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1955-12 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Grand National race number 12 of 45 Saturday, May 7, 1955 at Hickory Speedway, Hickory, NC 200 laps on a 0.400 mile dirt track (80.000 miles) Time of race: 1:21:36 Average speed: 58.823 mph Pole speed: 67.478 mph Cautions: 6 for 32 laps Margin of victory: under caution Attendance: 4500 Lead changes: 5 Glossary    1955 NASCAR Grand National results   /   1955 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led 1 2 55   Junior Johnson B & L Motors   (Jim Lowe / Carl Beckham) '55 Oldsmobile 200 1000 running 123 2 1 300   Tim Flock Mercury Outboards   (Carl Kiekhaefer) '55 Chrysler 200 650 running 36 3 5 78   Jim Paschal Helzafire   (Ernest Woods) '55 Oldsmobile 200 450 running 8 4 10 42   Lee Petty Petty Enterprises '55 Chrysler 198 350 running 0 5 19 5   Jimmie Lewallen Joe Blair '54 Mercury 196 300 running 0 6 9 88   Joel Million Ernest Woods '55 Oldsmobile 195 250 running 0 7 21 B-29   Dink Widenhouse Dink Widenhouse '53 Oldsmobile 193 200 running 0 8 4 28   Eddie Skinner Frank Dodge '53 Oldsmobile 193 150 running 0 9 7 14   Buddy Shuman Frank Christian '55 Chevrolet 193 100 running 0 10 12 98   Dave Terrell Dave Terrell '55 Oldsmobile 191 100 crash 0 11 13 87   Buck Baker Griffin Motors   (Bob Griffin) '54 Oldsmobile 191 75 running 0 12 15 121   Harvey Henderson Harvey Henderson '53 Hudson 189 60 running 0 13 18 460   Gene Simpson Brooks Brothers '55 Plymouth 185 50 running 0 14 11 63   Bill Tanner Al Liberty '55 Chevrolet 182 50 running 0 15 23 71   Fred Dove The Racing Club   (Fred Dove) '55 Oldsmobile 180 50 running 0 16 20 0   Ed Cole – '54 Ford 173 50 running 0 17 8 3   Dick Rathmann Pure Sensitized   (John Ditz) '54 Hudson 141 50 tire 0 18 6 44   Bob Welborn Julian Petty '55 Chevrolet 132 50 gears 0 19 22 11   George Parrish George Parrish '53 Studebaker 95 40 axle 0 20 19 303   Henry Ford Henry Ford '55 Chrysler 85 50 transmission 0 21 3 2   Gwyn Staley Hubert Westmoreland '55 Chevrolet 56   overheating 33 22 14 4   Ken Fisher Ken Fisher '55 Chrysler 50   rear end 0 23 16 349   Charlie Cregar Engler's   (James Gess) '54 Oldsmobile 37   rear end 0

Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Tim Flock 1 23 23   Gwyn Staley 24 56 33   Jim Paschal 57 64 8   Junior Johnson 65 158 94   Tim Flock 159 171 13   Junior Johnson 172 200 29