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track. The track allegedly earned the moniker The Lady in Black because the night before the race the track maintenance crew would cover the entire track with fresh asphalt sealant, in the early years of the speedway, thus making the racing surface dark black. Darlington is also known as "The Track Too Tough to Tame" because drivers can run lap after lap without a problem and then bounce off of the wall the following lap. Racers will frequently explain that they have to race the racetrack, not their competition. Drivers hitting the wall are considered to have received their "Darlington Stripe" thanks to the missing paint on the right side of the car.
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The track is a four-turn 1.366 miles (2.198 km) oval. The track's first two turns are banked at twenty-five degrees, while the final two turns are banked two degrees lower at twenty-three degrees. The front stretch (the location of the finish line) and the back stretch is banked at six degrees.
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Overall, the race took five hours, sixteen minutes, and one second from the first green flag to the checkered flag. The average speed was 95.026 miles per hour (152.930 km/h) and the pole speed was 108.261 miles per hour (174.229 km/h). There were two cautions for four laps and the margin
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would make his NASCAR debut in this race; starting in 43rd place and ending in 20th place due to a crash on the 260th lap of the race. Buck Baker ran into trouble early in the race. Baker later drove relief for Laird Bruner and finished in 23rd position. Lee Petty experienced fuel pump trouble and
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Darlington has something of a legendary quality among drivers and older fans; this is probably due to its long track length relative to other NASCAR speedways of its era and hence the first venue where many of them became cognizant of the truly high speeds that stock cars could achieve on a long
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Otis Martin, Buck Mason, and Frank Stutts would retire from professional stock car racing while Walt Harvey and Joe Sheppard would make their only NASCAR Cup Series appearance in this event. Drivers who failed to qualify for the race were:
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The total winnings of the race was $ 27,405 ($ 310,930 when adjusted for inflation) with the winner taking home $ 6,830 in winnings ($ 77,491 when adjusted for inflation). Manufacturers involved in the race included
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of victory was twenty-six seconds. Attendance of the race was confirmed at 28,000 people during the start of the race. Notable racers that appeared in the race and didn't finish in the "top ten" included
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This would be the first Southern 500 where the leader wasn't a lap or more ahead. There were two #20 cars in the race which would be illegal under current NASCAR Cup Series rules and regulations.
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and Lee Petty were two of the notable crew chiefs that were in attendance for the race. Not only Lee Petty was the crew chief, but he was also driving the #42 Chrysler vehicle in the race.
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The race car drivers still had to commute to the races using the same stock cars that competed in a typical weekend's race through a policy of
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Elmo Langley makes his NASCAR debut. He'd score two victories in a career spanning 536 races from 1954 to 1981.
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Extremely hot with temperatures of 100 °F (38 °C); wind speeds of 10.1 miles per hour (16.3 km/h)
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later drove relief for Marvin Panch and crossed the finish line in third-place position.
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There were 364 laps done on a paved oval track that spanned 1.375 miles (2.213 km).
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Start: Buck Baker was leading the starting grid as the green flag was waved in the air.
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Lap 216: Dean Pelton's vehicle blew a gasket while racing at high speeds.
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Finish: Herb Thomas was officially declared the winner of the event.
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Lap 231: Dave Terrell managed to ruin the rear end of his vehicle.
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Lap 130: Charlie Cregar took over the lead from Curtis Turner.
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Lap 138: Pop McGinnis took over the lead from Charlie Cregar.
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Lap 142: Curtis Turner took over the lead from Pop McGinnis.
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Lap 345: Herb Thomas took over the lead from Curtis Turner.
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Lap 314: Curtis Turner took over the lead from Herb Thomas.
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Lap 308: Herb Thomas took over the lead from Curtis Turner.
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Lap 302: Curtis Turner took over the lead from Herb Thomas.
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Lap 298: Herb Thomas took over the lead from Curtis Turner.
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Lap 204: Curtis Turner took over the lead from Herb Thomas.
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Lap 191: Herb Thomas took over the lead from Curtis Turner.
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Lap 44: Curtis Turner took over the lead from Bill Amick.
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1954 NASCAR Grand National Series
1954 Southern 500 program cover
Darlington Raceway
Darlington, South Carolina
Pole position
Buck Baker
Bob Griffin
Curtis Turner
Elmer Brooks
Herb Thomas
Network
WJMX
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event
NASCAR
Grand National Series
Darlington Raceway
Darlington, South Carolina
homologation
Darlington Raceway
race track
NASCAR
Darlington, South Carolina
Van Van Wey
Bill Blair
Parks Surratt
Bill Morgan
Jim Graham
Fred Dove
Ken Taylor

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