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NASCAR Grand National race
Forsyth County Fairgrounds, Winston-Salem, NC
August 7, 1955
200 laps on 0.5 mile dirt oval; 100 miles

Fin	St	Driver	#	Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Laps Led
1	3	Lee Petty	42	Petty Enterprises	1955 Dodge	200	1,100	running	75
2	5	Jim Paschal	78	Ernest Woods	1955 Oldsmobile	200	700	running
3	4	Buck Baker	89	Buck Baker	1955 Buick	199	475	running
4	9	Billy Carden	8	Bishop Brothers	1955 Buick	198	365	running
5	19	Eddie Skinner	28	Frank Dodge	1953 Oldsmobile	189	310	running
6	10	Bob Welborn	44	Julian Petty	1955 Chevrolet	187	250	running
7	1	Tim Flock	301	Carl Kiekhaefer	1955 Chrysler	179	200	running
8	17	Bill Bowman	58	Bill Bowman	1954 Nash	177	150	running
9	11	Billy Myers	04	Hubert Westmoreland	1955 Chevrolet	170	100	running
10	13	Chuck Hansen	8		1955 Oldsmobile	162	100	running
11	16	John Lindsay	178	John Lindsay	1955 Chevrolet	137	75	spindle
12	18	Blackie Pitt	97-A	J.M. Fitzgibbons	1954 Oldsmobile	136	60	running
13	5	Gwyn Staley	2	Hubert Westmoreland	1955 Chevrolet	117	50	axle
14	15	Gordon Smith	19	Gordon Smith	1955 Chevrolet	116	50	overheating
15	21	Richard Brownlee	5	Joe Blair	1954 Mercury	112	50	running
16	2	Fonty Flock	300	Carl Kiekhaefer	1955 Chrysler	93	50	oil pressure
17	12	Dave Terrell	98	Dave Terrell	1955 Oldsmobile	90	50	coil
18	14	Arden Mounts	18	Arden Mounts	1954 Hudson	67	50	accident
19	7	Junior Johnson	55	Jim Lowe / Carl Beckham	1955 Oldsmobile	53	50	engine
20	20	Ed Cole	94		1954 Ford	40	50	radiator
21	8	Herb Thomas	92	Herb Thomas	1954 Hudson	31		clutch
22	22	George Parrish	11	George Parrish	1953 Studebaker	26		hub

Time of race: 01:59:44
Average Speed: 50.111 MPH
Pole Speed: 30.5 seconds
Race Purse: $ 4,285