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 - 1 Race Results
Race Name - 1Date - 11/7/1954Race Track - Tri-City SpeedwayTrack Length (Miles) - 0.5 milesRace Length (Miles) - 100 milesPole Speed - 71.942 mphNumber of Cautions - Caution Laps - Average Race Speed - 62.882 mphLead Changes - 2Total Race Purse - $3,800Race 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 | $ |