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1955-42

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NASCAR Grand National race number 42 of 45
Sunday, October 16, 1955 at Martinsville Speedway, Martinsville, VA
200 laps on a 0.500 mile paved track (100.000 miles)

Time of race: 1:40:40
Average speed: 59.603 mph
Pole speed: drew for pole

Cautions: 3
Margin of victory: n/a
Attendance: 12000
Lead changes: 7

Glossary 1955 NASCAR Grand National results / 1955 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
1	17	30	Speedy Thompson	Mercury Outboards (Carl Kiekhaefer)	'55 Chrysler	200	1100	running	64
2	11	49	Bob Welborn	Bob Welborn	'55 Chevrolet	200	700	running	31
3	18	44	Jim Paschal	Julian Petty	'55 Chevrolet	200	475	running	0
4	2	92	Herb Thomas	Motoramic (Herb Thomas)	'55 Chevrolet	199	365	running	7
5	9	7	Jim Reed	Jim Reed	'55 Chevrolet	198	310	running	32
6	22	9	Joe Weatherly	Schwam Motors (Charlie Schwam)	'56 Ford	198	250	running	0
7	1	2	Gwyn Staley	Hubert Westmoreland	'55 Chevrolet	198	200	running	0
8	4	42	Lee Petty	Petty Enterprises	'55 Dodge	198	150	running	0
9	15	04	Jimmy Massey	Hubert Westmoreland	'55 Chevrolet	194	100	running	0
10	20	87	Buck Baker	DePaolo Engineering (Pete DePaolo)	'56 Ford	194	100	running	0
11	25	98	Marvin Panch	Pete DePaolo	'56 Ford	192	75	running	0
12	13	55	Bobby Waddell	–	'55 Oldsmobile	187	60	running	0
13	10	22	Bill Blair	Bill Blair	'55 Ford	186	50	running	0
14	14	33	Pop McGinnis	Owen Cox	'55 Chevrolet	183	50	running	0
15	19	17	Russ Graham	Earl Wright	'55 Chevrolet	182	50	running	0
16	6	71	Ted Cannady	The Racing Club (Ted Cannady)	'55 Oldsmobile	178	50	crash	0
17	5	28	Eddie Skinner	Frank Dodge	'53 Oldsmobile	177	50	running	0
18	12	24	Jimmy Thompson	Ike Kiser	'55 Ford	176	50	running	0
19	8	32	Jim Thompson	–	'53 Hudson	173	50	running	0
20	26	460	Ed Cole	Brooks Brothers	'55 Plymouth	172	50	running	0
21	27	94	Clarence DeZalia	Clarence DeZalia	'54 Ford	160		running	0
22	21	70	Joe Eubanks	Lancaster Brothers	'55 Chevrolet	156		wheel	0
23	24	91	Donald Thomas	Herb Thomas	'55 Buick	155		running	0
24	7	300	Tim Flock	Mercury Outboards (Carl Kiekhaefer)	'55 Chrysler	73		engine	66
25	3	301	Fonty Flock	Mercury Outboards (Carl Kiekhaefer)	'55 Chrysler	62		transmission	0
26	23	22-A	Glen Wood	Wood Brothers	'55 Ford	55		bearing	0
27	28	B-29	Dink Widenhouse	Dink Widenhouse	'56 Ford	26		brakes	0
28	16	24	Jimmy Pardue	Jimmy Pardue	'55 Chevrolet	10		hub	0

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Herb Thomas	1	7	7
Tim Flock	8	73	66
Jim Reed	74	105	32
Bob Welborn	106	120	15
Speedy Thompson	121	121	1
Bob Welborn	122	137	16
Speedy Thompson	138	200	63