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1955-01

NASCAR Grand National race number 1 of 45
Sunday, November 7, 1954 at Tri-City Speedway, High Point, NC
200 laps on a 0.500 mile dirt track (100.000 miles)

Time of race: 1:35:25
Average speed: 62.882 mph
Pole speed: 71.942 mph

Cautions: n/a
Margin of victory: .5 lap
Attendance: 2000
Lead changes: 2

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
3	1	92	Herb Thomas	Herb Thomas	'54 Hudson	199	450	running	0
13	2	13	Dick Rathmann	Blue Crown (John Ditz)	'54 Hudson	110	25	clutch	6
1	3	42	Lee Petty	Petty Enterprises	'54 Chrysler	200	1000	running	194
4	4	51	Gober Sosebee	Cherokee Garage (Gober Sosebee)	'54 Oldsmobile	196	350	running	0
2	5	14	Buck Baker	Frank Christian	'54 Oldsmobile	200	650	running	0
17	6	7	Junior Johnson	B&L Motors (Paul Whiteman)	'54 Cadillac	51	25	bearing	0
14	7	1	Elton Hildreth	Hildreth Motors (Elton Hildreth)	'53 Nash	102	25	transmission	0
8	8	8	Bud Harless	Edgar Clay	'53 Hudson	187	150	running	0
15	9	82	Joe Eubanks	Oates Motor Co. (Phil Oates)	'52 Hudson	93	25	running	0
10	10	9	Donald Thomas	Herb Thomas	'53 Hudson	170	100	running	0
7	11	111	Blackie Pitt	Gary Drake	'54 Oldsmobile	189	200	running	0
5	12	5	Jimmie Lewallen	Joe Blair	'54 Mercury	196	300	running	0
6	13	B-29	Dink Widenhouse	Dink Widenhouse	'53 Oldsmobile	192	250	running	0
18	14	18	Bill Blair	Gene Comstock	'54 Hudson	43	25	crash	0
9	15	19	Clyde Minter	Ken Pace	'50 Mercury	178	100	running	0
19	16	77	Fred Dove	Ken Pace	'51 Hudson	40	25	running	0
16	17	48	John Dodd, Jr.	John Dodd, Sr.	'51 Hudson	68	25	transmission	0
20	18	52	Bob Welborn	Julian Petty	'51 Plymouth	10	25	radiator	0
21	19	80	Jim Paschal	George Hutchens	'51 Plymouth	7		rear end	0
11	20	71	Ken Pace	Ken Pace	'49 Hudson	151	25	crash	0
12	21	11	George Parrish	George Parrish	'53 Studebaker	112	25	wheel	0

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Dick Rathman	1	6	6
Lee Petty	7	200	194