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NASCAR Grand National race number 4 of 45
Sunday, February 27, 1955 at Beach & Road Course, Daytona Beach, FL
39 laps on a 4.100 mile road course (159.900 miles)

Time of race: 1:44:17
Average speed: 91.999 mph
Pole speed: 130.293 mph

Cautions: none
Margin of victory: 9 sec
Attendance: 27000
Lead changes: 0

Glossary 1955 NASCAR Grand National results / 1955 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
1	1	300	Tim Flock	Carl Kiekhaefer	'55 Chrysler	39	2350	running	39
2	2	42	Lee Petty	Petty Enterprises	'55 Chrysler	39	1600	running	0
3	11	24	Ray Duhigg	J.O. Goode	'55 Buick	39	1000	running	0
4	12	99	Curtis Turner	Parks Cigarette (Raymond Parks)	'55 Oldsmobile	39	800	running	0
5	14	14	Fonty Flock	Frank Christian	'55 Oldsmobile	39	625	running	0
6	9	82	Joe Eubanks	Oates Motor Co. (Phil Oates)	'55 Oldsmobile	39	525	running	0
7	5	47	Dick Joslin	Inland Buick Co. / Dynaflow (J.C. Van Landingham)	'55 Buick	38	425	running	0
8	10	63	Bill Tanner	Al Liberty	'55 Buick	38	325	running	0
9	22	87	Buck Baker	Griffin Motors (Bob Griffin)	'54 Oldsmobile	38	200	running	0
10	43	185	Jack Radtke	–	'55 Chevrolet	38	150	running	0
11	18	110	Bud Kutina	Bud Kutina	'55 Oldsmobile	38	140	running	0
12	27	23	Jack Choquette	George Miller	'54 Hudson	38	125	running	0
13	3	88	Dick Rathmann	Ernest Woods	'55 Oldsmobile	38	100	running	0
14	21	37	Marvin Copple	Marvin Copple	'55 Oldsmobile	37	85	running	0
15	41	241	Axel Anderson	Axel Anderson	'55 Mercury	37	75	running	0
16	40	140	Mack Hanbury	Caplan Motors (Mack Hanbury)	'53 Hudson	37	50	running	0
17	16	331	Willard Holt	–	'55 Chevrolet	37	50	running	0
18	15	13	Bob Dawson	William P. Webb	'55 Dodge	37	50	running	0
19	24	237	Jim Wilson	Harvey Walters	'55 Dodge	37	50	running	0
20	46	16	Ray Chaike	Gus Holzmueller	'54 Dodge	37	50	running	0
21	29	166	Bud Palmer	W.E. Campbell	'55 Dodge	36	35	running	0
22	25	39	Jim McLain	Maurice Thompson	'55 Oldsmobile	36	35	running	0
23	34	147	Harvey Eakin	Harvey Eakin	'55 Nash	35	35	running	0
24	37	460	Gene Simpson	Brooks Brothers	'55 Plymouth	35	35	running	0
25	47	8	Bud Harless	Edgar Clay	'53 Hudson	35	35	running	0
26	7	78	Jim Paschal	Ernest Woods	'55 Oldsmobile	35	35	fuel pump	0
27	35	26	Russ Truelove	J.W. Campbell	'55 Ford	35	35	running	0
28	42	599	Bud Chaddock	–	'53 Hudson	35	35	running	0
29	36	9	Dave Terrell	Dave Terrell	'55 Plymouth	35	35	running	0
30	32	18	Arden Mounts	Gene Comstock	'54 Hudson	34	35	running	0
31	44	1	Bo Fields	Carl Wesson	'53 Plymouth	33	25	running	0
32	39	75	Ed Paskovich	Ed Paskovich	'53 Dodge	33	25	running	0
33	31	28	Eddie Skinner	Frank Dodge	'53 Oldsmobile	32	25	running	0
34	11	238	Jack Farris	Max Schwimer	'55 Oldsmobile	30	25	running	0
35	6	55	Junior Johnson	B&L Motors / Brushy Mountain Motors (Jim Lowe / Carl Beckham)	'55 Oldsmobile	25	25	clutch	0
36	17	92	Herb Thomas	Walt Chapman	'55 Packard	22		engine	0
37	30	69	Volney Schulze	Volney Schulze	'54 Dodge	22		overheating	0
38	28	33	Gene Comstock	Gene Comstock	'53 Hudson	19		vapor lock	0
39	33	41	Ralph Shaffer	John Eanes	'55 Oldsmobile	16		overheating	0
40	20	59	Jimmie Lewallen	Brownie Pitt	'54 Oldsmobile	14		transmission	0
41	8	188	Hooker Hood	Hooker Hood	'54 Oldsmobile	14		transmission	0
42	26	349	Charlie Cregar	Stew Engler's Calso / Rader-Leauber Motor Co. (James Gess)	'54 Oldsmobile	10		transmission	0
43	23	56	Tommy Ringstaff	J.B. Cunningham	'55 Packard	7		valve	0
44	45	65	Bill Blair	Ken Whitney	'55 Ford	6		transmission	0
45	13	51	Gober Sosebee	Gober Sosebee	'55 Oldsmobile	4		piston	0
46	38	48	Louis Headley	Louis Headley	'55 Chevrolet	3		ignition	0
47	19	4	Ken Fisher	Hamburg Delivery (Ken Fisher)	'55 Chrysler	2		carburetor	0
48	4	M-1	Fireball Roberts	Fish Carburetor (Bob Fish)	'55 Buick	39		disqualified	0

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Tim Flock	1	39	39