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1955 - 17 Race Results


Race Name - 17
Date - 5/28/1955
Race Track - North Carolina State Fairgrounds
Track Length (Miles) - 0.5 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 86 miles
Pole Speed - 58.612 mph
Number of Cautions - 6
Caution Laps - 20
Average Race Speed - 50.522 mph
Lead Changes - 1
Total Race Purse - $5,505
Race Number - 17
 More Races from 1955
Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 3 Junior Johnson 55 B L Motors (Jim Lowe Carl Beckham) 172 55 Oldsmob 163 $1,350
2 6 Fonty Flock 301 Mercury Outboards (Carl Kiekhaefer) 171 55 Chrysle 0 $875
3 7 Buck Baker 87 Griffin Motors (Bob Griffin) 171 54 Oldsmob 0 $550
4 11 Lee Petty 42 Petty Enterprises 170 55 Chrysle 0 $400
5 13 Gwyn Staley 2 Hubert Westmoreland 167 55 Chevrol 0 $315
6 7 Jim Paschal 78 Helzafire (Ernest Woods) 166 55 Oldsmob 0 $265
7 8 John Dodd Jr 171 John Dodd Sr 165 55 Dodge 0 $220
8 15 Billy Carden 8 Bishop Brothers 165 55 Buick 0 $165
9 10 Fred Dove 71 Fred Dove 164 55 Oldsmob 0 $125
10 17 Eddie Skinner 28 Frank Dodge 164 53 Oldsmob 0 $100
11 9 Bill Blair 97 JM Fitzgibbons 163 54 Oldsmob 0 $90
12 25 Dink Widenhouse 0 Dink Widenhouse 163 53 Oldsmob 0 $75
13 22 Gordon Smith 19 Gordon Smith 160 55 Chevrol 0 $65
14 21 Arden Mounts 18 Arden Mounts 160 54 Hudson 0 $65
15 23 Richard Brownlee 5 Joe Blair 154 54 Mercury 0 $65
16 18 Harvey Henderson 121 Harvey Henderson 151 53 Hudson 0 $65
17 26 George Parrish 11 George Parrish 142 53 Studeba 0 $50
18 14 Donald Thomas 92 Herb Thomas 139 54 Hudson 0 $85
19 2 Bob Welborn 44 Julian Petty 118 55 Chevrol 0 $175
20 19 Mack Hanbury 140 Caplan Motors (Mack Hanbury) 101 53 Hudson 0 $50
21 12 Henry Ford 303 Henry Ford 98 55 Chrysle 0 $40
22 24 Volney Schulze 69 Volney Schulze 46 54 Dodge 0 $25
23 16 Dick Rathman 3 John Ditz 36 55 Chrysle 0 $25
24 4 Speedy Thompson 14 Frank Christian 25 55 Chevrol 0 $75
25 1 Tim Flock 300 Mercury Outboards (Carl Kiekhaefer) 15 55 Chrysle 9 $125
26 20 Gene Simpson 480 Brooks Brothers 5 55 Plymout 0 $40
27 27 Lloyd Dane 302 Carl Krueger 0 55 Chrysle 0 $25