NASCAR Grand National Series Series by Race
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NASCAR's premier series has been known as the NASCAR Cup Series since 2020, previously known as the Monster Energy Cup Series. The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series is the top top racing series of NASCAR. It holds 36 races over the season at tracks loacted in the United States. Although the roots of the series was in the use of "stock" manufacturers vehicles todays cars are custom built automobiles powered by custom built V8 engines.
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1954 - Raleigh 250 Race Results
| Race Name - Raleigh 250Date - 5/29/1954Race Track - Raleigh SpeedwayTrack Length (Miles) - 1 milesRace Length (Miles) - 250 milesPole Speed - 76.66 mphNumber of Cautions - 0Caution Laps - 0Average Race Speed - 73.909 mphLead Changes - 7Total Race Purse - $9,150Race Number - 14 | More Races from 1954 |
| Fin | St | Driver | # | Sponsor | Laps Run | Make | Laps Led | Purse |
| 1 | 1 | Herb Thomas | 92 | Herb Thomas | 250 | 54 Hudson | 204 | $2,250 |
| 2 | 4 | Dick Rathman | 3 | Pure (John Ditz) | 248 | 54 Hudson | 34 | $1,175 |
| 3 | 3 | Hershel McGriff | 14 | Frank Christian | 246 | 54 Oldsmob | 0 | $800 |
| 4 | 12 | Lee Petty | 42 | Petty Enterprises | 244 | 54 Dodge | 0 | $700 |
| 5 | 13 | Jimmie Lewallen | 80 | George Hutchens | 241 | 54 Mercury | 0 | $600 |
| 6 | 24 | Al Keller | 23 | George Miller | 240 | 54 Hudson | 0 | $525 |
| 7 | 21 | Ray Duhigg | 24 | JO Goode | 236 | 51 Plymout | 0 | $450 |
| 8 | 7 | Elton Hildreth | 1 | Hildreth Motors (Elton Hildreth) | 235 | 52 Nash | 0 | $350 |
| 9 | 2 | Buck Baker | 88 | Ernest Woods | 233 | 54 Oldsmob | 2 | $250 |
| 10 | 26 | Bill Blair | 2 | Bill Blair | 231 | 53 Hudson | 0 | $200 |
| 11 | 28 | Ralph Liguori | 6 | Ralph Liguori | 230 | 54 Dodge | 0 | $150 |
| 12 | 6 | Slick Smith | 61 | Slick Smith | 225 | 52 Oldsmob | 0 | $150 |
| 13 | 29 | Eddie Riker | 11 | Eddie Riker | 223 | 50 Oldsmob | 0 | $100 |
| 14 | 30 | Russ Hepler | 120 | Walt Chapman | 221 | 53 Hudson | 0 | $100 |
| 15 | 17 | Charlie Cregar | 4 | James Gess | 221 | 51 Plymout | 0 | $100 |
| 16 | 14 | Dave Terrell | 126 | Dave Terrell | 219 | 54 Dodge | 0 | $100 |
| 17 | 19 | Blackie Pitt | 100 | Gary Drake | 218 | 49 Plymout | 0 | $100 |
| 18 | 23 | Ted Chamberlain | 93 | Ted Chamberlain | 212 | 51 Plymout | 0 | $100 |
| 19 | 20 | Walt Flinchum | 52 | Byrd Johnson | 195 | 51 Plymout | 0 | $100 |
| 20 | 31 | Fireball Roberts | 25 | Leland Colvin | 181 | 53 Oldsmob | 0 | $100 |
| 21 | 18 | Joel Million | 13 | Ernest Woods | 179 | 53 Oldsmob | 0 | $50 |
| 22 | 35 | Curtis Turner | 44 | Elmer Brooks | 160 | 53 Oldsmob | 10 | $50 |
| 23 | 16 | Laird Bruner | 21 | Carmen Amica | 135 | 53 Oldsmob | 0 | $50 |
| 24 | 15 | Fred Dove | 71 | Fred Dove | 132 | 54 Chevrol | 0 | $50 |
| 25 | 8 | Eddie Skinner | 28 | Frank Dodge | 104 | 53 Oldsmob | 0 | $50 |
| 26 | 32 | Arden Mounts | 108 | Gene Comstock | 90 | 52 Hudson | 0 | $50 |
| 27 | 9 | Speedy Thompson | 12 | Buckshot Morris | 86 | 53 Oldsmob | 0 | $50 |
| 28 | 10 | Jim Paschal | 87 | Griffin Motors (Bob Griffin) | 72 | 53 Oldsmob | 0 | $50 |
| 29 | 5 | Donald Thomas | 31 | Blue Crown (John Ditz) | 66 | 53 Hudson | 0 | $50 |
| 30 | 27 | Jim Clark | 98 | Jim Clark | 62 | 53 Oldsmob | 0 | $50 |
| 31 | 26 | Clarence Burch | 97 | Jesse Mann | 58 | 52 Willys | 0 | $50 |
| 32 | 34 | Gifford Wood | 48 | Gifford Wood | 51 | 52 Hudson | 0 | $50 |
| 33 | 11 | Joe Eubanks | 82 | Oates Motor Co (Phil Oates) | 23 | 52 Hudson | 0 | $50 |
| 34 | 33 | Clyde Minter | 103 | Ken Pace | 15 | 51 Mercury | 0 | $50 |
| 35 | 22 | Harvey Eakin | 47 | Harvey Eakin | 5 | 52 Nash | 0 | $50 |
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