1955 Southern 500

Darlington Raceway · 1955 · NASCAR Cup Series

Race summary

Winner	St	Cars	RAF	LLF	Ldrs	W-Led	Laps	Miles
Herb Thomas	8	69	40	1	7	76	366	503.3

Finishing order

Fin	St	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	8	92	Herb Thomas	Herb Thomas Racing	Chevrolet	366	76	running	1,500
2	21	7	Jim Reed	Jim Reed (Owner)	Chevrolet	365		running	1,440
3	6	300	Tim Flock	Carl Kiekhaefer (Owner)	Chrysler	363	45	running	1,380
4	24	2	Gwyn Staley	Hubert Westmoreland (Owner)	Chevrolet	359		running	1,320
5	30	96	Larry Flynn	W.R. Waldron (Owner)	Ford	359		running	1,260
6	2	89	Buck Baker	Buck Baker Racing	Buick	359		running	1,200
7	26	93	Lou Spears		Chevrolet	354		running	1,140
8	27	70	Cotton Owens		Chevrolet	354		running	1,080
9	4	25	Bill Widenhouse	Sam McCuthen (Owner)	Chevrolet	353	2	wheel	1,020
10	41	4	Jimmy Massey	Hubert Westmoreland (Owner)	Chevrolet	352		transmission	960
11	20	20	Banks Simpson	Banks Simpson (Owner)	Buick	352		running	900
12	5	82	Joe Eubanks	Phil Oates (Owner)	Oldsmobile	351		running	840
13	45	44	Marvin Panch	Julian Petty (Owner)	Chevrolet	351		running	780
14	33	54	Nace Mattingly	Nace Mattingly (Owner)	Ford	349		running	720
15	44	88	Jimmie Lewallen	Ernest Woods (Owner)	Oldsmobile	348		running	660
16	35	6	Ralph Liguori	Al Wheatley (Owner)	Mercury	348		running	600
17	13	84	Banjo Matthews	Paper Hangers (Owner)	Oldsmobile	348		running	540
18	37	98	Dave Terrell	Dave Terrell (Owner)	Oldsmobile	346		running	480
19	29	17	Russ Graham	Earl Wright (Owner)	Chevrolet	346		running	420
20	18	51	Bill Champion	Leland Colvin (Owner)	Buick	346		running	360
21	25	42	Lee Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	343		running	300
22	46	68	Johnny Patterson	Al Wheatley (Owner)	Mercury	342		running	240
23	34	46	Billy Myers	Hubert Westmoreland (Owner)	Chevrolet	342		running	180
24	48	95	Lloyd Moore	Julian Buesink (Owner)	Ford	342		running	120
25	32	35	Ray Platte	Harry Parry (Owner)	Chevrolet	339		running	60
26	38	22	Bill Blair	Bill Blair (Owner)	Oldsmobile	332		running	60
27	43	24	Bobby Waddell	Jimmy Pardue (Owner)	Chevrolet	331		running	60
28	31	59	Blackie Pitt	Brownie Pitt (Owner)	Ford	329		running	60
29	52	12	Jimmy Thompson		Plymouth	328		running	60
30	69	49	Bob Welborn	Bob Welborn (Owner)	Chevrolet	327		running	60
31	61	62	Curley Hatfield		Chevrolet	319		running	60
32	50	50	Roy Bentley	Marion Cox (Owner)	Chevrolet	317		running	60
33	7	9	Joe Weatherly	Charlie Schwam (Owner)	Ford	317	141	wheel	60
34	10	78	Jim Paschal	Ernest Woods (Owner)	Oldsmobile	317		running	60
35	59	58	Bill Bowman	Bill Bowman (Owner)	Nash Motor Company	311		running	60
36	17	55	Junior Johnson	Jim Lowe (Owner)	Oldsmobile	308		running	60
37	47	30	Ned Jarrett	Mellie Bernard (Owner)	Pontiac	305		running	60
38	57	61	Ed Bergin	Malcolm Barlow (Owner)	Dodge	302		running	60
39	9	8	Billy Carden		Buick	298		running	60
40	55	79	Tojo Stephens		Chevrolet	291		running
41	62	43	Possum Jones	Steve Pierce (Owner)	Chevrolet	276		steering	60
42	42	28	Eddie Skinner	Frank Dodge (Owner)	Oldsmobile	256		running	60
43	51	71	Harold Kite		Oldsmobile	256		running	60
44	36	10	Van Van Wey	Ray Fletcher (Owner)	Ford	247		accident	60
45	3	87	Speedy Thompson	Bob Griffin (Owner)	Oldsmobile	235		vapor lock	60
46	22	56	Fred Johnson	Jim Lowe (Owner)	Cadillac	231		tire	60
47	53	37	Doug Cox	Claude Porter (Owner)	Pontiac	225		transmission	60
48	58	81	Gene Comstock	Gene Comstock (Owner)	Hudson	220		running	60
49	66	94	Clarence DeZalia	Clarence DeZalia (Owner)	Ford	210		rear end	60
50	23	77	Dick Allwine	Earl Wright (Owner)	Chevrolet	202		accident	60
51	11	36	Fonty Flock	Carl Kiekhaefer (Owner)	Chrysler	190	84	accident	60
52	16	40	Gene Simpson	Gene Simpson (Owner)	Buick	188		transmission	60
53	19	34	Dick Beaty	Ike Kiser (Owner)	Ford	184		accident
54	67	32	Jim Thompson		Hudson	184		accident	60
55	40	23	Don Duckworth		Chevrolet	147		accident	60
56	49	18	Arden Mounts	Arden Mounts (Owner)	Hudson	143		accident	60
57	54	15	Jimmy Roland	R.C. Rollings (Owner)	Chevrolet	137		rear end	60
58	15	99	Curtis Turner	Charlie Schwam (Owner)	Ford	133	14	tie rod	60
59	54	76	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing	Dodge	79		oil pressure
60	14	91	Donald Thomas	Herb Thomas Racing	Buick	78		steering	60
61	39	14	Slick Smith	Frank Christian (Owner)	Chevrolet	77		gasket	60
62	12	3	Dick Rathman	John Ditz (Owner)	Chrysler	50		transmission	60
63	60	21	Bud Rackley		Oldsmobile	44		rod	0
64	65	41	Tommy Thompson	Julian Buesink (Owner)	Ford	41		fuel pump	60
65	28	19	Gordon Smith	Gordon Smith (Owner)	Chevrolet	39		rod bearing	60
66	1	M-1	Fireball Roberts	Bob Fish (Owner)	Buick	30	4	accident	60
67	63	33	Pop McGinnis	Owen Cox (Owner)	Chevrolet	18		accident	60
68	56	460	Ed Cole	Clarence DeZalia (Owner)	Plymouth	12		rod bearing	60
69	64	11	George Parrish	George Parrish (Owner)	Studebaker	11		overheating	60

Lap leaders

#	Driver	Led	Share	Fin
1	Joe Weatherly	141	38.5%	P33
2	Fonty Flock	84	23.0%	P51
3	Herb Thomas	76	20.8%	P1
4	Tim Flock	45	12.3%	P3
5	Curtis Turner	14	3.8%	P58
6	Fireball Roberts	4	1.1%	P66
7	Bill Widenhouse	2	0.5%	P9

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1955 Southern 500

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