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NASCAR Sportsman race
Daytona Beach Road Course, Daytona Beach, FL
February 25, 1955
24 laps on 4.1 mile road course; 100 miles

Fin	St	Driver	#	Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Laps Led
1	3	Speedy Thompson	M5	Bob Fish		25		running
2	2	Dick Blackwell	31
3	17	Fireball Roberts	M1	Bob Fish
4	14	Lee Bliss	151
5	21	Billy Myers	4
6	18	Bill Tanner	3
7	27	Jack Schutte	4X
8	25	Dutch Hoag	96
9		Bobby Johns	7A
10	5	Johnny Roberts	74
11	29	George Tidd	172
12	10	Tommy Ringstaff	155
13	15	Ted Swaim	77A
14	42	Johnny Dodson	32
15	32	Bill Widenhouse	25
16	33	Bobby Waddell	24
17	22	Elwin Sipple	87
18		Stan Hill	86
19	45	Ray Platte	21
20		Jimmy Thompson	99
	8	Curtis Turner	141			9		engine
	28	Dick Joslin	71			3		engine
	1	Milt Hartlauf	M2		1943 Ford	0		accident
	4	Carl Burris	34			0		accident
	6	Harold Smith	69A
	7	Jack Bowsher	21A
	11	Ken Marriott	25					broken axle
	13	Elmo Langley	53
	16	Burnie Riblett	14A
	19	Vince Conrad	27X
	20	Jim Bennett	19
	23	Bob Hill	15					transmission
	24	H.E. Simpson	460
	26	Bob Wilding	189
	30	George Cooper	89
	31	Bob Apperson	6
	34	Jack Conely	26
	35	Pee Wee Hornsby	92
	36	Johnny Osteen	117
	37	Jim Paschal	80
	38		14JR
	39		123
	40		91
	41		356
	43		24X
	44		71S
	46		23A
	47		12A
	48		366
	49		72
	50		115
	51		1
	52		147
	53		11
	54		17
	55		75
	56		20R
	57		139
	58		22
	59		94
	60		7X
	61		19JR
	62		27
	63		9X
	64		56
	65		93
	66		55
	67		185
	68		69
	69		33
	70		M11
	71		37
		Bill Hohman	58			0		accident

Notes: 36 of 75 starters running at the finish.
The race was actually 24.5 laps long.
Time of race: 01:17:01
Average Speed: 89.52 MPH