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NASCAR Grand National race number 17 of 45
Saturday, May 28, 1955 at North Carolina State Fairgrounds, Raleigh, NC
200 laps* on a 0.500 mile dirt track (100.000 miles)

Time of race: 1:42:08
Average speed: 50.522 mph
Pole speed: 58.612 mph

Cautions: 6 for 20 laps
Margin of victory: 1 lap +
Attendance: n/a
Lead changes: 1

Glossary 1955 NASCAR Grand National results / 1955 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
1	3	55	Junior Johnson	B & L Motors (Jim Lowe / Carl Beckham)	'55 Oldsmobile	172	1350	running	163
2	6	301	Fonty Flock	Mercury Outboards (Carl Kiekhaefer)	'55 Chrysler	171	875	running	0
3	7	87	Buck Baker	Griffin Motors (Bob Griffin)	'54 Oldsmobile	171	550	running	0
4	11	42	Lee Petty	Petty Enterprises	'55 Chrysler	170	400	running	0
5	13	2	Gwyn Staley	Hubert Westmoreland	'55 Chevrolet	167	315	running	0
6	7	78	Jim Paschal	Helzafire (Ernest Woods)	'55 Oldsmobile	166	265	running	0
7	8	171	John Dodd, Jr.	John Dodd, Sr.	'55 Dodge	165	220	running	0
8	15	8	Billy Carden	Bishop Brothers	'55 Buick	165	165	running	0
9	10	71	Fred Dove	Fred Dove	'55 Oldsmobile	164	125	running	0
10	17	28	Eddie Skinner	Frank Dodge	'53 Oldsmobile	164	100	running	0
11	9	97-A	Bill Blair	J.M. Fitzgibbons	'54 Oldsmobile	163	90	running	0
12	25	B-29	Dink Widenhouse	Dink Widenhouse	'53 Oldsmobile	163	75	running	0
13	22	19	Gordon Smith	Gordon Smith	'55 Chevrolet	160	65	running	0
14	21	18	Arden Mounts	Arden Mounts	'54 Hudson	160	65	running	0
15	23	5	Richard Brownlee	Joe Blair	'54 Mercury	154	65	running	0
16	18	121	Harvey Henderson	Harvey Henderson	'53 Hudson	151	65	running	0
17	26	11	George Parrish	George Parrish	'53 Studebaker	142	50	running	0
18	14	92	Donald Thomas	Herb Thomas	'54 Hudson	139	85	running	0
19	2	44	Bob Welborn	Julian Petty	'55 Chevrolet	118	175	tie rod	0
20	19	140	Mack Hanbury	Caplan Motors (Mack Hanbury)	'53 Hudson	101	50	gasket	0
21	12	303	Henry Ford	Henry Ford	'55 Chrysler	98	40	brakes	0
22	24	69	Volney Schulze	Volney Schulze	'54 Dodge	46	25	transmission	0
23	16	3	Dick Rathmann	John Ditz	'55 Chrysler	36	25	tie rod	0
24	4	14	Speedy Thompson	Frank Christian	'55 Chevrolet	25	75	radiator	0
25	1	300	Tim Flock	Mercury Outboards (Carl Kiekhaefer)	'55 Chrysler	15	125	brakes	9
26	20	480	Gene Simpson	Brooks Brothers	'55 Plymouth	5	40	axle	0
27	27	302	Lloyd Dane	Carl Krueger	'55 Chrysler	0	25	engine	0

* Race shortened to 172 laps due to rain.

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Tim Flock	1	9	9
Junior Johnson	10	172	163