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The 1955 Mid-South 250 was a NASCAR Grand National Series (now Sprint Cup Series) event that was held on August 14, 1955 at the Memphis-Arkansas Speedway in LeHi, Arkansas. The race car drivers still had to commute to the races using the same stock cars that competed in a typical weekend's race through a policy of homologation (and under their own power). This policy was in effect until roughly 1975. By 1980, NASCAR had completely stopped tracking the year model of all the vehicles and most teams did not take stock cars to the track under their own power any more. ==Summary== One hundred and sixty-seven laps were done on a dirt oval track spanning .〔〔 There were no cautions and the time of the race was two hours, forty-seven minutes, and twelve seconds.〔〔 The average speed was while the pole position speed was .〔〔 Fifteen thousand people attended this live and completely untelevised race.〔 Total winnings for this race were $10,625 ($ when adjusted for inflation) with the winner receiving $2,950 ($ when adjusted for inflation).〔 Fonty Flock managed to break his brother's eight-race pole streak. However, Tim Flock qualified in second place for this race.〔 Fonty would eventually win the race in his 1955 Chrysler C-300〔 but Tim would finish in third place (one position worse than he started in).〔 None of the speed records from qualifying portion of this race survive today. This is due NASCAR's tendency to throw away data during that era instead of tabulating it into a more permanent form at the end of each season. Records that survive from the earlier years of NASCAR are often spared from being burned or shredded. Lee Petty was knocked out of the race due to problem with his car's U joint and Jimmie Lewallen was forced out of the race due to a broken gas line. Ted Cannady and Banks Simpson would make their NASCAR debuts at this racing event while Ken Johns and Jim McLain would end their NASCAR careers here. No record pertaining to the points system used in NASCAR was recorded for this event. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「1955 Mid-South 250」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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