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| NASCAR Grand National:1954-29 |  
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| Held on August 22, 1954 at Bay Meadows Speedway in San Mateo, CA | |
| 250 L, 250 M, 402.25 KM - Scheduled Distance |
| FEATURE RESULTS |
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| Fin | St | # | Driver | Sponsor | Make | Laps | Led | Status | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 14 | Hershel McGriff | '54 Oldsmobile | 250 | 249 | running | ||
| 2 | 20 | 28 | Bill Amick | '53 Oldsmobile | 250 | 0 | running | ||
| 3 | 8 | 12 | Dick Rathmann | '53 Oldsmobile | 249 | 0 | running | ||
| 4 | 6 | 68 | Allen Adkins | '54 Dodge | 249 | 0 | running | ||
| 5 | 15 | 42 | Lee Petty | '54 Chrysler | 247 | 0 | running | ||
| 6 | 4 | 92 | Herb Thomas | '54 Hudson | 247 | 0 | running | ||
| 7 | 7 | 3 | Danny Letner | '52 Hudson | 245 | 0 | accident | ||
| 8 | 18 | 33 | Lloyd Dane | '53 Hudson | 244 | 0 | running | ||
| 9 | 24 | 84 | Robert Caswell | '52 Plymouth | 244 | 0 | running | ||
| 10 | 2 | 98 | Marvin Panch | '54 Dodge | 244 | 0 | running | ||
| 11 | 3 | 2 | Jim Graham | '54 Oldsmobile | 239 | 0 | running | ||
| 12 | 14 | 65 | Chuck Meekins | '52 Oldsmobile | 238 | 0 | running | ||
| 13 | 10 | Charles Pemberton | '53 Dodge | 237 | 0 | running | |||
| 14 | 12 | 16 | Tony Nelson | '53 Hudson | 236 | 0 | running | ||
| 15 | 21 | 88 | Woody Brown | '50 Oldsmobile | 235 | 0 | running | ||
| 16 | 19 | 99 | Joe Valente | '50 Oldsmobile | 233 | 0 | running | ||
| 17 | 87 | Buck Baker | '54 Cadillac | 231 | 0 | running | |||
| 18 | 13 | 6 | Ben Gregory | '54 Oldsmobile | 228 | 0 | running | ||
| 19 | 11 | 97 | Fred Bince | '53 Dodge | 226 | 0 | running | ||
| 20 | 89 | Bill West | '51 Hudson | 225 | 0 | running | |||
| 21 | 25 | 52 | Eddie Pagan | '52 Plymouth | 223 | 0 | running | ||
| 22 | 41 | 25 | Erick Erickson | '54 Buick | 215 | 1 | running | ||
| 23 | 10 | X100 | Blackie Pitt | '54 Oldsmobile | 214 | 0 | running | ||
| 24 | 33-X | Bob Deehan | '53 Dodge | 213 | 0 | running | |||
| 25 | 7 | Jim Heath | '54 Ford | 210 | 0 | rear end | |||
| 26 | 17 | 1 | Al Neves | '51 Mercury | 210 | 0 | running | ||
| 27 | 15 | Sam Hawks | '50 Plymouth | 203 | 0 | running | |||
| 28 | 9 | 73 | Art Watts | '54 Hudson | 200 | 0 | gasket | ||
| 29 | 51 | Rick Henderson | '51 Ford | 199 | 0 | running | |||
| 30 | 60 | Howard Phillippi | '51 Hudson | 199 | 0 | running | |||
| 31 | 50 | Jim Cook | '50 Oldsmobile | 184 | 0 | running | |||
| 32 | 41 | Ernie Young | '51 Plymouth | 178 | 0 | running | |||
| 33 | 90 | Ted Lee | '50 Ford | 164 | 0 | running | |||
| 34 | 5 | 4 | John Soares | '54 Dodge | 160 | 0 | accident | ||
| 35 | 11 | Dick Carter | '51 Hudson | 154 | 0 | wheel | |||
| 36 | 77 | Bill Bade | '52 Plymouth | 144 | 0 | running | |||
| 37 | 31 | Red Ortwein | '51 Hudson | 144 | 0 | overheating | |||
| 38 | 16 | 099 | Dick Zimmerman | '54 Mercury | 121 | 0 | engine | ||
| 39 | 35 | Bill Smith | '51 Hudson | 83 | 0 | piston | |||
| 40 | 19 | George Rogge | '50 Oldsmobile | 64 | 0 | accident | |||
| 41 | 8 | Ed Normi | '53 Dodge | 39 | 0 | engine | |||
| DID NOT QUALIFY | |||||||||
| 111 | Bud Kelleher | DNQ | |||||||
| RACE DATA | |||||||||
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| Time of Race: 3h:50:48 | |||||||||
| Starting Lineup Set By: Time Trials | |||||||||
| Fast Qualifier: Hershel McGriff | |||||||||
| Margin of Victory: | |||||||||
| Average Speed: 64.71 mph | |||||||||
| Cautions: ?? for ?? laps - not available | |||||||||
| Lead Changes: 2 among 2 drivers - Hershel McGriff (1-73); Erick Erickson (74); Hershel McGriff (75-250) | |||||||||
| Fastest Lap: Unknown/Unentered |
