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1954 Oakland Stadium
Race 27 of 37
Oakland
300 laps
Time of race: 2:49:40
Average speed of winner: 53.045 mph
Margin of victory: 2 car lengths
Lead changes: N/A among N/A drivers
Lead changes: N/A
Cautions: N/A for N/A laps
Lap leaders: 1-243 unknown, Panch 244-249, Letner 250-280, Panch 281-287, Letner 288-293, Panch 294, Letner 295-300
Race notes: First win for Danny Letner. First pole for Marvin Panch. Debut for Allen Adkins, Jim Graham, Al Neves, Ed Normi, Red Ortwein, Charles Pemberton, and Howard Phillippi. Finale for Bud Diamond. Only start for Marian Pagan and Eli Vukovich.
Finish | Start | Driver | Car # | Sponsor | Car | Owner | Crew Chief | Qualifying Speed | Laps | X Led | Laps Led | Status | Money | Points |
1 | Danny Letner | 3 | '52 Hudson Hornet | 300 | 3 | 43 | running | 1000 | 0 | |||||
2 | 1 | Marvin Panch | 98 | '54 Dodge | Beryl Jackson | 55.248 | 300 | 3 | 14 | running | 650 | 0 | ||
3 | Allen Adkins | 68 | '54 Dodge | Gus Davis | 299 | 0 | 0 | running | 450 | 0 | ||||
4 | Ben Gregory | 6 | '54 Oldsmobile 88 | Cancilla | 299 | 0 | 0 | running | 350 | 0 | ||||
5 | Lloyd Dane | 33 | '53 Hudson Hornet | Lloyd Dane | 298 | 0 | 0 | running | 300 | 0 | ||||
6 | Jim Graham | 2 | '54 Oldsmobile 88 | 291 | 0 | 0 | running | 250 | 0 | |||||
7 | Bill Smith | 35 | '51 Hudson Hornet | 290 | 0 | 0 | running | 200 | 0 | |||||
8 | Chuck Meekins | 65 | '52 Oldsmobile 88 | 290 | 0 | 0 | running | 150 | 0 | |||||
9 | Clyde Palmer | 1 | '51 Mercury | 288 | 0 | 0 | running | 100 | 0 | |||||
10 | Charles Pemberton | 10 | '53 Dodge | 288 | 0 | 0 | running | 100 | 0 | |||||
11 | Art Watts | 38 | '54 Hudson | 284 | 0 | 0 | running | 25 | 0 | |||||
12 | Tony Nelson | 16 | '53 Hudson Hornet | 284 | 0 | 0 | running | 25 | 0 | |||||
13 | Woody Brown | 88 | '50 Oldsmobile | Joe Mangini | 276 | 0 | 0 | running | 25 | 0 | ||||
14 | Jim Cook | 50 | '50 Oldsmobile | 276 | 0 | 0 | running | 25 | 0 | |||||
15 | Ed Normi | 26 | '52 Plymouth | 274 | 0 | 0 | running | 25 | 0 | |||||
16 | Bud Diamond | 28 | '52 Hudson Hornet | 266 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | ||||||
17 | Eli Vukovich | 12 | '53 Oldsmobile 88 | 262 | 0 | 0 | running | 25 | 0 | |||||
18 | Marian Pagan | 52 | '52 Plymouth | Eddie Pagan | 261 | 0 | 0 | running | 25 | 0 | ||||
19 | Al Neves | 59 | '53 Ford | 245 | 0 | 0 | running | 25 | 0 | |||||
20 | Sam Hawks | 15 | '50 Plymouth | 244 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | ||||||
21 | Dick Zimmerman | 099 | '54 Mercury | 229 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
22 | Ernie Young | 41 | '51 Plymouth | 224 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
23 | John Soares | 4 | '54 Dodge | Vance | 222 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
24 | Bill Bade | 82 | '53 Ford | 222 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
25 | Red Ortwein | 31 | '51 Hudson Hornet | 194 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
26 | Bill West | 89 | '52 Hudson Hornet | 187 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
27 | George Seeger | 22 | '54 Ford | 183 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
28 | Joe Valente | 99 | '50 Oldsmobile | Valente | 145 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
29 | Rick Henderson | 51 | '51 Chevrolet | 93 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
30 | Howard Phillippi | 60 | '51 Hudson Hornet | 65 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
31 | Dick Carter | 11 | '52 Plymouth | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
32 | Bob Caswell | 84 | '52 Plymouth | Lou Mangini | 297 | 0 | 0 | disqualified | 0 | 0 |
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