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1954 Independence Day Sweepstakes
Held on July 4, 1954 at Darlington Raceway in Darlington, SC (Second configuration)
146 L, 200.75 M, 323.075 KM - Scheduled Distance

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FEATURE RESULTS

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	2	44	Manny Ayulo		Kuzma / Offy	146	58	running	400
2	7	25	Jimmy Reece		Pankratz / Offy	146	0	running	320
3	3	9	Jimmy Bryan	Dean Van Lines	Kuzma / Offy	146	87	running	280
4	11	49	Johnnie Tolan		Kurtis / Offy	146	0	running	240
5	6	99	Jerry Hoyt	Belanger Motors	Kurtis / Offy	146	0	running	200
6	17	6	Art Cross		Kurtis / Offy	146	0	running	160
7	13	45	Joe Sostilio	Bardahl Oil Company	Kurtis / Offy	146	0	running	120
8	9	1	Sam Hanks	Bardahl Oil Company	Kurtis / Offy	146	0	running	53
9	25	34	Duane Carter	Auto Shippers	Kurtis / Offy	145	0	running	80
10	8	26	Pat O'Connor		Lesovsky / Offy	145	0	running	60
11	4	28	Larry Crockett	Federal Engineering	Kurtis / Offy	144	0	running	40
12	26	74	Gene Force	Brown Motor Co.	Schroeder / Offy	142	0	running	20
13	23	43	Walt Faulkner		Russo-Nichels / Offy	141	0	running	0
14	22	48	Johnny Boyd	Sumar	Blough / Offy	139	0	running	0
15	19	3	Troy Ruttman		Pankratz / Offy	134	0	running	0
16	27	92	Eddie Sachs		Scopa / Offy	134	0	running	0
17	24	68	Eddie Russo	Peter Wales Trucking	Kurtis / Offy	132	0	running	0
18	14	7	Don Freeland		Watson / Offy	120	0	did not finish	0
19	28	57	Tommy Hinnershitz	Iddings	Meyer / Offy	115	0	did not finish	0
20	21	18	Bob Scott		Kurtis / Offy	108	0	accident	0
21	5	2	Jack McGrath		Kurtis / Offy	104	0	spun out	0
22	16	17	Bob Sweikert	Lutes Truck Parts	Kurtis / Offy	102	0	did not finish	0
23	20	16	Jimmy Daywalt	Auto Shippers	Kurtis / Offy	77	0	accident	0
24	30	33	Wally Campbell		Schroeder / Offy	76	0	did not finish	0
25	18	73	Mike Nazaruk	McNamara	Kurtis / Offy	61	0	did not finish	0
26	12	76	Andy Linden		Silnes-Sherman / Offy	60	0	did not finish	0
27	29	21	Jim Rathmann		Kurtis / Offy	46	0	brakes	0
28	15	14	Jimmy Davies		Ewing / Offy	37	0	stalled	0
29	1	98	Chuck Stevenson		Kuzma / Offy	17	1	bearing	0
30	10	36	Johnnie Parsons		Kurtis / Offy	9	0	crankshaft	0
DID NOT QUALIFY
			Ray Crawford					DNQ
			Johnny Thomson					DNQ
			Ernie McCoy					DNQ
			Rodger Ward					DNQ

RACE DATA
Did not start:
Did not qualify:
Time of Race: 1h:37:33
Starting Lineup Set By: Time Trials
Fast Qualifier: Chuck Stevenson - 37.28 sec.
Preliminary Feature Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{PrelimWinners}}}|{{{PrelimWinners}}}]]
Heat Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{HeatWinners}}}|{{{HeatWinners}}}]]
Qualifier Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{QualWinners}}}|{{{QualWinners}}}]]
Dash Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{DashWinners}}}|{{{DashWinners}}}]]
Scramble Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{ScrambleWinners}}}|{{{ScrambleWinners}}}]]
Consi Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{ConsiWinners}}}|{{{ConsiWinners}}}]]
Non-Qualifiers Race Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{NonQualWinners}}}|{{{NonQualWinners}}}]]
Margin of Victory:
Average Speed: 123.012 mph
Cautions: 1 for 15 laps - not available
Lead Changes: 2 among 3 drivers - Chuck Stevenson (1); Jimmy Bryan (2-88); Manny Ayulo (89-146)
Fastest Lap: Unknown/Unentered
STATISTICALLY SPEAKING
Relief Drivers: Car #1: Len Duncan (77 laps, 47 points) Car #16: Ernie McCoy (19 laps)