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AAA Indy Car race
Williams Grove Speedway, Mechanicsburg, PA
July 31, 1955
50 laps on 0.5 mile dirt oval; 25 miles

Fin	St	Driver	#	Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Laps Led
1	7	Jimmy Bryan	1	Al Dean	Kuzma/Offenhauser	50	1,350	running	32
2	1	Jimmy Davies	15	Bardahl/Clancy	Ewing/Offenhauser	50	975	running	18
3	4	Don Freeland	12	Bob Estes	1953 Watson/Offenhauser	50	712	running	0
4	5	George Amick	5	Malloy	Pankratz/Offenhauser	50	487	running	0
5	9	Bob Sweikert	6	John Zink	1955 Watson/Offenhauser	50	450	running	0
6	3	Bob Veith	25	Lutes Truck Parts	1951 Kurtis 4000 344/Offenhauser	50	487	running	0
7	10	Ed Elisian	21	Wolcott	Lesovsky/Offenhauser SC	50	337	running	0
8	8	Eddie Russo	48	Chapman Root	1953 Blough/Offenhauser	50	337	running	0
9	12	Pat O'Connor	29	LaVilla	Templeton/Offenhauser	49	393	running	0
10	13	Eddie Sachs	24	Ray Brady	1952 Kurtis 4000 346/Offenhauser	49	337	running	0
11	2	Chuck Weyant	28	Commercial Motor Freight	Ewing/Offenhauser	48	412	running	0
12	14	Charles Musselman	42	Sam Traylor	1948 Kurtis 2000 323/Offenhauser	48	300	running	0
13	11	Johnny Kay	68	Peter Wales	1952 Kurtis 4000 345/Offenhauser	47	262	running	0
14	6	Jack Turner	76	Leitenberger	1951 Silnes-Sherman/Offenhauser	11	112	did not finish	0
15	15	Rodger Ward	81			0	131	did not qualify	0
16	16	Buster Warke	78			0	112	did not qualify	0
17	17	Joe Sostilio	84			0	112	did not qualify	0
18	18	Johnnie Tolan	28			0	75	did not qualify	0
19	19	Al Herman	71			0	112	did not qualify	0
20	20	Edgar Elder	75			0		did not qualify	0
21	21	Russ Klar	97			0		did not qualify	0
22	22	Mike Magill	95			0		did not qualify	0
23	23	Duane Carter	98			0		did not qualify	0
24	24	Tommy Hinnershitz	29			0		did not qualify	0
25	25	Jiggs Peters	32			0		did not qualify	0

Notes: The race was a non-championship event.
Postponed from July 24th due to rain.
Time of race: 00:22:19
Average Speed: 67.172 MPH
Pole Speed: 25.34 seconds
Race Purse: $ 7,493