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Southern 500
1955 NASCAR Cup Series Race 35 of 45
Race InformationTrack Information
Total Purse:$28,270Race Date:Sep 5, 1955Darlington Raceway
Margin of Victory:1 LapRace Duration:5Hr 25Min 25Sec.Darlington, South Carolina
Lead Changes:10 Among / 7 DriversAverage Speed:92.281 MPH1.366 Mile Oval
No. of Cars:69No. of Cautions:8 For 51 Lapsdarlingtonraceway.com

Winner, Pole and Manufacturer Information
Winner InformationPole InformationManufacturer Points
Driver: Herb Thomas H. ThomasDriver: Fireball Roberts F. RobertsChevrolet:9
Car No.:#92 ChevroletCar No.:#22 BuickChrysler:0
Team:Thomas RacingTeam:Ford:0
Crew Chief:Smokey YunickCrew Chief:Red VogtBuick:0
Laps Led:77 of 366Pole Speed:110.682 MPH

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Official 1955 Southern 500 Results
FinishStartNumDriverSponsorMfgPointsLapsLedStatus
1892 Herb Thomas H. ThomasHerb ThomasMotoramic036676Running
2217 Jim Reed J. ReedJim ReedJim Reed (Car Owner)03650Running
3616 Tim Flock T. FlockTim FlockKiekhaefer OutboardsChrysler036345Running
4242 Gwyn Staley G. StaleyGwyn StaleyWestmoreland Racing03590Running
53096 Larry Flynn L. FlynnLarry FlynnW.R. Waldron (Car Owner)03590Running
6289 Buck Baker B. BakerBuck BakerMercury Outboards03590Running
72693 Lou Spears L. SpearsLou SpearsJ.T. Maness (Car Owner)03540Running
82770 Cotton Owens C. OwensCotton OwensLancaster Brothers03540Running
9425 Bill Widenhouse B. WidenhouseBill WidenhouseSam McCuthen (Car Owner)03532Wheel
10414 Jimmy Massey J. MasseyJimmy MasseyWestmoreland Racing03520Transmission
112020 Banks Simpson B. SimpsonBanks SimpsonWaldron & Company03520Running
12582 Joe Eubanks J. EubanksJoe EubanksOates Motor Company03510Running
134544 Marvin Panch M. PanchMarvin PanchJulian Petty (Car Owner)03510Running
143354 Nace Mattingly N. MattinglyNace MattinglyNace Mattingly (Car Owner)03490Running
154488 Jimmie Lewallen J. LewallenJimmie LewallenErnest Woods (Car Owner)03480Running
16356 Ralph Liguori R. LiguoriRalph LiguoriWheatley Motors Inc.03480Running
171384 Banjo Matthews B. MatthewsBanjo MatthewsPaper Hangers (Car Owner)03480Running
183798 Dave Terrell D. TerrellDave TerrellDave Terrell (Car Owner)03460Running
192917 Russ Graham R. GrahamRuss GrahamEarl Wright (Car Owner)03460Running
201851 Bill Champion B. ChampionBill ChampionLeland Colvin (Car Owner)03460Running
212542 Lee Petty L. PettyLee PettyPetty Enterprises03430Running
224668 Johnny Patterson J. PattersonJohnny PattersonAl Wheatley (Car Owner)03420Running
233446 Billy Myers B. MyersBilly MyersWestmoreland Racing03420Running
244895 Lloyd Moore L. MooreLloyd MooreJulian Buesink (Car Owner)03420Running
253235 Ray Platte R. PlatteRay PlatteHarry Parry (Car Owner)03390Running
263822 Bill Blair B. BlairBill BlairBill Blair (Car Owner)03320Running
274324 Bobby Waddell B. WaddellBobby WaddellJimmy Pardue (Car Owner)03310Running
283159 Blackie Pitt B. PittBlackie PittBrownie Pitt (Car Owner)03290Running
295212 Jimmy Thompson J. ThompsonJimmy Thompson03280Running
306949 Bob Welborn B. WelbornBob WelbornBob Welborn (Car Owner)03270Running
316162 Curley Hatfield C. HatfieldCurley Hatfield03190Running
325050 Roy Bentley R. BentleyRoy BentleyMarion Cox Garage03170Running
3379 Joe Weatherly J. WeatherlyJoe WeatherlySchwam Motors0317127Accident
341078 Jim Paschal J. PaschalJim PaschalHelzafire03170Running
355958 Bill Bowman B. BowmanBill BowmanBill Bowman (Car Owner)Nash03110Running
361755 Junior Johnson J. JohnsonJunior JohnsonB & L Motors03080Running
374730 Ned Jarrett N. JarrettNed JarrettMellie Bernard (Car Owner)03050Running
385761 Gene Bergin G. BerginGene BerginMalcolm Barlow (Car Owner)03020Running
3998 Billy Carden B. CardenBilly CardenBishop Brothers02980Running
405578 Tojo Stephens T. StephensTojo Stephens02910Running
416243 Possum Jones P. JonesPossum JonesSteve Pierce (Car Owner)02760Running
424228 Eddie Skinner E. SkinnerEddie SkinnerFrank Dodge (Car Owner)02560Running
435171 Harold Kite H. KiteHarold KiteThe Racing Club02560Running
443610 Van Van Wey V. Van WeyVan Van WeyRay Fletcher (Car Owner)02470Accident
45387 Speedy Thompson S. ThompsonSpeedy ThompsonMercury Outboards02350Vapor Lock
462256 Fred Johnson F. JohnsonFred JohnsonB & L Motors02310Tire
475337 Doug Cox D. CoxDoug CoxClaude Porter (Car Owner)02250Transmission
486881 Gene Comstock G. ComstockGene ComstockGene Comstock (Car Owner)Hudson02200Running
496694 Clarence DeZalia C. DeZaliaClarence DeZaliaClarence DeZalia (Car Owner)02100Rear Gear
502377 Dick Allwine D. AllwineDick AllwineEarl Wright (Car Owner)02020Accident
511136 Fonty Flock F. FlockFonty FlockKiekhaefer OutboardsChrysler019084Accident
521640 Gene Simpson G. SimpsonGene SimpsonGene Simpson (Car Owner)01880Transmission
531934 Dick Beaty D. BeatyDick BeatyIke Kiser (Car Owner)01840Accident
546732 Jim Thompson J. ThompsonJim ThompsonNULLHudson01840Accident
554023 Don Duckworth D. DuckworthDon DuckworthWoodruff Motors01470Accident
564918 Arden Mounts A. MountsArden MountsArden Mounts (Car Owner)Hudson01430Accident
572815 Jimmy Roland J. RolandJimmy RolandR.C. Rollings (Car Owner)01370Rear Gear
581599 Curtis Turner C. TurnerCurtis TurnerSchwam Motors013314Tie Rod
595476 Elmo Langley E. LangleyElmo LangleyLangley Racing0790Oil Pressure
601491 Donald Thomas D. ThomasDonald ThomasThomas Racing0780Steering
613914 Slick Smith S. SmithSlick SmithMercury Outboards0770Gasket
62123 Dick Rathmann D. RathmannDick RathmannJohn Ditz (Car Owner)Chrysler0500Transmission
636021 Bud Rackley B. RackleyBud Rackley0440Connecting Rod
646541 Tommy Thompson T. ThompsonTommy ThompsonJulian Buesink (Car Owner)0410Oil Pump
655819 Gordon Smith G. SmithGordon SmithGordon Smith (Car Owner)0390Bearings
661M-1 Fireball Roberts F. RobertsFireball RobertsFish Carburetor0304Accident
676333 Pop McGinnis P. McGinnisPop McGinnisOwen Cox (Car Owner)0180Accident
6856460 Ed Cole E. ColeEd ColeClarence DeZalia (Car Owner)0120Bearings
696411 George Parrish G. ParrishGeorge ParrishGeorge Parrish (Car Owner)Studebaker0110Overheating
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