1954 NASCAR Pacific Coast Late Model Division

The 1954 NASCAR Pacific Coast Late Model Division was the 1st season of the series. The title was won by Lloyd Dane, making him the inaugural champion in what is now the ARCA Menards Series West.

Schedule and results

The 1954 season included 9 individual races, with Oakland Stadium and Balboa Stadium hosting two races each.[1] Four of the season's races were in combination with the NASCAR Grand National Series.[2][3][4][5] The other five races were in combination with the NASCAR Short Track Division.[6][7][8][9][10]

Date Name Racetrack Location Winner
March 28 none Oakland Stadium Oakland, California Dick Rathmann
May 30 none Carrell Speedway Gardena, California John Soares
June 26 none Marchbanks Speedway Hanford, California Marvin Panch
July 4 none Balboa Stadium San Diego, California Danny Letner
August 1 none Oakland Stadium Oakland, California Danny Letner[11]
August 7 none Vallejo Speedway Vallejo, California Marvin Panch
August 22 none Bay Meadows Speedway San Mateo, California Hershel McGriff
October 2 none Balboa Stadium San Diego, California Robert Caswell
October 10 none Capital Speedway Sacramento, California Allen Adkins

Full Drivers' Championship

Further information: List of NASCAR points scoring systems

(key) Bold – Pole position awarded by time. Italics – Pole position set by owner's points. * – Most laps led.

Pos Driver OAK CAS HMS BST OAK VSP SAN BST CAP Pts
1 Lloyd Dane 5 2 8 6 5 5 8 2* 5 1530
2 Danny Letner 3 4 1* 1* 2* 7 15 20 1292
3 Marvin Panch 2 1* 3 2 1 10 1042
4 Ben Gregory 11 4 22 4 7 18 3 2 982
5 John Soares 3 1* 2 4 23 3 34 9 22 974
6 Robert Caswell 14 5 32 6 9 1 3 888
7 Allen Adkins 3 4 12 1 858
8 Tony Nelson 8 10 10 12 14 7 27 842
9 Joe Valente 12 9 6 28 13 16 21 686
10 Woody Brown 24 18 3 13 8 15 15 666
11 Dick Rathmann 1 3 660
12 Jim Cook 10 26 11 7 14 17 31 14 14 620
13 Bill West 7 21 14 26 20 19 6 590
14 Lee Petty 6 5 580
15 Hershel McGriff 20* 1* 548
16 Eddie Pagan 12 21 8 10 536
17 Bill Amick 21 2 520
18 Jim Graham 6 11 11 23 520
19 Charles Pemberton 10 12 13 19 486
20 Erick Erickson 6 2 22 464
21 Herb Thomas 6 400
22 Bob Havemann 8 11 324
23 Bill Bade 10 20 21 24 16 36 322
24 Bill Galdarisi 15 8 20 24 276
25 Sam Hawks 7 17 20 27 256
26 Bill Stammer 16 17 18 236
27 Ed Normi 15 41 7 222
28 Jim Heath 9 15 25 200
29 Buck Baker 17 180
30 Bud Diamond 32 7 24 16 18 180
31 Cliff Roberts 15 19 172
32 Jack Barney 9 11 158
33 Art Watts 25 11 28 148
34 Bob Tyrell 14 144
35 Bob Stanclift 11 18 26 138
36 Rick Henderson 13 29 29 132
37 Jim Sills 4 132
38 Jim Blomgren 21 12 114
39 Lee Humphers 14 17 102
40 Chuck Meekins 28 9 22 8 12 11 16* 96
41 Len Fraker 10 25 96
42 Dick Carter 18 31 35 84
43 H. R. Kahl 17 30 84
44 Wally Baker 13 78
45 Al Neves 19 26 76
46 Blackie Pitt 23 60
47 FiFi Scott 18 48
48 Sam Arena 19 28
49 Red Ortwein 25 37 28
Ernie Young 24 16 25 22 32 6 8
Dick Zimmerman 13 23 21 4 38 5
George Seeger 5 14 5 27 4
Bill Smith 13 18 7 39
Clyde Palmer 4 9 10
Ted Lee 25 33 13
Sid Plummer 12 16
Arley Scranton 21 12
Bob Rose 22 13
Jerry Keyes 23 20
Fred Bince 27 19
Howard Phillippi 30 30
Dick Elliott 9
Kirby Miller 9
Jack Taylor 15
Johnny Mello 15
Jack Jordan 16
Tom Drake 16
Herb Crawford 17
Bob Bowman 17
Eli Vukovich 17
Marian Pagan 18
Sam Lamm 19 DNQ
Paul Phipps 19
Johnny Kieper 20
Richard Brown 22
Bill Williams 23
Bob Deehan 24
Bill Weiman 26
Allen Heath 29
Dick Freeman 31
Don Woodard 33
George Rogge 40
Larry Steffin DNQ
Bud Kelleher DNQ

See also

References

  1. ^ "1954 NASCAR Pacific Coast Late Model Division Stats". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved January 28, 2025.
  2. ^ "NASCAR Grand National:1954-06 - The Third Turn". The Third Turn. Retrieved January 28, 2025.
  3. ^ "NASCAR Grand National:1954-16 - The Third Turn". The Third Turn. Retrieved January 28, 2025.
  4. ^ "NASCAR Grand National:1954-27 - The Third Turn". The Third Turn. Retrieved January 29, 2025.
  5. ^ "NASCAR Grand National:1954-29 - The Third Turn". The Third Turn. Retrieved January 29, 2025.
  6. ^ "NASCAR Pacific Coast:1954-03 - The Third Turn". The Third Turn. Retrieved January 28, 2025.
  7. ^ "NASCAR Pacific Coast:1954-04 - The Third Turn". The Third Turn. Retrieved January 29, 2025.
  8. ^ "NASCAR Pacific Coast:1954-06 - The Third Turn". The Third Turn. Retrieved January 29, 2025.
  9. ^ "NASCAR Pacific Coast:1954-08 - The Third Turn". The Third Turn. Retrieved January 29, 2025.
  10. ^ "NASCAR Pacific Coast:1954-09 - The Third Turn". The Third Turn. Retrieved January 29, 2025.
  11. ^ "Danny Letner Wins 300-Lap Stock Race". Times-Star. United Press. August 2, 1954. p. 8. Retrieved January 29, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
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