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 - 38 Race Results
Race Name - 38Date - 9/30/1955Race Track - Raleigh SpeedwayTrack Length (Miles) - 1 milesRace Length (Miles) - 100 milesPole Speed - 82.098 mphNumber of Cautions - 3Caution Laps - Average Race Speed - 73.289 mphLead Changes - 4Total Race Purse - $4,285Race 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 | $ |