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NASCAR in the 1955 season. Full information

7th season of the NASCAR proved to be an exhilarating ride for motorsport enthusiasts worldwide. Spanning from 7th November to 30th October in 1955, this season showcased thrilling races, unexpected twists, and fierce competition. Join us as we relive the excitement and drama that unfolded throughout this unforgettable season of NASCAR!

Beginners of the season: Bill Hyde , Gene Bergin , Norm Nelson , Royce Hagerty , Jimmy Massey , Johnny Allen , Tiny Lund , Jack Choquette , Woody Richmond , Dick Joslin , Jack Radtke , Bud Kutina , Axel Anderson , Mack Hanbury , Willard Holt , Bob Dawson , Jim Wilson , Ray Chaike , Bud Palmer , Gene Simpson , Jack Farris , Ralph Shaffer , Tommy Ringstaff , Louis Headley , Boyce Hildreth , Henry Ford , Jim Ord , Carl Krueger , Tony DeStafano , Archie Nepstad , Johnny Cramblitt , Ed Cole , Ken Johns , Ed Brown , Ray Clark , Ron Hornaday , Frank Douglas , Owen Loggins , Cliff Richmond , Rick DeLewis , Herb Crawford , FiFi Scott , Rex DeLewis , Mel Larson , Johnny Mock , Jack Richardson , Gordon Smith , Nace Mattingly , Sonny Hutchins , Chick Dawson , Bill Bowman , Millard Wright , Junie Gough , Emory Mahan , Al Webber , Bob Beck , John McVitty , Ted Pitcher , George Combs , Frank Powell , Chick Norris , Pee Wee Jones , Charles Dyer , Bill Gross , Lou Spears , Homer Newland , George Gregory , Bob Gould , Herk Moak , Ken Goudermoat , Dick Walters , Ed Negre , Joe Roletto , Hal Prentice , Cliff Wright , Elias Bowie , Carl Hammill , Sherman Clark , Bob Stanclift , Crash Carson , Ted Cannady , Banks Simpson , Jack Hubbard , Bobby Waddell , Clarence DeZalia , Larry Flynn , Russ Graham , Ray Platte , Curley Hatfield , Doug Cox , Dick Beaty , Jim Thompson , Don Duckworth , Jimmy Roland , Fred Harb , Mario Rossi , Art MacBurney , Walt Schubert , Jerry Benjamin , Bunk Moore , Bud Geiselman , Al Hager , Gene Rose , Bob Coleman , Bill Morton , Jim Murray , Jimmy Pardue , Bob Ruppert , Tom Francis , John Lansaw , Herb Hill , Virgil Martin , Carl Hoover , Britton Jones , Woody Arrington

List of races and tracks in the 1955 season

Race	Winner	Track	Race Start
1954 High Point NASCAR	Lee Petty Chrysler New Yorker, #42	Tri-City Speedway	7th November 1954
1955 West Palm Beach NASCAR	Herb Thomas Hudson Hornet, #92	Palm Beach Speedway	6th February 1955
1955 Jacksonville NASCAR	Lee Petty Chrysler 300 , #42	Jacksonville, Florida	13th February 1955
1955 Daytona NASCAR	Tim Flock Chrysler 300 , #300	Daytona Beach	27th February 1955
1955 Savannah NASCAR	Lee Petty Chrysler 300 , #42	Oglethorpe Speedway	6th March 1955
1955 Columbia NASCAR Race 1	Fonty Flock Chevrolet Bel Air (Second generation), #14	Columbia Speedway	26th March 1955
1955 Hillsborough NASCAR Race 1	Jim Paschal Oldsmobile 88 (Second generation), #78	Occoneechee Speedway	27th March 1955
1955 North Wilkesboro NASCAR Race 1	Buck Baker Oldsmobile 88 (Second generation), #87	North Wilkesboro	3rd April 1955
1955 Montgomery NASCAR Race 1	Tim Flock Chrysler 300 , #300	Montgomery	17th April 1955
1955 Langhorne NASCAR Race 1	Tim Flock Chrysler 300 , #300	Langhorne	24th April 1955
1955 Charlotte NASCAR Race 1	Buck Baker Buick ? 1955, #89	Charlotte Fairgrounds	1st May 1955
1955 Hickory NASCAR	Junior Johnson Oldsmobile 88 (Second generation), #55	Hickory Speedway	7th May 1955
1955 Phoenix NASCAR	Tim Flock Chrysler 300 , #301	Arizona State Fairgrounds	8th May 1955
1955 Tucson NASCAR	Danny Letner Oldsmobile 88 (Second generation), #6	Tucson Rodeo	15th May 1955
1955 Martinsville NASCAR Race 1	Tim Flock Chrysler 300 , #300	Martinsville	15th May 1955
1955 Richmond NASCAR	Tim Flock Chrysler 300 , #300	Atlantic Fairgrounds	22nd May 1955
1955 Raleigh NASCAR Race 1	Junior Johnson Oldsmobile 88 (Second generation), #55	State Fairgrounds	28th May 1955
1955 Winston-Salem NASCAR Race 1	Lee Petty Chrysler 300 , #42	Forsyth County Fair	29th May 1955
1955 New Oxford NASCAR	Junior Johnson Oldsmobile 88 (Second generation), #55	New Oxford	10th June 1955
1955 Rochester NASCAR	Tim Flock Chrysler 300 , #300	Monroe County	17th June 1955
1955 Fonda NASCAR	Junior Johnson Oldsmobile 88 (Second generation), #55	Fonda	18th June 1955
1955 Plattsburg NASCAR	Lee Petty Chrysler 300 , #42	Plattsburg	19th June 1955
1955 Charlotte NASCAR Race 2	Tim Flock Chrysler 300 , #301	Southern States	24th June 1955
1955 Spartanburg NASCAR	Tim Flock Chrysler 300 , #300	Piedmont Interstate	6th July 1955
1955 Columbia NASCAR Race 2	Jim Paschal Oldsmobile 88 (Second generation), #78	Columbia Speedway	9th July 1955
1955 Weaverville NASCAR	Tim Flock Chrysler 300 , #300	Weaverville	10th July 1955
1955 Morristown NASCAR	Tim Flock Chrysler 300 , #300	Morristown	15th July 1955
1955 Altamont NASCAR	Junior Johnson Oldsmobile 88 (Second generation), #55	Altamont	29th July 1955
1955 Syracuse NASCAR	Tim Flock Chrysler 300 , #300	Syracuse	30th July 1955
1955 San Mateo NASCAR	Tim Flock Chrysler 300 , #300	Bay Meadows	31st July 1955
1955 Charlotte NASCAR Race 3	Jim Paschal Oldsmobile 88 (Second generation), #78	Southern States	5th August 1955
1955 Winston-Salem NASCAR Race 2	Lee Petty Dodge ? 1955, #42	Forsyth County Fair	7th August 1955
1955 LeHi NASCAR Race 1	Fonty Flock Chrysler 300 , #301	Memphis-Arkansas	14th August 1955
1955 Raleigh NASCAR Race 2	Herb Thomas Buick ? 1955, #92	Raleigh	20th August 1955
1955 Darlington NASCAR	Herb Thomas Chevrolet Bel Air (Second generation), #92	Darlington	5th September 1955
1955 Montgomery NASCAR Race 2	Tim Flock Chrysler 300 , #300	Montgomery	11th September 1955
1955 Langhorne NASCAR Race 2	Tim Flock Chrysler 300 , #300	Langhorne	18th September 1955
1955 Raleigh NASCAR Race 3	Fonty Flock Chrysler 300 , #301	Raleigh	30th September 1955
1955 Greenville NASCAR	Tim Flock Chrysler 300 , #300	Greenville-Pickens	6th October 1955
1955 LeHi NASCAR Race 2	Speedy Thompson Ford ? 1955, #297	Memphis-Arkansas	9th October 1955
1955 Columbia NASCAR Race 3	Tim Flock Chrysler 300 , #300	Columbia Speedway	15th October 1955
1955 Las Vegas NASCAR	Norm Nelson Chrysler 300 , #299	Las Vegas Park	16th October 1955
1955 Martinsville NASCAR Race 2	Speedy Thompson Chrysler 300 , #30	Martinsville	16th October 1955
1955 North Wilkesboro NASCAR Race 2	Buck Baker Ford ? 1955, #87	North Wilkesboro	23rd October 1955
1955 Hillsborough NASCAR Race 2	Tim Flock Chrysler 300 , #301	Occoneechee Speedway	30th October 1955

Drivers championship 1955

Tim Flock

United States

Champion

Points: 9596 Wins: 18 Poles: 20

Buck Baker

United States

2nd place

Points: 8088 Wins: 3 Poles: 2

Lee Petty

United States

3rd place

Points: 7194 Wins: 6 Poles: 1

List of all drivers for the 1955 season

Name	Points
Tim Flock	9596
Buck Baker	8088
Lee Petty	7194
Bob Welborn	5460
Herb Thomas	5186
Junior Johnson	4810
Eddie Skinner	4652
Jim Paschal	4572
Jimmie Lewallen	4526
Gwyn Staley	4360
Fonty Flock	4266
Dave Terrell	3170
Jimmy Massey	2924
Marvin Panch	2812
Speedy Thompson	2452
Jim Reed	2416
Gene Simpson	2388
Dick Rathman	2298
Ralph Liguori	2124
Joe Eubanks	2028
Blackie Pitt	1992
Harvey Henderson	1930
Banks Simpson	1852
Dink Widenhouse	1752
John Dodd, Jr.	1496
Bill Widenhouse	1444
Lou Spears	1272
Larry Flynn	1260
Cotton Owens	1248
Gordon Smith	1212
Billy Carden	1172
Arden Mounts	1170
Joel Million	1136
Curtis Turner	1120
John Lindsay	1052
Nace Mattingly	992
Bill Blair	974
Donald Thomas	932
Ed Cole	924
Mack Hanbury	900
Danny Letner	892
George Parrish	880
Banjo Matthews	860
Carl Krueger	748
Ted Cannady	744
Allen Adkins	740
Joe Weatherly	724
John McVitty	684
Lloyd Dane	674
Fred Dove	668
Bill West	0
Ed Brown	0
Jack Choquette	0
Bobby Waddell	0
Johnny Kieper	0
Richard Brownlee	0
Ken Johns	0
Russ Graham	0
Johnny Roberts	0
Chuck Hanson	0
Bob Flock	0
Bill Stammer	0
Gober Sosebee	0
Jimmy Thompson	0
Henry Ford	0
Volney Schulze	0
Norm Nelson	0
Bob Havemann	0
Charles Dyer	0
Bill Tanner	0
Jimmy Ayers	0
Ken Fisher	0
Al Watkins	0
Hooker Hood	0
Bill Amick	0
Joe Guide	0
Billy Myers	0
Don White	0
Bill Champion	0
Bill Bowman	0
Johnny Gouveia	0
Ed Negre	0
Mario Rossi	0
Pappy Hough	0
Ray Duhigg	0
Jim Ord	0
Don Oldenberg	0
Ed Paskovich	0
Owen Loggins	0
Lloyd Moore	0
Al Hager	0
Clayton D'Aniello	0
Clarence DeZalia	0
Dick Joslin	0
Leland Sewell	0
Roscoe Rann	0
Bud Harless	0
Tommy Ringstaff	0
Elmo Langley	0
Bill Hyde	0
Sherman Clark	0
Johnny Patterson	0
Jim Murray	0
Harvey Eakin	0
Fred Harb	0
Eddie Pagan	0
Bill Harrison	0
Jack Radtke	0
Bob Dawson	0
Royce Hagerty	0
Dutch Hoag	0
Lloyd Chick	0
Johnny Allen	0
Clyde Palmer	0
Johnny Mantz	0
Emory Mahan	0
Bud Kutina	0
Al Webber	0
Ted Pitcher	0
Bob Ruppert	0
Art MacBurney	0
Bo Fields	0
Dutch Munsinger	0
Cliff Richmond	0
Bill Gross	0
Ray Clark	0
Jimmy Roland	0
Bob Stanclift	0
Perk Brown	0
Millard Wright	0
Axel Anderson	0
Dick Hallock	0
Herb Crawford	0
Marvin Copple	0
Gene Rose	0
Buddy Shuman	0
Doug Cox	0
Pop McGinnis	0
Jack Smith	0
Ben Gregory	0
Mel Larson	0
Bill Morton	0
Gene Holcomb	0
Tom Francis	0
Dick Zimmermann	0
Pee Wee Jones	0
Bunk Moore	0
Bob Coleman	0
Fred Steinbroner	0
Clyde Minter	0
Johnny Mock	0
Paul Pettit	0
Ken Pace	0
Elton Hildreth	0
Willard Holt	0
Bob Beck	0
Joe Roletto	0
Walt Schubert	0
Bob Gould	0
Johnny Cramblitt	0
Jim Thompson	0
John Dodd, Sr.	0
Slim Brown	0
Allan Clarke	0
John Lansaw	0
Tony DeStafano	0
Sonny Black	0
George Combs	0
E.J. Turner	0
Ned Jarrett	0
Jim Wilson	0
Ron Hornaday	0
Frank Powell	0
Dick Walters	0
Frank Douglas	0
Chick Norris	0
Ray Chaike	0
Harold Kite	0
Julian Petty	0
Gene Comstock	0
Jack Richardson	0
Rex DeLewis	0
Fred Johnson	0
Herb Hill	0
Bud Palmer	0
Rick DeLewis	0
Herk Moak	0
Walt Regan	0
Woody Richmond	0
Slick Smith	0
Virgil Martin	0
Ray Platte	0
Curley Hatfield	0
Roy Bentley	0
Gene Bergin	0
Possum Jones	0
Van Van Wey	0
Fireball Roberts	0
Dick Allwine	0
Dick Beaty	0
Don Duckworth	0
Tommy Thompson	0
Bud Geiselman	0
Junie Gough	0
Ken Goudermoat	0
John Soares	0
Jack Hubbard	0
Erick Erickson	0
Charlie Cregar	0
Boyce Hildreth	0
Homer Newland	0
FiFi Scott	0
Tiny Lund	0
Chuck Stevenson	0
Floyd Curtis	0
Hal Prentice	0
Bill Williams	0
Cliff Wright	0
Elias Bowie	0
Carl Hammill	0
Jim Cook	0
Jerry Benjamin	0
Crash Carson	0
Ted Chamberlain	0
Chuck Meekins	0
Jack Farris	0
Ralph Shaffer	0
Louis Headley	0
Archie Nepstad	0
Leslie Young	0
Pepper Cunningham	0
Carl Hoover	0
Britton Jones	0
Woody Arrington	0
George Gregory	0
Sonny Hutchins	0
Glen Wood	0
Chick Dawson	0
Jimmy Pardue	0