1955 - NASCAR Grand National Series

NASCAR Grand National Series Series by Race

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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 - 37 Race Results

Race Name - 37
Date - 9/18/1955
Race Track - Langhorne Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 1 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 250 miles
Pole Speed - 92.095 mph
Number of Cautions - 3
Caution Laps -
Average Race Speed - 77.888 mph
Lead Changes - 4
Total Race Purse - $10,325
Race Number - 37

More Races from 1955

Fin	St	Driver	#	Sponsor	Laps Run	Make	Laps Led	Purse
1	1	Tim Flock	300	Mercury Outboards (Carl Kiekhaefer)	250	55 Chrysle	173	$2,250
2	3	Herb Thomas	92	Motoramic (Herb Thomas)	249	55 Chevrol	0	$1,525
3	6	Fonty Flock	301	Mercury Outboards (Carl Kiekhaefer)	246	55 Chrysle	0	$950
4	13	Marvin Panch	44	Julian Petty	245	Chevrolet	0	$750
5	32	Jimmy Massey	4	Hubert Westmoreland	244	55 Chevrol	0	$600
6	15	Buck Baker	89	Mercury Outboards (Carl Kiekhaefer)	239	55 Buick	0	$550
7	17	Bob Welborn	49	Bob Welborn	234	55 Chevrol	0	$350
8	7	Gwyn Staley	2	Hubert Westmoreland	233	55 Chevrol	0	$300
9	21	Mario Rossi	302	Carl Krueger	223	55 Chrysle	0	$200
10	42	Joe Eubanks	70	Lancaster Brothers	220	55 Chevrol	0	$175
11	35	John Lindsay	178	John Lindsay	220	55 Chevrol	0	$150
12	39	Banks Simpson	20	Waldron Co (Banks Simpson)	217	55 Buick	0	$100
13	18	Johnny Roberts	900	Johnny Roberts	212	55 Chevrol	0	$100
14	26	Charles Danello	101		212	54 Hudson	0	$200
15	22	Eddie Skinner	28	Frank Dodge	208	53 Oldsmob	0	$200
16	30	Art MacBurney	0		204	55 Ford	0	$175
17	40	Harvey Eakin	47	Harvey Eakin	203	54 Nash	0	$175
18	23	Harvey Henderson	121	Harvey Henderson	201	53 Hudson	0	$75
19	19	Russ Truelove	26	JW Campbell	196	55 Ford	0	$75
20	29	Walt Schubert	77	Bob Bunselmeyer	196	55 Ford	0	$75
21	38	EJ Turner	38	EJ Turner	194	53 Ford	0	$50
22	33	Leon Lundy	79	Leon Lundy	193	53 Plymout	0	$150
23	8	Speedy Thompson	87	Mercury Outboards (Bob Griffin)	186	54 Oldsmob	0	$50
24	14	Bill Tanner	63	Al Liberty	183	55 Chevrol	0	$50
25	36	Lou Spears	93		169	54 Chevrol	0	$50
26	9	Junior Johnson	55	B L Motors (Jim Lowe Carl Beckham)	166	55 Oldsmob	0	$50
27	27	Dick Hallock	136	Robert McKinley	154	53 Hudson	0	$50
28	25	Lee Petty	303	Carl Krueger	116	55 Chrysle	0	$50
29	37	Axel Anderson	777	Axel Anderson	115	55 Mercury	0	$150
30	4	Dick Rathman	3	John Ditz	80	55 Chrysle	68	$50
31	31	Jimmie Lewallen	88	Ernest Woods	76	55 Oldsmob	0	$50
32	11	Gene Simpson	40	Gene Simpson	75	55 Buick	0	$50
33	20	Jerry Benjamin	14	Frank Christian	71	55 Chevrol	0	$50
34	41	Ted Chamberlain	141	Frank Christian	67	55 Chevrol	0	$50
35	16	Buddy Krebs	5	Buddy Krebs	50	55 Chevrol	0	$50
36	5	Jim Paschal	78	Helzafire (Ernest Woods)	32	55 Oldsmob	0	$50
37	24	Ted Cannady	32	Ted Cannady	20	53 Ford	0	$50
38	12	Russ Graham	17	Earl Wright	19	55 Chevrol	0	$50
39	10	Bill Blair	22	Bill Blair	17	55 Oldsmob	0	$50
40	28	Ed Paskovich	75	Ed Paskovich	17	53 Dodge	0	$150
41	2	Dave Terrell	98	Dave Terrell	15	55 Oldsmob	9	$50
42	34	Elton Hildreth	1	Elton Hildreth	10	54 Nash	0	$