Race Results

NASCAR Cup Series

Southern 500

Darlington Raceway

September 5th, 1955

Race #35 of the 1955 NASCAR Cup Series Season

  • Laps: 366
  • Miles: 500.0
  • Average Speed: 92.281 mph
  • Cautions: 8
  • Caution Laps: 51
  • Lead Changes: 10
#7 NASCAR Next Gen car
Concord, North Carolina - October 11th, 2021: Corey LaJoie, driver of the #7 Next Gen car drives during the NASCAR Cup Series test at the Roval at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Photo by Bob Leverone | Getty Images
FIN ST Car # Driver Make TOT PTS F PTS B PTS Laps Led STUS
1 8 92 Herb Thomas Chevrolet 0 0 0 366 77 Running
2 21 7 Jim Reed Chevrolet 0 0 0 365 0 Running
3 6 16 Tim Flock Chrysler 0 0 0 363 45 Running
4 24 2 Gwyn Staley Chevrolet 0 0 0 359 0 Running
5 30 96 Larry Flynn Ford 0 0 0 359 0 Running
6 2 89 Buck Baker Buick 0 0 0 359 0 Running
7 26 93 Lou Spears Chevrolet 0 0 0 354 0 Running
8 27 70 Cotton Owens Chevrolet 0 0 0 354 0 Running
9 4 25 Bill Widenhouse Chevrolet 0 0 0 353 2 Wheel
10 41 4 Jimmy Massey Chevrolet 0 0 0 352 0 Transmission
11 20 20 Banks Simpson Buick 0 0 0 352 0 Running
12 5 82 Joe Eubanks Oldsmobile 0 0 0 351 0 Running
13 45 44 Marvin Panch Chevrolet 0 0 0 351 0 Running
14 33 54 Nace Mattingly Ford 0 0 0 349 0 Running
15 44 88 Jimmie Lewallen Oldsmobile 0 0 0 348 0 Running
16 35 6 Ralph Liguori Mercury 0 0 0 348 0 Running
17 13 84 Banjo Matthews Oldsmobile 0 0 0 348 0 Running
18 37 98 Dave Terrell Oldsmobile 0 0 0 346 0 Running
19 29 17 Russ Graham Chevrolet 0 0 0 346 0 Running
20 18 51 Bill Champion Buick 0 0 0 346 0 Running
21 25 42 Lee Petty Dodge 0 0 0 343 0 Running
22 46 68 Johnny Patterson Mercury 0 0 0 342 0 Running
23 34 46 Billy Myers Chevrolet 0 0 0 342 0 Running
24 48 95 Lloyd Moore Ford 0 0 0 342 0 Running
25 32 35 Ray Platte Chevrolet 0 0 0 339 0 Running
26 38 22 Bill Blair Oldsmobile 0 0 0 332 0 Running
27 43 24 Bobby Waddell Chevrolet 0 0 0 331 0 Running
28 31 59 Blackie Pitt Ford 0 0 0 329 0 Running
29 52 12 Jimmy Thompson Plymouth 0 0 0 328 0 Running
30 69 49 Bob Welborn Chevrolet 0 0 0 327 0 Running
31 61 62 Curley Hatfield Chevrolet 0 0 0 319 0 Running
32 50 50 Roy Bentley Chevrolet 0 0 0 317 0 Running
33 7 9 Joe Weatherly Ford 0 0 0 317 140 Crash
34 10 78 Jim Paschal Oldsmobile 0 0 0 317 0 Running
35 59 58 Bill Bowman Nash 0 0 0 311 0 Running
36 17 55 Junior Johnson Oldsmobile 0 0 0 308 0 Running
37 47 30 Ned Jarrett Pontiac 0 0 0 305 0 Running
38 57 61 Ed Bergin Dodge 0 0 0 302 0 Running
39 9 8 Billy Carden Buick 0 0 0 298 0 Running
40 55 78 Tojo Stephens Chevrolet 0 0 0 291 0 Running
41 62 43 Possum Jones Chevrolet 0 0 0 276 0 Running
42 42 28 Eddie Skinner Oldsmobile 0 0 0 256 0 Running
43 51 71 Harold Kite Oldsmobile 0 0 0 256 0 Running
44 36 10 Van Van Wey Ford 0 0 0 247 0 Crash
45 3 87 Speedy Thompson Oldsmobile 0 0 0 235 0 Vapor lock
46 22 56 Fred Johnson Cadillac 0 0 0 231 0 Tires
47 53 37 Doug Cox Pontiac 0 0 0 225 0 Transmission
48 58 81 Gene Comstock Hudson 0 0 0 220 0 Running
49 66 94 Clarence DeZalia Ford 0 0 0 210 0 Rear end
50 23 77 Dick Allwine Chevrolet 0 0 0 202 0 Crash
51 11 36 Fonty Flock Chrysler 0 0 0 190 84 Crash
52 16 40 Gene Simpson Buick 0 0 0 188 0 Transmission
53 19 34 Dick Beaty Ford 0 0 0 184 0 Crash
54 67 32 Jim Thompson Hudson 0 0 0 184 0 Crash
55 40 23 Don Duckworth Chevrolet 0 0 0 147 0 Crash
56 49 18 Arden Mounts Hudson 0 0 0 143 0 Crash
57 54 15 Jimmy Roland Chevrolet 0 0 0 137 0 Rear end
58 15 99 Curtis Turner Ford 0 0 0 133 14 Tie rod
59 54 76 Elmo Langley Dodge 0 0 0 79 0 Oil pressure
60 14 91 Donald Thomas Buick 0 0 0 78 0 Steering
61 39 14 Slick Smith Chevrolet 0 0 0 77 0 Gasket
62 12 3 Dick Rathman Chrysler 0 0 0 50 0 Transmission
63 60 21 Bud Rackley Oldsmobile 0 0 0 44 0 Connect
64 65 41 Tommy Thompson Ford 0 0 0 41 0 Fuel pump
65 58 19 Gordon Smith Chevrolet 0 0 0 39 0 Rod bearing
66 1 M-1 Fireball Roberts Buick 0 0 0 30 4 Crash
67 63 33 Pop McGinnis Chevrolet 0 0 0 18 0 Crash
68 56 460 Ed Cole Plymouth 0 0 0 12 0 Rod bearing
69 64 11 George Parrish Studebaker 0 0 0 11 0 Overheating