Race 40 of 45 in the 1955 NASCAR Grand National Series season
Date
October 9, 1955 (1955-October-09)
Official name
LeHi 300
Location
Memphis-Arkansas Speedway (LeHi, Arkansas)
Course
Permanent racing facility 1.500 mi (3.000 km)
Distance
200 laps, 300.1 mi (452.8 km)
Weather
Mild with temperatures of 77 °F (25 °C); wind speeds of 10.1 miles per hour (16.3 km/h)
Average speed
83.948 mph (135.101 km/h)
Attendance
8,500[2]
Pole position
Driver
Fonty Flock
Carl Keikhaefer
Most laps led
Driver
Speedy Thompson
Pete DePaolo
Laps
158
Winner
No. 297
Speedy Thompson
Pete DePaolo
Motor car race
The 1955 LeHi 300 (known officially in NASCAR as 1955-40) was a NASCAR Grand National Series event that was held on October 9, 1955, at 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.
^"1955 LeHi 300 weather information". The Old Farmers' Almanac. Retrieved 2012-09-03.
^"1955 LeHi 300 information". Racing Reference. Retrieved 2011-02-16.
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