| 1955 North Carolina 200 NASCAR Cup Series Race 17 of 45 | |||||
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| Race Information | Track Information | ||||
| Total Purse: | $5,505 | Race Date: | May 28, 1955 | North Carolina State Fairgrounds | |
| Margin of Victory: | 1 Lap | Race Duration: | 1Hr 42Min 8Sec. | Raleigh, North Carolina | |
| Lead Changes: | 1 Among / 2 Drivers | Average Speed: | 50.522 MPH | .500 Mile Dirt | |
| No. of Cars: | 27 | No. of Cautions: | 6 For 20 Laps | ||
| 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.: | #12 Chrysler | Chrysler: | 0 | |||
| Team: | Team: | Kiekhaefer Racing | Chevrolet: | 0 | ||||
| Crew Chief: | Crew Chief: | Carl Kiekhaefer | Dodge: | 0 | ||||
| Laps Led: | 163 of 172 | Pole Speed: | 58.612 MPH | |||||
| Official 1955 North Carolina 200 Results |
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| Finish | Start | Num | Driver | Sponsor | Status | Mfg | Points | Laps | Led |
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| 1 | 3 | 55 | Junior Johnson | B & L Motors | Running |  | 0 | 172 | 163 |
| 2 | 6 | 301 | Fonty Flock | Kiekhaefer Outboards | Running | Chrysler | 0 | 171 | 0 |
| 3 | 7 | 87 | Buck Baker | Griffin Motors | Running | | 0 | 171 | 0 |
| 4 | 11 | 42 | Lee Petty | Petty Enterprises | Running | Chrysler | 0 | 170 | 0 |
| 5 | 13 | 2 | Gwyn Staley | Westmoreland Racing | Running |  | 0 | 167 | 0 |
| 6 | 7 | 78 | Jim Paschal | Helzafire | Running | | 0 | 166 | 0 |
| 7 | 8 | 171 | John Dodd, Jr. | John Dodd Sr. (Car Owner) | Running |  | 0 | 165 | 0 |
| 8 | 15 | 8 | Billy Carden | Bishop Brothers (Car Owner) | Running |  | 0 | 165 | 0 |
| 9 | 10 | 71 | Fred Dove | Fred Dove (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 164 | 0 |
| 10 | 17 | 28 | Eddie Skinner | Frank Dodge (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 164 | 0 |
| 11 | 9 | 97-A | Bill Blair | J.M. Fitzgibbons (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 163 | 0 |
| 12 | 25 | B-29 | Dink Widenhouse | Dink Widenhouse (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 163 | 0 |
| 13 | 22 | 19 | Gordon Smith | Gordon Smith (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 160 | 0 |
| 14 | 21 | 18 | Arden Mounts | Arden Mounts (Car Owner) | Running | Hudson | 0 | 160 | 0 |
| 15 | 23 | 5 | Richard Brownlee | Joe Blair (Car Owner) | Running |  | 0 | 154 | 0 |
| 16 | 18 | 121 | Harvey Henderson | Harvey Henderson (Car Owner) | Running | Hudson | 0 | 151 | 0 |
| 17 | 26 | 11 | George Parrish | George Parrish (Car Owner) | Running | Studebaker | 0 | 142 | 0 |
| 18 | 14 | 92 | Donald Thomas | Thomas Racing | Running | Hudson | 0 | 139 | 0 |
| 19 | 2 | 44 | Bob Welborn | Julian Petty (Car Owner) | Tie Rod | | 0 | 118 | 0 |
| 20 | 19 | 140 | Mack Hanbury | Caplan Motors | Hudson | 0 | 101 | 0 | |
| 21 | 12 | 303 | Henry Ford | Henry Ford (Car Owner) | Brakes | Chrysler | 0 | 98 | 0 |
| 22 | 24 | 69 | Volney Schulze | Volney Schulze (Car Owner) | Transmission | | 0 | 46 | 0 |
| 23 | 16 | 3 | Dick Rathmann | John Ditz (Car Owner) | Tie Rod | Chrysler | 0 | 36 | 0 |
| 24 | 4 | 14 | Speedy Thompson | Frank Christian (Car Owner) | Radiator | | 0 | 25 | 0 |
| 25 | 1 | 300 | Tim Flock | Kiekhaefer Outboards | Brakes | Chrysler | 0 | 15 | 9 |
| 26 | 20 | 480 | Gene Simpson | Brooks Brothers (Car Owner) | | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| 27 | 27 | 302 | Lloyd Dane | Carl Krueger (Car Owner) | Engine | Chrysler | 0 | 0 | 0 |
