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NASCAR Grand National race
Lakewood Speedway, Atlanta, GA
March 21, 1954
100 laps on 1 mile dirt oval; 100 miles

Fin	St	Driver	#	Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Laps Led
1	1	Herb Thomas	92	Herb Thomas	1953 Hudson	100	1,000	running
2		Buck Baker	87	Bob Griffin	1953 Oldsmobile	100	650	running
3		Dick Rathmann	3	John Ditz	1954 Hudson	100	450	running
4		Gober Sosebee	51	Gober Sosebee	1954 Oldsmobile	99	350	running
5		Fonty Flock	99	Raymond Parks	1953 Hudson	99	300	running
6		Lee Petty	42	Petty Enterprises	1954 Dodge	99	250	running
7		Curtis Turner	14	Frank Christian	1954 Oldsmobile	99	200	running
8		Joe Eubanks	82	Phil Oates	1951 Hudson	98	150	running
9		C.H. Dingler	144	C.H. Dingler	1952 Hudson	96	100	running
10		Bill Blair	2	Bill Blair	1952 Hudson	96	100	running
11		Jimmie Lewallen	61		1953 Oldsmobile	95	25
12		Laird Bruner	21	Carmen Amica	1953 Oldsmobile	95	25
13		Ralph Liguori	6	Ralph Liguori	1954 Dodge	94	25
14		Jerry Wimbish	78	Jerry Wimbish	1953 Oldsmobile	92	25
15		Floyd Curtis	112		1951 Hudson	91	25
16		Jim Clark	X		1953 Oldsmobile	90	25
17		Dave Terrell	126	Dave Terrell	1954 Dodge	89	25
18		Don Oldenberg	86	Don Oldenberg	1954 Mercury	89	25
19		Jim Paschal	80	George Hutchens	1954 Dodge	88	25
20		Otis Martin	48	Otis Martin	1954 Chrysler	87	25
21		Billy Irvin	43	Julian Petty	1953 Dodge	86
22		Fireball Roberts	25	Leland Colvin	1953 Oldsmobile	85
23		Joe Martin	17		1951 Ford	85
24		Jack Smith	122	Jack Smith	1954 Oldsmobile	69
25		Al Keller	23	George Miller	1954 Hudson	49
26		Stan Kross	77	Sam Knox	1954 Hudson			accident
27		Bill Harrison	9		1952 Hudson			accident
28		Harold Nash	44		1952 Oldsmobile
29		Eddie Skinner	28	Frank Dodge	1953 Oldsmobile
30		Elton Hildreth	1	Elton Hildreth	1953 Nash
31		Bob Flock	88	Ernest Woods	1954 Oldsmobile
32		Ted Rambo	26	Bob Cancro	1953 Lincoln
33		Emory Lewis	13	Ernest Woods	1953 Oldsmobile
34		Dick Garlington	41	Frank Christian	1951 Oldsmobile	11		accident

Notes: Herb Thomas was originally penalized one lap for improper pit use.
The original finishing order was reported as 1. Baker 2. Rathmann 3. Flock 4. Thomas 5. Sosebee.
After a series of protests, Baker was also penalized one lap for pit violations.
Rathmann and Flock were penalized for receiving service on the track under caution.
These penalties resulted in the official finishing order as listed.
Time of race: 01:39:11
Average Speed: 60.494 MPH
Pole Speed: 47.673 seconds
2 cautions
Race Purse: $ 3,800
Attendance: 20,000