07/27/2017 – Pontiac was represented in only 2 races of the 37 race 1954 Grand National Season, both times courtesy of California native Bill Stammer.
Stammer has 10 career Cup starts to his credit, all at tracks located on the West coast or in the Southwest (Arizona and Nevada). Stammer’s 2 Pontiac starts in his self-owned 1953 Chieftain were his only starts of 1954 and his only career Cup Pontiac races.
Stammer raced at Oakland Stadium’s .5 mile dirt track in Oakland, CA, March 28, 1954, race #6 on the Grand National calendar. Stammer finished 16th out of 26 cars, 60 laps behind winner Dick Rathman in Ray Erickson’s 1952 Hudson (no records exist for starting positions except for the winner Rathman and pole-sitter Hershel McGriff).
Stammer’s second and final race for 1954 (and Pontiac) was at Carrell Speedway’s .5 mile dirt track in Gardena, CA, May 30, 1954, race #16 on the Grand National calendar. Stammer finished 17th after starting a very respectable 9th in the 32 car field, 55 laps down to winner John Soares in Charles Vance’s 1954 Dodge.
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