| 1954 Palm Beach 200 NASCAR Cup Series Race 1 of 37 | |||||
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| Race Information | Track Information | ||||
| Total Purse: | $5,100 | Race Date: | Feb 7, 1954 | Palm_Beach_Speedway | |
| Margin of Victory: | 2 Laps | Race Duration: | 1Hr 41Min 46Sec. | West Palm Beach, Florida | |
| Lead Changes: | 5 Among / 4 Drivers | Average Speed: | 58.938 MPH | .500 Mile Dirt | |
| No. of Cars: | 26 | No. of Cautions: | 1 For 2 Laps | ||
| Winner, Pole and Manufacturer Information | ||||||||
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| Winner Information | Pole Information | Manufacturer Points | ||||||
| Driver: | Herb Thomas H. Thomas | Driver: | Dick Rathmann D. Rathmann | Hudson: | 9 | |||
| Car No.: | #92 Hudson | Car No.: | #120 Hudson | Oldsmobile: | 0 | |||
| Team: | Thomas Racing | Team: | Dodge: | 0 | ||||
| Crew Chief: | Smokey Yunick | Crew Chief: | Plymouth: | 0 | ||||
| Laps Led: | 54 of 200 | Pole Speed: | 66.371 MPH | |||||
| Official 1954 Palm Beach 200 Results |
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| Finish | Start | Num | Driver | Sponsor | Status | Mfg | Points | Laps | Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 92 | Herb Thomas | Fabulous Hudson Hornet | Running | Hudson | 0 | 200 | 54 |
| 2 | 3 | 87 | Buck Baker | Griffin Motors | Running |  | 0 | 198 | 79 |
| 3 | 9 | 42 | Lee Petty | Petty Enterprises | Running |  | 0 | 198 | 0 |
| 4 | 11 | 80 | Jim Paschal | George Hutchens (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 196 | 0 |
| 5 | 18 | 24 | Ray Duhigg | J.O. Goode (Car Owner) | Running |  | 0 | 190 | 0 |
| 6 | 5 | 6 | Ralph Liguori | Ralph Liguori (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 189 | 0 |
| 7 | 15 | 86 | Don Oldenberg | Don Oldenberg (Car Owner) | Running |  | 0 | 188 | 0 |
| 8 | 21 | 126 | Dave Terrell | Dave Terrell (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 186 | 0 |
| 9 | 13 | 82 | Joe Eubanks | Oates Motor Company | Running | Hudson | 0 | 185 | 0 |
| 10 | 20 | 181 | Tommie Elliott | Millard Wright (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 185 | 0 |
| 11 | 6 | 43 | Bob Welborn | Petty Enterprises | Running | | 0 | 183 | 0 |
| 12 | 7 | 14 | Fonty Flock | Frank Christian (Car Owner) | Running | Hudson | 0 | 177 | 0 |
| 13 | 16 | 10 | Mel Krueger | Len Behn Motor Company | Running | Hudson | 0 | 174 | 0 |
| 14 | 12 | 47 | Billy Irvin | Billy Irvin (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 170 | 0 |
| 15 | 26 | R-D | Allan Clarke | Allan Clarke (Car Owner) | Overheating | | 0 | 166 | 0 |
| 16 | 14 | 96 | Mason Bright | Mason Bright (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 165 | 0 |
| 17 | 23 | 21 | Laird Bruner | Carmen Amica (Car Owner) | | 0 | 164 | 0 | |
| 18 | 25 | 77 | Cotton Hodges | Cotton Hodges (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 164 | 0 |
| 19 | 8 | 33 | Pop McGinnis | Irving Frye (Car Owner) | Running | Hudson | 0 | 157 | 0 |
| 20 | 19 | 107 | Johnny Roberts | Johnny Roberts (Car Owner) | Running |  | 0 | 138 | 0 |
| 21 | 22 | 101 | Bucky Sager | Bucky Sager (Car Owner) | Studebaker | 0 | 98 | 0 | |
| 22 | 10 | 28 | Eddie Skinner | Frank Dodge (Car Owner) | Oil Pump | | 0 | 86 | 0 |
| 23 | 1 | 3 | Dick Rathmann | Pure Sensitized | Hudson | 0 | 68 | 21 | |
| 24 | 2 | 23 | Al Keller | George Miller (Car Owner) | Hudson | 0 | 52 | 46 | |
| 25 | 33 | 187 | Red Duvall | Hank Salat (Car Owner) | Packard | 0 | 49 | 0 | |
| 26 | 17 | 97 | Jim Jones | Jim Jones (Car Owner) | | 0 | 7 | 0 |
