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NASCAR Grand National race
Tri-City Speedway, High Point, NC
November 7, 1954
200 laps on 0.5 mile dirt oval; 100 miles

Fin	St	Driver	#	Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Laps Led
1	3	Lee Petty	42	Petty Enterprises	1954 Chrysler	200	1,000	running	194
2	5	Buck Baker	14	Frank Christian	1954 Oldsmobile	200	650	running	0
3	1	Herb Thomas	92	Herb Thomas	1954 Hudson	199	450	running	0
4	4	Gober Sosebee	51	Gober Sosebee	1954 Oldsmobile	196	350	running	0
5	12	Jimmie Lewallen	5	Joe Blair	1954 Mercury	196	300	running	0
6	13	Dink Widenhouse	B-29	Dink Widenhouse	1953 Oldsmobile	192	250	running	0
7	11	Blackie Pitt	111	Gary Drake	1954 Oldsmobile	189	200	running	0
8	8	Bud Harless	8	Edgar Clay	1953 Hudson	187	150	running	0
9	15	Clyde Minter	19	Ken Pace	1950 Mercury	178	100	running	0
10	10	Donald Thomas	9	Herb Thomas	1953 Hudson	170	100	running	0
11	20	Ken Pace	71	Ken Pace	1949 Hudson	151	25	accident	0
12	21	George Parrish	11	George Parrish	1953 Studebaker	112	25	wheel	0
13	2	Dick Rathmann	13	John Ditz	1954 Hudson	110	25	clutch	6
14	7	Elton Hildreth	1	Elton Hildreth	1953 Nash	102	25	transmission	0
15	9	Joe Eubanks	82	Phil Oates	1952 Hudson	93	25	running	0
16	17	John Dodd Jr.	48	John Dodd Sr.	1951 Hudson	68	25	transmission	0
17	6	Junior Johnson	7	Paul Whiteman	1954 Cadillac	51	25	bearing	0
18	14	Bill Blair	18	Gene Comstock	1954 Hudson	43	25	accident	0
19	16	Fred Dove	77	Ken Pace	1951 Hudson	40	25	running	0
20	18	Bob Welborn	52	Julian Petty	1951 Plymouth	10	25	radiator	0
21	19	Jim Paschal	80	George Hutchens	1951 Plymouth	7		rear end	0

Time of race: 01:35:25
Average Speed: 62.882 MPH
Pole Speed: 25.02 seconds
Race Purse: $ 3,800
Attendance: 2,000