1955 Daytona Beach/Road Course

Race 4 of 45

Daytona Beach
39 laps
Time of race: 1:44:17
Average speed of winner: 91.999 mph
Margin of victory: 9.0 sec.
Lead changes: 0
Cautions: 0 for 0 laps
Lap leaders: T. Flock 1-39

Race notes: Debut for Axel Anderson, Ray Chaike, Bob Dawson, Mack Hanbury, Louis Headley, Dick Joslin, Bud Palmer, Jack Radtke, Tommy Ringstaff, Gene Simpson, and Jim Wilson. Finale for Marvin Copple and Ray Duhigg. Only start for Floyd Chaddock, Jack Farris, Willard Holt, Bud Kutina, and Ralph Shaffer.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	1	Tim Flock	300		'55 Chrysler	Kiekhaefer	Kiekhaefer	130.293	39	1	39	running	2350	0
2	2	Lee Petty	42		'55 Chrysler	Petty	Petty		39	0	0	running	1600	0
3	11	Ray Duhigg	24		'55 Buick Century	Goode			39	0	0	running	1000	0
4	12	Curtis Turner	99	Parks Cigarette	'55 Oldsmobile	Parks			39	0	0	running	800	0
5	14	Fonty Flock	14		'55 Oldsmobile	Frank Christian			39	0	0	running	625	0
6	9	Joe Eubanks	82		'55 Oldsmobile	Oates			39	0	0	running	525	0
7	5	Dick Joslin	47		'55 Buick	van Landingham			38	0	0	running	425	0
8	10	Bill Tanner	63		'55 Buick	Liberty			38	0	0	running	325	0
9	22	Buck Baker	87		'54 Oldsmobile 88	Bob Griffin			38	0	0	running	200	0
10	43	Jack Radtke	185		'55 Chevrolet				38	0	0	running	150	0
11	18	Bud Kutina	110		'55 Oldsmobile				38	0	0	running	140	0
12	27	Jack Choquette	23		'54 Hudson	George Miller			38	0	0	running	125	0
13	3	Dick Rathman	88		'55 Oldsmobile	Ernest Woods			38	0	0	running	100	0
14	21	Marvin Copple	37		'55 Oldsmobile				37	0	0	running	85	0
15	41	Axel Anderson	241		'55 Mercury				37	0	0	running	75	0
16	40	Mack Hanbury	140	Caplan Motors	'53 Hudson				37	0	0	running	50	0
17	16	Willard Holt	331		'55 Chevrolet				37	0	0	running	50	0
18	15	Bob Dawson	13		'55 Dodge	William P. Webb			37	0	0	running	50	0
19	24	Jim Wilson	237		'55 Dodge				37	0	0	running	50	0
20	46	Ray Chaike	16		'54 Dodge				37	0	0	running	50	0
21	29	Bud Palmer	166		'55 Dodge	W.E. Campbell			36	0	0	running	35	0
22	25	Jim McLain	39		'55 Oldsmobile	Maurice Thompson			36	0	0	running	35	0
23	34	Harvey Eakin	147		'55 Nash	Eakin			35	0	0	running	35	0
24	37	Gene Simpson	460		'55 Plymouth	Brooks Brothers			35	0	0	running	35	0
25	47	Bud Harless	8		'53 Hudson	Edgar Clay			35	0	0	running	35	0
26	7	Jim Paschal	78		'55 Oldsmobile	Ernest Woods			35	0	0	fuel pump	35	0
27	35	Russ Truelove	26		'55 Ford	Truelove			35	0	0	running	35	0
28	42	Floyd Chaddock	599		'53 Hudson Hornet				35	0	0	running	35	0
29	36	Dave Terrell	9		'55 Plymouth	Terrell			35	0	0	running	35	0
30	32	Arden Mounts	18		'54 Hudson	Mounts			34	0	0	running	35	0
31	44	Bo Fields	1		'53 Plymouth	Wesson			33	0	0	running	25	0
32	39	Ed Paskovich	75		'53 Dodge				33	0	0	running	25	0
33	31	Eddie Skinner	28		'53 Oldsmobile 88	Frank Dodge			32	0	0	running	25	0
34	11	Jack Farris	238		'55 Oldsmobile	Schwimer			30	0	0	running	25	0
35	6	Junior Johnson	55	B&L Motors	'55 Oldsmobile				25	0	0	clutch	25	0
36	17	Herb Thomas	92		'55 Packard	Walt Chapman			22	0	0	engine	0	0
37	30	Volney Schulze	69		'54 Dodge				22	0	0	heating	0	0
38	28	Gene Comstock	33		'53 Hudson	Comstock			19	0	0	vapor lock	0	0
39	33	Ralph Shaffer	41		'55 Oldsmobile				16	0	0	heating	0	0
40	20	Jimmie Lewallen	59		'54 Oldsmobile 88	Brownie Pitt			14	0	0	transmission	0	0
41	8	Hooker Hood	188		'54 Oldsmobile 88	Hood			14	0	0	transmission	0	0
42	26	Charlie Cregar	349		'54 Oldsmobile 88	Gess			10	0	0	transmission	0	0
43	23	Tommy Ringstaff	56		'55 Packard	J.B. Cunningham			7	0	0	valve	0	0
44	45	Bill Blair	65		'55 Ford	Ken Whitney			6	0	0	transmission	0	0
45	13	Gober Sosebee	51		'55 Oldsmobile	Sosebee			4	0	0	piston	0	0
46	38	Louis Headley	48		'55 Chevrolet				3	0	0	ignition	0	0
47	19	Ken Fisher	4		'55 Chrysler	Ken Fisher			2	0	0	carburetor	0	0
48	4	Fireball Roberts	M-1	Fish Carburetor	'55 Buick				39	0	0	disqualified	0	0