| 1955 Oglethorpe 200 NASCAR Cup Series Race 5 of 45 | |||||
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| Race Information | Track Information | ||||
| Total Purse: | $3,750 | Race Date: | Mar 6, 1955 | Oglethorpe Speedway | |
| Margin of Victory: | 4 Laps | Race Duration: | 1Hr 39Min 45Sec. | Savannah, Georgia | |
| Lead Changes: | 1 Among / 2 Drivers | Average Speed: | 60.150 MPH | .500 Mile Dirt | |
| No. of Cars: | 18 | No. of Cautions: | TBA | ||
| Winner, Pole and Manufacturer Information | ||||||||
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| Winner Information | Pole Information | Manufacturer Points | ||||||
| Driver: | Lee Petty L. Petty | Driver: | Dick Rathmann D. Rathmann | Chrysler: | 9 | |||
| Car No.: | #42 Chrysler | Car No.: | #3 Hudson | Oldsmobile: | 0 | |||
| Team: | Petty Enterprises | Team: | Hudson: | 0 | ||||
| Crew Chief: | Lee Petty | Crew Chief: | Plymouth: | 0 | ||||
| Laps Led: | 136 of 200 | Pole Speed: | 62.805 MPH | |||||
| Official 1955 Oglethorpe 200 Results |
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| Finish | Start | Num | Driver | Sponsor | Status | Mfg | Points | Laps | Led |
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| 1 | 6 | 42 | Lee Petty | Petty Enterprises | Running | Chrysler | 0 | 200 | 136 |
| 2 | 4 | 1 | Don White | Don White (Car Owner) | Running |  | 0 | 196 | 0 |
| 3 | 1 | 3 | Dick Rathmann | Blue Crown | Running | Hudson | 0 | 194 | 64 |
| 4 | 8 | 92 | Herb Thomas | Thomas Racing | Running | Hudson | 0 | 192 | 0 |
| 5 | 11 | 28 | Eddie Skinner | Frank Dodge (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 185 | 0 |
| 6 | 14 | 9 | Dave Terrell | Dave Terrell (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 182 | 0 |
| 7 | 12 | 140 | Mack Hanbury | Caplan Motors | Running | Hudson | 0 | 182 | 0 |
| 8 | 16 | 78 | Jim Paschal | Helzafire | Running | | 0 | 182 | 0 |
| 9 | 15 | 88 | Joel Million | Ernest Woods (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 181 | 0 |
| 10 | 17 | 75 | Ed Paskovich | Ed Paskovich (Car Owner) | Running |  | 0 | 170 | 0 |
| 11 | 2 | 99 | Curtis Turner | Parks Cigarettes | Running | | 0 | 167 | 0 |
| 12 | 18 | 13 | Bob Dawson | Running | | 0 | 153 | 0 | |
| 13 | 9 | 23 | Jack Choquette | George Miller (Car Owner) | Oil Pump | Hudson | 0 | 120 | 0 |
| 14 | 5 | 55 | Junior Johnson | B & L Motors | Piston | | 0 | 95 | 0 |
| 15 | 3 | 59 | Blackie Pitt | Brownie Pitt (Car Owner) | Bearings | | 0 | 72 | 0 |
| 16 | 7 | 87 | Buck Baker | Griffin Motors | Driveshaft | | 0 | 46 | 0 |
| 17 | 10 | 15 | Jimmie Lewallen | Joe Blair (Car Owner) | Oil Pan |  | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| 18 | 13 | 51 | Gober Sosebee | Gober Sosebee (Car Owner) | Piston | | 0 | 8 | 0 |
