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NASCAR Grand National race
Southern States Fairgrounds, Charlotte, NC
August 5, 1955
200 laps on 0.5 mile dirt oval; 100 miles

Fin	St	Driver	#	Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Laps Led
1	3	Jim Paschal	78	Ernest Woods	1955 Oldsmobile	200	1,100	running	148
2	2	Gwyn Staley	2	Hubert Westmoreland	1955 Chevrolet	198	700	running	0
3	9	Buck Baker	303	Henry Ford	1955 Chrysler	198	475	running	0
4	6	Bob Welborn	44	Julian Petty	1955 Chevrolet	195	365	running	0
5	1	Tim Flock	300	Carl Kiekhaefer	1955 Chrysler	192	310	running	52
6	11	Buddy Shuman	87	Bob Griffin	1954 Oldsmobile	186	250	running	0
7	12	Eddie Skinner	28	Frank Dodge	1953 Oldsmobile	183	200	running	0
8	10	Junior Johnson	55	Jim Lowe / Carl Beckham	1955 Oldsmobile	131	150	bearing	0
9	14	John Lindsay	178	John Lindsay	1955 Chevrolet	123	100	bearing	0
10	8	Lee Petty	42	Petty Enterprises	1955 Chrysler	110	100	axle	0
11	15	Richard Brownlee	5	Joe Blair	1954 Mercury	105	75	gas line	0
12	5	Jimmie Lewallen	88	Ernest Woods	1955 Oldsmobile	82	60	tie rod	0
13	4	Billy Carden	8	Bishop Brothers	1955 Buick	71	50	shocks	0
14	13	Blackie Pitt	97-A	J.M. Fitzgibbons	1954 Oldsmobile	56	50	tie rod	0
15	7	Dink Widenhouse	B-29	Dink Widenhouse	1953 Oldsmobile	24	50	piston	0

Time of race: 02:02:56
Average Speed: 48.806 MPH
Pole Speed: 31.11 seconds
Race Purse: $ 4,035
Attendance: 5,600