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 - Richmond 200 Race Results
Race Name - Richmond 200Date - 5/22/1955Race Track - Richmond FairgroundsTrack Length (Miles) - 0.5 milesRace Length (Miles) - 100 milesPole Speed - mphNumber of Cautions - Caution Laps - Average Race Speed - 54.298 mphLead Changes - 4Total Race Purse - $4,085Race Number - 16 | More Races from 1955 |
Fin | St | Driver | # | Sponsor | Laps Run | Make | Laps Led | Purse |
1 | 22 | Tim Flock | 300 | Mercury Outboards (Carl Kiekhaefer) | 200 | 55 Chrysle | 123 | $1,000 |
2 | 10 | Fonty Flock | 301 | Mercury Outboards (Carl Kiekhaefer) | 200 | 55 Chrysle | 0 | $650 |
3 | 20 | Lee Petty | 42 | Petty Enterprises | 200 | 55 Chrysle | 0 | $450 |
4 | 4 | Jim Paschal | 78 | Helzafire (Ernest Woods) | 199 | 55 Oldsmob | 69 | $350 |
5 | 25 | Junior Johnson | 55 | B L Motors (Jim Lowe Carl Beckham) | 197 | 55 Oldsmob | 0 | $300 |
6 | 19 | Bob Welborn | 44 | Julian Petty | 192 | 55 Chevrol | 0 | $250 |
7 | 24 | Gene Simpson | 460 | Brooks Brothers | 190 | 55 Plymout | 0 | $200 |
8 | 12 | Elmo Langley | 53 | Elmo Langley | 181 | 53 Oldsmob | 0 | $150 |
9 | 8 | Volney Schulze | 69 | Volney Schulze | 179 | 54 Dodge | 0 | $100 |
10 | 9 | George Parrish | 11 | George Parrish | 176 | 53 Studeba | 0 | $100 |
11 | 26 | Dave Terrell | 98 | Dave Terrell | 172 | 55 Oldsmob | 0 | $75 |
12 | 11 | Slim Brown | 43 | 169 | 55 Chevrol | 0 | $60 | |
13 | 5 | Nace Mattingly | 54 | Nace Mattingly | 157 | 55 Ford | 0 | $50 |
14 | 23 | Johnny Roberts | 900 | Johnny Roberts | 145 | 55 Chevrol | 0 | $50 |
15 | 1 | Arden Mounts | 18 | Arden Mounts | 141 | 54 Hudson | 0 | $50 |
16 | 7 | Eddie Skinner | 28 | Frank Dodge | 141 | 53 Oldsmob | 0 | $50 |
17 | 21 | Buck Baker | 89 | Buck Baker | 133 | 55 Buick | 0 | $50 |
18 | 27 | Harvey Henderson | 121 | Harvey Henderson | 115 | 53 Hudson | 0 | $50 |
19 | 14 | Henry Ford | 303 | Henry Ford | 115 | 55 Chrysle | 0 | $50 |
20 | 3 | Mack Hanbury | 140 | Caplan Motors (Mack Hanbury) | 111 | 53 Hudson | 0 | $50 |
21 | 15 | Billy Carden | 8 | Bishop Brothers | 109 | 55 Buick | 0 | $ |
22 | 16 | Carl Krueger | 302 | Carl Krueger | 99 | 55 Chrysle | 0 | $ |
23 | 18 | Ken Fisher | 4 | Ken Fisher | 95 | 55 Chrysle | 0 | $ |
24 | 2 | Dick Rathman | 3 | John Ditz | 66 | 55 Chrysle | 8 | $ |
25 | 17 | Fred Dove | 71 | Fred Dove | 64 | 55 Oldsmob | 0 | $ |
26 | 13 | Sonny Hutchins | 97 | JM Fitzgibbons | 15 | 54 Oldsmob | 0 | $ |
27 | 28 | Chick Dawson | 444 | 11 | 55 Studeba | 0 | $ | |
28 | 6 | Jimmie Lewallen | 88 | Ernest Woods | 3 | 55 Oldsmob | 0 | $ |