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1955 - 12 Race Results


Race Name - 12
Date - 5/7/1955
Race Track - Hickory Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 0.4 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 80 miles
Pole Speed - 67.478 mph
Number of Cautions - 6
Caution Laps - 32
Average Race Speed - 58.823 mph
Lead Changes - 5
Total Race Purse - $4,075
Race Number - 12
 More Races from 1955
Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 2 Junior Johnson 55 B L Motors (Jim Lowe Carl Beckham) 200 55 Oldsmob 123 $1,000
2 1 Tim Flock 300 Mercury Outboards (Carl Kiekhaefer) 200 55 Chrysle 36 $650
3 5 Jim Paschal 78 Helzafire (Ernest Woods) 200 55 Oldsmob 8 $450
4 10 Lee Petty 42 Petty Enterprises 198 55 Chrysle 0 $350
5 19 Jimmie Lewallen 5 Joe Blair 196 54 Mercury 0 $300
6 9 Joel Million 88 Ernest Woods 195 55 Oldsmob 0 $250
7 21 Dink Widenhouse 0 Dink Widenhouse 193 53 Oldsmob 0 $200
8 4 Eddie Skinner 28 Frank Dodge 193 53 Oldsmob 0 $150
9 7 Buddy Shuman 14 Frank Christian 193 55 Chevrol 0 $100
10 12 Dave Terrell 98 Dave Terrell 191 55 Oldsmob 0 $100
11 13 Buck Baker 87 Griffin Motors (Bob Griffin) 191 54 Oldsmob 0 $75
12 15 Harvey Henderson 121 Harvey Henderson 189 53 Hudson 0 $60
13 18 Gene Simpson 460 Brooks Brothers 185 55 Plymout 0 $50
14 11 Bill Tanner 63 Al Liberty 182 55 Chevrol 0 $50
15 23 Fred Dove 71 Fred Dove 180 55 Oldsmob 0 $50
16 20 Ed Cole 0 173 54 Ford 0 $50
17 8 Dick Rathman 3 Pure Sensitized (John Ditz) 141 54 Hudson 0 $50
18 6 Bob Welborn 44 Julian Petty 132 55 Chevrol 0 $50
19 22 George Parrish 11 George Parrish 95 53 Studeba 0 $40
20 19 Henry Ford 303 Henry Ford 85 55 Chrysle 0 $50
21 3 Gwyn Staley 2 Hubert Westmoreland 56 55 Chevrol 33 $
22 14 Ken Fisher 4 Ken Fisher 50 55 Chrysle 0 $
23 16 Charlie Cregar 349 Englers (James Gess) 37 54 Oldsmob 0 $