson	236	100	running	0
18	13	6	Ben Gregory	Chris Milovich	'54 Oldsmobile	228	50	running	0
12	14	65	Chuck Meekins	Larry Dorsey	'52 Oldsmobile	238	150	running	0
5	15	42	Lee Petty	Petty Enterprises	'54 Chrysler	247	500	running	0
38	16	099	Dick Zimmermann	Les Brand	'54 Mercury	121	40	engine	0
26	17	1	Al Neves	Al Neves	'51 Mercury	210	40	running	0
8	18	33	Lloyd Dane	Lloyd Dane	'53 Hudson	244	200	running	0
16	19	99	Joe Valente	Joe Mangini	'50 Oldsmobile	233	100	running	0
2	20	28	Bill Amick	Frank Dodge	'53 Oldsmobile	250	1500	running	0
15	21	88	Woody Brown	Joe Mangini	'50 Oldsmobile	235	100	running	0
9	24	84	Robert Caswell	Lou Mangini	'52 Plymouth	244	200	running	0
21	25	52	Eddie Pagan	Eddie Pagan	'52 Plymouth	223	40	running	0
22	41	25	Erick Erickson	Erick Erickson	'54 Buick	215	40	running	1

Pos	Name	Nbr	Sponsor	Owner	Car
Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes:
	Bud Kelleher	111			Frazer

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Hershel McGriff	1	73	73
Erick Erickson	74	74	1
Hershel McGriff	75	250	176