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TOP STOCK AND MIDGET RACES
John Bentley
November 01, 1954
STOCK CAR RACES (NASCAR)
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November 01, 1954

Top Stock And Midget Races

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1) Buck Baker ('54 Oldsmobile) 88.83 mph.
2) Dick Rathman ('54 Hudson).
3) Lee Petty ('54 Chrysler).

Earnings and points: Baker $1,850-625 pts.; Rathman $1,150-600 pts.; Petty )-575 pts.

The race: Baker, never threatened, won handily by five laps.

STOCK CAR RACES (AAA)

SEPT. 12: IWELWAUKEE, WIS.
200 miles; one mile asphalt; crowd 16,253. Total prize money $14,800.

1) Marshall Teague (Hudson Hornet) 77.18 mph.
2) Don Miller (Chrysler).
3) Sam Hanks (Hudson). All '54.

Earnings and points: Teague $2,940-400 pts.; Miller $2,058-320 pts.; Hanks $1,470-280 pts.

The race: Teague led for 160 of the 200 laps. Jim Rathmann (Olds 88) led on first lap; Frank Mundy (Chrysler) then led to 27th lap when teammate Chuck Stevenson took lead, but quit on 40th with ignition trouble. Teague led from then to finish.

MAY 29: INDIANAPOLIS FAIRGROUND, IND.
25 miles; � mile asphalt; crowd 7,000. Total prize money $7,000.

1) Potsy Goacher (B & D Body Spcl) 52.08 mph.
2) Forrest Parker (Bonnie Doone Spcl).
3) Joe Barzda (Ridenour Spcl).

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