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1955-38 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Grand National race number 38 of 45 Friday, September 30, 1955 at Raleigh Speedway, Raleigh, NC 100 laps on a 1.000 mile paved track (100.000 miles) Time of race: 1:21:52 Average speed: 73.289 mph Pole speed: 82.098 mph Cautions: 3 Margin of victory: 6 cl Attendance: 6000 Lead changes: 4 Glossary    1955 NASCAR Grand National results   /   1955 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led 1 1 301   Fonty Flock Mercury Outboards   (Carl Kiekhaefer) '55 Chrysler 100 1100 running 64 2 3 92   Herb Thomas Motoramic   (Herb Thomas) '55 Chevrolet 100 700 running 22 3 2 300   Tim Flock Mercury Outboards   (Carl Kiekhaefer) '55 Chrysler 100 475 running 14 4 5 91   Donald Thomas Herb Thomas '55 Buick 100 365 running 0 5 15 25   Bill Widenhouse Sam McCuthen '55 Chevrolet 100 310 running 0 6 11 49   Bob Welborn Bob Welborn '55 Chevrolet 100 250 running 0 7 6 87   Buck Baker DePaolo Engineering   (Pete DePaolo) '55 Ford 97 200 running 0 8 14 5   Ralph Liguori Ralph Liguori '55 Buick 97 150 running 0 9 20 42   Lee Petty Petty Enterprises '55 Dodge 96 100 running 0 10 12 2   Gwyn Staley Hubert Westmoreland '55 Chevrolet 95 100 running 0 11 25 24   Bobby Waddell Jimmy Pardue '55 Chevrolet 95 75 running 0 12 28 32   Ted Cannady Ted Cannady '53 Ford 94 60 running 0 13 22 27   John McVitty John McVitty '55 Chevrolet 94 50 running 0 14 21 178   John Lindsay John Lindsay '55 Chevrolet 93 50 running 0 15 33 28   Eddie Skinner Frank Dodge '53 Oldsmobile 93 50 running 0 16 30 19   Gordon Smith Gordon Smith '55 Chevrolet 89 50 running 0 17 4 34   Speedy Thompson Ike Kiser '55 Ford 88 50 running 0 18 18 20   Banks Simpson Waldron & Co.   (Banks Simpson) '55 Buick 87 50 running 0 19 32 94   Clarence DeZalia Clarence DeZalia '54 Ford 82 50 running 0 20 36 69   Volney Schulze Volney Schulze '54 Dodge 79 50 running 0 21 35 59   Blackie Pitt Brownie Pitt '54 Oldsmobile 77   running 0 22 34 47   Harvey Eakin Harvey Eakin '54 Nash 69   running 0 23 26 65   Joe Sykes – '55 Ford 69   running 0 24 29 41   Bob Beck Bob Beck '55 Chevrolet 65   running 0 25 8 55   Junior Johnson B & L Motors   (Jim Lowe / Carl Beckham) '55 Oldsmobile 63   crash 0 26 17 44   Jimmie Lewallen Julian Petty '55 Chevrolet 60   spindle 0 27 16 04   Jimmy Massey Hubert Westmoreland '55 Chevrolet 60   wheel 0 28 7 70   Joe Eubanks Lancaster Brothers '55 Chevrolet 55   crash 0 29 9 78   Jim Paschal Helzafire   (Ernest Woods) '55 Oldsmobile 55   crash 0 30 19 29   Dink Widenhouse Dink Widenhouse '55 Chevrolet 53   brakes 0 31 10 7   Jim Reed Jim Reed '55 Chevrolet 53   gas line 0 32 23 98   Dave Terrell Dave Terrell '55 Oldsmobile 43   transmission 0 33 27 30   Ned Jarrett Mellie Bernard '55 Pontiac 28   rear end 0 34 31 460   Ed Cole Brooks Brothers '55 Plymouth 21   spindle 0 35 13 99   Curtis Turner Schwam Motors   (Charlie Schwam) '55 Ford 19   handling 0 36 24 11   George Parrish George Parrish '53 Studebaker 9   piston 0

Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Tim Flock 1 14 14   Fonty Flock 15 46 32   Herb Thomas 47 68 22   Fonty Flock 69 100 32