1955 - NASCAR Grand National Series

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1955 - 10 Race Results

Race Name - 10
Date - 4/24/1955
Race Track - Langhorne Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 1 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 124 miles
Pole Speed - 86.699 mph
Number of Cautions - 3
Caution Laps -
Average Race Speed - 72.893 mph
Lead Changes - 0
Total Race Purse - $5,330
Race Number - 10

More Races from 1955

Fin	St	Driver	#	Sponsor	Laps Run	Make	Laps Led	Purse
1	1	Tim Flock	300	Mercury Outboards (Carl Kiekhaefer)	124	55 Chrysle	124	$1,430
2	5	Buck Baker	87	Griffin Motors (Bob Griffin)	124	54 Oldsmob	0	$860
3	13	Junior Johnson	55	B L Motors (Jim Lowe Carl Beckham)	124	55 Oldsmob	0	$600
4	2	Dick Rathman	3	Pure Sensitized (John Ditz)	124	54 Hudson	0	$515
5		Herb Thomas	92	Herb Thomas	122	55 Buick	0	$350
6	8	Joel Million	88	Ernest Woods	122	55 Oldsmob	0	$210
7	10	Lee Petty	42	Petty Enterprises	122	55 Chrysle	0	$150
8	26	Jim Ord	56	Hank Salat	118	55 Packard	0	$175
9	18	Gene Simpson	460	Brooks Brothers	117	55 Plymout	0	$150
10	20	Harvey Henderson	121	Harvey Henderson	112	53 Hudson	0	$150
11	7	Carl Krueger	0	Carl Krueger	112	55 Chevrol	0	$35
12	23	Henry Ford	156	Henry Ford	110	54 Chrysle	0	$25
13		Chuck Hansen	348	Chuck Hansen	109	53 Oldsmob	0	$25
14		Gene Holcomb	0		106	54 Dodge	0	$25
15		Ed Paskovich	75	Ed Paskovich	105	53 Dodge	0	$25
16	22	Russ Truelove	26	JW Campbell	104	55 Ford	0	$75
17		Tony DeStafano	0		103	55 Plymout	0	$25
18	24	Jimmie Lewallen	5	Joe Blair	97	54 Mercury	0	$75
19	19	Blackie Pitt	59	Brownie Pitt	95	54 Oldsmob	0	$25
20	15	Dave Terrell	98	Dave Terrell	93	55 Oldsmob	0	$25
21	9	Bill Blair	97	JM Fitzgibbons	90	54 Oldsmob	0	$35
22	4	Fonty Flock	14	Frank Christian	70	55 Chevrol	0	$85
23	16	Ken Fisher	4	Ken Fisher	58	55 Chrysle	0	$25
24	3	Jim Paschal	78	Helzafire (Ernest Woods)	45	55 Oldsmob	0	$35
25	11	Archie Nepstad	18		41	55 Buick	0	$25
26	32	Johnny Cramblitt	73		22	53 Hudson	0	$25
27	27	Leslie Young	96	Ray Elston	21	53 Hudson	0	$25
28	28	Elton Hildreth	1	Hildreth Motors (Elton Hildreth)	18	54 Nash	0	$75
29		Jim Reed	7	Jim Reed	12	53 Hudson	0	$25
30	12	Bill Tanner	63	Al Liberty	7	55 Chevrol	0	$25
31	14	John Dodd Jr	71	John Dodd Sr	5	55 Dodge	0	$
32	6	Pepper Cunningham	6	Pepper Cunningham	3	55 Chrysle	0	$