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NASCAR Grand National race
Hickory Motor Speedway, Hickory, NC
May 7, 1955
200 laps on 0.4 mile dirt oval; 80 miles

Fin	St	Driver	#	Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Laps Led
1	2	Junior Johnson	55	Jim Lowe / Carl Beckham	1955 Oldsmobile	200	1,000	running	123
2	1	Tim Flock	300	Carl Kiekhaefer	1955 Chrysler	200	650	running	36
3	5	Jim Paschal	78	Ernest Woods	1955 Oldsmobile	200	450	running	8
4	10	Lee Petty	42	Petty Enterprises	1955 Chrysler	198	350	running	0
5	19	Jimmie Lewallen	5	Joe Blair	1954 Mercury	196	300	running	0
6	9	Joel Million	88	Ernest Woods	1955 Oldsmobile	195	250	running	0
7	21	Dink Widenhouse	B-29	Dink Widenhouse	1953 Oldsmobile	193	200	running	0
8	4	Eddie Skinner	28	Frank Dodge	1953 Oldsmobile	193	150	running	0
9	7	Buddy Shuman	14	Frank Christian	1955 Chevrolet	193	100	running	0
10	12	Dave Terrell	98	Dave Terrell	1955 Oldsmobile	191	100	accident	0
11	13	Buck Baker	87	Bob Griffin	1954 Oldsmobile	191	75	running	0
12	15	Harvey Henderson	121	Harvey Henderson	1953 Hudson	189	60	running	0
13	18	Gene Simpson	460	Brooks Brothers	1955 Plymouth	185	50	running	0
14	11	Bill Tanner	63	Al Liberty	1955 Chevrolet	182	50	running	0
15	23	Fred Dove	71	Fred Dove	1955 Oldsmobile	180	50	running	0
16	20	Ed Cole	0		1954 Ford	173	50	running	0
17	8	Dick Rathmann	3	John Ditz	1954 Hudson	141	50	tire	0
18	6	Bob Welborn	44	Julian Petty	1955 Chevrolet	132	50	gears	0
19	22	George Parrish	11	George Parrish	1953 Studebaker	95	40	axle	0
20	19	Henry Ford	303	Henry Ford	1955 Chrysler	85	50	transmission	0
21	3	Gwyn Staley	2	Hubert Westmoreland	1955 Chevrolet	56		overheating	33
22	14	Ken Fisher	4	Ken Fisher	1955 Chrysler	50		rear end	0
23	16	Charlie Cregar	349	James Gess	1954 Oldsmobile	37		rear end	0

Time of race: 01:21:36
Average Speed: 58.823 MPH
Pole Speed: 21.34 seconds
6 cautions for 32 laps
Race Purse: $ 4,075
Attendance: 4,500