1955 Raleigh Speedway

Race 38 of 45

Raleigh
100 laps
Time of race: 1:21:52
Average speed of winner: 73.289 mph
Margin of victory: 6 car lengths
Lead changes: 4 among 3 drivers
Cautions: 3 for N/A laps
Lap leaders: F. Flock pole, T. Flock 1-14, F. Flock 15-46, H. Thomas 47-68, F. Flock 69-100

Race notes: Debut for Joe Sykes. Finale for Bob Beck.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	1	Fonty Flock	301		'55 Chrysler	Kiekhaefer	Kiekhaefer	82.098	100	2	64	running	1100	0
2	3	Herb Thomas	92		'55 Chevrolet	Herb Thomas	Yunick		100	1	22	running	700	0
3	2	Tim Flock	300		'55 Chrysler	Kiekhaefer	Kiekhaefer		100	1	14	running	475	0
4	5	Donald Thomas	91		'55 Buick	Herb Thomas			100	0	0	running	365	0
5	15	Bill Widenhouse	25		'55 Chevrolet	McCuthen			100	0	0	running	310	0
6	11	Bob Welborn	49		'55 Chevrolet	Welborn			100	0	0	running	250	0
7	6	Buck Baker	87		'55 Ford	DePaolo			97	0	0	running	200	0
8	14	Ralph Liguori	5		'55 Buick	Liguori			97	0	0	running	150	0
9	20	Lee Petty	42		'55 Dodge	Petty	Petty		96	0	0	running	100	0
10	12	Gwyn Staley	2		'55 Chevrolet	Westmoreland			95	0	0	running	100	0
11	25	Bobby Waddell	24		'55 Chevrolet	Pardue			95	0	0	running	75	0
12	28	Ted Cannady	32		'53 Ford				94	0	0	running	60	0
13	22	John McVitty	27		'55 Chevrolet				94	0	0	running	50	0
14	21	John Lindsay	178		'55 Chevrolet				93	0	0	running	50	0
15	33	Eddie Skinner	28		'53 Oldsmobile	Frank Dodge			93	0	0	running	50	0
16	30	Gordon Smith	19		'55 Chevrolet				89	0	0	running	50	0
17	3	Speedy Thompson	34		'55 Ford	DePaolo			88	0	0	running	50	0
18	18	Banks Simpson	20	Waldron & Co.	'55 Buick				87	0	0	running	50	0
19	32	Clarence DeZalia	94		'54 Ford 6	DeZalia			82	0	0	running	50	0
20	36	Volney Schulze	69		'54 Dodge				79	0	0	running	50	0
21	35	Blackie Pitt	59		'54 Oldsmobile	Brownie Pitt			77	0	0	running	0	0
22	34	Harvey Eakin	47		'54 Nash	Eakin			69	0	0	running	0	0
23	26	Joe Sykes	65		'55 Ford				69	0	0	running	0	0
24	29	Bob Beck	41		'55 Chevrolet	Bob Beck			65	0	0	running	0	0
25	8	Junior Johnson	55	B&L Motors	'55 Oldsmobile				63	0	0	accident	0	0
26	17	Jimmie Lewallen	44		'55 Chevrolet	Welborn			60	0	0	spindle	0	0
27	16	Jimmy Massey	04		'55 Chevrolet	Westmoreland			60	0	0	wheel	0	0
28	7	Joe Eubanks	70		'55 Chevrolet				55	0	0	accident	0	0
29	9	Jim Paschal	78		'55 Oldsmobile	Ernest Woods			55	0	0	accident	0	0
30	19	Dink Widenhouse	29		'55 Chevrolet				53	0	0	brakes	0	0
31	10	Jim Reed	7		'55 Chevrolet	Jim Reed			53	0	0	gas line	0	0
32	23	Dave Terrell	98		'55 Oldsmobile	Terrell			43	0	0	transmission	0	0
33	27	Ned Jarrett	30		'55 Pontiac	Mellie Bernard			28	0	0	rear end	0	0
34	31	Ed Cole	460		'55 Plymouth	Brooks Brothers			21	0	0	spindle	0	0
35	13	Curtis Turner	99		'55 Ford	Schwam			19	0	0	handling	0	0
36	24	George Parrish	11		'53 Studebaker	Pontress			9	0	0	piston	0	0