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1955-34 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Grand National race number 34 of 45 Saturday, August 20, 1955 at Raleigh Speedway, Raleigh, NC 100 laps on a 1.000 mile paved track (100.000 miles) Time of race: 1:18:32 Average speed: 76.4 mph Pole speed: 78.722 mph Cautions: none Margin of victory: .75 lap Attendance: 9500 Lead changes: 4 Glossary    1955 NASCAR Grand National results   /   1955 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led 1 3 92   Herb Thomas Herb Thomas '55 Buick 100 1500 running 26 2 1 300   Tim Flock Mercury Outboards   (Carl Kiekhaefer) '55 Chrysler 100 1000 running 2 3 6 44   Bob Welborn Julian Petty '55 Chevrolet 100 600 running 0 4 10 88   Jimmie Lewallen Ernest Woods '55 Oldsmobile 100 500 running 0 5 8 2   Gwyn Staley Hubert Westmoreland '55 Chevrolet 99 400 running 0 6 9 89   Buck Baker Buck Baker '55 Buick 99 300 running 0 7 5 55   Junior Johnson B & L Motors   (Jim Lowe / Carl Beckham) '55 Oldsmobile 99 200 running 0 8 7 28   Eddie Skinner Frank Dodge '53 Oldsmobile 99 150 running 0 9 2 301   Fonty Flock Mercury Outboards   (Carl Kiekhaefer) '55 Chrysler 99 100 running 72 10 16 04   Jimmy Massey Hubert Westmoreland '55 Chevrolet 98 100 running 0 11 13 87   Speedy Thompson Griffin Motors   (Bob Griffin) '54 Oldsmobile 98 100 running 0 12 24 159   Lloyd Moore Julian Buesink '55 Ford 97 75 running 0 13 18 7   Jim Reed Jim Reed '55 Chevrolet 97 75 running 0 14 14 98   Dave Terrell Dave Terrell '55 Oldsmobile 96 75 running 0 15 23 6   Ralph Liguori Ralph Liguori '55 Buick 95 75 running 0 16 12 20   Banks Simpson Banks Simpson '55 Buick 94 75 running 0 17 11 82   Joe Eubanks Phil Oates '55 Oldsmobile 94 75 running 0 18 19 71   Billy Carden The Racing Club '55 Oldsmobile 94 75 running 0 19 20 24   Bobby Waddell Jimmy Pardue '55 Chevrolet 93 75 running 0 20 21 11   George Parrish George Parrish '53 Studebaker 91 75 running 0 21 28 32   Ted Cannady Ted Cannady '53 Ford 90 50 running 0 22 15 42   Lee Petty Petty Enterprises '55 Dodge 88 50 running 0 23 26 53   Elmo Langley Elmo Langley '53 Oldsmobile 84 50 running 0 24 27 94   Clarence DeZalia Clarence DeZalia '54 Ford 79 50 running 0 25 22 19   Gordon Smith Gordon Smith '55 Chevrolet 68 50 crash 0 26 7 78   Jim Paschal Helzafire   (Ernest Woods) '55 Oldsmobile 67   bearing 0 27 29 59   Blackie Pitt Brownie Pitt '54 Oldsmobile 47   piston 0 28 25 5   Richard Brownlee Joe Blair '54 Mercury 36   crash 0 29 17 56   Fred Johnson B & L Motors   (Jim Lowe / Carl Beckham) '55 Cadillac 27 200 piston 0

Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Tim Flock 1 2 2   Fonty Flock 3 35 33   Herb Thomas 36 36 1   Fonty Flock 37 75 39   Herb Thomas 76 100 25