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1955-34

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NASCAR Grand National race number 34 of 45
Saturday, August 20, 1955 at Raleigh Speedway, Raleigh, NC
100 laps on a 1.000 mile paved track (100.000 miles)

Time of race: 1:18:32
Average speed: 76.4 mph
Pole speed: 78.722 mph

Cautions: none
Margin of victory: .75 lap
Attendance: 9500
Lead changes: 4

Glossary 1955 NASCAR Grand National results / 1955 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
1	3	92	Herb Thomas	Herb Thomas	'55 Buick	100	1500	running	26
2	1	300	Tim Flock	Mercury Outboards (Carl Kiekhaefer)	'55 Chrysler	100	1000	running	2
3	6	44	Bob Welborn	Julian Petty	'55 Chevrolet	100	600	running	0
4	10	88	Jimmie Lewallen	Ernest Woods	'55 Oldsmobile	100	500	running	0
5	8	2	Gwyn Staley	Hubert Westmoreland	'55 Chevrolet	99	400	running	0
6	9	89	Buck Baker	Buck Baker	'55 Buick	99	300	running	0
7	5	55	Junior Johnson	B & L Motors (Jim Lowe / Carl Beckham)	'55 Oldsmobile	99	200	running	0
8	7	28	Eddie Skinner	Frank Dodge	'53 Oldsmobile	99	150	running	0
9	2	301	Fonty Flock	Mercury Outboards (Carl Kiekhaefer)	'55 Chrysler	99	100	running	72
10	16	04	Jimmy Massey	Hubert Westmoreland	'55 Chevrolet	98	100	running	0
11	13	87	Speedy Thompson	Griffin Motors (Bob Griffin)	'54 Oldsmobile	98	100	running	0
12	24	159	Lloyd Moore	Julian Buesink	'55 Ford	97	75	running	0
13	18	7	Jim Reed	Jim Reed	'55 Chevrolet	97	75	running	0
14	14	98	Dave Terrell	Dave Terrell	'55 Oldsmobile	96	75	running	0
15	23	6	Ralph Liguori	Ralph Liguori	'55 Buick	95	75	running	0
16	12	20	Banks Simpson	Banks Simpson	'55 Buick	94	75	running	0
17	11	82	Joe Eubanks	Phil Oates	'55 Oldsmobile	94	75	running	0
18	19	71	Billy Carden	The Racing Club	'55 Oldsmobile	94	75	running	0
19	20	24	Bobby Waddell	Jimmy Pardue	'55 Chevrolet	93	75	running	0
20	21	11	George Parrish	George Parrish	'53 Studebaker	91	75	running	0
21	28	32	Ted Cannady	Ted Cannady	'53 Ford	90	50	running	0
22	15	42	Lee Petty	Petty Enterprises	'55 Dodge	88	50	running	0
23	26	53	Elmo Langley	Elmo Langley	'53 Oldsmobile	84	50	running	0
24	27	94	Clarence DeZalia	Clarence DeZalia	'54 Ford	79	50	running	0
25	22	19	Gordon Smith	Gordon Smith	'55 Chevrolet	68	50	crash	0
26	7	78	Jim Paschal	Helzafire (Ernest Woods)	'55 Oldsmobile	67		bearing	0
27	29	59	Blackie Pitt	Brownie Pitt	'54 Oldsmobile	47		piston	0
28	25	5	Richard Brownlee	Joe Blair	'54 Mercury	36		crash	0
29	17	56	Fred Johnson	B & L Motors (Jim Lowe / Carl Beckham)	'55 Cadillac	27	200	piston	0

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Tim Flock	1	2	2
Fonty Flock	3	35	33
Herb Thomas	36	36	1
Fonty Flock	37	75	39
Herb Thomas	76	100	25