1955 Atlantic Rural Exposition Fairgrounds

Race 16 of 45

Richmond
200 laps
Time of race: 1:50:30
Average speed of winner: 54.298 mph
Margin of victory: N/A
Lead changes: 4 among 4 drivers
Cautions: N/A for N/A laps
Lap leaders: Mounts drew pole, Paschal 1-58, Rathmann 59-66, Paschal 67-77, T. Flock 78-200

Race notes: Debut for Sonny Hutchins and Nace Mattingly. Only start for Chick Dawson.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	22	Tim Flock	300		'55 Chrysler	Kiekhaefer	Kiekhaefer		200	1	123	running	1000	0
2	10	Fonty Flock	301		'55 Chrysler	Kiekhaefer	Kiekhaefer		200	0	0	running	650	0
3	20	Lee Petty	42		'55 Chrysler	Petty	Petty		200	0	0	running	450	0
4	4	Jim Paschal	78		'55 Oldsmobile	Ernest Woods			199	2	69	running	350	0
5	25	Junior Johnson	55	B&L Motors	'55 Oldsmobile				197	0	0	running	300	0
6	19	Bob Welborn	44		'55 Chevrolet	Welborn			192	0	0	running	250	0
7	24	Gene Simpson	460		'55 Plymouth	Brooks Brothers			190	0	0	running	200	0
8	12	Elmo Langley	53		'53 Oldsmobile				181	0	0	running	150	0
9	8	Volney Schulze	69		'54 Dodge				179	0	0	running	100	0
10	9	George Parrish	11		'53 Studebaker	Pontress			176	0	0	running	100	0
11	26	Dave Terrell	98		'55 Olds	Terrell			172	0	0	piston	75	0
12	11	Slim Brown	43		'55 Chevrolet				169	0	0	running	60	0
13	5	Nace Mattingly	54		'55 Ford	Mattingly			157	0	0	running	50	0
14	23	Johnny Roberts	900		'55 Chevrolet				145	0	0	heating	50	0
15	1	Arden Mounts	18		'54 Hudson	Mounts			141	0	0	running	50	0
16	7	Eddie Skinner	28		'53 Oldsmobile 88	Frank Dodge			141	0	0	bearing	50	0
17	21	Buck Baker	89		'55 Buick	Buck Baker			133	0	0	wheel	50	0
18	27	Harvey Henderson	121		'53 Hudson Hornet				115	0	0	spindle	50	0
19	14	Henry Ford	303		'55 Chrysler	Henry Ford			115	0	0	rear end	50	0
20	3	Mack Hanbury	140	Caplan Motors	'53 Hudson	Hanbury			111	0	0	running	50	0
21	15	Billy Carden	8		'55 Buick	Bishop Brothers			109	0	0	heating	0	0
22	16	Carl Krueger	302		'55 Chrysler	Carl Krueger			99	0	0	spindle	0	0
23	18	Ken Fisher	4		'55 Chrysler	Ken Fisher			95	0	0	tie rod	0	0
24	2	Dick Rathman	3		'55 Chrysler	Ditz			66	1	8	drive shaft	0	0
25	17	Fred Dove	71		'55 Oldsmobile				64	0	0	piston	0	0
26	13	Sonny Hutchins	97-A		'54 Oldsmobile	Fitzgibbons			15	0	0	heating	0	0
27	28	Chick Dawson	444		'55 Studebaker				11	0	0	fuel line	0	0
28	6	Jimmie Lewallen	88		'55 Oldsmobile	Ernest Woods			3	0	0	mud	0	0