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NASCAR Grand National:1954-16 NASCAR Grand National---1954.jpgNASCAR Pacific Coast Late Model Series---1954.jpg
Held on May 30, 1954 at Carrell Speedway in Gardena, CA
500 L, 250 M, 402.5 KM - Shortened by Scoring Error

FEATURE RESULTS
Fin St # Driver Sponsor Make Laps Led Status Pts
1 17 4 John Soares '54 Dodge 496 211 running
2 4 33 Lloyd Dane '53 Hudson 495 180 running
3 1 39 Danny Letner '52 Hudson 490 105 running
4 2 12 Ben Gregory '53 Oldsmobile 486 0 running
5 4 73 George Seeger '54 Ford 486 0 running
6 21 66 Erick Erickson '50 Oldsmobile 477 0 running
7 6 89 Bill West '51 Hudson 476 0 running
8 20 16 Tony Nelson '49 Ford 475 0 running
9 10 99 Joe Valente '50 Oldsmobile 468 0 running
10 7 65 Bill Bade '52 Oldsmobile 466 0 running
11 14 24 Bob Havemann '54 Ford 466 0 running
12 23 52 Eddie Pagan '50 Plymouth 459 0 running
13 16 35 Bill Smith '51 Hudson 455 0 running
14 28 82 Bob Tyrell '53 Ford 450 0 running
15 30 45 Bill Galdarisi '50 Ford 445 0 running
16 29 40 Tom Drake '50 Ford 444 0 running
17 9 30 Bill Stammer '53 Pontiac 441 0 running
18 5 88 Woody Brown '50 Oldsmobile 428 0 running
19 24 15 Cliff Roberts '50 Plymouth 422 0 running
20 15 6 John Kieper '54 Ford 420 0 running
21 22 80 Arley Scranton '50 Ford 413 0 running
22 32 93 Bob Rose '52 Henry J 393 0 accident
23 19 17 Jerry Keyes '54 Dodge 338 0 tie rod
24 27 41 Ernie Young '50 Plymouth 337 0 hub
25 31 90 Ted Lee '50 Ford 328 0 fuel pump
26 11 50 Jim Cook '50 Oldsmobile 299 0 rear end
27 3 91 Fred Bince '53 Dodge 200 0 steering
28 12 5 Chuck Meekins '52 Oldsmobile 191 0 wheel
29 18 48 Allen Heath McCullock '54 Kaiser 52 0 fuel pump
30 26 44 H.R. Kahl '52 Plymouth 51 0 accident
31 25 32 Dick Freeman '53 Hudson 20 0 radiator
32 13 28 Bud Diamond '52 Hudson 11 0 wheel
RACE DATA
Did not start:

Did not qualify:

Time of Race: 4h:38:27
Starting Lineup Set By: Time Trials
Fast Qualifier: Danny Letner
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: 53.438 mph
Cautions: ?? for ?? laps - not available
Lead Changes: 2 among 3 drivers - Danny Letner (1-105); Lloyd Dane (106-285); John Soares (286-496)
Fastest Lap: Unknown/Unentered