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1954 - Southern 500 Race Results


Race Name - Southern 500
Date - 9/6/1954
Race Track - Darlington Raceway
Track Length (Miles) - 1.375 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 501 miles
Pole Speed - 108.261 mph
Number of Cautions - 2
Caution Laps - 4
Average Race Speed - 95.026 mph
Lead Changes - 12
Total Race Purse - $27,405
Race Number - 31
 More Races from 1954
Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 23 Herb Thomas 92 Fabulous Hudson Hornet (Herb Thomas) 364 54 Hudson 43 $6,830
2 17 Curtis Turner 44 Elmer Brooks 364 52 Oldsmob 266 $6,245
3 24 Marvin Panch 98 Beryl Jackson 362 54 Dodge 0 $2,155
4 27 Johnny Patterson 58 HB Ranier 360 54 Mercury 0 $1,165
5 34 Jim Paschal 88 Ernest Woods 357 54 Oldsmob 0 $975
6 7 John Soares 40 Le French Co (Charles Vance) 348 54 Dodge 0 $855
7 2 Fireball Roberts 25 Leland Colvin 343 53 Oldsmob 0 $730
8 25 Gwyn Staley 7 Paul Whiteman 342 54 Cadilla 0 $670
9 40 Joel Million 13 Ernest Woods 339 53 Oldsmob 0 $600
10 38 Speedy Thompson 12 Buckshot Morris 337 54 Buick 0 $550
11 21 Arden Mounts 18 Gene Comstock 335 51 Hudson 0 $500
12 41 Elmo Langley 53 Darlington 500 (Elmo Langley) 335 54 Oldsmob 0 $450
13 9 Gene Comstock 8 Gene Comstock 334 52 Hudson 0 $400
14 4 Eddie Skinner 28 Frank Dodge 332 53 Oldsmob 0 $350
15 14 Joe Eubanks 82 Oates Motor Co (Phil Oates) 330 51 Hudson 0 $325
16 50 Elton Hildreth 1 Hildreth Motors (Elton Hildreth) 327 53 Nash 0 $300
17 28 Bill Widenhouse 17 Bob Widenhouse 326 54 Mercury 0 $275
18 31 Harvey Eakin 47 Harvey Eakin 321 54 Nash 0 $250
19 6 Bill Amick 97 Frank Christian 317 54 Oldsmob 9 $225
20 11 Charlie Cregar 64 James Gess 313 51 Plymout 8 $280
21 19 Art Watts 32 312 54 Hudson 0 $175
22 12 George Parrish 11 George Parrish 299 53 Studeba 0 $160
23 29 Laird Bruner 21 Carmen Amica 294 54 Oldsmob 0 $150
24 35 Jim Gillette 27 293 52 Plymout 0 $140
25 42 Otis Martin 48 Otis Martin 290 54 Chrysle 0 $130
26 32 Walt Harvey 85 284 50 Ford 0 $120
27 37 Buck Mason 16 283 51 Plymout 0 $110
28 30 Charles Brinkley 70 268 51 Hudson 0 $100
29 43 Van Van Wey 20 Pee Dee Motor Co (Van Van Wey) 260 54 Ford 0 $120
30 15 Ralph Liguori 6 Ralph Liguori 253 54 Dodge 0 $120
31 10 Ted Chamberlain 93 Chrysler Fire Power (Ted Chamberlain) 252 53 Chrysle 0 $75
32 48 Frank Stutts 55 250 50 Ford 0 $75
33 5 Dave Terrell 26 Dave Terrell 231 54 Dodge 0 $75
34 16 Cotton Owens 83 228 51 Hudson 0 $75
35 22 Pop McGinnis 33 Irving Frye 221 53 Hudson 4 $115
36 44 Dean Pelton 71 216 50 Ford 0 $75
37 47 Joe Sheppard 15 215 54 Ford 0 $75
38 13 Lee Petty 42 Bender Magnetic (Petty Enterprises) 173 54 Chrysle 0 $75
39 39 Erick Erickson 23 Erick Erickson 131 54 Buick 0 $75
40 8 Ken Fisher 4 Ken Fisher 118 54 Hudson 0 $75
41 18 Jimmie Lewallen 5 Joe Blair 110 54 Mercury 0 $75
42 20 Dink Widenhouse 29 Dink Widenhouse 101 53 Oldsmob 0 $75
43 26 Blackie Pitt 10 Gary Drake 98 54 Oldsmob 0 $75
44 1 Buck Baker 87 Griffin Motors (Bob Griffin) 66 54 Oldsmob 34 $465
45 3 Hershel McGriff 14 Air Lift Special (Frank Christian) 37 54 Oldsmob 0 $95
46 49 John McGinley 20 Walt Chapman 36 53 Hudson 0 $75
47 46 Danny Letner 43 Joe Bearscheck 26 51 Hudson 0 $75
48 33 Bob Welborn 90 George Hutchens 14 53 Dodge 0 $75
49 45 Hassell Reid 79 11 49 Plymout 0 $75
50 36 Jimmy Thompson 75 4 52 Oldsmob 0 $75