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1955 - 40 Race Results


Race Name - 40
Date - 10/9/1955
Race Track - Memphis-Arkansas Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 1.5 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 300 miles
Pole Speed - 100.39 mph
Number of Cautions -
Caution Laps -
Average Race Speed - 83.948 mph
Lead Changes - 2
Total Race Purse - $11,025
Race Number - 40
 More Races from 1955
Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 10 Speedy Thompson 297 Mercury Outboards (Pete DePaolo) 200 55 Ford 158 $2,900
2 6 Marvin Panch 98 Memphis District Dir (Pete DePaolo) 200 55 Ford 0 $1,450
3 12 Jimmy Massey 4 Hubert Westmoreland 196 55 Chevrol 0 $1,000
4 2 Tim Flock 300 Mercury Outboards (Carl Kiekhaefer) 195 55 Chrysle 42 $850
5 8 Bob Flock 308 Mercury Outboards (Carl Kiekhaefer) 195 55 Chrysle 0 $650
6 3 Buck Baker 87 Mercury Outboards (Pete DePaolo) 194 55 Ford 0 $525
7 18 Jimmie Lewallen 88 Ernest Woods 190 55 Oldsmob 0 $400
8 25 Ralph Liguori 44 Julian Petty 189 55 Chevrol 0 $350
9 14 Dink Widenhouse 0 Dink Widenhouse 185 55 Ford 0 $250
10 20 Bob Welborn 49 Bob Welborn 183 55 Chevrol 0 $225
11 24 Lee Petty 42 Petty Enterprises 183 55 Dodge 0 $150
12 35 Bill Blair 22 Bill Blair 182 55 Oldsmob 0 $125
13 22 Hooker Hood 188 Hooker Hood 177 54 Oldsmob 0 $125
14 40 Al Hager 12 176 55 Chevrol 0 $125
15 27 Leland Sowell 51 Bill Taylor 176 55 Ford 0 $125
16 42 Banks Simpson 89 Mercury Outboards (Buck Baker) 172 55 Buick 0 $95
17 31 Johnny Allen 64 Spook Crawford 169 55 Plymout 0 $195
18 39 Norm Nelson 299 Mercury Outboards (Carl Kiekhaefer) 162 55 Chrysle 0 $95
19 32 Gene Rose 84 160 55 Chrysle 0 $95
20 30 Bob Coleman 5 152 55 Ford 0 $95
21 20 Roscoe Rann 155 146 54 Chrysle 0 $60
22 7 Herb Thomas 92 Motoramic (Herb Thomas) 132 55 Chevrol 0 $60
23 26 Joe Guide 52 Sally Guide 125 53 Hudson 0 $160
24 41 Bill Morton 1 Bill Morton 123 55 Buick 0 $60
25 23 Tiny Lund 37 Rupert Safety Belt (Carl Rupert) 65 55 Chevrol 0 $60
26 37 Jim Murray 46 63 55 Buick 0 $60
27 4 Billy Carden 99 Schwam Motors (Charlie Schwam) 55 55 Ford 0 $60
28 17 Joe Eubanks 70 Lancaster Brothers 46 55 Chevrol 0 $60
29 21 Johnny Mantz 15 Pete DePaolo 46 55 Ford 0 $60
30 15 Chuck Stevenson 68 Pete DePaolo 43 55 Ford 0 $60
31 13 Gwyn Staley 2 Hubert Westmoreland 38 55 Chevrol 0 $60
32 8 Joe Weatherly 86 Pete DePaolo 29 55 Ford 0 $60
33 19 Dave Terrell 198 Dave Terrell 27 55 Oldsmob 0 $60
34 16 Russ Graham 17 Earl Wright 22 55 Chevrol 0 $60
35 11 Bill Widenhouse 25 Sam McCuthen 22 55 Chevrol 0 $60
36 5 Curtis Turner 95 Schwam Motors (Charlie Schwam) 19 55 Ford 0 $40
37 38 Eddie Skinner 28 Frank Dodge 13 53 Oldsmob 0 $40
38 36 Floyd Curtis 112 10 55 Ford 0 $40
39 1 Fonty Flock 301 Mercury Outboards (Carl Kiekhaefer) 5 55 Chrysle 0 $40
40 29 Ted Cannady 32 Ted Cannady 3 53 Ford 0 $40
41 33 Jim Reed 7 Jim Reed 8 55 Chevrol 0 $