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1954-12 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Grand National race number 12 of 37 Sunday, May 16, 1954 at Martinsville Speedway, Martinsville, VA 200 laps on a 0.500 mile dirt track (100.000 miles) Time of race: 2:10:04 Average speed: 46.153 mph Pole speed: drew for pole Cautions: 3 Margin of victory: 1 lap + Attendance: 8500 Lead changes: 2 Glossary    1954 NASCAR Grand National results   /   1954 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led 18 – 88   Buck Baker Ernest Woods '54 Oldsmobile 132 25 crash 0 17 2 2   Bill Blair Bill Blair '53 Hudson 133 25 spindle 7 12 – 30   Perk Brown – '50 Mercury 172 25 running 0 5 – 28   Laird Bruner Frank Dodge '53 Oldsmobile 187 300 running 0 8 – 71   Fred Dove Fred Dove '54 Chevrolet 185 150 running 0 13 – 82   Joe Eubanks Oates Motor Co.   (Phil Oates) '51 Hudson 171 25 running 0 21 – 52   Walt Flinchum Byrd Johnson '50 Plymouth 84   rear end 0 19 – 1   Elton Hildreth Hildreth Motors   (Elton Hildreth) '53 Nash 128 25 crash 0 4 – 23   Al Keller George Miller '54 Hudson 195 350 running 0 16 1 6   Ralph Liguori Ralph Liguori '54 Dodge 158 25 spindle 0 24 – 13   Joel Million Ernest Woods '53 Oldsmobile 22   crash 0 7 – 19   Clyde Minter Ken Pace '50 Mercury 185 200 running 0 14 – 108   Arden Mounts Gene Comstock '52 Hudson 171 25 running 0 23 – 111   Joe Bill O'Dell Joe Bill O'Dell '49 Ford 27   overheating 0 1 – 87   Jim Paschal Griffin Motors   (Bob Griffin) '53 Oldsmobile 200 1000 running 193 22 – 45   Paul Pettit Paul Pettit '52 Hudson 34   transmission 0 2 – 42   Lee Petty Petty Enterprises '54 Chrysler 199 650 running 0 10 – 100   Blackie Pitt Gary Drake '50 Plymouth 176 100 running 0 11 – 3   Dick Rathmann Pure   (John Ditz) '54 Hudson 174 25 running 0 15 – 51   Gober Sosebee Cherokee Garage   (Gober Sosebee) '54 Oldsmobile 166 25 driveshaft 0 6 – 126   Dave Terrell Dave Terrell '54 Dodge 187 250 running 0 20 – 31   Donald Thomas Blue Crown   (John Ditz) '53 Hudson 90 25 timing 0 9 – 92   Herb Thomas Herb Thomas '54 Hudson 179 100 running 0 3 – 21   Curtis Turner Carmen Amica '53 Oldsmobile 198 450 running 0

Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Bill Blair 1 7 7   Jim Paschal 8 200 193