1955 - NASCAR Grand National Series

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1955 - 39 Race Results

Race Name - 39
Date - 10/6/1955
Race Track - Greenville-Pickens Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 0.5 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 100 miles
Pole Speed - 58.037 mph
Number of Cautions - 1
Caution Laps -
Average Race Speed - 57.942 mph
Lead Changes - 1
Total Race Purse - $4,285
Race Number - 39

More Races from 1955

Fin	St	Driver	#	Sponsor	Laps Run	Make	Laps Led	Purse
1	2	Tim Flock	300	Mercury Outboards (Carl Kiekhaefer)	199	55 Chrysle	199	$1,100
2	13	Junior Johnson	44	Julian Petty	197	55 Chevrol	0	$700
3	1	Bob Welborn	49	Bob Welborn	197	55 Chevrol	0	$475
4	4	Jimmy Massey	4	Hubert Westmoreland	197	55 Chevrol	0	$365
5	15	Buck Baker	87	DePaolo Engineering (Pete DePaolo)	197	55 Ford	0	$310
6	18	Jimmy Thompson	34	Ike Kiser	196	55 Ford	0	$250
7	6	Bill Widenhouse	25	Sam McCuthen	195	55 Chevrol	0	$200
8	5	Jack Smith	1		193	55 Chevrol	0	$150
9	12	Jimmie Lewallen	88	Ernest Woods	189	55 Oldsmob	0	$100
10	16	Lee Petty	42	Petty Enterprises	189	55 Dodge	0	$100
11	10	Dink Widenhouse	0	Dink Widenhouse	188	55 Chevrol	0	$75
12	14	Willard Starney	22		187	55 Chevrol	0	$60
13	25	Bunk Moore	20	Waldron Co (Banks Simpson)	185	55 Buick	0	$50
14	24	Doug Cox	37	Doug Cox	181	55 Pontiac	0	$50
15	19	John McVitty	27	John McVitty	179	55 Chevrol	0	$50
16	23	Eddie Skinner	28	Frank Dodge	176	53 Oldsmob	0	$50
17	28	Ted Cannady	32	Ted Cannady	166	55 Ford	0	$50
18	17	Russ Graham	17	Earl Wright	166	55 Chevrol	0	$50
19	22	Bud Geiselman	3	Frank Geiselman	164	53 Hudson	0	$50
20	27	Blackie Pitt	59	Brownie Pitt	162	54 Oldsmob	0	$50
21	26	Gordon Smith	19	Gordon Smith	156	55 Chevrol	0	$
22	21	Jim Paschal	78	Helzafire (Ernest Woods)	116	55 Oldsmob	0	$
23	3	Joe Eubanks	70	Lancaster Brothers	104	55 Chevrol	0	$
24	20	Bobby Waddell	24	Jimmy Pardue	57	55 Chevrol	0	$
25	8	Fonty Flock	91	Herb Thomas	45	55 Chevrol	0	$
26	7	Chester Brown	44		20	55 Chevrol	0	$
27	11	Gwyn Staley	2	Hubert Westmoreland	0	55 Chevrol	0	$
28	9	Jim Reed	7	Jim Reed	200	55 Chevrol	0	$