1955 - NASCAR Grand National Series

NASCAR Grand National Series Series by Race

NASCAR's premier series has been known as the NASCAR Cup Series since 2020, previously known as the Monster Energy Cup Series. The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series is the top top racing series of NASCAR. It holds 36 races over the season at tracks loacted in the United States. Although the roots of the series was in the use of "stock" manufacturers vehicles todays cars are custom built automobiles powered by custom built V8 engines.

The NASCAR Cup Series is a stock car racing series owned and operated by NASCAR (the National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing). NASCAR’s premier series had been known as the NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Series since Jan. 1, 2017, rebranded in 2020. It holds races over the season at tracks located in the United States both road courses and ovals. Although the roots of the series was in the use of "stock" manufacturers vehicles, todays cars are custom built automobiles powered by custom built V8 engines.

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1955 - 38 Race Results

Race Name - 38
Date - 9/30/1955
Race Track - Raleigh Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 1 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 100 miles
Pole Speed - 82.098 mph
Number of Cautions - 3
Caution Laps -
Average Race Speed - 73.289 mph
Lead Changes - 4
Total Race Purse - $4,285
Race Number - 38

More Races from 1955

Fin	St	Driver	#	Sponsor	Laps Run	Make	Laps Led	Purse
1	1	Fonty Flock	301	Mercury Outboards (Carl Kiekhaefer)	100	55 Chrysle	64	$1,100
2	3	Herb Thomas	92	Motoramic (Herb Thomas)	100	55 Chevrol	22	$700
3	2	Tim Flock	300	Mercury Outboards (Carl Kiekhaefer)	100	55 Chrysle	14	$475
4	5	Donald Thomas	91	Herb Thomas	100	55 Buick	0	$365
5	15	Bill Widenhouse	25	Sam McCuthen	100	55 Chevrol	0	$310
6	11	Bob Welborn	49	Bob Welborn	100	55 Chevrol	0	$250
7	6	Buck Baker	87	DePaolo Engineering (Pete DePaolo)	97	55 Ford	0	$200
8	14	Ralph Liguori	5	Ralph Liguori	97	55 Buick	0	$150
9	20	Lee Petty	42	Petty Enterprises	96	55 Dodge	0	$100
10	12	Gwyn Staley	2	Hubert Westmoreland	95	55 Chevrol	0	$100
11	25	Bobby Waddell	24	Jimmy Pardue	95	55 Chevrol	0	$75
12	28	Ted Cannady	32	Ted Cannady	94	53 Ford	0	$60
13	22	John McVitty	27	John McVitty	94	55 Chevrol	0	$50
14	21	John Lindsay	178	John Lindsay	93	55 Chevrol	0	$50
15	33	Eddie Skinner	28	Frank Dodge	93	53 Oldsmob	0	$50
16	30	Gordon Smith	19	Gordon Smith	89	55 Chevrol	0	$50
17	3	Speedy Thompson	34	Ike Kiser	88	55 Ford	0	$50
18	18	Banks Simpson	20	Waldron Co (Banks Simpson)	87	55 Buick	0	$50
19	32	Clarence DeZalia	94	Clarence DeZalia	82	54 Ford	0	$50
20	36	Volney Schulze	69	Volney Schulze	79	54 Dodge	0	$50
21	35	Blackie Pitt	59	Brownie Pitt	77	54 Oldsmob	0	$
22	34	Harvey Eakin	47	Harvey Eakin	69	54 Nash	0	$
23	26	Joe Sykes	65		69	55 Ford	0	$
24	29	Bob Beck	41	Bob Beck	65	55 Chevrol	0	$
25	8	Junior Johnson	55	B L Motors (Jim Lowe Carl Beckham)	63	55 Oldsmob	0	$
26	17	Jimmie Lewallen	44	Julian Petty	60	55 Chevrol	0	$
27	16	Jimmy Massey	4	Hubert Westmoreland	60	55 Chevrol	0	$
28	7	Joe Eubanks	70	Lancaster Brothers	55	55 Chevrol	0	$
29	9	Jim Paschal	78	Helzafire (Ernest Woods)	55	55 Oldsmob	0	$
30	19	Dink Widenhouse	29	Dink Widenhouse	53	55 Chevrol	0	$
31	10	Jim Reed	7	Jim Reed	53	55 Chevrol	0	$
32	23	Dave Terrell	98	Dave Terrell	43	55 Oldsmob	0	$
33	27	Ned Jarrett	30	Mellie Bernard	28	55 Pontiac	0	$
34	31	Ed Cole	460	Brooks Brothers	21	55 Plymout	0	$
35	13	Curtis Turner	99	Schwam Motors (Charlie Schwam)	19	55 Ford	0	$
36	24	George Parrish	11	George Parrish	9	53 Studeba	0	$