1954 Southern 500

Darlington Raceway · 1954 · NASCAR Cup Series

Race summary

Winner	St	Cars	RAF	LLF	Ldrs	W-Led	Laps	Miles
Herb Thomas	23	50	30	2	6	43	364	500.5

Finishing order

Fin	St	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Led	Status
1	23	92	Herb Thomas	Herb Thomas Racing	Hudson	364	43	running
2	17	44	Curtis Turner	Elmer Brooks (Owner)	Oldsmobile	364	266	running
3	24	98	Marvin Panch	Beryl Jackson (Owner)	Dodge	362		running
4	27	58	Johnny Patterson	Ranier-Lundy Racing	Mercury	360		running
5	34	88	Jim Paschal	Ernest Woods (Owner)	Oldsmobile	357		running
6	7	40	John Soares	Charles Vance (Owner)	Dodge	348		running
7	2	25	Fireball Roberts	Leland Colvin (Owner)	Oldsmobile	343		running
8	25	7	Gwyn Staley	Paul Whiteman (Owner)	Cadillac	342		running
9	40	13	Joel Million	Ernest Woods (Owner)	Oldsmobile	339		running
10	38	12	Speedy Thompson	Buckshot Morris (Owner)	Buick	337		running
11	21	18	Arden Mounts	Gene Comstock (Owner)	Hudson	335		running
12	41	53	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing	Oldsmobile	335		running
13	9	8	Gene Comstock	Gene Comstock (Owner)	Hudson	334		running
14	4	28	Eddie Skinner	Frank Dodge (Owner)	Oldsmobile	332		running
15	14	82	Joe Eubanks	Phil Oates (Owner)	Hudson	330		running
16	50	1	Elton Hildreth	Elton Hildreth (Owner)	Nash Motor Company	327		running
17	28	17	Bill Widenhouse	Bob Widenhouse (Owner)	Mercury	326		running
18	31	47	Harvey Eakin	Harvey Eakin (Owner)	Nash Motor Company	321		running
19	6	97	Bill Amick	Frank Christian (Owner)	Oldsmobile	317	9	running
20	11	64	Charlie Cregar	James Gess (Owner)	Plymouth	313	8	running
21	19	32	Art Watts		Hudson	312		running
22	12	11	George Parrish	George Parrish (Owner)	Studebaker	299		running
23	29	21	Laird Bruner	Carmen Amica (Owner)	Oldsmobile	294		rear end
24	35	27	Jim Gillette		Plymouth	293		running
25	42	48	Otis Martin	Otis Martin (Owner)	Chrysler	290		running
26	32	85	Walt Harvey		Ford	284		running
27	37	16	Buck Mason		Plymouth	283		running
28	30	70	Charles Brinkley		Hudson	268		engine
29	43	20	Van Van Wey	Van Van Wey (Owner)	Ford	260		accident
30	15	6	Ralph Liguori	Ralph Liguori (Owner)	Dodge	253		running
31	10	93	Ted Chamberlain	Ted Chamberlain (Owner)	Chrysler	252		running
32	48	55	Frank Stutts		Ford	250		running
33	5	26	Dave Terrell	Dave Terrell (Owner)	Dodge	231		rear end
34	16	83	Cotton Owens		Hudson	228		engine
35	22	33	Pop McGinnis	Irving Frye (Owner)	Hudson	221	4	fuel
36	44	71	Dean Pelton		Ford	216		gasket
37	47	15	Joe Sheppard		Ford	215		running
38	13	42	Lee Petty	Petty Enterprises	Chrysler	173		coil
39	39	23	Erick Erickson	Erick Erickson (Owner)	Buick	131		rear end
40	8	4	Ken Fisher	Ken Fisher (Owner)	Hudson	118		radiator
41	18	5	Jimmie Lewallen	Joe Blair (Owner)	Mercury	110		accident
42	20	29	Dink Widenhouse	Dink Widenhouse (Owner)	Oldsmobile	101		vapor lock
43	26	10	Blackie Pitt	Gary Drake (Owner)	Oldsmobile	98		piston
44	1	87	Buck Baker	Bob Griffin (Owner)	Oldsmobile	66	34	engine
45	3	14	Hershel McGriff	Frank Christian (Owner)	Oldsmobile	37		engine
46	49	20	John McGinley	Walt Chapman (Owner)	Hudson	36		bearing
47	46	43	Danny Letner	Joe Bearscheck (Owner)	Hudson	26		engine
48	33	90	Bob Welborn	George Hutchens (Owner)	Dodge	14		piston
49	45	79	Hassell Reid		Plymouth	11		piston
50	36	75	Jimmy Thompson		Oldsmobile	4		fuel tank

Lap leaders

#	Driver	Led	Share	Fin
1	Curtis Turner	266	73.1%	P2
2	Herb Thomas	43	11.8%	P1
3	Buck Baker	34	9.3%	P44
4	Bill Amick	9	2.5%	P19
5	Charlie Cregar	8	2.2%	P20
6	Pop McGinnis	4	1.1%	P35

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