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1955-17 Previous race results / Next race results                     Next at this track     Post NASCAR Grand National race number 17 of 45 Saturday, May 28, 1955 at North Carolina State Fairgrounds, Raleigh, NC 200 laps* on a 0.500 mile dirt track (100.000 miles) Time of race: 1:42:08 Average speed: 50.522 mph Pole speed: 58.612 mph Cautions: 6 for 20 laps Margin of victory: 1 lap + Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 1 Glossary    1955 NASCAR Grand National results   /   1955 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led 1 3 55   Junior Johnson B & L Motors   (Jim Lowe / Carl Beckham) '55 Oldsmobile 172 1350 running 163 2 6 301   Fonty Flock Mercury Outboards   (Carl Kiekhaefer) '55 Chrysler 171 875 running 0 3 7 87   Buck Baker Griffin Motors   (Bob Griffin) '54 Oldsmobile 171 550 running 0 4 11 42   Lee Petty Petty Enterprises '55 Chrysler 170 400 running 0 5 13 2   Gwyn Staley Hubert Westmoreland '55 Chevrolet 167 315 running 0 6 7 78   Jim Paschal Helzafire   (Ernest Woods) '55 Oldsmobile 166 265 running 0 7 8 171   John Dodd, Jr. John Dodd, Sr. '55 Dodge 165 220 running 0 8 15 8   Billy Carden Bishop Brothers '55 Buick 165 165 running 0 9 10 71   Fred Dove Fred Dove '55 Oldsmobile 164 125 running 0 10 17 28   Eddie Skinner Frank Dodge '53 Oldsmobile 164 100 running 0 11 9 97-A   Bill Blair J.M. Fitzgibbons '54 Oldsmobile 163 90 running 0 12 25 B-29   Dink Widenhouse Dink Widenhouse '53 Oldsmobile 163 75 running 0 13 22 19   Gordon Smith Gordon Smith '55 Chevrolet 160 65 running 0 14 21 18   Arden Mounts Arden Mounts '54 Hudson 160 65 running 0 15 23 5   Richard Brownlee Joe Blair '54 Mercury 154 65 running 0 16 18 121   Harvey Henderson Harvey Henderson '53 Hudson 151 65 running 0 17 26 11   George Parrish George Parrish '53 Studebaker 142 50 running 0 18 14 92   Donald Thomas Herb Thomas '54 Hudson 139 85 running 0 19 2 44   Bob Welborn Julian Petty '55 Chevrolet 118 175 tie rod 0 20 19 140   Mack Hanbury Caplan Motors   (Mack Hanbury) '53 Hudson 101 50 gasket 0 21 12 303   Henry Ford Henry Ford '55 Chrysler 98 40 brakes 0 22 24 69   Volney Schulze Volney Schulze '54 Dodge 46 25 transmission 0 23 16 3   Dick Rathmann John Ditz '55 Chrysler 36 25 tie rod 0 24 4 14   Speedy Thompson Frank Christian '55 Chevrolet 25 75 radiator 0 25 1 300   Tim Flock Mercury Outboards   (Carl Kiekhaefer) '55 Chrysler 15 125 brakes 9 26 20 480   Gene Simpson Brooks Brothers '55 Plymouth 5 40 axle 0 27 27 302   Lloyd Dane Carl Krueger '55 Chrysler 0 25 engine 0 * Race shortened to 172 laps due to rain.

Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Tim Flock 1 9 9   Junior Johnson 10 172 163