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NASCAR Grand National race
Raleigh Speedway, Raleigh, NC
September 30, 1955
100 laps on 1 mile paved oval; 100 miles

Fin	St	Driver	#	Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Laps Led
1	1	Fonty Flock	301	Carl Kiekhaefer	1955 Chrysler	100	1,100	running	64
2	3	Herb Thomas	92	Herb Thomas	1955 Chevrolet	100	700	running	22
3	2	Tim Flock	300	Carl Kiekhaefer	1955 Chrysler	100	475	running	14
4	5	Donald Thomas	91	Herb Thomas	1955 Buick	100	365	running	0
5	15	Bill Widenhouse	25	Sam McCuthen	1955 Chevrolet	100	310	running	0
6	11	Bob Welborn	49	Bob Welborn	1955 Chevrolet	100	250	running	0
7	6	Buck Baker	87	Pete DePaolo	1955 Ford	97	200	running	0
8	14	Ralph Liguori	5	Ralph Liguori	1955 Buick	97	150	running	0
9	20	Lee Petty	42	Petty Enterprises	1955 Dodge	96	100	running	0
10	12	Gwyn Staley	2	Hubert Westmoreland	1955 Chevrolet	95	100	running	0
11	25	Bobby Waddell	24	Jimmy Pardue	1955 Chevrolet	95	75	running	0
12	28	Ted Cannady	32	Ted Cannady	1953 Ford	94	60	running	0
13	22	John McVitty	27	John McVitty	1955 Chevrolet	94	50	running	0
14	21	John Lindsay	178	John Lindsay	1955 Chevrolet	93	50	running	0
15	33	Eddie Skinner	28	Frank Dodge	1953 Oldsmobile	93	50	running	0
16	30	Gordon Smith	19	Gordon Smith	1955 Chevrolet	89	50	running	0
17	3	Speedy Thompson	34	Ike Kiser	1955 Ford	88	50	running	0
18	18	Banks Simpson	20	Banks Simpson	1955 Buick	87	50	running	0
19	32	Clarence DeZalia	94	Clarence DeZalia	1954 Ford	82	50	running	0
20	36	Volney Schulze	69	Volney Schulze	1954 Dodge	79	50	running	0
21	35	Blackie Pitt	59	Brownie Pitt	1954 Oldsmobile	77		running	0
22	34	Harvey Eakin	47	Harvey Eakin	1954 Nash	69		running	0
23	26	Joe Sykes	65		1955 Ford	69		running	0
24	29	Bob Beck	41	Bob Beck	1955 Chevrolet	65		running	0
25	8	Junior Johnson	55	Jim Lowe / Carl Beckham	1955 Oldsmobile	63		accident	0
26	17	Jimmie Lewallen	44	Julian Petty	1955 Chevrolet	60		spindle	0
27	16	Jimmy Massey	04	Hubert Westmoreland	1955 Chevrolet	60		wheel	0
28	7	Joe Eubanks	70	Lancaster Brothers	1955 Chevrolet	55		accident	0
29	9	Jim Paschal	78	Ernest Woods	1955 Oldsmobile	55		accident	0
30	19	Dink Widenhouse	29	Dink Widenhouse	1955 Chevrolet	53		brakes	0
31	10	Jim Reed	7	Jim Reed	1955 Chevrolet	53		gas line	0
32	23	Dave Terrell	98	Dave Terrell	1955 Oldsmobile	43		transmission	0
33	27	Ned Jarrett	30	Mellie Bernard	1955 Pontiac	28		rear end	0
34	31	Ed Cole	460	Brooks Brothers	1955 Plymouth	21		spindle	0
35	13	Curtis Turner	99	Charlie Schwam	1955 Ford	19		handling	0
36	24	George Parrish	11	George Parrish	1953 Studebaker	9		piston	0

Time of race: 01:21:52
Average Speed: 73.289 MPH
Pole Speed: 43.85 seconds
3 cautions
Race Purse: $ 4,285
Attendance: 6,000