1955 73 Miles at Hickory Speedway

Hickory Speedway · 1955 · NASCAR Cup Series

Race summary

Winner	St	Cars	RAF	LLF	Ldrs	W-Led	Laps	Miles
Junior Johnson	2	23	15	3	4	123	200	80

Fin	St	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	2	55	Junior Johnson	Jim Lowe (Owner)	Oldsmobile	200	123	running	200
2	1	300	Tim Flock	Carl Kiekhaefer (Owner)	Chrysler	200	36	running	192
3	5	78	Jim Paschal	Ernest Woods (Owner)	Oldsmobile	200	8	running	184
4	10	42	Lee Petty	Petty Enterprises	Chrysler	198		running	176
5	19	5	Jimmie Lewallen	Joe Blair (Owner)	Mercury	196		running	168
6	9	88	Joel Million	Ernest Woods (Owner)	Oldsmobile	195		running	160
7	21	29	Dink Widenhouse	Dink Widenhouse (Owner)	Oldsmobile	193		running	152
8	4	28	Eddie Skinner	Frank Dodge (Owner)	Oldsmobile	193		running	144
9	7	14	Buddy Shuman	Frank Christian (Owner)	Chevrolet	193		running	136
10	12	98	Dave Terrell	Dave Terrell (Owner)	Oldsmobile	191		tire	128
11	13	87	Buck Baker	Bob Griffin (Owner)	Oldsmobile	191		running	120
12	15	121	Harvey Henderson	Harvey Henderson (Owner)	Hudson	189		running	112
13	18	460	Gene Simpson		Plymouth	185		running	104
14	11	63	Bill Tanner	Al Liberty (Owner)	Chevrolet	182		running	96
15	23	71	Fred Dove	Fred Dove (Owner)	Oldsmobile	180		running	88
16	20	0	Ed Cole		Ford	173		running	80
17	8	3	Dick Rathman	John Ditz (Owner)	Hudson	141		tire	72
18	6	44	Bob Welborn	Julian Petty (Owner)	Chevrolet	132		gear	64
19	22	11	George Parrish	George Parrish (Owner)	Studebaker	95		axle	56
20	19	303	Henry Ford	Henry Ford (Owner)	Chrysler	85		transmission	48
21	3	2	Gwyn Staley	Hubert Westmoreland (Owner)	Chevrolet	56	33	overheating	40
22	14	4	Ken Fisher	Ken Fisher (Owner)	Chrysler	50		rear end	32
23	16	349	Charlie Cregar	James Gess (Owner)	Oldsmobile	37		rear end	24

#	Driver	Led	Share	Fin
1	Junior Johnson	123	61.5%	P1
2	Tim Flock	36	18.0%	P2
3	Gwyn Staley	33	16.5%	P21
4	Jim Paschal	8	4.0%	P3