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1955-18 Previous race results / Next race results                     Next at this track     Post NASCAR Grand National race number 18 of 45 Sunday, May 29, 1955 at Forsyth County Fairgrounds, Winston-Salem, NC 200 laps on a 0.500 mile dirt track (100.000 miles) Time of race: 1:58:37 Average speed: 50.583 mph Pole speed: 56.71 mph Cautions: 8 Margin of victory: .5 lap Attendance: 6500 Lead changes: 2 Glossary    1955 NASCAR Grand National results   /   1955 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led 1 9 42   Lee Petty Petty Enterprises '54 Chrysler 200 1000 running 33 2 7 78   Jim Paschal Helzafire   (Ernest Woods) '55 Oldsmobile 200 650 running 0 3 15 71   Fred Dove Fred Dove '55 Oldsmobile 197 450 running 0 4 11 3   Dick Rathmann John Ditz '55 Chrysler 193 350 running 0 5 12 171   John Dodd, Jr. John Dodd, Sr. '55 Dodge 190 300 running 0 6 17 19   Gordon Smith Gordon Smith '55 Chevrolet 186 250 running 0 7 5 44   Bob Welborn Julian Petty '55 Chevrolet 186 200 running 0 8 22 5   Perk Brown Joe Blair '54 Mercury 182 150 running 0 9 20 18   Arden Mounts Arden Mounts '54 Hudson 181 100 running 0 10 13 28   Eddie Skinner Frank Dodge '53 Oldsmobile 179 100 running 0 11 16 69   Volney Schulze Volney Schulze '54 Dodge 178 75 running 0 12 2 87   Buck Baker Griffin Motors   (Bob Griffin) '54 Oldsmobile 173 60 axle 126 13 11 21   George Parrish George Parrish '53 Studebaker 164 50 running 0 14 3 2   Gwyn Staley Hubert Westmoreland '55 Chevrolet 160 50 rear end 0 15 8 92   Donald Thomas Herb Thomas '54 Hudson 142 50 crash 0 16 23 140   Mack Hanbury Caplan Motors   (Mack Hanbury) '53 Hudson 135 50 crash 0 17 19 121   Harvey Henderson Harvey Henderson '53 Hudson 131 50 oil pressure 0 18 10 8   Billy Carden Bishop Brothers '55 Buick 121 50 piston 0 19 14 97-A   Bill Blair J.M. Fitzgibbons '54 Oldsmobile 114 50 gas tank 0 20 6 300   Tim Flock Mercury Outboards   (Carl Kiekhaefer) '55 Chrysler 64 50 oil pressure 0 21 1 301   Fonty Flock Mercury Outboards   (Carl Kiekhaefer) '55 Chrysler 62   oil pressure 41 22 4 55   Junior Johnson B & L Motors   (Jim Lowe / Carl Beckham) '55 Oldsmobile 20   rear end 0 23 18 480   Gene Simpson Brooks Brothers '55 Plymouth 10   crash 0

Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Fonty Flock 1 41 41   Buck Baker 42 167 126   Lee Petty 168 200 33