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NASCAR Modified race
Daytona Beach Road Course, Daytona Beach, FL
February 26, 1955
19 laps on 4.1 mile road course; 77.9 miles

Fin	St	Driver	#	Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Laps Led
1	4	Banjo Matthews	49JR	Melvin Joseph	Ford	19	900	running
2	7	Earl Moss	46
3	10	Bill Widenhouse	25
4	13	Milt Hartlauf	M2
5	11	Herb Thomas	M4
6	28	Speedy Thompson	M1
7	25	Jack Choquette	356
8	14	Johnny Auxter	020
9	19	Eddie Adams	31A
10	23	Woodie Wilson	76
11	35	Lee Bliss	151
12	18	Phil Orr	14
13	26	Dick Joslin	71
14	1	Ralph Moody	64		1937 Plymouth
15	5	Cotton Owens	70A					accident
16	22	Jimmy Thompson	M5					accident
17	46	Dutch Hoag	96
18	43	Billy Myers	4
19	56	Joe Weatherly	91
20	61	Possum Jones	366
	2	Clarence Johnson			1937 Dodge
	3	Fireball Roberts	M3		1937 Chevrolet
	6	Terry Flynn	39
	8	Sonny Black	86
	9	Fred Jones	68
	12	Emanuel Zervakis
	15	Lee Petty	47A
	16	Fonty Flock
	17	Joe Fascio	36
	20	Hooker Hood	158
	21	Dick Blackwell	31
	24	Rex White	18
	27	Johnny Roberts	74
	29	Harold Smith	69A
	30	Jack Bowsher	21A					accident
	31	Curtis Turner	141
	32	Tommy Ringstaff	155
	33	Ray Platte	21
	34	Elmo Langley	53
	36	Tommy Dupont	116
	37		123
	38		77A
	39		14A
	40		86
	41		3
	42		19
	44		87
	45		460
	48		4X
	49		172
	50		98
	51		24
	52		60
	53		53A
	54		14JR
	55		117
	57		32
	58		24X
	59		14
	60		12A
	62		115
	63
	64		47
	65		41
	66		17
	67		90
	68		22
	69		94
	70		27
	71		19JR
	72		56
	73		B24
	74		55
	75		185
	76		69
	77		77
	78		7A
	79		61
		Al Briggs	324					accident

Notes: Scheduled for 125 miles; stopped at 19 laps after serious accident on lap 17.
Al Briggs died from burns the next day.
Either 79 or 86 cars started the race.
Average Speed: 98.04 MPH