Blast From the Past: 1954
Monday, December 4th, 2006 2:57am CST
By Frank Morrison, Thunder Lounge
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[thumb:385:l:s=1:l=x]In world news, The Geneva Convention divides Vietnam in hopes to bring peace to the war torn Nation. In national news, The Senate Condemns Sen. McArthy for misconduct and in Brown VS The Board of Education the Supreme Court rules racial Segragation in public schools must end. In other sports, the NY Giants win the World series (4-0) over the Cleveland Indians and Ohio State and UCLA split the National Championship. In entertainment
news, Big year for books as Lord of the Flies and Lord of the Rings are introduced. In science, The USS Nautilus is commisioned as the first nuclear submarine. Famous deaths of the year: Lionel Barrymore and Henri Matesse. Now… time for the year that NASCAR Royal family takes the throne.
February 7:
Two-time Champ Herb Thomas wins the season opener at West Palm in his Hudson.
February 20:
A field of 136 cars start at a modified race at Daytona largest ever field to start a race.
February 21:
Tim Flock wins at Daytona but is disqualified for having a two-way radio in his car.
March 28:
Dick Rathman comes from last to first at Oakland Speedway in California.
May 13:
NASCAR President Bill France is escorted from Indy garage area.
June 13:
The first road course built for Grand National cars is used in New Jersey Al Keller wins in a Jaguar.
July ???:
Flame Proof coveralls are made available to NASCAR drivers.
July 24:
Bill France Jr. crashes at a short track event in Winston Salem, NC it was his second and last start in NASCAR.
September 12:
Hershel McGriff wins in Macon Tim Flock finishes second in his first race back from quitting the tour from Daytona DQ.
October 10:
Buck Baker wins at the new track in Memphis-Arkansas it is the first 1.5 mile oval.
October 24:
Lee Petty finishes last but clinches the title at North Wilkesboro, NC
| POINTS | STARTS | WINS | TOP-5’s | TOP-10’s | WINNINGS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lee Petty: | 8649 | 34 | 7 | 24 | 32 | $21,101.35 |
| Herb Thomas: | 8366 | 34 | 12 | 19 | 27 | $29,974.05 |
| Buck Baker: | 6893 | 34 | 4 | 23 | 28 | $19,367.87 |
| Dick Rathman: | 6790 | 32 | 3 | 23 | 26 | $15,938.84 |
| Joe Eubanks: | 5467 | 33 | 0 | 11 | 24 | $8,558.45 |
| Hershel McGriff: | 5137 | 24 | 4 | 13 | 17 | $12,999.23 |
| Jim Paschal: | 3903 | 27 | 1 | 5 | 11 | $5,450.70 |
| Jimmie Lewallen: | 3233 | 22 | 0 | 5 | 10 | $4,668.37 |
| Curtis Turner: | 2994 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 8 | $10,119.84 |
| Ralph Liguori: | 2905 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 12 | $3,494.84 |
Ok there it is, the highlights of 1954 at a glance. See you Wednesday with a look at
Jocko Flocko.
See Y’all Next Week With 1955!
All stats and dates compiled from NASCAR Chronicles by Greg Fielden.
(???) next to a date indicates that the particular day the event occurred is
unknown.
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