1954 Palm Beach Speedway

Race 1 of 37

Palm Beach
200 laps
Time of race: 1:41:46
Average speed of winner: 58.958 mph
Margin of victory: 2 laps
Lead changes: 5 among 4 drivers
Cautions: 1 for 2 laps
Lap leaders: Rathmann 1-3, Keller 4-49, Rathmann 50-67, Thomas 68-70, Baker 71-149, Thomas 150-200

Race notes: Debut for Billy Irvin. Finale for Red Duvall. Only start for Jim Jones.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	3	Herb Thomas	92		'53 Hudson	Herb Thomas	Yunick		200	2	54	running	1600	0
2		Buck Baker	87		'53 Oldsmobile 88	Bob Griffin			198	1	79	running	1050	0
3		Lee Petty	42		'54 Dodge	Petty	Petty		198	0	0	running	750	0
4		Jim Paschal	80		'54 Dodge	Hutchens			196	0	0	running	350	0
5		Ray Duhigg	24		'50 Plymouth	Goode			190	0	0	running	300	0
6		Ralph Liguori	6		'54 Dodge	Liguori			189	0	0	running	250	0
7		Don Oldenberg	86		'54 Mercury	Oldenberg			188	0	0	running	200	0
8		Dave Terrell	126		'54 Dodge	Terrell			186	0	0	running	150	0
9		Joe Eubanks	82		'51 Hudson	Oates			185	0	0	running	100	0
10		Tommie Elliott	181		'52 Plymouth	Millard Wright			185	0	0	running	100	0
11		Bob Welborn	43		'53 Dodge	Petty			183	0	0	steering	25	0
12		Fonty Flock	14		'53 Hudson	Frank Christian			177	0	0	running	25	0
13		Mel Krueger	10		'53 Hudson Hornet				174	0	0	running	25	0
14		Billy Irvin	47		'51 Plymouth				170	0	0	running	25	0
15		Allan Clarke	R-D		'50 Dodge				166	0	0	heating	25	0
16		Mason Bright	96		'53 Dodge				165	0	0	running	25	0
17		Laird Bruner	21		'53 Oldsmobile 88	Amica			164	0	0	wheel	25	0
18		Cotton Hodges	77		'50 Oldsmobile				164	0	0	running	25	0
19		Pop McGinnis	33		'52 Hudson Hornet	Frye			157	0	0	running	25	0
20		Johnny Roberts	107		'50 Ford				138	0	0	running	25	0
21		Buckie Sager	101		'53 Studebaker				98	0	0	generator	0	0
22		Eddie Skinner	28		'53 Oldsmobile	Frank Dodge			86	0	0	fuel pump	0	0
23	1	Dick Rathman	3		'54 Hudson	Ditz		66.371	68	2	21	gasket	0	0
24	2	Al Keller	23		'54 Hudson	George Miller			52	1	46	gasket	0	0
25		Red Duvall	187		'53 Packard	Salat			49	0	0	radiator	0	0
26		Jim Jones	97		'52 Oldsmobile				7	0	0	shocks	0	0