1955 - NASCAR Grand National Series

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1955 - 4 Race Results

Race Name - 4
Date - 2/27/1955
Race Track - Beach And Road Course
Track Length (Miles) - 4.1 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 160 miles
Pole Speed - 130.293 mph
Number of Cautions - 0
Caution Laps - 0
Average Race Speed - 91.999 mph
Lead Changes - 0
Total Race Purse - $9,250
Race Number - 4

More Races from 1955

Fin	St	Driver	#	Sponsor	Laps Run	Make	Laps Led	Purse
1	1	Tim Flock	300	Carl Kiekhaefer	39	55 Chrysle	39	$2,350
2	2	Lee Petty	42	Petty Enterprises	39	55 Chrysle	0	$1,600
3	11	Ray Duhigg	24	JO Goode	39	55 Buick	0	$1,000
4	12	Curtis Turner	99	Parks Cigarette (Raymond Parks)	39	55 Oldsmob	0	$800
5	14	Fonty Flock	14	Frank Christian	39	55 Oldsmob	0	$625
6	9	Joe Eubanks	82	Oates Motor Co (Phil Oates)	39	55 Oldsmob	0	$525
7	5	Dick Joslin	47	JC Van Landingham	38	55 Buick	0	$425
8	10	Bill Tanner	63	Al Liberty	38	55 Buick	0	$325
9	22	Buck Baker	87	Griffin Motors (Bob Griffin)	38	54 Oldsmob	0	$200
10	43	Jack Radtke	185		38	55 Chevrol	0	$150
11	18	Bud Kutina	110	Bud Kutina	38	55 Oldsmob	0	$140
12	27	Jack Choquette	23	George Miller	38	54 Hudson	0	$125
13	3	Dick Rathman	88	Ernest Woods	38	55 Oldsmob	0	$100
14	21	Marvin Copple	37	Marvin Copple	37	55 Oldsmob	0	$85
15	41	Axel Anderson	241	Axel Anderson	37	55 Mercury	0	$75
16	40	Mack Hanbury	140	Caplan Motors (Mack Hanbury)	37	53 Hudson	0	$50
17	16	Willard Holt	331		37	55 Chevrol	0	$50
18	15	Bob Dawson	13	William P Webb	37	55 Dodge	0	$50
19	24	Jim Wilson	237	Harvey Walters	37	55 Dodge	0	$50
20	46	Ray Chaike	16	Gus Holzmueller	37	54 Dodge	0	$50
21	29	Bud Palmer	166	WE Campbell	36	55 Dodge	0	$35
22	25	Jim McLain	39	Maurice Thompson	36	55 Oldsmob	0	$35
23	34	Harvey Eakin	147	Harvey Eakin	35	55 Nash	0	$35
24	37	Gene Simpson	460	Brooks Brothers	35	55 Plymout	0	$35
25	47	Bud Harless	8	Edgar Clay	35	53 Hudson	0	$35
26	7	Jim Paschal	78	Ernest Woods	35	55 Oldsmob	0	$35
27	35	Russ Truelove	26	JW Campbell	35	55 Ford	0	$35
28	42	Floyd Chaddock	599		35	53 Hudson	0	$35
29	36	Dave Terrell	9	Dave Terrell	35	55 Plymout	0	$35
30	32	Arden Mounts	18	Gene Comstock	34	54 Hudson	0	$35
31	44	Bo Fields	1	Carl Wesson	33	53 Plymout	0	$25
32	39	Ed Paskovich	75	Ed Paskovich	33	53 Dodge	0	$25
33	31	Eddie Skinner	28	Frank Dodge	32	53 Oldsmob	0	$25
34	11	Jack Farris	238	Max Schwimer	30	55 Oldsmob	0	$25
35	6	Junior Johnson	55	B L Motors (Jim Lowe Carl Beckham)	25	55 Oldsmob	0	$25
36	17	Herb Thomas	92	Walt Chapman	22	55 Packard	0	$
37	30	Volney Schulze	69	Volney Schulze	22	54 Dodge	0	$
38	28	Gene Comstock	33	Gene Comstock	19	53 Hudson	0	$
39	33	Ralph Shaffer	41	John Eanes	16	55 Oldsmob	0	$
40	20	Jimmie Lewallen	59	Brownie Pitt	14	54 Oldsmob	0	$
41	8	Hooker Hood	188	Hooker Hood	14	54 Oldsmob	0	$
42	26	Charlie Cregar	349	James Gess	10	54 Oldsmob	0	$
43	23	Tommy Ringstaff	56	JB Cunningham	7	55 Packard	0	$
44	45	Bill Blair	65	Ken Whitney	6	55 Ford	0	$
45	13	Gober Sosebee	51	Gober Sosebee	4	55 Oldsmob	0	$
46	38	Louis Headley	48	Louis Headley	3	55 Chevrol	0	$
47	19	Ken Fisher	4	Ken Fisher	2	55 Chrysle	0	$
48	4	Fireball Roberts	0	Fish Carburetor (Bob Fish)	39	55 Buick	0	$