| 1955 Hickory 200 NASCAR Cup Series Race 12 of 45 | |||||
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| Race Information | Track Information | ||||
| Total Purse: | $4,075 | Race Date: | May 7, 1955 | Hickory Speedway | |
| Margin of Victory: | Concluded Under Caution | Race Duration: | 1Hr 21Min 36Sec. | Newton, North Carolina | |
| Lead Changes: | 5 Among / 5 Drivers | Average Speed: | 58.823 MPH | .363 Mile Paved | |
| No. of Cars: | 23 | No. of Cautions: | 6 For 32 Laps | hickorymotorspeedway.com/ | |
| Winner, Pole and Manufacturer Information | ||||||||
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| Winner Information | Pole Information | Manufacturer Points | ||||||
| Driver: | Junior Johnson J. Johnson | Driver: | Tim Flock T. Flock | Oldsmobile: | 9 | |||
| Car No.: | #55 Oldsmobile | Car No.: | #300 Chrysler | Chrysler: | 0 | |||
| Team: | Team: | Kiekhaefer Racing | Mercury: | 0 | ||||
| Crew Chief: | Crew Chief: | Carl Kiekhaefer | Chevrolet: | 0 | ||||
| Laps Led: | 123 of 200 | Pole Speed: | 67.478 MPH | |||||
| Official 1955 Hickory 200 Results |
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| Finish | Start | Num | Driver | Sponsor | Status | Mfg | Points | Laps | Led |
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| 1 | 2 | 55 | Junior Johnson | B & L Motors | Running |  | 0 | 200 | 123 |
| 2 | 1 | 300 | Tim Flock | Kiekhaefer Outboards | Running | Chrysler | 0 | 200 | 36 |
| 3 | 5 | 78 | Jim Paschal | Helzafire | Running | | 0 | 200 | 8 |
| 4 | 10 | 42 | Lee Petty | Petty Enterprises | Running | Chrysler | 0 | 198 | 0 |
| 5 | 19 | 5 | Jimmie Lewallen | Joe Blair (Car Owner) | Running |  | 0 | 196 | 0 |
| 6 | 9 | 88 | Joel Million | Ernest Woods (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 195 | 0 |
| 7 | 21 | B-29 | Dink Widenhouse | Dink Widenhouse (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 193 | 0 |
| 8 | 4 | 28 | Eddie Skinner | Frank Dodge (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 193 | 0 |
| 9 | 7 | 14 | Buddy Shuman | Frank Christian (Car Owner) | Running |  | 0 | 193 | 0 |
| 10 | 12 | 98 | Dave Terrell | Dave Terrell (Car Owner) | Accident | | 0 | 191 | 0 |
| 11 | 13 | 87 | Buck Baker | Griffin Motors | Running | | 0 | 191 | 0 |
| 12 | 15 | 121 | Harvey Henderson | Harvey Henderson (Car Owner) | Running | Hudson | 0 | 189 | 0 |
| 13 | 18 | 460 | Gene Simpson | Brooks Brothers (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 185 | 0 |
| 14 | 11 | 63 | Bill Tanner | Al Liberty (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 182 | 0 |
| 15 | 23 | 71 | Fred Dove | Fred Dove (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 180 | 0 |
| 16 | 20 | 0 | Ed Cole | Running |  | 0 | 173 | 0 | |
| 17 | 8 | 3 | Dick Rathmann | Pure Sensitized | Tire | Hudson | 0 | 141 | 0 |
| 18 | 6 | 44 | Bob Welborn | Julian Petty (Car Owner) | Rear Gear | | 0 | 132 | 0 |
| 19 | 22 | 11 | George Parrish | George Parrish (Car Owner) | Studebaker | 0 | 95 | 0 | |
| 20 | 19 | 303 | Henry Ford | Henry Ford (Car Owner) | Transmission | Chrysler | 0 | 85 | 0 |
| 21 | 3 | 2 | Gwyn Staley | Westmoreland Racing | Overheating | | 0 | 56 | 33 |
| 22 | 14 | 4 | Ken Fisher | Ken Fisher (Car Owner) | Rear Gear | Chrysler | 0 | 50 | 0 |
| 23 | 16 | 349 | Charlie Cregar | Engler's | Rear Gear | | 0 | 37 | 0 |
