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Race #24 of 26 in the 1954 NASCAR Short Track Division Season
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Held on October 2, 1954 at Balboa Stadium in San Diego, CA
250 L, 62.5 M, 100.5 KM - Scheduled Distance

FEATURE RESULTS
Fin St # Driver Sponsor Make Laps Led Status Pts
1 8 84 Robert Caswell '52 Plymouth 250 23 running
2 1 33 Lloyd Dane '53 Hudson 249 94 running
3 9 6 Ben Gregory '54 Oldsmobile 250 0 running
4 10 22 George Seeger '54 Ford 249 9 running
5 12 99X Dick Zimmerman '54 Mercury 249 0 running
6 5 41 Ernie Young '50 Plymouth 243 0 running
7 16 27 Tony Nelson '50 Ford 241 0 running
8 11 52 Eddie Pagan '52 Plymouth 238 0 running
9 7 4 John Soares '54 Dodge 229 0 running
10 18 34 Len Fraker '50 Hudson 229 0 running
11 4 65 Chuck Meekins '52 Oldsmobile 228 0 spindle
12 2 68 Allen Adkins '54 Dodge 227 99 tire
13 17 90 Ted Lee '50 Ford 224 0 running
14 13 50 Jim Cook '51 Oldsmobile 222 0 running
15 3 16 Danny Letner '52 Hudson 214 0 wheel
16 21 20 Jack Jordan '50 Oldsmobile 197 0 running
17 20 53 Herb Crawford '49 Ford 186 0 running
18 15 32 Bob Stanclift '53 Hudson 163 0 axle
19 6 3 Bill West '51 Hudson 132 0 brakes
20 19 66 Bill Galdarisi '50 Oldsmobile 93 0 radiator
21 14 188 Jim Blomgren '50 Ford 45 0 spindle
DID NOT QUALIFY

74 Larry Steffin Plymouth DNQ
91 Sam Lamm Dodge DNQ
RACE DATA
Did not start:

Did not qualify:

Time of Race: 1h:40:22
Starting Lineup Set By: Time Trials
Fast Qualifier: Lloyd Dane
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: 0.5 laps
Average Speed: 37.36 mph
Cautions: 4 for 19 laps - Laps 53-55 (#66,68 accident backstretch); Laps 105-108 (#50 accident north turn); Laps 135-141 (#20 accident north turn); Laps 233-237 (#65 accident south turn)
Lead Changes: 8 among 5 drivers - Lloyd Dane (1-34); Allen Adkins (35-110); Lloyd Dane (111-121); John Soares (122-146); Lloyd Dane (147-168); George Seeger (169-177); Lloyd Dane (178-204); Allen Adkins (205-227); Robert Caswell (228-250)
Fastest Lap: Unknown/Unentered