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NASCAR Grand National race
Forsyth County Fairgrounds, Winston-Salem, NC
May 29, 1955
200 laps on 0.5 mile dirt oval; 100 miles

Fin	St	Driver	#	Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Laps Led
1	9	Lee Petty	42	Petty Enterprises	1954 Chrysler	200	1,000	running	33
2	7	Jim Paschal	78	Ernest Woods	1955 Oldsmobile	200	650	running	0
3	15	Fred Dove	71	Fred Dove	1955 Oldsmobile	197	450	running	0
4	11	Dick Rathmann	3	John Ditz	1955 Chrysler	193	350	running	0
5	12	John Dodd Jr.	171	John Dodd Sr.	1955 Dodge	190	300	running	0
6	17	Gordon Smith	19	Gordon Smith	1955 Chevrolet	186	250	running	0
7	5	Bob Welborn	44	Julian Petty	1955 Chevrolet	186	200	running	0
8	22	Perk Brown	5	Joe Blair	1954 Mercury	182	150	running	0
9	20	Arden Mounts	18	Arden Mounts	1954 Hudson	181	100	running	0
10	13	Eddie Skinner	28	Frank Dodge	1953 Oldsmobile	179	100	running	0
11	16	Volney Schulze	69	Volney Schulze	1954 Dodge	178	75	running	0
12	2	Buck Baker	87	Bob Griffin	1954 Oldsmobile	173	60	axle	126
13	11	George Parrish	21	George Parrish	1953 Studebaker	164	50	running	0
14	3	Gwyn Staley	2	Hubert Westmoreland	1955 Chevrolet	160	50	rear end	0
15	8	Donald Thomas	92	Herb Thomas	1954 Hudson	142	50	accident	0
16	23	Mack Hanbury	140	Mack Hanbury	1953 Hudson	135	50	accident	0
17	19	Harvey Henderson	121	Harvey Henderson	1953 Hudson	131	50	oil pressure	0
18	10	Billy Carden	8	Bishop Brothers	1955 Buick	121	50	piston	0
19	14	Bill Blair	97-A	J.M. Fitzgibbons	1954 Oldsmobile	114	50	gas tank	0
20	6	Tim Flock	300	Carl Kiekhaefer	1955 Chrysler	64	50	oil pressure	0
21	1	Fonty Flock	301	Carl Kiekhaefer	1955 Chrysler	62		oil pressure	41
22	4	Junior Johnson	55	Jim Lowe / Carl Beckham	1955 Oldsmobile	20		rear end	0
23	18	Gene Simpson	480	Brooks Brothers	1955 Plymouth	10		accident	0

Time of race: 01:58:37
Average Speed: 50.583 MPH
Pole Speed: 31.74 seconds
8 cautions
Race Purse: $ 4,085
Attendance: 6,500