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| Race details[1] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race 40 of 45 in the 1955 NASCAR Grand National Series season | |||
| Date | October 9, 1955 | ||
| 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 | Carl Keikhaefer | ||
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Speedy Thompson | Pete DePaolo | |
| Laps | 158 | ||
| Winner | |||
| No. 297 | Speedy Thompson | Pete DePaolo | |
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.