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 - 9 Race Results
Race Name - 9Date - 4/17/1955Race Track - Montgomery SpeedwayTrack Length (Miles) - 0.5 milesRace Length (Miles) - 100 milesPole Speed - 64.29 mphNumber of Cautions - Caution Laps - Average Race Speed - 60.872 mphLead Changes - 3Total Race Purse - $3,675Race Number - 9 | More Races from 1955 |
Fin | St | Driver | # | Sponsor | Laps Run | Make | Laps Led | Purse |
1 | 5 | Tim Flock | 300 | Mercury Outboards (Carl Kiekhaefer) | 200 | 55 Chrysle | 175 | $1,000 |
2 | 4 | Joel Million | 88 | Ernest Woods | 196 | 55 Oldsmob | 0 | $650 |
3 | 3 | Fonty Flock | 14 | Frank Christian | 196 | 55 Chevrol | 0 | $450 |
4 | 7 | Curtis Turner | 99 | Parks Cigarette (Raymond Parks) | 192 | 55 Oldsmob | 0 | $350 |
5 | 12 | Herb Thomas | 92 | Motoramic (Herb Thomas) | 190 | 55 Chevrol | 16 | $300 |
6 | 10 | Lee Petty | 42 | Petty Enterprises | 190 | 54 Chrysle | 0 | $250 |
7 | 6 | Blackie Pitt | 59 | Brownie Pitt | 186 | 54 Oldsmob | 0 | $200 |
8 | 8 | Jimmie Lewallen | 5 | Joe Blair | 184 | 54 Mercury | 0 | $150 |
9 | 9 | Dick Rathman | 3 | Blue Crown (John Ditz) | 184 | 54 Hudson | 0 | $100 |
10 | 1 | Jim Paschal | 78 | Helzafire (Ernest Woods) | 184 | 55 Oldsmob | 9 | $100 |
11 | 11 | Henry Ford | 155 | Henry Ford | 171 | 54 Chrysle | 0 | $25 |
12 | 2 | Buck Baker | 87 | Griffin Motors (Bob Griffin) | 157 | 54 Oldsmob | 0 | $25 |
13 | 13 | Julian Petty | 14 | Julian Petty | 0 | 53 Chrysle | 0 | $25 |
14 | 14 | Jim Bossic | 0 | 0 | 0 | $25 | ||
15 | 15 | Morris Hill | 0 | 0 | 0 | $25 |