1954 Carrell Speedway

Race 16 of 37

Gardena
496 laps
Time of race: 4:38:27
Average speed of winner: 53.438 mph
Margin of victory: 1 lap
Lead changes: 2 among 3 drivers
Cautions: N/A for N/A laps
Lap leaders: Letner 1-105, Dane 106-285, Soares 286-496

Race notes: Only win for John Soares. Only pole for Danny Letner. Debut for Bill Bade, Bud Diamond, Dick Freeman, John Kieper, Sam Lamm, Tony Nelson, Eddie Pagan, Bob Rose, Arley Scranton, Bill Smith, Bob Tyrell, Bill West, and Ernie Young. Finale for Allen Heath, H.R. Kahl, and Cliff Roberts. Only start for Tom Drake, Bill Galdarisi, and Jerry Keyes.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	17	John Soares	4		'54 Dodge	Vance			496	1	211	running	1500	0
2	4	Lloyd Dane	33		'53 Hudson Hornet	Jim Dane			495	1	180	running	800	0
3	1	Danny Letner	39		'52 Hudson	Bearscheck		62.849	490	1	105	running	600	0
4	2	Ben Gregory	12		'53 Oldsmobile	Cancilla			486	0	0	running	400	0
5	8	George Seeger	73		'54 Ford	Carl Dane			486	0	0	running	350	0
6	21	Erick Erickson	66		'50 Oldsmobile	Walt Smith			477	0	0	running	250	0
7	6	Bill West	89		'51 Hudson				476	0	0	running	200	0
8	20	Tony Nelson	16		'49 Ford				475	0	0	running	200	0
9	10	Joe Valente	99		'50 Oldsmobile	Valente			468	0	0	running	150	0
10	7	Bill Bade	65		'52 Oldsmobile				466	0	0	running	150	0
11	14	Bob Havemann	24		'54 Ford				466	0	0	running	125	0
12	23	Eddie Pagan	52		'50 Plymouth	Eddie Pagan			459	0	0	running	100	0
13	16	Bill Smith	35		'51 Hudson				455	0	0	running	100	0
14	28	Bob Tyrell	82		'53 Ford				450	0	0	running	100	0
15	30	Bill Galdarisi	45		'50 Ford	Galdarisi			445	0	0	running	100	0
16	29	Tom Drake	40		'50 Ford				444	0	0	running	50	0
17	9	Bill Stammer	30		'53 Pontiac				441	0	0	running	50	0
18	5	Woody Brown	88		'50 Oldsmobile	Joe Mangini			428	0	0	running	50	0
19	24	Cliff Roberts	15		'50 Plymouth				422	0	0	running	25	0
20	15	John Kieper	6		'54 Ford	Kieper			420	0	0	running	25	0
21	22	Arley Scranton	80	Western Auto Salvage	'50 Ford	Scranton			413	0	0	running	25	0
22	32	Bob Rose	93		'52 Henry J				393	0	0	accident	25	0
23	19	Jerry Keyes	17		'54 Dodge				338	0	0	tie rod	25	0
24	27	Ernie Young	41		'50 Plymouth	Palozi			337	0	0	hub	25	0
25	31	Ted Lee	90		'50 Ford				328	0	0	fuel pump	25	0
26	11	Jim Cook	50		'50 Oldsmobile				299	0	0	rear end	0	0
27	3	Sam Lamm	91		'53 Dodge	Bince			200	0	0	steering	0	0
28	12	Chuck Meekins	5		'52 Oldsmobile				191	0	0	wheel	0	0
29	18	Allen Heath	48	McCullock	'54 Kaiser				52	0	0	fuel pump	0	0
30	26	H.R. Kahl	44		'52 Plymouth				51	0	0	accident	0	0
31	25	Dick Freeman	32		'53 Hudson Jet				20	0	0	radiator	0	0
32	13	Bud Diamond	28		'52 Hudson				11	0	0	wheel	0	0