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NASCAR Grand National:1954-02
Held on February 21, 1954 at Daytona Beach Road Course in Daytona Beach, FL
39 L, 159.9 M, 257.322 KM - Scheduled Distance

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FEATURE RESULTS

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	1	42	Lee Petty	San Juan Motors	'54 Chrysler	39	37	running
2	10	87	Buck Baker	Griffin Motors	'53 Oldsmobile	39	0	running
3	13	14	Curtis Turner	Air Lift Special, Riverside Farms	'54 Oldsmobile	39	0	running
4	8	3	Dick Rathmann	Pure Sensitized Gasoline	'54 Hudson	38	0	running
5	26	2	Bill Blair	Halifax Motors	'54 Oldsmobile	38	0	running
6	23	122	Jack Smith		'54 Oldsmobile	38	0	running
7	6	13	Emory Lewis		'53 Oldsmobile	38	0	running
8	14	25	Fireball Roberts		'53 Oldsmobile	38	0	running
9	17	51	Gober Sosebee	Cherokee Garage	'54 Oldsmobile	38	0	running
10	37	77	Stan Kross		'54 Hudson	38	0	running
11	25	35	Don White		'54 Oldsmobile	38	0	running
12	9	98	Hershel McGriff	City of Roses	'54 Oldsmobile	37	0	running
13	2	48	Otis Martin		'54 Chrysler	37	0	running
14	27	118	Byron King		'54 Buick	37	0	running
15	7	76	Jack Conley		'53 Lincoln	37	0	rear end
16	20	7A	Jim Reed		'54 Oldsmobile	37	0	running
17	12	9	Ed Samples	Northern Car Co.	'54 Oldsmobile	36	0	running
18	31	82	Joe Eubanks	Oates Motor Co.	'51 Hudson	36	0	running
19	39	61	Jimmie Lewallen		'53 Oldsmobile	36	0	running
20	47	12	Speedy Thompson		'53 Oldsmobile	36	0	running
21	46	23	Al Keller		'54 Hudson	36	0	running
22	35	21	Laird Bruner		'53 Oldsmobile	36	0	running
23	36	86	Don Oldenberg		'54 Mercury	36	0	running
24	28	101	Buckie Sager		'53 Studebaker	35	0	running
25	61	52	Joe Guide		'51 Hudson	35	0	running
26	24	41	Dick Garlington	Air Lift Special	'51 Oldsmobile	35	0	running
27	38	80	Jim Paschal		'54 Dodge	35	0	running
28	59	33	Pop McGinnis		'52 Hudson	35	0	running
29	43	30	Nero Steptoe		'52 Oldsmobile	35	0	running
30	48	7	Mike Brown	Citizens Packard	'53 Packard	35	0	running
31	32	44A	Bob Welborn		'53 Dodge	35	0	running
32	42	126	Dave Terrell	Volusia County Motors	'54 Dodge	35	0	running
33	29	96	Mason Bright		'53 Oldsmobile	35	0	running
34	41	34	Virgil Livengood		'54 Nash	35	0	running
35	30	50	Elbert Allen		'53 Oldsmobile	34	0	running
36	50	155	Mel Krueger	Ken Behn Motor Co.	'53 Hudson	34	0	running
37	49	15	Jimmy Florian		'52 Hudson	34	0	running
38	44	1	Elton Hildreth	Hildreth Motors	'53 Nash	34	0	out of gas
39	45	28	Eddie Skinner		'53 Dodge	33	0	running
40	51	47	Harvey Eakin		'53 Nash	33	0	running
41	40	10	Bob Sampson		'53 Dodge	32	0	overheating
42	55	141	Billy Rafter		'49 Plymouth	32	0	running
43	57	10A	Hap Jones	Greenville Nash	'54 Nash	31	0	running
44	54	47A	Billy Irvin		'51 Plymouth	28	0	running
45	21	287	William Kearney		'51 Plymouth	28	0	clutch
46	60	44	Harold Nash		'52 Oldsmobile	27	0	running
47	15	17	Jim Romine		'53 Hudson	25	0	engine
48	52	107	Johnny Roberts		'50 Ford	22	0	head gasket
49	62	58	Johnny Patterson		'52 Oldsmobile	22	0	running
50	56	144	Art Binkley		'51 Ford	21	0	running
51	33	6	Ralph Liguori		'54 Dodge	21	0	stalled
52	58	166	Ernest Palmer		'53 Willys	20	0	running
53	18	53	Bill Cornwall		'54 Oldsmobile	18	0	running
54	22	16	Ted Rambo		'54 Lincoln	16	0	running
55	34	22	George Osborne		'53 Hudson	16	0	gas line
56	3	40	Tommy Thompson	San Juan Motors	'54 Chrysler	15	0	crash
57	11	99	Fonty Flock		'54 Buick	13	0	clutch
58	16	39	Bill Barker		'54 Oldsmobile	12	0	overheating
59	5	92	Herb Thomas	FABULOUS	'54 Hudson	10	2	gas line
60	19	4	Slick Smith	Air Lift	'54 Oldsmobile	5	0	engine
61	53	37	Victor Geisler		'51 Ford	2	0
62	4	88	Tim Flock	Helzapopin	'54 Oldsmobile	39	0	disqualified

RACE DATA
Did not start:
Did not qualify:
Time of Race: ???
Starting Lineup Set By: Unknown Methods
Fast Qualifier:
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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: ??? mph
Cautions: ?? for ?? laps - not available
Lead Changes: ?? among ?? drivers - not available
Fastest Lap: Unknown/Unentered