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1955-12

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NASCAR Grand National race number 12 of 45
Saturday, May 7, 1955 at Hickory Speedway, Hickory, NC
200 laps on a .400 mile dirt track (80.0 miles)

Time of race: 1:21:36
Average Speed: 58.823 mph
Pole Speed: 67.478 mph

Cautions: 6 for 32 laps
Margin of Victory: under caution
Attendance: 4,500
Lead changes: 5

Glossary 1955 NASCAR Grand National results / 1955 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
1	2	55	Junior Johnson	B & L Motors (Jim Lowe / Carl Beckham)	'55 Oldsmobile	200	1,000	running	123
2	1	300	Tim Flock	Mercury Outboards (Carl Kiekhaefer)	'55 Chrysler	200	650	running	36
3	5	78	Jim Paschal	Helzafire (Ernest Woods)	'55 Oldsmobile	200	450	running	8
4	10	42	Lee Petty	Petty Enterprises	'55 Chrysler	198	350	running	0
5	19	5	Jimmie Lewallen	Joe Blair	'54 Mercury	196	300	running	0
6	9	88	Joel Million	Ernest Woods	'55 Oldsmobile	195	250	running	0
7	21	B-29	Dink Widenhouse	Dink Widenhouse	'53 Oldsmobile	193	200	running	0
8	4	28	Eddie Skinner	Frank Dodge	'53 Oldsmobile	193	150	running	0
9	7	14	Buddy Shuman	Frank Christian	'55 Chevrolet	193	100	running	0
10	12	98	Dave Terrell	Dave Terrell	'55 Oldsmobile	191	100	crash	0
11	13	87	Buck Baker	Griffin Motors (Bob Griffin)	'54 Oldsmobile	191	75	running	0
12	15	121	Harvey Henderson	Harvey Henderson	'53 Hudson	189	60	running	0
13	18	460	Gene Simpson	Brooks Brothers	'55 Plymouth	185	50	running	0
14	11	63	Bill Tanner	Al Liberty	'55 Chevrolet	182	50	running	0
15	23	71	Fred Dove	Fred Dove	'55 Oldsmobile	180	50	running	0
16	20	0	Ed Cole		'54 Ford	173	50	running	0
17	8	3	Dick Rathman	Pure Sensitized (John Ditz)	'54 Hudson	141	50	tire	0
18	6	44	Bob Welborn	Julian Petty	'55 Chevrolet	132	50	gears	0
19	22	11	George Parrish	George Parrish	'53 Studebaker	95	40	axle	0
20	19	303	Henry Ford	Henry Ford	'55 Chrysler	85	50	transmission	0
21	3	2	Gwyn Staley	Hubert Westmoreland	'55 Chevrolet	56		overheating	33
22	14	4	Ken Fisher	Ken Fisher	'55 Chrysler	50		rear end	0
23	16	349	Charlie Cregar	Engler's (James Gess)	'54 Oldsmobile	37		rear end	0

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Tim Flock	1	23	23
Gwyn Staley	24	56	33
Jim Paschal	57	64	8
Junior Johnson	65	158	94
Tim Flock	159	171	13
Junior Johnson	172	200	29

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