1954 - NASCAR Grand National Series

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1954 - 8 Race Results

Race Name - 8
Date - 4/18/1954
Race Track - Orange Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 1 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 100 miles
Pole Speed - 86.767 mph
Number of Cautions - 1
Caution Laps -
Average Race Speed - 77.386 mph
Lead Changes - 2
Total Race Purse - $3,825
Race Number - 8

More Races from 1954

Fin	St	Driver	#	Sponsor	Laps Run	Make	Laps Led	Purse
1	4	Herb Thomas	92	Herb Thomas	100	54 Hudson	35	$1,000
2		Donald Thomas	31	Pure (John Ditz)	100	53 Hudson	53	$650
3	1	Buck Baker	88	Ernest Woods	100	54 Oldsmob	12	$450
4	5	Dick Rathman	3	Pure (John Ditz)	100	54 Hudson	0	$350
5		Curtis Turner	14	Frank Christian	99	54 Oldsmob	0	$300
6		Lee Petty	42	Petty Enterprises	98	54 Dodge	0	$250
7	3	Joe Eubanks	82	Oates Motor Co (Phil Oates)	97	51 Hudson	0	$200
8		Ted Rambo	16	Bob Cancro	97	54 Lincoln	0	$150
9		Laird Bruner	21	Carmen Amica	96	53 Oldsmob	0	$100
10		Ray Duhigg	24	JO Goode	95	50 Plymout	0	$100
11		Ralph Liguori	6	Ralph Liguori	94	54 Dodge	0	$25
12		Andy Winfree	143	Andy Winfree	92	50 Plymout	0	$25
13		Arden Mounts	108	Gene Comstock	91	51 Hudson	0	$25
14		Blackie Pitt	100	Gary Drake	90	49 Plymout	0	$25
15		Bud Harless	8	Edgar Clay	90	53 Hudson	0	$25
16		Harvey Eakin	47	Harvey Eakin	89	53 Nash	0	$25
17		Eddie Skinner	28	Frank Dodge	88	53 Oldsmob	0	$25
18		Elbert Allen	78		86	53 Oldsmob	0	$25
19		Elton Hildreth	1	Hildreth Motors (Elton Hildreth)	86	53 Nash	0	$25
20		Marshall Harless	10	Marshall Harless	82	49 Ford	0	$25
21		Perk Brown	22	RG Shelton	77	51 Hudson	0	$25
22		Fred Dove	71	Fred Dove	64	54 Chevrol	0	$
23		Emory Lewis	13	Ernest Woods	61	53 Oldsmob	0	$
24		Jim Paschal	87	Griffin Motors (Bob Griffin)	37	53 Oldsmob	0	$
25		Jimmie Lewallen	61		31	53 Oldsmob	0	$
26	2	Gober Sosebee	51	Cherokee Garage (Gober Sosebee)	21	54 Oldsmob	0	$
27		Bob Welborn	43	Julian Petty	17	53 Dodge	0	$
28		Dave Terrell	126	Dave Terrell	8	54 Dodge	0	$