| 1954 Southern States 200 NASCAR Cup Series Race 28 of 37 | |||||
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| Race Information | Track Information | ||||
| Total Purse: | $3,800 | Race Date: | Aug 13, 1954 | Southern States Fairgrounds | |
| Margin of Victory: | 2 Laps | Race Duration: | 1Hr 56Min 49Sec. | Charlotte, North Carolina | |
| Lead Changes: | None | Average Speed: | 51.362 MPH | .500 Mile Dirt | |
| No. of Cars: | 22 | No. of Cautions: | TBA | ||
| Winner, Pole and Manufacturer Information | ||||||||
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| Winner Information | Pole Information | Manufacturer Points | ||||||
| Driver: | Lee Petty L. Petty | Driver: | Buck Baker B. Baker | Chrysler: | 9 | |||
| Car No.: | #42 Chrysler | Car No.: | #88 Oldsmobile | Hudson: | 0 | |||
| Team: | Petty Enterprises | Team: | Oldsmobile: | 0 | ||||
| Crew Chief: | Lee Petty | Crew Chief: | Dodge: | 0 | ||||
| Laps Led: | TBA | Pole Speed: | 57.270 MPH | |||||
| Official 1954 Southern States 200 Results |
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| Finish | Start | Num | Driver | Sponsor | Status | Mfg | Points | Laps | Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | - | 42 | Lee Petty | Petty Enterprises | Running | Chrysler | 0 | 200 | 1 |
| 2 | - | 3 | Dick Rathmann | Pure | Running | Hudson | 0 | 198 | 0 |
| 3 | - | 87 | Bob Welborn | Griffin Motors | Running |  | 0 | 196 | 0 |
| 4 | - | B-29 | Dink Widenhouse | Dink Widenhouse (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 196 | 0 |
| 5 | 1 | 88 | Buck Baker | Ernest Woods (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 192 | 0 |
| 6 | - | 100 | Blackie Pitt (R) | Gary Drake (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 192 | 0 |
| 7 | - | 82 | Joe Eubanks | Oates Motor Company | Running | Hudson | 0 | 191 | 0 |
| 8 | - | 2 | Bill Blair | Bill Blair (Car Owner) | Running | Hudson | 0 | 186 | 0 |
| 9 | - | 6 | Cotton Owens | George Hutchens (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 183 | 0 |
| 10 | - | 51 | Gober Sosebee | Cherokee Garage | Accident | | 0 | 158 | 0 |
| 11 | - | 126 | Dave Terrell | Dave Terrell (Car Owner) | Radiator |  | 0 | 157 | 0 |
| 12 | - | 28 | Laird Bruner | Frank Dodge (Car Owner) | Overheating | | 0 | 144 | 0 |
| 13 | - | 90 | Sam Smith | Accident | | 0 | 137 | 0 | |
| 14 | - | 92 | Herb Thomas | Thomas Racing | Steering | Hudson | 0 | 111 | 0 |
| 15 | - | 14 | Hershel McGriff | Frank Christian (Car Owner) | | 0 | 111 | 0 | |
| 16 | - | 22 | Perk Brown | R.G. Shelton (Car Owner) | Steering | Hudson | 0 | 97 | 0 |
| 17 | - | 55 | Frank Stutts | Accident |  | 0 | 94 | 0 | |
| 18 | - | 5 | Jimmie Lewallen | Joe Blair (Car Owner) |  | 0 | 80 | 0 | |
| 19 | - | 11 | George Parrish | George Parrish (Car Owner) | Studebaker | 0 | 76 | 0 | |
| 20 | - | 13 | Jim Paschal | Ernest Woods (Car Owner) | Bearings | | 0 | 54 | 0 |
| 21 | - | 19 | Clyde Minter | Ken Pace (Car Owner) | | 0 | 28 | 0 | |
| 22 | - | 10 | Bill Blackwell | Black Flagged |  | 0 | 4 | 0 |
