1955 - NASCAR Grand National Series

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1955 - 24 Race Results

Race Name - 24
Date - 7/6/1955
Race Track - Piedmont Interstate Fairgrounds
Track Length (Miles) - 0.5 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 100 miles
Pole Speed - 58.517 mph
Number of Cautions - 6
Caution Laps -
Average Race Speed - 49.106 mph
Lead Changes - 0
Total Race Purse - $4,185
Race Number - 24

More Races from 1955

Fin	St	Driver	#	Sponsor	Laps Run	Make	Laps Led	Purse
1	1	Tim Flock	300	Mercury Outboards (Carl Kiekhaefer)	200	55 Chrysle	200	$1,100
2	2	Fonty Flock	301	Mercury Outboards (Carl Kiekhaefer)	200	55 Chrysle	0	$650
3	6	Lee Petty	42	Petty Enterprises	200	55 Chrysle	0	$450
4	7	Buck Baker	303	Henry Ford	198	55 Chrysle	0	$350
5	14	Cotton Owens	70	Lancaster Brothers	195	55 Chevrol	0	$300
6	13	Banjo Matthews	14	Frank Christian	195	55 Chevrol	0	$250
7	21	Donald Thomas	9	Herb Thomas	193	54 Hudson	0	$200
8	12	John Dodd Jr	73	John Dodd Sr	190	55 Oldsmob	0	$150
9	17	Joe Eubanks	82	Oates Motor Co (Phil Oates)	190	53 Hudson	0	$100
10	16	Bob Welborn	71	The Racing Club	170	55 Oldsmob	0	$100
11	26	Eddie Skinner	28	Frank Dodge	166	53 Oldsmob	0	$75
12	20	Gene Simpson	460	Brooks Brothers	159	55 Plymout	0	$60
13	8	Speedy Thompson	92	Herb Thomas	145	55 Buick	0	$50
14	9	Dick Rathman	3	John Ditz	132	55 Chrysle	0	$50
15	27	Ed Cole	94	Clarence DeZalia	129	54 Ford	0	$50
16	5	Gwyn Staley	2	Hubert Westmoreland	103	55 Chevrol	0	$50
17	24	Gordon Smith	19	Gordon Smith	91	55 Chevrol	0	$50
18	11	Harvey Henderson	121	Harvey Henderson	79	53 Hudson	0	$50
19	3	Junior Johnson	55	B L Motors (Jim Lowe Carl Beckham)	78	55 Oldsmob	0	$50
20	10	Jim Paschal	78	Helzafire (Ernest Woods)	77	55 Oldsmob	0	$50
21	15	Pee Wee Jones	4	Hubert Westmoreland	61	55 Chevrol	0	$
22	18	Billy Carden	8	Bishop Brothers	44	55 Buick	0	$
23	23	Richard Brownlee	5	Joe Blair	43	54 Mercury	0	$
24	25	Jimmy Thompson	81		41	53 Hudson	0	$
25	22	Arden Mounts	18	Comstock (Arden Mounts)	16	53 Hudson	0	$
26	19	Dave Terrell	98	Dave Terrell	14	53 Oldsmob	0	$
27	4	Jimmie Lewallen	88	Ernest Woods	0	55 Oldsmob	0	$