| 1954 Orange 100 NASCAR Cup Series Race 8 of 37 | |||||
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| Race Information | Track Information | ||||
| Total Purse: | $3,825 | Race Date: | Apr 18, 1954 | Occoneechee Speedway | |
| Margin of Victory: | 10 Car Length | Race Duration: | 1Hr 17Min 32Sec. | Hillsboro, North Carolina | |
| Lead Changes: | 2 Among / 3 Drivers | Average Speed: | 77.386 MPH | 1 Mile Dirt | |
| No. of Cars: | 28 | No. of Cautions: | 1 | ||
| Winner, Pole and Manufacturer Information | ||||||||
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| Winner Information | Pole Information | Manufacturer Points | ||||||
| Driver: | Herb Thomas H. Thomas | Driver: | Buck Baker B. Baker | Hudson: | 9 | |||
| Car No.: | #92 Hudson | Car No.: | #87 Oldsmobile | Oldsmobile: | 0 | |||
| Team: | Thomas Racing | Team: | Dodge: | 0 | ||||
| Crew Chief: | Smokey Yunick | Crew Chief: | Lincoln: | 0 | ||||
| Laps Led: | 35 of 100 | Pole Speed: | 86.767 MPH | |||||
| Official 1954 Orange 100 Results |
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| Finish | Start | Num | Driver | Sponsor | Status | Mfg | Points | Laps | Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 92 | Herb Thomas | Thomas Racing | Running | Hudson | 0 | 100 | 35 |
| 2 | 3 | 31 | Donald Thomas | Pure | Running | Hudson | 0 | 100 | 53 |
| 3 | 1 | 88 | Buck Baker | Ernest Woods (Car Owner) | Running |  | 0 | 100 | 12 |
| 4 | 5 | 3 | Dick Rathmann | Pure | Running | Hudson | 0 | 100 | 0 |
| 5 | - | 14 | Curtis Turner | Frank Christian (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 99 | 0 |
| 6 | 13 | 42 | Lee Petty | Petty Enterprises | Running |  | 0 | 98 | 0 |
| 7 | 3 | 82 | Joe Eubanks | Oates Motor Company | Running | Hudson | 0 | 97 | 0 |
| 8 | 10 | 16 | Ted Rambo | Bob Cancro (Car Owner) | Running | Lincoln | 0 | 97 | 0 |
| 9 | 11 | 21 | Laird Bruner | Carmen Amica (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 96 | 0 |
| 10 | - | 24 | Ray Duhigg | J.O. Goode (Car Owner) | Running |  | 0 | 95 | 0 |
| 11 | 21 | 6 | Ralph Liguori | Ralph Liguori (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 94 | 0 |
| 12 | 26 | 143 | Andy Winfree | Andy Winfree (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 92 | 0 |
| 13 | - | 108 | Arden Mounts | Gene Comstock (Car Owner) | Running | Hudson | 0 | 91 | 0 |
| 14 | 25 | 100 | Blackie Pitt (R) | Gary Drake (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 90 | 0 |
| 15 | - | 8 | Bud Harless | Edgar Clay (Car Owner) | Running | Hudson | 0 | 90 | 0 |
| 16 | - | 47 | Harvey Eakin | Harvey Eakin (Car Owner) | Running | Nash | 0 | 89 | 0 |
| 17 | 19 | 28 | Eddie Skinner | Frank Dodge (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 88 | 0 |
| 18 | 20 | 78 | Elbert Allen | Ernest Woods (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 86 | 0 |
| 19 | 14 | 1 | Elton Hildreth | Hildreth Motors | Running | Nash | 0 | 86 | 0 |
| 20 | 27 | 10 | Marshall Harless | Marshall Harless (Car Owner) | Running |  | 0 | 82 | 0 |
| 21 | - | 22 | Perk Brown | R.G. Shelton (Car Owner) | Running | Hudson | 0 | 77 | 0 |
| 22 | - | 71 | Fred Dove | Fred Dove (Car Owner) | Overheating |  | 0 | 64 | 0 |
| 23 | - | 13 | Emory Lewis | Ernest Woods (Car Owner) | Accident | | 0 | 61 | 0 |
| 24 | - | 87 | Jim Paschal | Griffin Motors | Oil Pan | | 0 | 37 | 0 |
| 25 | - | 61 | Jimmie Lewallen | M.E. Riley (Car Owner) | | 0 | 31 | 0 | |
| 26 | 2 | 51 | Gober Sosebee | Cherokee Garage | Piston | | 0 | 21 | 0 |
| 27 | - | 43 | Bob Welborn | Julian Petty (Car Owner) | | 0 | 17 | 0 | |
| 28 | 24 | 126 | Dave Terrell | Dave Terrell (Car Owner) | Hub | | 0 | 8 | 0 |
