1955 North Wilkesboro Speedway

Race 44 of 45

North Wilkesboro
160 laps
Time of race: 1:21:16
Average speed of winner: 72.347 mph
Margin of victory: 5 sec.
Lead changes: 0
Cautions: 3 for N/A laps
Lap leaders: Baker 1-160

Race notes: Debut for Tom Pistone. Finale for Banks Simpson.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	1	Buck Baker	87		'56 Ford	DePaolo		79.815	160	1	160	running	1100	0
2	4	Lee Petty	42		'55 Dodge	Petty	Petty		160	0	0	running	700	0
3	12	Gwyn Staley	2		'55 Chevrolet	Westmoreland			159	0	0	running	475	0
4	9	Joe Weatherly	9		'56 Ford	Schwam			159	0	0	running	365	0
5	11	Tim Flock	300		'55 Chrysler	Kiekhaefer	Kiekhaefer		159	0	0	running	310	0
6	6	Fonty Flock	301		'55 Chrysler	Kiekhaefer	Kiekhaefer		159	0	0	running	250	0
7	10	Speedy Thompson	20		'55 Chrysler	Kiekhaefer	Kiekhaefer		157	0	0	running	200	0
8	5	Dink Widenhouse	B-29		'56 Ford				157	0	0	running	150	0
9	19	Dave Terrell	198		'55 Oldsmobile	Terrell			156	0	0	running	100	0
10	16	Jim Paschal	44		'55 Chevrolet	Welborn			154	0	0	running	100	0
11	17	Jimmy Massey	04		'55 Chevrolet	Westmoreland			154	0	0	running	75	0
12	18	Jimmie Lewallen	88		'55 Oldsmobile	Ernest Woods			151	0	0	running	60	0
13	8	Bob Welborn	49		'55 Chevrolet	Welborn			145	0	0	running	50	0
14	23	Bobby Waddell	24		'55 Chevrolet	Pardue			138	0	0	running	50	0
15	27	Ed Cole	460		'55 Plymouth				136	0	0	running	50	0
16	24	Eddie Skinner	28		'53 Oldsmobile	Frank Dodge			132	0	0	running	50	0
17	25	John McVitty	27		'55 Chevrolet				128	0	0	wheel	50	0
18	15	Ralph Liguori	5		'55 Buick	Liguori			127	0	0	stalled	50	0
19	13	Bill Blair	22		'55 Oldsmobile	Bill Blair			127	0	0	hub	50	0
20	7	Curtis Turner	99		'56 Ford	Schwam			103	0	0	hub	50	0
21	2	Herb Thomas	92		'55 Chevrolet	Herb Thomas	Yunick		90	0	0	accident	0	0
22	21	Ned Jarrett	89		'55 Buick	Jarrett			70	0	0	fuel pump	0	0
23	3	Marvin Panch	98		'56 Ford	DePaolo			50	0	0	heating	0	0
24	14	Joe Eubanks	70		'55 Chevrolet				40	0	0	steering	0	0
25	22	Banks Simpson	20	Waldron & Co.	'55 Buick				40	0	0	radiator	0	0
26	20	Junior Johnson	55	B&L Motors	'55 Oldsmobile				35	0	0	bumper	0	0
27	28	Tom Pistone	9-A		'55 Chevrolet				28	0	0	heating	0	0
28	26	Ted Cannady	71		'55 Oldsmobile				25	0	0	steering	0	0