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1955 - 5 Race Results


Race Name - 5
Date - 3/6/1955
Race Track - Oglethorpe Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 0.5 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 100 miles
Pole Speed - 62.805 mph
Number of Cautions -
Caution Laps -
Average Race Speed - 60.15 mph
Lead Changes - 1
Total Race Purse - $3,750
Race Number - 5
 More Races from 1955
Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 6 Lee Petty 42 Petty Enterprises 200 54 Chrysle 136 $1,000
2 4 Don White 1 Don White 196 55 Oldsmob 0 $650
3 1 Dick Rathman 3 Blue Crown (John Ditz) 194 54 Hudson 64 $450
4 8 Herb Thomas 92 Herb Thomas 192 54 Hudson 0 $350
5 11 Eddie Skinner 28 Frank Dodge 185 53 Oldsmob 0 $300
6 14 Dave Terrell 9 Dave Terrell 182 55 Plymout 0 $250
7 12 Mack Hanbury 140 Caplan Motors (Mack Hanbury) 182 53 Hudson 0 $200
8 16 Jim Paschal 78 Ernest Woods 182 55 Oldsmob 0 $150
9 15 Joel Million 88 Ernest Woods 181 55 Oldsmob 0 $100
10 17 Ed Paskovich 75 Ed Paskovich 170 54 Dodge 0 $100
11 2 Curtis Turner 99 Parks Cigarette (Raymond Parks) 167 55 Oldsmob 0 $25
12 18 Bob Dawson 13 153 55 Dodge 0 $25
13 9 Jack Choquette 23 George Miller 120 54 Hudson 0 $25
14 5 Junior Johnson 55 B L Motors (Jim Lowe Carl Beckham) 95 55 Oldsmob 0 $25
15 3 Blackie Pitt 59 Brownie Pitt 72 54 Oldsmob 0 $25
16 7 Buck Baker 87 Griffin Motors (Bob Griffin) 46 54 Oldsmob 0 $25
17 10 Jimmie Lewallen 15 Joe Blair 20 54 Mercury 0 $25
18 13 Gober Sosebee 51 Gober Sosebee 8 55 Oldsmob 0 $25