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1955 - NASCAR Grand National Series Race Summary

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1955 - NASCAR Grand National Series

A listing of races during the year including the winner, track location and race name. To access specific race information follow the race date link.


Date Winning Driver Race Name Track
11/7/1954 Lee Petty 1 Tri-City Speedway
2/6/1955 Herb Thomas 2 Palm Beach Speedway
2/13/1955 Lee Petty 3 Speedway Park
2/27/1955 Tim Flock 4 Beach And Road Course
3/6/1955 Lee Petty 5 Oglethorpe Speedway
3/26/1955 Fonty Flock 6 Columbia Speedway
3/27/1955 Jim Paschal 7 Orange Speedway
4/3/1955 Buck Baker Wilkes County 160 North Wilkesboro Speedway
4/17/1955 Tim Flock 9 Montgomery Speedway
4/24/1955 Tim Flock 10 Langhorne Speedway
5/1/1955 Buck Baker 11 Charlotte Speedway
5/7/1955 Junior Johnson 12 Hickory Speedway
5/8/1955 Tim Flock 13 Arizona State Fairgrounds
5/15/1955 Danny Letner 14 Tucson Rodeo Grounds
5/15/1955 Tim Flock 15 Martinsville Speedway
5/22/1955 Tim Flock Richmond 200 Richmond Fairgrounds
5/28/1955 Junior Johnson 17 North Carolina State Fairgrounds
5/29/1955 Lee Petty 18 Forsyth County Fairgrounds
6/10/1955 Junior Johnson 19 Lincoln Speedway
6/17/1955 Tim Flock 20 Monroe County Fairgrounds
6/18/1955 Junior Johnson 21 Fonda Speedway
6/19/1955 Lee Petty 22 Airborne Speedway
6/24/1955 Tim Flock 23 Southern States Fairgrounds
7/6/1955 Tim Flock 24 Piedmont Interstate Fairgrounds
7/9/1955 Jim Paschal 25 Columbia Speedway
7/10/1955 Tim Flock 26 Asheville-Weaverville Speedway
7/15/1955 Tim Flock 27 Morristown Speedway
7/29/1955 Junior Johnson 28 Altamont-Schenectady Fairgrounds
7/30/1955 Tim Flock 29 New York State Fairgrounds
7/31/1955 Tim Flock 30 Bay Meadows Speedway
8/5/1955 Jim Paschal 31 Southern States Fairgrounds
8/7/1955 Lee Petty 32 Forsyth County Fairgrounds
8/14/1955 Fonty Flock Mid-South 250 Memphis-Arkansas Speedway
8/20/1955 Herb Thomas 34 Raleigh Speedway
9/5/1955 Herb Thomas Southern 500 Darlington Raceway
9/11/1955 Tim Flock 36 Montgomery Speedway
9/18/1955 Tim Flock 37 Langhorne Speedway
9/30/1955 Fonty Flock 38 Raleigh Speedway
10/6/1955 Tim Flock 39 Greenville-Pickens Speedway
10/9/1955 Speedy Thompson 40 Memphis-Arkansas Speedway
10/15/1955 Tim Flock 41 Columbia Speedway
10/16/1955 Speedy Thompson 42 Martinsville Speedway
10/16/1955 Norm Nelson 43 Las Vegas Park Speedway
10/23/1955 Buck Baker Wilkes 160 North Wilkesboro Speedway
10/30/1955 Tim Flock 45 Orange Speedway