1954 Daytona Beach/Road Course

Race 2 of 37

Daytona Beach
39 laps
Time of race: 1:47:40
Average speed of winner: 89.108 mph
Margin of victory: 9.0 sec.
Lead changes: 2 between 2 drivers
Cautions: 0 for 0 laps
Lap leaders: Petty pole, Thomas 1-2, Petty 3-39

Race notes: First pole for Lee Petty. Debut for Art Binkley, Mike Brown, Harvey Eakin, Dick Garlington, Stan Kross, Ted Rambo, and Don White. Finale for Mason Bright, Jimmy Florian, Hap Jones, Mel Krueger, Virgil Livengood, George Osborne, Jim Romine, Ed Samples, and Bob Sampson. Only start for Jack Conley, Bill Cornwall, Victor Geisler, William Kearney, Byron King, and Ernest Palmer. Lee Petty took the points lead from Herb Thomas.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	1	Lee Petty	42		'54 Chrysler	Petty	Petty	123.410	39	1	37	running	1700	0
2	10	Buck Baker	87		'53 Oldsmobile	Bob Griffin			39	0	0	running	1325	0
3	13	Curtis Turner	14		'54 Oldsmobile	Frank Christian			39	0	0	running	900	0
4	8	Dick Rathman	3		'54 Hudson	Ditz			38	0	0	running	625	0
5	26	Bill Blair	2		'54 Oldsmobile	Bill Blair			38	0	0	running	475	0
6	23	Jack Smith	122		'54 Oldsmobile	Jack Smith			38	0	0	running	425	0
7	6	Emory Lewis	13		'53 Oldsmobile	Ernest Woods			38	0	0	running	300	0
8	14	Fireball Roberts	25		'53 Oldsmobile	Leland Colvin			38	0	0	running	200	0
9	17	Gober Sosebee	51	Cherokee Garage	'54 Oldsmobile	Sosebee			38	0	0	running	150	0
10	37	Stan Kross	77		'54 Hudson				38	0	0	running	125	0
11	25	Don White	35		'54 Oldsmobile	Don White			38	0	0	running	90	0
12	9	Hershel McGriff	98		'54 Oldsmobile	Beryl Jackson			37	0	0	running	80	0
13	2	Otis Martin	48		'54 Chrysler				37	0	0	running	70	0
14	27	Byron King	118		'54 Buick				37	0	0	running	60	0
15	7	Jack Conley	16		'53 Lincoln				37	0	0	rear end	50	0
16	20	Jim Reed	7A		'54 Oldsmobile	Jim Reed			37	0	0	running	40	0
17	12	Ed Samples	9		'54 Oldsmobile	Claude Alexander			36	0	0	running	40	0
18	31	Joe Eubanks	82		'51 Hudson	Oates			36	0	0	running	40	0
19	39	Jimmie Lewallen	61		'53 Oldsmobile				36	0	0	running	40	0
20	47	Speedy Thompson	12		'53 Oldsmobile	Buckshot Morris			36	0	0	running	40	0
21	46	Al Keller	23		'54 Hudson	George Miller			36	0	0	running	25	0
22	35	Laird Bruner	21		'53 Oldsmobile	Amica			36	0	0	running	25	0
23	36	Don Oldenberg	86		'54 Mercury	Oldenberg			36	0	0	running	25	0
24	28	Buckie Sager	101		'53 Studebaker				35	0	0	running	25	0
25		Joe Guide	52		'51 Hudson	Sally Guide			35	0	0	running	25	0
26	24	Dick Garlington	41		'51 Oldsmobile	Frank Christian			35	0	0	running	25	0
27	38	Jim Paschal	80		'54 Dodge	Hutchens			35	0	0	running	25	0
28		Pop McGinnis	33		'52 Hudson	Frye			35	0	0	running	25	0
29	43	Nero Steptoe	30		'52 Oldsmobile				35	0	0	running	25	0
30	48	Mike Brown	7		'53 Packard				35	0	0	running	25	0
31	32	Bob Welborn	44A		'53 Dodge	Petty			35	0	0	running	25	0
32	42	Dave Terrell	126		'54 Dodge	Terrell			35	0	0	running	25	0
33	29	Mason Bright	96		'53 Oldsmobile				35	0	0	running	25	0
34	41	Virgil Livengood	34		'54 Nash				35	0	0	running	25	0
35	30	Elbert Allen	50		'53 Oldsmobile				34	0	0	running	25	0
36	50	Mel Krueger	155		'53 Hudson				34	0	0	running	25	0
37	49	Jimmy Florian	15		'52 Hudson				34	0	0	running	25	0
38	44	Elton Hildreth	1		'53 Nash	Hildreth			34	0	0	out of gas	25	0
39	45	Eddie Skinner	28		'53 Dodge	Frank Dodge			33	0	0	running	25	0
40	51	Harvey Eakin	47		'53 Nash	Eakin			33	0	0	running	25	0
41	40	Bob Sampson	10		'53 Dodge				32	0	0	heating	0	0
42	54	Billy Rafter	141		'49 Plymouth				32	0	0	running	0	0
43	55	Hap Jones	10A		'54 Nash				31	0	0	running	0	0
44	53	Billy Irvin	47A		'51 Plymouth				28	0	0	running	0	0
45	21	William Kearney	28		'51 Plymouth				28	0	0	clutch	0	0
46		Harold Nash	44		'52 Oldsmobile				27	0	0	running	0	0
47	15	Jim Romine	17		'53 Hudson				25	0	0	engine	0	0
48	57	Johnny Roberts	107		'50 Ford				22	0	0	head gasket	0	0
49		Johnny Patterson	58		'52 Oldsmobile	H.B. Ranier			22	0	0	running	0	0
50	56	Art Binkley	144		'51 Ford				21	0	0	running	0	0
51	33	Ralph Liguori	6		'54 Dodge	Liguori			21	0	0	stalled	0	0
52	58	Ernest Palmer	166		'53 Willys				20	0	0	running	0	0
53	18	Bill Cornwall	53		'54 Oldsmobile				18	0	0	running	0	0
54	22	Ted Rambo	16		'54 Lincoln	Cancro			16	0	0	running	0	0
55	34	George Osborne	22		'53 Hudson				16	0	0	gas line	0	0
56	3	Tommy Thompson	40	San Juan Motors	'54 Chrysler				15	0	0	accident	0	0
57	11	Fonty Flock	99		'54 Buick				13	0	0	clutch	0	0
58	16	Bill Barker	39		'54 Oldsmobile				12	0	0	hearing	0	0
59	5	Herb Thomas	92		'54 Hudson	Herb Thomas	Yunick		10	1	2	gas line	0	0
60	19	Slick Smith	4		'54 Oldsmobile	Frank Christian			5	0	0	engine	0	0
61	52	Victor Geisler	37		'51 Ford				2	0	0	unknown	0	0
62	4	Tim Flock	88		'54 Oldsmobile	Ernest Woods			39	0	0	disqualified	0	0