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1955 Palm Beach Speedway
Race 2 of 45
Palm Beach
200 laps
Time of race: 1:47:07
Average speed of winner: 56.013 mph
Margin of victory: 3 car lengths
Lead changes: 11 among 3 drivers
Cautions: N/A for N/A laps
Lap leaders: Rathmann pole, Thomas 1-?, Baker ?-?, Thomas ?-?, Baker ?-?, Thomas ?-?, Baker ?-?, Thomas ?-?, Baker ?-?, Thomas ?-?, Baker ?-?, Thomas ?-200
Race notes: Debut for Jack Choquette. Finale for Allan Clarke and Marion Edwards.
Finish | Start | Driver | Car # | Sponsor | Car | Owner | Crew Chief | Qualifying Speed | Laps | X Led | Laps Led | Status | Money | Points |
1 | 2 | Herb Thomas | 92 | '54 Hudson | Herb Thomas | Yunick | 200 | 6 | 6 | running | 1000 | 0 | ||
2 | 6 | Jack Choquette | 23 | '54 Hudson | George Miller | 200 | 0 | 0 | running | 650 | 0 | |||
3 | 3 | Buck Baker | 87 | '54 Oldsmobile 88 | Bob Griffin | 200 | 5 | 5 | running | 450 | 0 | |||
4 | 1 | Dick Rathman | 3 | '54 Hudson | Ditz | 65.454 | 200 | 0 | 0 | running | 350 | 0 | ||
5 | 5 | Lee Petty | 42 | '54 Chrysler | Petty | Petty | 196 | 0 | 0 | running | 300 | 0 | ||
6 | 9 | Blackie Pitt | 59 | '54 Oldsmobile 88 | Brownie Pitt | 194 | 0 | 0 | running | 250 | 0 | |||
7 | 14 | Arden Mounts | 18 | '54 Hudson | Mounts | 191 | 0 | 0 | running | 200 | 0 | |||
8 | 10 | Dutch Hoag | 188 | '53 Oldsmobile 88 | 189 | 0 | 0 | running | 150 | 0 | ||||
9 | 7 | Lloyd Chick | 51 | '54 Buick | 189 | 0 | 0 | running | 100 | 0 | ||||
10 | 12 | Bill Harrison | 9 | '53 Oldsmobile 88 | 188 | 0 | 0 | running | 100 | 0 | ||||
11 | 13 | Marion Edwards | 2 | '51 Plymouth | 180 | 0 | 0 | running | 25 | 0 | ||||
12 | 16 | Allan Clarke | F-8 | '54 Buick | 179 | 0 | 0 | running | 25 | 0 | ||||
13 | 18 | Eddie Skinner | 28 | '53 Oldsmobile 88 | Frank Dodge | 165 | 0 | 0 | oil line | 25 | 0 | |||
14 | 4 | Junior Johnson | 55 | B&L Motors | '55 Oldsmobile 88 | 124 | 0 | 0 | steering | 25 | 0 | |||
15 | 11 | Ralph Liguori | 6 | '54 Hudson | Liguori | 57 | 0 | 0 | rear end | 25 | 0 | |||
16 | 15 | Ken Fisher | 4 | '54 Chrysler | Ken Fisher | 9 | 0 | 0 | carburetor | 25 | 0 |
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