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NASCAR Grand National race number 18 of 45
Sunday, May 29, 1955 at Forsyth County Fairgrounds, Winston-Salem, NC
200 laps on a 0.500 mile dirt track (100.000 miles)

Time of race: 1:58:37
Average speed: 50.583 mph
Pole speed: 56.71 mph

Cautions: 8
Margin of victory: .5 lap
Attendance: 6500
Lead changes: 2

Glossary 1955 NASCAR Grand National results / 1955 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
1	9	42	Lee Petty	Petty Enterprises	'54 Chrysler	200	1000	running	33
2	7	78	Jim Paschal	Helzafire (Ernest Woods)	'55 Oldsmobile	200	650	running	0
3	15	71	Fred Dove	Fred Dove	'55 Oldsmobile	197	450	running	0
4	11	3	Dick Rathmann	John Ditz	'55 Chrysler	193	350	running	0
5	12	171	John Dodd, Jr.	John Dodd, Sr.	'55 Dodge	190	300	running	0
6	17	19	Gordon Smith	Gordon Smith	'55 Chevrolet	186	250	running	0
7	5	44	Bob Welborn	Julian Petty	'55 Chevrolet	186	200	running	0
8	22	5	Perk Brown	Joe Blair	'54 Mercury	182	150	running	0
9	20	18	Arden Mounts	Arden Mounts	'54 Hudson	181	100	running	0
10	13	28	Eddie Skinner	Frank Dodge	'53 Oldsmobile	179	100	running	0
11	16	69	Volney Schulze	Volney Schulze	'54 Dodge	178	75	running	0
12	2	87	Buck Baker	Griffin Motors (Bob Griffin)	'54 Oldsmobile	173	60	axle	126
13	11	21	George Parrish	George Parrish	'53 Studebaker	164	50	running	0
14	3	2	Gwyn Staley	Hubert Westmoreland	'55 Chevrolet	160	50	rear end	0
15	8	92	Donald Thomas	Herb Thomas	'54 Hudson	142	50	crash	0
16	23	140	Mack Hanbury	Caplan Motors (Mack Hanbury)	'53 Hudson	135	50	crash	0
17	19	121	Harvey Henderson	Harvey Henderson	'53 Hudson	131	50	oil pressure	0
18	10	8	Billy Carden	Bishop Brothers	'55 Buick	121	50	piston	0
19	14	97-A	Bill Blair	J.M. Fitzgibbons	'54 Oldsmobile	114	50	gas tank	0
20	6	300	Tim Flock	Mercury Outboards (Carl Kiekhaefer)	'55 Chrysler	64	50	oil pressure	0
21	1	301	Fonty Flock	Mercury Outboards (Carl Kiekhaefer)	'55 Chrysler	62		oil pressure	41
22	4	55	Junior Johnson	B & L Motors (Jim Lowe / Carl Beckham)	'55 Oldsmobile	20		rear end	0
23	18	480	Gene Simpson	Brooks Brothers	'55 Plymouth	10		crash	0

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Fonty Flock	1	41	41
Buck Baker	42	167	126
Lee Petty	168	200	33