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1955 - 45 Race Results


Race Name - 45
Date - 10/30/1955
Race Track - Orange Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 1 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 100 miles
Pole Speed - 81.673 mph
Number of Cautions - 3
Caution Laps -
Average Race Speed - 70.465 mph
Lead Changes - 0
Total Race Purse - $4,285
Race Number - 45
 More Races from 1955
Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 1 Tim Flock 301 Mercury Outboards (Carl Kiekhaefer) 100 55 Chrysle 100 $1,100
2 9 Curtis Turner 99 Schwam Motors (Charlie Schwam) 100 56 Ford 0 $700
3 12 Buck Baker 87 DePaolo Engineering (Pete DePaolo) 100 56 Ford 0 $475
4 14 Herb Thomas 92 Motoramic (Herb Thomas) 100 55 Chevrol 0 $365
5 15 Dave Terrell 198 Dave Terrell 100 55 Oldsmob 0 $310
6 8 Joe Weatherly 9 Schwam Motors (Charlie Schwam) 100 56 Ford 0 $250
7 7 Dink Widenhouse 0 Dink Widenhouse 98 56 Ford 0 $200
8 16 Gwyn Staley 2 Hubert Westmoreland 98 55 Chevrol 0 $150
9 6 Jimmy Massey 4 Hubert Westmoreland 97 55 Chevrol 0 $100
10 10 Bob Welborn 44 Julian Petty 95 55 Chevrol 0 $100
11 13 Marvin Panch 98 Pete DePaolo 93 56 Ford 0 $75
12 24 Fred Harb 88 Ernest Woods 93 55 Oldsmob 0 $60
13 17 Ted Cannady 32 Ted Cannady 91 53 Ford 0 $50
14 19 Bobby Waddell 24 Jimmy Pardue 91 55 Chevrol 0 $50
15 3 Jimmie Lewallen 78 Helzafire (Ernest Woods) 90 55 Oldsmob 0 $50
16 25 Eddie Skinner 28 Frank Dodge 89 53 Oldsmob 0 $50
17 20 Bill Gross 121 87 53 Hudson 0 $50
18 22 Ed Cole 460 Brooks Brothers 83 55 Plymout 0 $50
19 11 Jim Paschal 22 Bill Blair 83 55 Oldsmob 0 $50
20 18 Ralph Liguori 5 Ralph Liguori 70 55 Buick 0 $50
21 2 Speedy Thompson 297 Mercury Outboards (Pete DePaolo) 70 53 Hudson 0 $
22 5 Donald Thomas 91 Herb Thomas 74 55 Buick 0 $
23 4 Lee Petty 42 Petty Enterprises 14 55 Dodge 0 $
24 23 Dick Hallock 136 14 53 Hudson 0 $
25 21 Woody Arrington 94 Clarence DeZalia 4 54 Ford 0 $