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 - 41 Race Results
Race Name - 41Date - 10/15/1955Race Track - Columbia SpeedwayTrack Length (Miles) - 0.5 milesRace Length (Miles) - 100 milesPole Speed - 61.728 mphNumber of Cautions - Caution Laps - Average Race Speed - 55.393 mphLead Changes - 3Total Race Purse - $4,285Race Number - 41 | More Races from 1955 |
Fin | St | Driver | # | Sponsor | Laps Run | Make | Laps Led | Purse |
1 | 2 | Tim Flock | 300 | Mercury Outboards (Carl Kiekhaefer) | 200 | 55 Chrysle | 23 | $1,100 |
2 | 5 | Buck Baker | 87 | DePaolo Engineering (Pete DePaolo) | 200 | 56 Ford | 177 | $700 |
3 | 6 | Herb Thomas | 92 | Motoramic (Herb Thomas) | 197 | 55 Chevrol | 0 | $475 |
4 | 9 | Gwyn Staley | 2 | Hubert Westmoreland | 194 | 55 Chevrol | 0 | $365 |
5 | 21 | Jimmy Massey | 4 | Hubert Westmoreland | 194 | 55 Chevrol | 0 | $310 |
6 | 15 | Bob Welborn | 49 | Bob Welborn | 193 | 55 Chevrol | 0 | $250 |
7 | 1 | Junior Johnson | 55 | B L Motors (Jim Lowe Carl Beckham) | 193 | 55 Oldsmob | 0 | $200 |
8 | 13 | Joe Weatherly | 9 | Schwam Motors (Charlie Schwam) | 191 | 56 Ford | 0 | $150 |
9 | 10 | Jimmie Lewallen | 88 | Ernest Woods | 189 | 55 Oldsmob | 0 | $100 |
10 | 12 | Jimmy Roland | 15 | 187 | 55 Chevrol | 0 | $100 | |
11 | 14 | Jim Paschal | 44 | Julian Petty | 181 | 55 Chevrol | 0 | $75 |
12 | 19 | Ed Cole | 460 | Brooks Brothers | 168 | 55 Plymout | 0 | $60 |
13 | 18 | Bill Morton | 1 | Bill Morton | 165 | 55 Buick | 0 | $50 |
14 | 20 | Clarence DeZalia | 94 | Clarence DeZalia | 160 | 54 Ford | 0 | $50 |
15 | 16 | Eddie Skinner | 28 | Frank Dodge | 137 | 53 Oldsmob | 0 | $50 |
16 | 4 | Bill Widenhouse | 25 | Sam McCuthen | 129 | 55 Chevrol | 0 | $50 |
17 | 3 | Dink Widenhouse | 0 | Dink Widenhouse | 110 | 56 Ford | 0 | $50 |
18 | 11 | Jimmy Thompson | 34 | Ike Kiser | 58 | 55 Ford | 0 | $50 |
19 | 7 | Lee Petty | 42 | Petty Enterprises | 35 | 55 Dodge | 0 | $50 |
20 | 8 | Joe Eubanks | 70 | Lancaster Brothers | 34 | 55 Chevrol | 0 | $50 |
21 | 17 | Bunk Moore | 20 | Waldron Co (Banks Simpson) | 14 | 55 Buick | 0 | $ |