| 1954 Central City 200 NASCAR Cup Series Race 9 of 37 | |||||
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| Race Information | Track Information | ||||
| Total Purse: | $3,800 | Race Date: | Apr 25, 1954 | Central City Speedway | |
| Margin of Victory: | N/A | Race Duration: | 1h 48m 17s | Macon, Georgia | |
| Lead Changes: | 6 Among / 4 Drivers | Average Speed: | 55.410 MPH | .500 Mile Dirt | |
| No. of Cars: | 22 | No. of Cautions: | 1 | ||
| Winner, Pole and Manufacturer Information | ||||||||
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| Winner Information | Pole Information | Manufacturer Points | ||||||
| Driver: | Gober Sosebee G. Sosebee | Driver: | Dick Rathmann D. Rathmann | Oldsmobile: | 9 | |||
| Car No.: | #51 Oldsmobile | Car No.: | #3 Hudson | Hudson: | 0 | |||
| Team: | Sosebee Racing | Team: | Plymouth: | 0 | ||||
| Crew Chief: | Crew Chief: | Dodge: | 0 | |||||
| Laps Led: | 58 of 200 | Pole Speed: | 57.859 MPH | |||||
| Official 1954 Central City 200 Results |
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| Finish | Start | Num | Driver | Sponsor | Status | Mfg | Points | Laps | Led |
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| 1 | - | 51 | Gober Sosebee | Cherokee Garage | Running |  | 0 | 200 | 58 |
| 2 | 1 | 3 | Dick Rathmann | Pure | Running | Hudson | 0 | 200 | 19 |
| 3 | - | 87 | Jim Paschal | Griffin Motors | Running | | 0 | 199 | 0 |
| 4 | - | 23 | Al Keller | George Miller (Car Owner) | Running | Hudson | 0 | 199 | 95 |
| 5 | - | 14 | Curtis Turner | Frank Christian (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 199 | 0 |
| 6 | 4 | 31 | Donald Thomas | Pure | Running | Hudson | 0 | 197 | 0 |
| 7 | - | 44 | Bob Welborn | Julian Petty (Car Owner) | Running |  | 0 | 197 | 0 |
| 8 | - | 88 | Buck Baker | Ernest Woods (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 195 | 28 |
| 9 | 12 | 42 | Lee Petty | Petty Enterprises | Running |  | 0 | 195 | 0 |
| 10 | 9 | 6 | Ralph Liguori | Ralph Liguori (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 193 | 0 |
| 11 | - | 82 | Joe Eubanks | Oates Motor Company | Running | Hudson | 0 | 192 | 0 |
| 12 | 13 | 127 | Bill Blair | Bill Blair (Car Owner) | Running | Hudson | 0 | 191 | 0 |
| 13 | 14 | 98 | Jim Clark | Jim Clark (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 189 | 0 |
| 14 | 19 | 52 | Walt Flinchum | Byrd Johnson (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 185 | 0 |
| 15 | 18 | 127 | C.H. Dingler | C.H. Dingler (Car Owner) | Running | Hudson | 0 | 179 | 0 |
| 16 | 15 | 78 | Elbert Allen | Ernest Woods (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 179 | 0 |
| 17 | 16 | 28 | Eddie Skinner | Frank Dodge (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 176 | 0 |
| 18 | - | 92 | Herb Thomas | Thomas Racing | Clutch | Hudson | 0 | 145 | 0 |
| 19 | 22 | 127 | Wallace Simpson | Running | | 0 | 143 | 0 | |
| 20 | 21 | 100 | Blackie Pitt (R) | Gary Drake (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 102 | 0 |
| 21 | 17 | 77 | Stan Kross | Sam Knox (Car Owner) | Unknown | Hudson | 0 | 56 | 0 |
| 22 | - | 122 | Jack Smith | Jack Smith (Car Owner) | Piston | | 0 | 34 | 0 |
