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1955 Southern 500

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NASCAR Grand National race number 35 of 45
Monday, September 5, 1955 at Darlington Raceway, Darlington, SC
366 laps on a 1.375 mile paved track (503.2 miles)

Time of race: 5:25:25
Average Speed: 92.281 mph
Pole Speed: 110.682 mph

Cautions: 8 for 51 laps
Margin of Victory: n/a
Attendance: 50,000
Lead changes: 10

Glossary 1955 NASCAR Grand National results / 1955 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
1	8	92	Herb Thomas	Motoramic (Herb Thomas)	'55 Chevrolet	366	7,480	running	77
2	21	7	Jim Reed	Jim Reed	'55 Chevrolet	365	1,550	running	0
3	6	16	Tim Flock	Mercury Outboards (Carl Kiekhaefer)	'55 Chrysler	363	2,500	running	45
4	24	2	Gwyn Staley	Hubert Westmoreland	'55 Chevrolet	359	1,300	running	0
5	30	96	Larry Flynn	W.R. Waldron	'55 Ford	359	1,175	running	0
6	2	89	Buck Baker	Mercury Outboards (Buck Baker)	'55 Buick	359	1,055	running	0
7	26	93	Lou Spears		'55 Chevrolet	354	700	running	0
8	27	70	Cotton Owens	Lancaster Brothers	'55 Chevrolet	354	600	running	0
9	4	25	Bill Widenhouse	Sam McCuthen	'55 Chevrolet	353	445	wheel	2
10	41	04	Jimmy Massey	Hubert Westmoreland	'55 Chevrolet	352	400	transmission	0
11	20	20	Banks Simpson	Waldron & Co. (Banks Simpson)	'55 Buick	352	475	running	0
12	5	82	Joe Eubanks	Oates Motor Co. (Phil Oates)	'55 Oldsmobile	351	550	running	0
13	45	44	Marvin Panch	Julian Petty	'55 Chevrolet	351	300	running	0
14	33	54	Nace Mattingly	Nace Mattingly	'55 Ford	349	350	running	0
15	44	88	Jimmie Lewallen	Ernest Woods	'55 Oldsmobile	348	335	running	0
16	35	6	Ralph Liguori	Al Wheatley	'55 Mercury	348	400	running	0
17	13	84	Banjo Matthews	Paper Hangers	'55 Oldsmobile	348	245	running	0
18	37	98	Dave Terrell	Dave Terrell	'55 Oldsmobile	346	165	running	0
19	29	17	Russ Graham	Earl Wright	'55 Chevrolet	346	155	running	0
20	18	51	Bill Champion	Leland Colvin	'55 Buick	346	195	running	0
21	25	42	Lee Petty	Petty Enterprises	'55 Dodge	343	335	running	0
22	46	68	Johnny Patterson	Al Wheatley	'55 Mercury	342	225	running	0
23	34	46	Billy Myers	Hubert Westmoreland	'55 Chevrolet	342	115	running	0
24	48	95	Lloyd Moore	Julian Buesink	'55 Ford	342	160	running	0
25	32	35	Ray Platte	Harry Parry	'55 Chevrolet	339	100	running	0
26	38	22	Bill Blair	Bill Blair	'55 Oldsmobile	332	90	running	0
27	43	24	Bobby Waddell	Jimmy Pardue	'55 Chevrolet	331	75	running	0
28	31	59	Blackie Pitt	Brownie Pitt	'55 Ford	329	75	running	0
29	52	12	Jimmy Thompson		'55 Plymouth	328	275	running	0
30	69	49	Bob Welborn	Bob Welborn	'55 Chevrolet	327	75	running	0
31	61	62	Curley Hatfield		'55 Chevrolet	319	60	running	0
32	50	50	Roy Bentley	Marion Cox Garage (Marion Cox)	'55 Chevrolet	317	60	running	0
33	7	9	Joe Weatherly	Schwam Motors (Charlie Schwam)	'55 Ford	317	1,500	crash	140
34	10	78	Jim Paschal	Helzafire (Ernest Woods)	'55 Oldsmobile	317	60	running	0
35	59	58	Bill Bowman	Bill Bowman	'54 Nash	311	260	running	0
36	17	55	Junior Johnson	B & L Motors (Jim Lowe / Carl Beckham)	'55 Oldsmobile	308	60	running	0
37	47	30	Ned Jarrett	Mellie Bernard	'55 Pontiac	305	260	running	0
38	57	61	Ed Bergin	Malcolm Barlow	'54 Dodge	302	160	running	0
39	9	8	Billy Carden	Bishop Brothers	'55 Buick	298	60	running	0
40	55	78	Tojo Stephens		'55 Chevrolet	291	60	running	0
41	62	43	Possum Jones	Steve Pierce	'55 Chevrolet	276	60	running	0
42	42	28	Eddie Skinner	Frank Dodge	'53 Oldsmobile	256	60	running	0
43	51	71	Harold Kite	The Racing Club	'55 Oldsmobile	256	60	running	0
44	36	10	Van Van Wey	Ray Fletcher	'55 Ford	247	60	crash	0
45	3	87	Speedy Thompson	Mercury Outboards (Bob Griffin)	'54 Oldsmobile	235	80	vapor lock	0
46	22	56	Fred Johnson	B & L Motors (Jim Lowe / Carl Beckham)	'55 Cadillac	231	260	tires	0
47	53	37	Doug Cox	Claude Porter	'55 Pontiac	225	150	transmission	0
48	58	81	Gene Comstock	Gene Comstock	'54 Hudson	220	250	running	0
49	66	94	Clarence DeZalia	Clarence DeZalia	'54 Ford	210	50	rear end	0
50	23	77	Dick Allwine	Earl Wright	'55 Chevrolet	202	50	crash	0
51	11	36	Fonty Flock	Mercury Outboards (Carl Kiekhaefer)	'55 Chrysler	190	1,040	crash	84
52	16	40	Gene Simpson	Gene Simpson	'55 Buick	188	50	transmission	0
53	19	34	Dick Beaty	Ike Kiser	'55 Ford	184	50	crash	0
54	67	32	Jim Thompson		'53 Hudson	184	150	crash	0
55	40	23	Don Duckworth	Woodruff Motors	'55 Chevrolet	147	50	crash	0
56	49	18	Arden Mounts	Mounts Hudson Sales (Arden Mounts)	'54 Hudson	143	100	crash	0
57	54	15	Jimmy Roland	R.C. Rollings	'55 Chevrolet	137	50	rear end	0
58	15	99	Curtis Turner	Schwam Motors (Charlie Schwam)	'55 Ford	133	190	tie rod	14
59	68	76	Elmo Langley	Elmo Langley	'55 Dodge	79	100	oil pressure	0
60	14	91	Donald Thomas	Herb Thomas	'55 Buick	78	50	steering	0
61	39	14	Slick Smith	Mercury Outboards (Frank Christian)	'55 Chevrolet	77	50	gasket	0
62	12	3	Dick Rathman	John Ditz	'55 Chrysler	50	130	transmission	0
63	60	21	Bud Rackley		'54 Oldsmobile	44	50	connect	0
64	65	41	Tommy Thompson	Julian Buesink	'55 Ford	41	50	fuel pump	0
65	58	19	Gordon Smith	Gordon Smith	'55 Chevrolet	39	50	rod bearing	0
66	1	M-1	Fireball Roberts	Fish Carburetor (Bob Fish)	'55 Buick	30	140	crash	4
67	63	33	Pop McGinnis	Owen Cox	'55 Chevrolet	18	50	crash	0
68	56	460	Ed Cole	Clarence DeZalia	'55 Plymouth	12	150	rod bearing	0
69	64	11	George Parrish	George Parrish	'53 Studebaker	11	250	overheating	0

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Fireball Roberts	1	4	4
Tim Flock	5	10	6
Fonty Flock	11	94	84
Tim Flock	95	109	15
Curtis Turner	110	123	14
Tim Flock	124	147	24
Bill Widenhouse	148	149	2
Joe Weatherly	150	278	129
Herb Thomas	279	306	28
Joe Weatherly	307	317	11
Herb Thomas	318	366	49

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