1955 LeHi 300
35°8.31486′N 90°18.9617′W / 35.13858100°N 90.3160283°W
| Race details | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| Course length | 1.500 miles (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 | ||
| 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.
Drivers had to commute to the races, under their own power, using the same stock cars that competed in a typical weekend's race. This was due to a policy of homologation which ended around 1975. By 1980, NASCAR had stopped tracking the year model of the vehicles and most teams no longer took cars to the track under their own power.