1955 - NASCAR Grand National Series

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1955 - 15 Race Results

Race Name - 15
Date - 5/15/1955
Race Track - Martinsville Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 0.5 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 100 miles
Pole Speed - 58.823 mph
Number of Cautions - 2
Caution Laps -
Average Race Speed - 52.554 mph
Lead Changes - 2
Total Race Purse - $4,085
Race Number - 15

More Races from 1955

Fin	St	Driver	#	Sponsor	Laps Run	Make	Laps Led	Purse
1	4	Tim Flock	300	Mercury Outboards (Carl Kiekhaefer)	200	55 Chrysle	93	$1,000
2	7	Lee Petty	42	Petty Enterprises	200	55 Chrysle	0	$650
3	2	Junior Johnson	55	B L Motors (Jim Lowe Carl Beckham)	198	55 Oldsmob	107	$450
4	8	Jimmie Lewallen	88	Ernest Woods	198	55 Oldsmob	0	$350
5	14	Bob Welborn	44	Julian Petty	194	55 Chevrol	0	$300
6	11	Buck Baker	87	Griffin Motors (Bob Griffin)	192	54 Oldsmob	0	$250
7	17	Harvey Henderson	121	Harvey Henderson	192	53 Hudson	0	$200
8	15	Eddie Skinner	28	Frank Dodge	189	53 Oldsmob	0	$150
9	1	Jim Paschal	78	Helzafire (Ernest Woods)	187	55 Oldsmob	0	$100
10	16	Fred Dove	71	Fred Dove	183	55 Oldsmob	0	$100
11	19	Arden Mounts	18	Arden Mounts	181	54 Hudson	0	$75
12	27	Johnny Gouveia	27	Johnny Gouveia	179	55 Chevrol	0	$60
13	22	Johnny Cramblitt	73		178	53 Hudson	0	$50
14	25	Gene Simpson	460	Brooks Brothers	169	55 Plymout	0	$50
15	26	Ed Cole	0		167	54 Ford	0	$50
16	13	John Dodd Jr	71	John Dodd Sr	151	55 Dodge	0	$50
17	23	George Parrish	11	George Parrish	123	53 Studeba	0	$50
18	9	Speedy Thompson	14	Frank Christian	109	55 Chevrol	0	$50
19	12	Carl Krueger	1	Carl Krueger	107	55 Chrysle	0	$50
20	6	Gwyn Staley	2	Hubert Westmoreland	102	55 Chevrol	0	$50
21	20	Gordon Smith	19	Gordon Smith	95	55 Chevrol	0	$
22	18	Perk Brown	5	Joe Blair	93	54 Mercury	0	$
23	5	Fonty Flock	301	Mercury Outboards (Carl Kiekhaefer)	85	55 Chrysle	0	$
24	10	Bill Blair	97	JM Fitzgibbons	45	54 Oldsmob	0	$
25	21	Ken Fisher	4	Ken Fisher	40	55 Chrysle	0	$
26	3	Jim Reed	7	Jim Reed	27	55 Chevrol	0	$
27	24	Ken Pace	1	Ken Pace	9	54 Chevrol	0	$