| 1955 Piedmont 200 NASCAR Cup Series Race 24 of 45 | |||||
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| Race Information | Track Information | ||||
| Total Purse: | $4,185 | Race Date: | Jul 6, 1955 | Hub City Speedway | |
| Margin of Victory: | N/A | Race Duration: | 2Hr 2Min 11Sec. | Spartansburg, South Carolina | |
| Lead Changes: | None Among / 1 Drivers | Average Speed: | 49.106 MPH | .500 Mile Dirt | |
| No. of Cars: | 27 | No. of Cautions: | 6 | ||
| Winner, Pole and Manufacturer Information | ||||||||
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| Winner Information | Pole Information | Manufacturer Points | ||||||
| Driver: | Tim Flock T. Flock | Driver: | Tim Flock T. Flock | Chrysler: | 9 | |||
| Car No.: | #300 Chrysler | Car No.: | #300 Chrysler | Chevrolet: | 0 | |||
| Team: | Kiekhaefer Racing | Team: | Kiekhaefer Racing | Hudson: | 0 | |||
| Crew Chief: | Carl Kiekhaefer | Crew Chief: | Carl Kiekhaefer | Oldsmobile: | 0 | |||
| Laps Led: | All 200 Laps | Pole Speed: | 58.517 MPH | |||||
| Official 1955 Piedmont 200 Results |
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| Finish | Start | Num | Driver | Sponsor | Status | Mfg | Points | Laps | Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 300 | Tim Flock | Kiekhaefer Outboards | Running | Chrysler | 0 | 200 | 200 |
| 2 | 2 | 301 | Fonty Flock | Kiekhaefer Outboards | Running | Chrysler | 0 | 200 | 0 |
| 3 | 6 | 42 | Lee Petty | Petty Enterprises | Running | Chrysler | 0 | 200 | 0 |
| 4 | 7 | 303 | Buck Baker | Henry Ford (Car Owner) | Running | Chrysler | 0 | 198 | 0 |
| 5 | 14 | 70 | Cotton Owens | Lancaster Brothers | Running |  | 0 | 195 | 0 |
| 6 | 13 | 14 | Banjo Matthews | Frank Christian (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 195 | 0 |
| 7 | 21 | 9 | Donald Thomas | Thomas Racing | Running | Hudson | 0 | 193 | 0 |
| 8 | 12 | 73 | John Dodd, Jr. | John Dodd Sr. (Car Owner) | Running |  | 0 | 190 | 0 |
| 9 | 17 | 82 | Joe Eubanks | Oates Motor Company | Running | Hudson | 0 | 190 | 0 |
| 10 | 16 | 71 | Bob Welborn | The Racing Club | Rear Gear | | 0 | 170 | 0 |
| 11 | 26 | 28 | Eddie Skinner | Frank Dodge (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 166 | 0 |
| 12 | 20 | 460 | Gene Simpson | Brooks Brothers (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 159 | 0 |
| 13 | 8 | 92 | Speedy Thompson | Thomas Racing | Rear Gear |  | 0 | 145 | 0 |
| 14 | 9 | 3 | Dick Rathmann | John Ditz (Car Owner) | Chrysler | 0 | 132 | 0 | |
| 15 | 27 | 94 | Ed Cole | Clarence DeZalia (Car Owner) |  | 0 | 129 | 0 | |
| 16 | 5 | 2 | Gwyn Staley | Westmoreland Racing | Accident | | 0 | 103 | 0 |
| 17 | 24 | 19 | Gordon Smith | Gordon Smith (Car Owner) | | 0 | 91 | 0 | |
| 18 | 11 | 121 | Harvey Henderson | Harvey Henderson (Car Owner) | Hudson | 0 | 79 | 0 | |
| 19 | 3 | 55 | Junior Johnson | B & L Motors | Transmission | | 0 | 78 | 0 |
| 20 | 10 | 78 | Jim Paschal | Helzafire | Transmission | | 0 | 77 | 0 |
| 21 | 15 | 04 | Pee Wee Jones | Westmoreland Racing | Accident | | 0 | 61 | 0 |
| 22 | 18 | 8 | Billy Carden | Bishop Brothers (Car Owner) | Rear Gear | | 0 | 44 | 0 |
| 23 | 23 | 5 | Richard Brownlee | Joe Blair (Car Owner) |  | 0 | 43 | 0 | |
| 24 | 25 | 81 | Jimmy Thompson | Hudson | 0 | 41 | 0 | ||
| 25 | 22 | 18 | Arden Mounts | Gene Comstock | A Frame | Hudson | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| 26 | 19 | 98 | Dave Terrell | Dave Terrell (Car Owner) | | 0 | 14 | 0 | |
| 27 | 4 | 88 | Jimmie Lewallen | Ernest Woods (Car Owner) | Accident | | 0 | 0 | 0 |
