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1954 - NASCAR Grand National Series Race Summary

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1954 - NASCAR Grand National Series

A listing of races during the year including the winner, track location and race name. To access specific race information follow the race date link.


Date Winning Driver Race Name Track
2/7/1954 Herb Thomas 1 Palm Beach Speedway
2/21/1954 Lee Petty 2 Beach And Road Course
3/7/1954 Herb Thomas 3 Speedway Park
3/21/1954 Herb Thomas 4 Lakewood Speedway
3/28/1954 Al Keller 5 Oglethorpe Speedway
3/28/1954 Dick Rathman 6 Oakland Stadium
4/4/1954 Dick Rathman Wilkes County 160 North Wilkesboro Speedway
4/18/1954 Herb Thomas 8 Orange Speedway
4/25/1954 Gober Sosebee 9 Central City Speedway
5/2/1954 Herb Thomas 10 Langhorne Speedway
5/9/1954 Buck Baker 11 Wilson Speedway
5/16/1954 Jim Paschal 12 Martinsville Speedway
5/23/1954 Lee Petty 13 Sharon Speedway
5/29/1954 Herb Thomas Raleigh 250 Raleigh Speedway
5/30/1954 Buck Baker 15 Charlotte Speedway
5/30/1954 John Soares 16 Carrell Speedway
6/6/1954 Curtis Turner 17 Columbia Speedway
6/13/1954 Al Keller 18 Linden Airport
6/19/1954 Herb Thomas 19 Hickory Speedway
6/25/1954 Lee Petty 20 Monroe County Fairgrounds
6/27/1954 Herb Thomas 21 Williams Grove Speedway
7/3/1954 Herb Thomas 22 Piedmont Interstate Fairgrounds
7/4/1954 Herb Thomas 23 Asheville-Weaverville Speedway
7/10/1954 Dick Rathman 24 Santa Fe Speedway
7/11/1954 Lee Petty 25 Grand River Speedrome
7/30/1954 Buck Baker 26 Morristown Speedway
8/1/1954 Danny Letner 27 Oakland Stadium
8/13/1954 Lee Petty 28 Southern States Fairgrounds
8/22/1954 Hershel McGriff 29 Bay Meadows Speedway
8/29/1954 Lee Petty 30 Corbin Speedway
9/6/1954 Herb Thomas Southern 500 Darlington Raceway
9/12/1954 Hershel McGriff 32 Central City Speedway
9/24/1954 Hershel McGriff 33 Southern States Fairgrounds
9/26/1954 Herb Thomas 34 Langhorne Speedway
10/10/1954 Buck Baker Mid-South 250 Memphis-Arkansas Speedway
10/17/1954 Lee Petty 36 Martinsville Speedway
10/24/1954 Hershel McGriff Wilkes 160 North Wilkesboro Speedway