1954 Williams Grove Speedway

Race 21 of 37

Mechanicsburg
200 laps
Time of race: 1:57:27
Average speed of winner: 51.085 mph
Margin of victory: 4 car lengths
Lead changes: 5 between 2 drivers
Cautions: N/A for N/A laps
Lap leaders: Rathmann 1-5, Thomas 6-10, Rathmann 11-15, Thomas 16-21, Rathmann 22-61, Thomas 62-200

Race notes: Debut for Chuck Hansen, Gene Holcomb, Pete Moxley, Dean Pelton, and Volney Schulze. Finale for Whitey Brainerd, Jack Clarke, and Charles McDuffie. Only start for Shelby Colby, Dizzy Dean, Frank Hannellburg, Dick Kable, and Hilly Rife.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1		Herb Thomas	92		'54 Hudson	Herb Thomas	Yunick		200	3	150	running	1000	0
2	1	Dick Rathman	3		'54 Hudson	Ditz		54.945	200	3	50	running	650	0
3		Hershel McGriff	14		'54 Oldsmobile 88	Frank Christian			199	0	0	running	450	0
4		Joe Eubanks	82		'51 Hudson	Oates			199	0	0	running	350	0
5		Jimmie Lewallen	80		'54 Mercury	Hutchens			197	0	0	running	300	0
6		Buck Baker	87		'53 Oldsmobile 88	Bob Griffin			197	0	0	running	250	0
7	15	Lee Petty	42		'54 Dodge	Petty	Petty		196	0	0	running	200	0
8		Ralph Liguori	23		'54 Hudson	George Miller			195	0	0	accident	150	0
9		Elton Hildreth	1		'51 Nash	Hildreth			193	0	0	running	100	0
10		Blackie Pitt	100		'54 Oldsmobile	Gary Drake			193	0	0	running	100	0
11		Dean Pelton	121		'51 Studebaker				193	0	0	running	25	0
12		Jim Reed	7		'51 Hudson Hornet	Jim Reed			192	0	0	accident	25	0
13		Whitey Brainerd	43		'49 Ford				187	0	0	running	25	0
14		Laird Bruner	21		'53 Oldsmobile	Amica			185	0	0	running	25	0
15		Bill Blair	44		'52 Oldsmobile	Elmer Brooks			184	0	0	running	25	0
16		Eddie Riker	11		'51 Oldsmobile				183	0	0	running	25	0
17		Dave Terrell	126		'54 Dodge	Terrell			181	0	0	running	25	0
18		Bill Barker	81		'50 Plymouth				181	0	0	running	25	0
19		Joe Bill O'Dell	111		'49 Ford				180	0	0	running	25	0
20		Peck Peckham	74		'51 Hudson				178	0	0	running	25	0
21		Jack Clarke	2		'49 Plymouth				176	0	0	running	0	0
22		Ray Duhigg	119		'49 Ford				175	0	0	running	0	0
23		Hilly Rife	30		'54 Dodge				174	0	0	running	0	0
24		Gene Holcomb	34		'54 Nash Rambler				172	0	0	running	0	0
25		Ted Chamberlain	93		'50 Plymouth	Ted Chamberlain			170	0	0	running	0	0
26		Dick Kable	6		'54 Dodge	Liguori			168	0	0	oil pressure	0	0
27		Dick Hallock	150		'50 Lincoln				167	0	0	running	0	0
28		Ken Fisher	41		'54 Hudson				161	0	0	running	0	0
29		Ed Paskovich	71		'50 Ford				153	0	0	running	0	0
30		Frank Hannellburg	40		'53 Hudson				147	0	0	running	0	0
31		Charles McDuffie	17		'51 Ford	Jim Reed			109	0	0	fuel line	0	0
32		Harvey Eakin	47		'53 Nash	Eakin			97	0	0	bearing	0	0
33		John McGinley	212		'53 Hudson				94	0	0	accident	0	0
34		Shelby Colby	48		'53 Dodge				82	0	0	brakes	0	0
35		Chuck Hansen	148		'53 Oldsmobile				78	0	0	wheel	0	0
36		John Dodd, Sr.	172		'52 Willys				62	0	0	brakes	0	0
37		Volney Schulze	69		'50 Ford				46	0	0	heating	0	0
38		Pete Moxley	58		'54 Nash Rambler				40	0	0	piston	0	0
39		Russ Hepler	120		'53 Hudson	Walt Chapman			40	0	0	spindle	0	0
40		Charlie Cregar	4		'54 Chrysler				24	0	0	wheel	0	0
41		Dizzy Dean	171		'51 Hudson				1	0	0	wheel	0	0