1955 Mid-South 250
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Date
August 14, 1955
Official name
Mid-South 250
Location
Memphis-Arkansas Speedway (LeHi, Arkansas)
Course
Permanent racing facility
| Race details[1] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race 33 of 45 in the 1955 NASCAR Grand National Series season | |||
| Date | August 14, 1955 | ||
| Official name | Mid-South 250 | ||
| Location | Memphis-Arkansas Speedway (LeHi, Arkansas) | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 1.500 miles (3.000 km) | ||
| Distance | 160 laps, 250.1 mi (402.8 km) | ||
| Weather | Hot with temperatures of 89.1 °F (31.7 °C); wind speeds of 12 miles per hour (19 km/h) | ||
| Average speed | 89.982 miles per hour (144.812 km/h) | ||
| Attendance | 15,000[2] | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Carl Keikhaefer | ||
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Fonty Flock | Carl Keikhaefer | |
| Laps | 88 | ||
| Winner | |||
| No. 301 | Fonty Flock | Carl Keikhaefer | |
The 1955 Mid-South 250 was a NASCAR Grand National 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 anymore.