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1955 Southern 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Grand National race number 35 of 45 Monday, September 5, 1955 at Darlington Raceway, Darlington, SC 366 laps on a 1.375 mile paved track (503.250 miles) Time of race: 5:25:25 Average speed: 92.281 mph Pole speed: 110.682 mph Cautions: 8 for 51 laps Margin of victory: 1 lap + Attendance: 50000 Lead changes: 10 Glossary    1955 NASCAR Grand National results   /   1955 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led 1 8 92   Herb Thomas Motoramic   (Herb Thomas) '55 Chevrolet 366 7480 running 76 2 21 7   Jim Reed Jim Reed '55 Chevrolet 365 1550 running 0 3 6 16   Tim Flock Mercury Outboards   (Carl Kiekhaefer) '55 Chrysler 363 2500 running 45 4 24 2   Gwyn Staley Hubert Westmoreland '55 Chevrolet 359 1300 running 0 5 30 96   Larry Flynn W.R. Waldron '55 Ford 359 1175 running 0 6 2 89   Buck Baker Mercury Outboards   (Buck Baker) '55 Buick 359 1055 running 0 7 26 93   Lou Spears J.T. Maness '55 Chevrolet 354 700 running 0 8 27 70   Cotton Owens Lancaster Brothers '55 Chevrolet 354 600 running 0 9 4 25   Bill Widenhouse Sam McCuthen '55 Chevrolet 353 445 wheel 2 10 41 04   Jimmy Massey Hubert Westmoreland '55 Chevrolet 352 400 transmission 0 11 20 20   Banks Simpson Waldron & Co.   (Banks Simpson) '55 Buick 352 475 running 0 12 5 82   Joe Eubanks Oates Motor Co.   (Phil Oates) '55 Oldsmobile 351 550 running 0 13 45 44   Marvin Panch Thomason Chevrolet   (Julian Petty) '55 Chevrolet 351 300 running 0 14 33 54   Nace Mattingly Nace Mattingly '55 Ford 349 350 running 0 15 44 88   Jimmie Lewallen Ernest Woods '55 Oldsmobile 348 335 running 0 16 35 6   Ralph Liguori Wheatley Motors Inc.   (Al Wheatley) '55 Mercury 348 400 running 0 17 13 84   Banjo Matthews Paper Hangers '55 Oldsmobile 348 245 running 0 18 37 98   Dave Terrell Dave Terrell '55 Oldsmobile 346 165 running 0 19 29 17   Russ Graham Earl Wright '55 Chevrolet 346 155 running 0 20 18 51   Bill Champion Leland Colvin '55 Buick 346 195 running 0 21 25 42   Lee Petty Petty Enterprises '55 Dodge 343 335 running 0 22 46 68   Johnny Patterson Al Wheatley '55 Mercury 342 225 running 0 23 34 46   Billy Myers Hubert Westmoreland '55 Chevrolet 342 115 running 0 24 48 95   Lloyd Moore Julian Buesink '55 Ford 342 160 running 0 25 32 35   Ray Platte Harry Parry '55 Chevrolet 339 100 running 0 26 38 22   Bill Blair Bill Blair '55 Oldsmobile 332 90 running 0 27 43 24   Bobby Waddell Jimmy Pardue '55 Chevrolet 331 75 running 0 28 31 59   Blackie Pitt Brownie Pitt '55 Ford 329 75 running 0 29 52 12   Jimmy Thompson – '55 Plymouth 328 275 running 0 30 69 49   Bob Welborn Bob Welborn '55 Chevrolet 327 75 running 0 31 61 62   Curley Hatfield – '55 Chevrolet 319 60 running 0 32 50 50   Roy Bentley Marion Cox Garage   (Marion Cox) '55 Chevrolet 317 60 running 0 33 7 9   Joe Weatherly Schwam Motors   (Charlie Schwam) '55 Ford 317 1500 crash 141 34 10 78   Jim Paschal Helzafire   (Ernest Woods) '55 Oldsmobile 317 60 running 0 35 59 58   Bill Bowman Bill Bowman '54 Nash 311 260 running 0 36 17 55   Junior Johnson B & L Motors   (Jim Lowe / Carl Beckham) '55 Oldsmobile 308 60 running 0 37 47 30   Ned Jarrett Mellie Bernard '55 Pontiac 305 260 running 0 38 57 61   Gene Bergin Malcolm Barlow '54 Dodge 302 160 running 0 39 9 8   Billy Carden Bishop Brothers '55 Buick 298 60 running 0 40 55 78   Tojo Stephens – '55 Chevrolet 291 60 running 0 41 62 43   Possum Jones Steve Pierce '55 Chevrolet 276 60 running 0 42 42 28   Eddie Skinner Frank Dodge '53 Oldsmobile 256 60 running 0 43 51 71   Harold Kite The Racing Club '55 Oldsmobile 256 60 running 0 44 36 10   Van Van Wey Ray Fletcher '55 Ford 247 60 crash 0 45 3 87   Speedy Thompson Mercury Outboards   (Bob Griffin) '54 Oldsmobile 235 80 vapor lock 0 46 22 56   Fred Johnson B & L Motors   (Jim Lowe / Carl Beckham) '55 Cadillac 231 260 tires 0 47 53 37   Doug Cox Claude Porter '55 Pontiac 225 150 transmission 0 48 68 81   Gene Comstock Gene Comstock '54 Hudson 220 250 running 0 49 66 94   Clarence DeZalia Clarence DeZalia '54 Ford 210 50 rear end 0 50 23 77   Dick Allwine Earl Wright '55 Chevrolet 202 50 crash 0 51 11 36   Fonty Flock Mercury Outboards   (Carl Kiekhaefer) '55 Chrysler 190 1040 crash 84 52 16 40   Gene Simpson Gene Simpson '55 Buick 188 50 transmission 0 53 19 34   Dick Beaty Ike Kiser '55 Ford 184 50 crash 0 54 67 32   Jim Thompson – '53 Hudson 184 150 crash 0 55 40 23   Don Duckworth Woodruff Motors '55 Chevrolet 147 50 crash 0 56 49 18   Arden Mounts Mounts Hudson Sales   (Arden Mounts) '54 Hudson 143 100 crash 0 57 28 15   Jimmy Roland R.C. Rollings '55 Chevrolet 137 50 rear end 0 58 15 99   Curtis Turner Schwam Motors   (Charlie Schwam) '55 Ford 133 190 tie rod 14 59 54 76   Elmo Langley Elmo Langley '55 Dodge 79 100 oil pressure 0 60 14 91   Donald Thomas Herb Thomas '55 Buick 78 50 steering 0 61 39 14   Slick Smith Mercury Outboards   (Frank Christian) '55 Chevrolet 77 50 gasket 0 62 12 3   Dick Rathmann John Ditz '55 Chrysler 50 130 transmission 0 63 60 21   Bud Rackley – '54 Oldsmobile 44 50 connect 0 64 65 41   Tommy Thompson Julian Buesink '55 Ford 41 50 fuel pump 0 65 58 19   Gordon Smith Gordon Smith '55 Chevrolet 39 50 rod bearing 0 66 1 M-1   Fireball Roberts Fish Carburetor   (Bob Fish) '55 Buick 30 140 crash 4 67 63 33   Pop McGinnis Owen Cox '55 Chevrolet 18 50 crash 0 68 56 460   Ed Cole Clarence DeZalia '55 Plymouth 12 150 rod bearing 0 69 64 11   George Parrish George Parrish '53 Studebaker 11 250 overheating 0

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car Jack Smith 1 Chevrolet Ted Wright 01 Chevrolet Maurice Thompson 39 Maurice Thompson Oldsmobile Harvey Eakin 47 Harvey Eakin Nash Homer Newland 48 Dodge Leland Sewell 51 Bill Aylor Ford Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Fireball Roberts 1 4 4   Tim Flock 5 10 6   Fonty Flock 11 94 84   Tim Flock 95 109 15   Curtis Turner 110 123 14   Tim Flock 124 147 24   Bill Widenhouse 148 149 2   Joe Weatherly 150 278 129   Herb Thomas 279 306 28   Joe Weatherly 307 318 12   Herb Thomas 319 366 48