| 1955 Forsyth County 200 NASCAR Cup Series Race 32 of 45 | |||||
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| Race Information | Track Information | ||||
| Total Purse: | $4,285 | Race Date: | Aug 7, 1955 | Forsyth County Fairgrounds | |
| Margin of Victory: | 20 Car Lengths | Race Duration: | 1Hr 59Min 44Sec. | Winston-Salem, North Carolina | |
| Lead Changes: | None | Average Speed: | 50.111 MPH | .500 Mile Dirt | |
| No. of Cars: | 22 | 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: | Tim Flock T. Flock | Dodge: | 9 | |||
| Car No.: | #42 Dodge | Car No.: | #300 Chrysler | Oldsmobile: | 0 | |||
| Team: | Petty Enterprises | Team: | Kiekhaefer Racing | Buick: | 0 | |||
| Crew Chief: | Lee Petty | Crew Chief: | Carl Kiekhaefer | Chevrolet: | 0 | |||
| Laps Led: | 75 of 200 | Pole Speed: | 59.016 MPH | |||||
| Official 1955 Forsyth County 200 Results |
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| Finish | Start | Num | Driver | Sponsor | Status | Mfg | Points | Laps | Led |
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| 1 | 3 | 42 | Lee Petty | Petty Enterprises | Running |  | 0 | 200 | 75 |
| 2 | 5 | 78 | Jim Paschal | Helzafire | Running |  | 0 | 200 | 0 |
| 3 | 4 | 89 | Buck Baker | Buck Baker (Car Owner) | Running |  | 0 | 199 | 0 |
| 4 | 9 | 8 | Billy Carden | Bishop Brothers (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 198 | 0 |
| 5 | 19 | 28 | Eddie Skinner | Frank Dodge (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 189 | 0 |
| 6 | 10 | 44 | Bob Welborn | Julian Petty (Car Owner) | Running |  | 0 | 187 | 0 |
| 7 | 1 | 301 | Tim Flock | Kiekhaefer Outboards | Running | Chrysler | 0 | 179 | 1 |
| 8 | 17 | 58 | Bill Bowman | Bill Bowman (Car Owner) | Running | Nash | 0 | 177 | 0 |
| 9 | 11 | 04 | Billy Myers | Westmoreland Racing | Running | | 0 | 170 | 0 |
| 10 | 13 | 8 | Chuck Hansen | Running | | 0 | 162 | 0 | |
| 11 | 16 | 178 | John Lindsay | John Lindsay (Car Owner) | | 0 | 137 | 0 | |
| 12 | 18 | 97-A | Blackie Pitt | J.M. Fitzgibbons (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 136 | 0 |
| 13 | 5 | 2 | Gwyn Staley | Westmoreland Racing | | 0 | 117 | 0 | |
| 14 | 15 | 19 | Gordon Smith | Gordon Smith (Car Owner) | Overheating | | 0 | 116 | 0 |
| 15 | 21 | 5 | Richard Brownlee | Joe Blair (Car Owner) | Running |  | 0 | 112 | 0 |
| 16 | 2 | 300 | Fonty Flock | Kiekhaefer Outboards | Oil Pressure | Chrysler | 0 | 93 | 0 |
| 17 | 12 | 98 | Dave Terrell | Dave Terrell (Car Owner) | | 0 | 90 | 0 | |
| 18 | 14 | 18 | Arden Mounts | Arden Mounts (Car Owner) | Accident | Hudson | 0 | 67 | 0 |
| 19 | 7 | 55 | Junior Johnson | B & L Motors | Engine | | 0 | 53 | 0 |
| 20 | 20 | 94 | Ed Cole | Clarence DeZalia (Car Owner) | Radiator |  | 0 | 40 | 0 |
| 21 | 8 | 92 | Herb Thomas | Thomas Racing | Clutch | Hudson | 0 | 31 | 0 |
| 22 | 22 | 11 | George Parrish | George Parrish (Car Owner) | Hub | Studebaker | 0 | 26 | 0 |
