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. Four of the season's races were in combination with the NASCAR Grand National Series. The other five races were in combination with the NASCAR Short Track Division. DateNameRacetrackLocationWinnerMarch 28noneOakland StadiumOakland, CaliforniaDick RathmannMay 30noneCarrell SpeedwayGardena, CaliforniaJohn SoaresJune 26noneMarchbanks SpeedwayHanford, CaliforniaMarvin PanchJuly 4noneBalboa StadiumSan Diego, CaliforniaDanny LetnerAugust 1noneOakland StadiumOakland, CaliforniaDanny LetnerAugust 7noneVallejo SpeedwayVallejo, CaliforniaMarvin PanchAugust 22noneBay Meadows SpeedwaySan Mateo, CaliforniaHershel McGriffOctober 2noneBalboa StadiumSan Diego, CaliforniaRobert CaswellOctober 10noneCapital SpeedwaySacramento, CaliforniaAllen Adkins
Full Drivers' Championship
(key) Bold – Pole position awarded by time. Italics – Pole position set by owner's points. * – Most laps led. DriverOAKGARHMSBALOAKVSPSANBALCAP1Lloyd Dane52865582*515302Danny Letner341*1*2*7152012923Marvin Panch21*3211010424Ben Gregory114224718329825John Soares31*24233349229746Robert Caswell1453269138887Allen Adkins341218588Tony Nelson8101012147278429Joe Valente12962813162168610Woody Brown24183138151566611Dick Rathmann1366012Jim Cook1026117141731141462013Bill West72114262019659014Lee Petty6558015Hershel McGriff20*1*54816Eddie Pagan122181053617Bill Amick21252018Jim Graham611112352019Charles Pemberton1012131948620Erick Erickson622246421Herb Thomas640022Bob Havemann81132423Bill Bade10202124163632224Bill Galdarisi158202427625Sam Hawks717202725626Bill Stammer16171823627Ed Normi1541722228Jim Heath9152520029Buck Baker1718030Bud Diamond32724161818031Cliff Roberts151917232Jack Barney91115833Art Watts25112814834Bob Tyrell1414435Bob Stanclift11182613836Rick Henderson13292913237Jim Sills413238Jim Blomgren211211439Lee Humphers141710240Chuck Meekins289228121116*9641Len Fraker10259642Dick Carter1831358443H. R. Kahl17308444Wally Baker137845Al Neves19267646Blackie Pitt236047FiFi Scott184848Sam Arena192849Red Ortwein253728Ernie Young241625223268Dick Zimmerman1323214385George Seeger5145274Bill Smith1318739Clyde Palmer4910Ted Lee253313Sid Plummer1216Arley Scranton2112Bob Rose2213Jerry Keyes2320Fred Bince2719Howard Phillippi3030Dick Elliott9Kirby Miller9Jack Taylor15Johnny Mello15Jack Jordan16Tom Drake16Herb Crawford17Bob Bowman17Eli Vukovich17Marian Pagan18Sam Lamm19DNQPaul Phipps19Johnny Kieper20Richard Brown22Bill Williams23Bob Deehan24Bill Weiman26Allen Heath29Dick Freeman31Don Woodard33George Rogge40Vee DentDNQLarry SteffinDNQBud KelleherDNQ
See also
1954 NASCAR Grand National Series
References