NASCAR Grand National Series Series by Race
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 - 37 Race Results
Race Name - 37Date - 9/18/1955Race Track - Langhorne SpeedwayTrack Length (Miles) - 1 milesRace Length (Miles) - 250 milesPole Speed - 92.095 mphNumber of Cautions - 3Caution Laps - Average Race Speed - 77.888 mphLead Changes - 4Total Race Purse - $10,325Race Number - 37 | More Races from 1955 |
Fin | St | Driver | # | Sponsor | Laps Run | Make | Laps Led | Purse |
1 | 1 | Tim Flock | 300 | Mercury Outboards (Carl Kiekhaefer) | 250 | 55 Chrysle | 173 | $2,250 |
2 | 3 | Herb Thomas | 92 | Motoramic (Herb Thomas) | 249 | 55 Chevrol | 0 | $1,525 |
3 | 6 | Fonty Flock | 301 | Mercury Outboards (Carl Kiekhaefer) | 246 | 55 Chrysle | 0 | $950 |
4 | 13 | Marvin Panch | 44 | Julian Petty | 245 | Chevrolet | 0 | $750 |
5 | 32 | Jimmy Massey | 4 | Hubert Westmoreland | 244 | 55 Chevrol | 0 | $600 |
6 | 15 | Buck Baker | 89 | Mercury Outboards (Carl Kiekhaefer) | 239 | 55 Buick | 0 | $550 |
7 | 17 | Bob Welborn | 49 | Bob Welborn | 234 | 55 Chevrol | 0 | $350 |
8 | 7 | Gwyn Staley | 2 | Hubert Westmoreland | 233 | 55 Chevrol | 0 | $300 |
9 | 21 | Mario Rossi | 302 | Carl Krueger | 223 | 55 Chrysle | 0 | $200 |
10 | 42 | Joe Eubanks | 70 | Lancaster Brothers | 220 | 55 Chevrol | 0 | $175 |
11 | 35 | John Lindsay | 178 | John Lindsay | 220 | 55 Chevrol | 0 | $150 |
12 | 39 | Banks Simpson | 20 | Waldron Co (Banks Simpson) | 217 | 55 Buick | 0 | $100 |
13 | 18 | Johnny Roberts | 900 | Johnny Roberts | 212 | 55 Chevrol | 0 | $100 |
14 | 26 | Charles Danello | 101 | 212 | 54 Hudson | 0 | $200 | |
15 | 22 | Eddie Skinner | 28 | Frank Dodge | 208 | 53 Oldsmob | 0 | $200 |
16 | 30 | Art MacBurney | 0 | 204 | 55 Ford | 0 | $175 | |
17 | 40 | Harvey Eakin | 47 | Harvey Eakin | 203 | 54 Nash | 0 | $175 |
18 | 23 | Harvey Henderson | 121 | Harvey Henderson | 201 | 53 Hudson | 0 | $75 |
19 | 19 | Russ Truelove | 26 | JW Campbell | 196 | 55 Ford | 0 | $75 |
20 | 29 | Walt Schubert | 77 | Bob Bunselmeyer | 196 | 55 Ford | 0 | $75 |
21 | 38 | EJ Turner | 38 | EJ Turner | 194 | 53 Ford | 0 | $50 |
22 | 33 | Leon Lundy | 79 | Leon Lundy | 193 | 53 Plymout | 0 | $150 |
23 | 8 | Speedy Thompson | 87 | Mercury Outboards (Bob Griffin) | 186 | 54 Oldsmob | 0 | $50 |
24 | 14 | Bill Tanner | 63 | Al Liberty | 183 | 55 Chevrol | 0 | $50 |
25 | 36 | Lou Spears | 93 | 169 | 54 Chevrol | 0 | $50 | |
26 | 9 | Junior Johnson | 55 | B L Motors (Jim Lowe Carl Beckham) | 166 | 55 Oldsmob | 0 | $50 |
27 | 27 | Dick Hallock | 136 | Robert McKinley | 154 | 53 Hudson | 0 | $50 |
28 | 25 | Lee Petty | 303 | Carl Krueger | 116 | 55 Chrysle | 0 | $50 |
29 | 37 | Axel Anderson | 777 | Axel Anderson | 115 | 55 Mercury | 0 | $150 |
30 | 4 | Dick Rathman | 3 | John Ditz | 80 | 55 Chrysle | 68 | $50 |
31 | 31 | Jimmie Lewallen | 88 | Ernest Woods | 76 | 55 Oldsmob | 0 | $50 |
32 | 11 | Gene Simpson | 40 | Gene Simpson | 75 | 55 Buick | 0 | $50 |
33 | 20 | Jerry Benjamin | 14 | Frank Christian | 71 | 55 Chevrol | 0 | $50 |
34 | 41 | Ted Chamberlain | 141 | Frank Christian | 67 | 55 Chevrol | 0 | $50 |
35 | 16 | Buddy Krebs | 5 | Buddy Krebs | 50 | 55 Chevrol | 0 | $50 |
36 | 5 | Jim Paschal | 78 | Helzafire (Ernest Woods) | 32 | 55 Oldsmob | 0 | $50 |
37 | 24 | Ted Cannady | 32 | Ted Cannady | 20 | 53 Ford | 0 | $50 |
38 | 12 | Russ Graham | 17 | Earl Wright | 19 | 55 Chevrol | 0 | $50 |
39 | 10 | Bill Blair | 22 | Bill Blair | 17 | 55 Oldsmob | 0 | $50 |
40 | 28 | Ed Paskovich | 75 | Ed Paskovich | 17 | 53 Dodge | 0 | $150 |
41 | 2 | Dave Terrell | 98 | Dave Terrell | 15 | 55 Oldsmob | 9 | $50 |
42 | 34 | Elton Hildreth | 1 | Elton Hildreth | 10 | 54 Nash | 0 | $ |