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1955 - 1 Race Results


Race Name - 1
Date - 11/7/1954
Race Track - Tri-City Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 0.5 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 100 miles
Pole Speed - 71.942 mph
Number of Cautions -
Caution Laps -
Average Race Speed - 62.882 mph
Lead Changes - 2
Total Race Purse - $3,800
Race Number - 1
More Races from 1955
Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 3 Lee Petty 42 Petty Enterprises 200 54 Chrysle 194 $1,000
2 5 Buck Baker 14 Frank Christian 200 54 Oldsmob 0 $650
3 1 Herb Thomas 92 Herb Thomas 199 54 Hudson 0 $450
4 4 Gober Sosebee 51 Cherokee Garage (Gober Sosebee) 196 54 Oldsmob 0 $350
5 12 Jimmie Lewallen 5 Joe Blair 196 54 Mercury 0 $300
6 13 Dink Widenhouse 0 Dink Widenhouse 192 53 Oldsmob 0 $250
7 11 Blackie Pitt 111 Gary Drake 189 54 Oldsmob 0 $200
8 8 Bud Harless 8 Edgar Clay 187 53 Hudson 0 $150
9 15 Clyde Minter 19 Ken Pace 178 50 Mercury 0 $100
10 10 Donald Thomas 9 Herb Thomas 170 53 Hudson 0 $100
11 20 Ken Pace 71 Ken Pace 151 49 Hudson 0 $25
12 21 George Parrish 11 George Parrish 112 53 Studeba 0 $25
13 2 Dick Rathman 13 Blue Crown (John Ditz) 110 54 Hudson 6 $25
14 7 Elton Hildreth 1 Hildreth Motors (Elton Hildreth) 102 53 Nash 0 $25
15 9 Joe Eubanks 82 Oates Motor Co (Phil Oates) 93 52 Hudson 0 $25
16 17 John Dodd Jr 48 John Dodd Sr 68 51 Hudson 0 $25
17 6 Junior Johnson 7 Paul Whiteman 51 54 Cadilla 0 $25
18 14 Bill Blair 18 Gene Comstock 43 54 Hudson 0 $25
19 16 Fred Dove 77 Ken Pace 40 51 Hudson 0 $25
20 18 Bob Welborn 52 Julian Petty 10 51 Plymout 0 $25
21 19 Jim Paschal 80 George Hutchens 7 51 Plymout 0 $