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Race #8 — New York State Fairgrounds

September 10, 1955 • Winner: Bob Sweikert

Full-field race results and preserved archive material from the 1955 AAA Champ Car Series event at New York State Fairgrounds.

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#8Season Race

41Feature Starters

100Winner Laps

Bob SweikertFeature Winner

6Winning Car

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Feature Results

FinStartNo.DriverMakeLapsStatus

116Bob SweikertWatson / Offy1001:06:43.19 89.993

231Jimmy BryanKuzma / Offy100Finished

3978George AmickLesovsky / Offy100Finished

41029Pat O'ConnorTempleton / Offy99Flagged

51144Johnny ThomsonKuzma / Offy99Flagged

6425Bob VeithKurtis 4000 / Offy99Flagged

7768Johnny KayKurtis 4000 / Offy98Flagged

81515Jimmy DaviesEwing / Offy98Flagged

9129Rodger WardKurtis 4000 / Offy96Flagged

101424Jimmy ReeceKurtis 4000 / Offy96Flagged

111776Jimmy DaywaltSilnes/Sherman / Offy95Flagged

121872Edgar ElderShilala / Offy94Flagged

131312Don FreelandPhillips / Offy93Flagged

14165Eddie JohnsonPankratz / Offy92Flagged

15227Earl MotterKuzma / Offy92Flagged

16655Johnny BoydKuzma / Offy27Engine trouble

1783Jack McGrathKurtis 4000 / Offy11Wrecked turn 2

18595Mike MagillKurtis 4000 / Offy11Wrecked turn 2

——2Buddy CagleScopa / Offy—DNS, too slow

——81Ed ElisianTrevis / Offy—DNS, too slow

——32Bill HomeierScopa / Offy—DNS, too slow

——45Andy LindenKuzma / Offy—DNS, too slow

——41Jerry UnserKurtis 4000 / Offy—DNS, too slow

——73Johnnie ParsonsKurtis/Wetteroth / Offy—DNS, too slow

——10Jack TurnerRusso/Nichels / Offy—DNS, too slow

——16Johnnie TolanKurtis 4000 / Offy—DNS, too slow

——71Chuck WeyantSilnes / Offy—DNS, too slow

——48Eddie RussoBlough / Offy—DNS, too slow

——84Joe SostilioKurtis D / Offy—DNS, too slow

——XTony Bettenhausen——Withdrew

——36Tony BonadiesKurtis 3000 / Offy—Did not qualify

——37Russ KlarPawl / Offy—Did not qualify

——42Charles MusselmanKurtis 2000 / Offy—Did not qualify

——32Jiggs PetersScopa / Offy—Driven by Homeier

——44Tommy HinnershitzKuzma / Offy—Driven by Thomson

——73Walt FaulknerKurtis/Wetteroth / Offy—Driven by Parsons

——51Bill HomeierKurtis 3000 / Offy—Did not appear

——9Jimmy ReeceKurtis 4000 / Offy—Drove #24 instead

——22Andy Linden——Drove #45 instead

——41Chuck WeyantKurtis 4000 / Offy—Drove #71 instead

——81Rodger WardTrevis / Offy—Drove #9 instead

Source Attribution

Series framework and final standings: The Third Turn. Supplemental full-field race-result detail: ChampCarStats.com where individual The Third Turn race pages were login-gated.

Source: The Third Turn event page

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