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1955 - Southern 500 Race Results


Race Name - Southern 500
Date - 9/5/1955
Race Track - Darlington Raceway
Track Length (Miles) - 1.375 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 503 miles
Pole Speed - 110.682 mph
Number of Cautions - 8
Caution Laps - 51
Average Race Speed - 92.281 mph
Lead Changes - 10
Total Race Purse - $28,270
Race Number - 35
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Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 8 Herb Thomas 92 Motoramic (Herb Thomas) 366 55 Chevrol 77 $7,480
2 21 Jim Reed 7 Jim Reed 365 55 Chevrol 0 $1,550
3 6 Tim Flock 16 Mercury Outboards (Carl Kiekhaefer) 363 55 Chrysle 45 $2,500
4 24 Gwyn Staley 2 Hubert Westmoreland 359 55 Chevrol 0 $1,300
5 30 Larry Flynn 96 WR Waldron 359 55 Ford 0 $1,175
6 2 Buck Baker 89 Mercury Outboards (Buck Baker) 359 55 Buick 0 $1,055
7 26 Lou Spears 93 354 55 Chevrol 0 $700
8 27 Cotton Owens 70 Lancaster Brothers 354 55 Chevrol 0 $600
9 4 Bill Widenhouse 25 Sam McCuthen 353 55 Chevrol 2 $445
10 41 Jimmy Massey 4 Hubert Westmoreland 352 55 Chevrol 0 $400
11 20 Banks Simpson 20 Waldron Co (Banks Simpson) 352 55 Buick 0 $475
12 5 Joe Eubanks 82 Oates Motor Co (Phil Oates) 351 55 Oldsmob 0 $550
13 45 Marvin Panch 44 Julian Petty 351 55 Chevrol 0 $300
14 33 Nace Mattingly 54 Nace Mattingly 349 55 Ford 0 $350
15 44 Jimmie Lewallen 88 Ernest Woods 348 55 Oldsmob 0 $335
16 35 Ralph Liguori 6 Al Wheatley 348 55 Mercury 0 $400
17 13 Banjo Matthews 84 Paper Hangers 348 55 Oldsmob 0 $245
18 37 Dave Terrell 98 Dave Terrell 346 55 Oldsmob 0 $165
19 29 Russ Graham 17 Earl Wright 346 55 Chevrol 0 $155
20 18 Bill Champion 51 Leland Colvin 346 55 Buick 0 $195
21 25 Lee Petty 42 Petty Enterprises 343 55 Dodge 0 $335
22 46 Johnny Patterson 68 Al Wheatley 342 55 Mercury 0 $225
23 34 Billy Myers 46 Hubert Westmoreland 342 55 Chevrol 0 $115
24 48 Lloyd Moore 95 Julian Buesink 342 55 Ford 0 $160
25 32 Ray Platte 35 Harry Parry 339 55 Chevrol 0 $100
26 38 Bill Blair 22 Bill Blair 332 55 Oldsmob 0 $90
27 43 Bobby Waddell 24 Jimmy Pardue 331 55 Chevrol 0 $75
28 31 Blackie Pitt 59 Brownie Pitt 329 55 Ford 0 $75
29 52 Jimmy Thompson 12 328 55 Plymout 0 $275
30 69 Bob Welborn 49 Bob Welborn 327 55 Chevrol 0 $75
31 61 Curley Hatfield 62 319 55 Chevrol 0 $60
32 50 Roy Bentley 50 Marion Cox Garage (Marion Cox) 317 55 Chevrol 0 $60
33 7 Joe Weatherly 9 Schwam Motors (Charlie Schwam) 317 55 Ford 140 $1,500
34 10 Jim Paschal 78 Helzafire (Ernest Woods) 317 55 Oldsmob 0 $60
35 59 Bill Bowman 58 Bill Bowman 311 54 Nash 0 $260
36 17 Junior Johnson 55 B L Motors (Jim Lowe Carl Beckham) 308 55 Oldsmob 0 $60
37 47 Ned Jarrett 30 Mellie Bernard 305 55 Pontiac 0 $260
38 57 Ed Bergin 61 Malcolm Barlow 302 54 Dodge 0 $160
39 9 Billy Carden 8 Bishop Brothers 298 55 Buick 0 $60
40 55 Tojo Stephens 78 291 55 Chevrol 0 $60
41 62 Possum Jones 43 Steve Pierce 276 55 Chevrol 0 $60
42 42 Eddie Skinner 28 Frank Dodge 256 53 Oldsmob 0 $60
43 51 Harold Kite 71 The Racing Club 256 55 Oldsmob 0 $60
44 36 Van Van Wey 10 Ray Fletcher 247 55 Ford 0 $60
45 3 Speedy Thompson 87 Mercury Outboards (Bob Griffin) 235 54 Oldsmob 0 $80
46 22 Fred Johnson 56 B L Motors (Jim Lowe Carl Beckham) 231 55 Cadilla 0 $260
47 53 Doug Cox 37 Claude Porter 225 55 Pontiac 0 $150
48 58 Gene Comstock 81 Gene Comstock 220 54 Hudson 0 $250
49 66 Clarence DeZalia 94 Clarence DeZalia 210 54 Ford 0 $50
50 23 Dick Allwine 77 Earl Wright 202 55 Chevrol 0 $50
51 11 Fonty Flock 36 Mercury Outboards (Carl Kiekhaefer) 190 55 Chrysle 84 $1,040
52 16 Gene Simpson 40 Gene Simpson 188 55 Buick 0 $50
53 19 Dick Beaty 34 Ike Kiser 184 55 Ford 0 $50
54 67 Jim Thompson 32 184 53 Hudson 0 $150
55 40 Don Duckworth 23 Woodruff Motors 147 55 Chevrol 0 $50
56 49 Arden Mounts 18 Arden Mounts 143 54 Hudson 0 $100
57 54 Jimmy Roland 15 RC Rollings 137 55 Chevrol 0 $50
58 15 Curtis Turner 99 Schwam Motors (Charlie Schwam) 133 55 Ford 14 $190
59 68 Elmo Langley 76 Elmo Langley 79 55 Dodge 0 $100
60 14 Donald Thomas 91 Herb Thomas 78 55 Buick 0 $50
61 39 Slick Smith 14 Mercury Outboards (Frank Christian) 77 55 Chevrol 0 $50
62 12 Dick Rathman 3 John Ditz 50 55 Chrysle 0 $130
63 60 Bud Rackley 21 44 54 Oldsmob 0 $50
64 65 Tommy Thompson 41 Julian Buesink 41 55 Ford 0 $50
65 58 Gordon Smith 19 Gordon Smith 39 55 Chevrol 0 $50
66 1 Fireball Roberts 0 Fish Carburetor (Bob Fish) 30 55 Buick 4 $140
67 63 Pop McGinnis 33 Owen Cox 18 55 Chevrol 0 $50
68 56 Ed Cole 460 Clarence DeZalia 12 55 Plymout 0 $150
69 64 George Parrish 11 George Parrish 11 53 Studeba 0 $250