1955 NASCAR Pacific Coast Late Model Division

1955 NASCAR Pacific Coast Late Model Division

The 1955 NASCAR Pacific Coast Late Model Division was the 2nd season of the series. The title was won by Danny Letner, his first in the series.

Schedule and results

The 1955 season included 14 individual races, although Gardena Stadium hosted four races and Contra Costa Speedway and Balboa Stadium hosted two races each.[1] Multiple races were in combination with the NASCAR Grand National Division.[2][3][4][5][6] The season's other races were in combination with the NASCAR Short Track Division.[7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15]

Date Name Racetrack Location Winner
May 8 none Arizona State Fairgrounds Phoenix, Arizona Tim Flock
May 15 none Tucson Rodeo Grounds Tucson, Arizona Danny Letner[16]
May 29 Gardena 200 Gardena Stadium Gardena, California Bill Amick[17]
June 5 none Contra Costa Speedway Walnut Creek, California Allen Adkins
June 11 none Marchbanks Speedway Hanford, California Bill Amick
June 25 none Balboa Stadium San Diego, California Marvin Panch
July 3 God Bless America 200 Gardena Stadium Gardena, California Allen Adkins
July 31 none Bay Meadows Speedway San Mateo, California Tim Flock
August 14 none Contra Costa Speedway Walnut Creek, California Danny Letner
August 20 Saturday Night 200 Balboa Stadium San Diego, California Marvin Panch
September 4 none Gardena Stadium Gardena, California Danny Letner
October 16 none Las Vegas Park Speedway Las Vegas, Nevada Norm Nelson
October 30 none Gardena Stadium Gardena, California Chuck Meekins
November 20 none Willow Springs Raceway Rosamond, California Chuck Stevenson[18]

Full Drivers' Championship

(key) Bold – Pole position awarded by time. Italics – Pole position set by owner's points. * – Most laps led. † – Finishing position unknown.
Note: only the final points of the top 10 were recorded. Due to missing information, some finishes marked as not running may not be accurate - their final status is not definitively known.

Pos Driver ASF TUS GAR CCS MBS BAL GAR BMS CCS BAL GAR LVS GAR WSR Pts
1 Danny Letner 12 1 17 2 3 2 2* 3 1 2* 1* 14 3 15 2056
2 Allen Adkins 5 2* 1 8 7 1 12 3 3 16 16 0*† 5 1594
3 Marvin Panch 2 16 2 14 11 1* 7 4 2* 1 2 1524
4 Bill West 27 4 14 6 8 7 12 4 4 3 8 14 1500
5 Ed Brown 10 7 13 2 25 14 9 7 6 18 23 1164
6 Lloyd Dane 11 3 15 3 8 17 9 11 26 10 1064
7 Bill Amick 4 5 1* 5* 1* 3 19 29 13 15 24 944
8 Bill Stammer 0† 26 10 5 14 8 2 20 866
9 Sherman Clark 19 6 31 19 16 2 4 0† 8 760
10 George Seeger 5 7 4 22 14 10 12 5 6 738
Chuck Meekins 24 4 0† 18 4 16 11 7 1 9
Herb Crawford 21 10 12 17 16 12 13 30
Erick Erickson 29 14 21 DNQ 13 5 22 18
Bob Havemann 9 6 3 6 19 9
John Lansaw 4 5 15 14 3 15
Bob Stanclift 10 11 33 6 10 22
Owen Loggins 16 19 10 10 18 21
Eddie Pagan 17 8 8 21 16
Ernie Young 19 14 15 9 34
Clyde Palmer 3 17 20 23 32
Fred Steinbroner 13 12 4 21
Carl Hammill 9 13 30 6
Ed Normi 16 24 11 18
Jim Reed 3 0† 4
Ed Goebel 4 9 11
Ben Gregory 7 5 17
Tony Nelson 5 23 DNQ 17
Hal Prentice 13 9 25
FiFi Scott 23 13 12
Tom Francis 12 DNQ 11 28
Chet Thompson 8 22 22
Joe Roletto 20 23 10
Mel Larson 26 8 19
Jim Cook 20 32 27
Tim Flock 1* 1
Scotty Cain 0† 7
Johnny Mantz 7 3
Jim Graham 6 8
Mike McGreevy 13 4
Johnny Kieper 2* 17
Bob Ruppert 6 13
Johnny Jones 9 12
Frank Perry 21 5
Ray Clark 13 15
Jim Blomgren 16 12
Cliff Richmond 17 11
Bill Hyde 2 29
Ron Hornaday 14 17 DNQ
Dick Zimmerman 22 12
Rick DeLewis 18 18
Bill Williams 26 16
Arley Scranton 14 36
Howard Phillippi 0†
Norm Nelson 1*
Chuck Stevenson 1*
Jim Murray 5
Buck Baker 5
Speedy Thompson 6
Lee Petty 6
Keith Olson 7
Jim Heath 7
Ken Johns 8
Jack Sloan 8
Johnny Mock 9
Ed Negre 9
Don Harrell 10
Eldon Bryhan 11
Chuck Thomson 11
Jim Sills 11
Art Dunne 13
Jess Nelson 15
Frank Douglas 15
Bill Galdarisi 15
Royce Hagerty 15
Jack Richardson 17
Mike Mitchell 18
Sam Lamm 18 DNQ
Joe Valente 18
Herb Hill 19
Virgil Martin 20
John Soares 20
Dusty Fuller 23
Dick Rathmann 24
Elgin Holmes 24
Pete Gomez 24
Rex DeLewis 25
Don Stanyer 25
Carl Hoover 25
Bill Stacy 26
Cliff Wright 27
Britton Jones 27
Elias Bowie 28
Fonty Flock 28
Dick Getty 31
Bill Moore 33
Crash Carson 34
Len Fraker 35
Fred Bince 37
Vee Dent DNQ
Ted Lee DNQ

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Season Stats". Racing-Reference. Retrieved February 3, 2025.
  2. ↑ "NASCAR Grand National:1955-13 - The Third Turn". The Third Turn. Retrieved February 3, 2025.
  3. ↑ "NASCAR Grand National:1955-14 - The Third Turn". The Third Turn. Retrieved February 3, 2025.
  4. ↑ "NASCAR Grand National:1955-30 - The Third Turn". The Third Turn. Retrieved February 3, 2025.
  5. ↑ "NASCAR Grand National:1955-43 - The Third Turn". The Third Turn. Retrieved February 3, 2025.
  6. ↑ "NASCAR Grand National:1956-03 - The Third Turn". The Third Turn. Retrieved February 3, 2025.
  7. ↑ "NASCAR Pacific Coast:1955-03 - The Third Turn". The Third Turn. Retrieved February 3, 2025.
  8. ↑ "NASCAR Pacific Coast:1955-04 - The Third Turn". The Third Turn. Retrieved February 3, 2025.
  9. ↑ "NASCAR Pacific Coast:1955-05 - The Third Turn". The Third Turn. Retrieved February 3, 2025.
  10. ↑ "NASCAR Pacific Coast:1955-06 - The Third Turn". The Third Turn. Retrieved February 3, 2025.
  11. ↑ "1955 God Bless America 200 - The Third Turn". The Third Turn. Retrieved February 3, 2025.
  12. ↑ "NASCAR Pacific Coast:1955-09 - The Third Turn". The Third Turn. Retrieved February 3, 2025.
  13. ↑ "1955 Saturday Night 200 - The Third Turn". The Third Turn. Retrieved February 3, 2025.
  14. ↑ "NASCAR Pacific Coast:1955-11 - The Third Turn". The Third Turn. Retrieved February 3, 2025.
  15. ↑ "NASCAR Pacific Coast:1955-13 - The Third Turn". The Third Turn. Retrieved February 3, 2025.
  16. ↑ "Letner Captures 100-Mile Race". Arizona Daily Star. May 16, 1955. p. 9. Retrieved February 3, 2025.
  17. ↑ Haislop, Tadd. "ARCA Menards Series West: All-Time Wins Leaders". ARCA. Retrieved February 3, 2025.
  18. ↑ "NASCAR Top-10 List: West Coast Firsts | NASCAR Hall of Fame | Curators' Corner". NASCAR Hall of Fame. Retrieved February 3, 2025.
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