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1955-31 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Grand National race number 31 of 45 Friday, August 5, 1955 at Southern States Fairgrounds, Charlotte, NC 200 laps on a 0.500 mile dirt track (100.000 miles) Time of race: 2:02:56 Average speed: 48.806 mph Pole speed: 57.859 mph Cautions: n/a Margin of victory: 2 laps + Attendance: 5600 Lead changes: 1 Glossary    1955 NASCAR Grand National results   /   1955 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led 1 3 78   Jim Paschal Helzafire   (Ernest Woods) '55 Oldsmobile 200 1100 running 148 2 2 2   Gwyn Staley Hubert Westmoreland '55 Chevrolet 198 700 running 0 3 9 303   Buck Baker Henry Ford '55 Chrysler 198 475 running 0 4 6 44   Bob Welborn Julian Petty '55 Chevrolet 195 365 running 0 5 1 300   Tim Flock Mercury Outboards   (Carl Kiekhaefer) '55 Chrysler 192 310 running 52 6 11 87   Buddy Shuman Griffin Motors   (Bob Griffin) '54 Oldsmobile 186 250 running 0 7 12 28   Eddie Skinner Frank Dodge '53 Oldsmobile 183 200 running 0 8 10 55   Junior Johnson B & L Motors   (Jim Lowe / Carl Beckham) '55 Oldsmobile 131 150 bearing 0 9 14 178   John Lindsay John Lindsay '55 Chevrolet 123 100 bearing 0 10 8 42   Lee Petty Petty Enterprises '55 Chrysler 110 100 rr axle 0 11 15 5   Richard Brownlee Joe Blair '54 Mercury 105 75 gas line 0 12 5 88   Jimmie Lewallen Ernest Woods '55 Oldsmobile 82 60 tie rod 0 13 4 8   Billy Carden Bishop Brothers '55 Buick 71 50 shocks 0 14 13 97-A   Blackie Pitt J.M. Fitzgibbons '54 Oldsmobile 56 50 tie rod 0 15 7 B-29   Dink Widenhouse Dink Widenhouse '53 Oldsmobile 24 50 piston 0

Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Tim Flock 1 52 52   Jim Paschal 53 200 148