Southern 500

Darlington Raceway — September 5, 1955

Herb Thomas

Winner

366

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Herb Thomas won the 1955 Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway on September 5, 1955, leading 76 of 366 laps. Jim Reed finished second; Tim Flock rounded out the podium. The race featured 7 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Monday, September 5, 1955

Track

Darlington Raceway

Season

1955

Winner

Herb Thomas

Leaders

7 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	8	+7	Herb Thomas	Herb Thomas Racing		366	—	Running	76	1500
2	21	+19	Jim Reed	Jim Reed (Owner)		365	—	Running	—	1440
3	6	+3	Tim Flock	Carl Kiekhaefer (Owner)	Chrysler	363	—	Running	45	1380
4	24	+20	Gwyn Staley	Hubert Westmoreland (Owner)		359	—	Running	—	1320
5	30	+25	Larry Flynn	W.R. Waldron (Owner)		359	—	Running	—	1260
6	2	-4	Buck Baker	Buck Baker Racing		359	—	Running	—	1200
7	26	+19	Lou Spears			354	—	Running	—	1140
8	27	+19	Cotton Owens			354	—	Running	—	1080
9	4	-5	Bill Widenhouse	Sam McCuthen (Owner)		353	—	DNF	2	1020
10	41	+31	Jimmy Massey	Hubert Westmoreland (Owner)		352	—	DNF	—	960
11	20	+9	Banks Simpson	Banks Simpson (Owner)		352	—	Running	—	900
12	5	-7	Joe Eubanks	Phil Oates (Owner)		351	—	Running	—	840
13	45	+32	Marvin Panch	Julian Petty (Owner)		351	—	Running	—	780
14	33	+19	Nace Mattingly	Nace Mattingly (Owner)		349	—	Running	—	720
15	44	+29	Jimmie Lewallen	Ernest Woods (Owner)		348	—	Running	—	660
16	35	+19	Ralph Liguori	Al Wheatley (Owner)	Mercury	348	—	Running	—	600
17	13	-4	Banjo Matthews	Paper Hangers (Owner)		348	—	Running	—	540
18	37	+19	Dave Terrell	Dave Terrell (Owner)		346	—	Running	—	480
19	29	+10	Russ Graham	Earl Wright (Owner)		346	—	Running	—	420
20	18	-2	Bill Champion	Leland Colvin (Owner)		346	—	Running	—	360
21	25	+4	Lee Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	343	—	Running	—	300
22	46	+24	Johnny Patterson	Al Wheatley (Owner)	Mercury	342	—	Running	—	240
23	34	+11	Billy Myers	Hubert Westmoreland (Owner)		342	—	Running	—	180
24	48	+24	Lloyd Moore	Julian Buesink (Owner)		342	—	Running	—	120
25	32	+7	Ray Platte	Harry Parry (Owner)		339	—	Running	—	60
26	38	+12	Bill Blair	Bill Blair (Owner)		332	—	Running	—	60
27	43	+16	Bobby Waddell	Jimmy Pardue (Owner)		331	—	Running	—	60
28	31	+3	Blackie Pitt	Brownie Pitt (Owner)		329	—	Running	—	60
29	52	+23	Jimmy Thompson		Plymouth	328	—	Running	—	60
30	69	+39	Bob Welborn	Bob Welborn (Owner)		327	—	Running	—	60
31	61	+30	Curley Hatfield			319	—	Running	—	60
32	50	+18	Roy Bentley	Marion Cox (Owner)		317	—	Running	—	60
33	7	-26	Joe Weatherly	Charlie Schwam (Owner)		317	—	DNF	141	60
34	10	-24	Jim Paschal	Ernest Woods (Owner)		317	—	Running	—	60
35	59	+24	Bill Bowman	Bill Bowman (Owner)	Nash Motor Company	311	—	Running	—	60
36	17	-19	Junior Johnson	Jim Lowe (Owner)		308	—	Running	—	60
37	47	+10	Ned Jarrett	Mellie Bernard (Owner)		305	—	Running	—	60
38	57	+19	Ed Bergin	Malcolm Barlow (Owner)	Dodge	302	—	Running	—	60
39	9	-30	Billy Carden			298	—	Running	—	60
40	55	+15	Tojo Stephens			291	—	Running	—	0
41	62	+21	Possum Jones	Steve Pierce (Owner)		276	—	DNF	—	60
42	42	—	Eddie Skinner	Frank Dodge (Owner)		256	—	Running	—	60
43	51	+8	Harold Kite			256	—	Running	—	60
44	36	-8	Van Van Wey	Ray Fletcher (Owner)		247	—	DNF - Crash	—	60
45	3	-42	Speedy Thompson	Bob Griffin (Owner)		235	—	DNF	—	60
46	22	-24	Fred Johnson	Jim Lowe (Owner)	Cadillac	231	—	DNF	—	60
47	53	+6	Doug Cox	Claude Porter (Owner)		225	—	DNF	—	60
48	58	+10	Gene Comstock	Gene Comstock (Owner)	Hudson	220	—	Running	—	60
49	66	+17	Clarence DeZalia	Clarence DeZalia (Owner)		210	—	DNF	—	60
50	23	-27	Dick Allwine	Earl Wright (Owner)		202	—	DNF - Crash	—	60
51	11	-40	Fonty Flock	Carl Kiekhaefer (Owner)	Chrysler	190	—	DNF - Crash	84	60
52	16	-36	Gene Simpson	Gene Simpson (Owner)		188	—	DNF	—	60
53	19	-34	Dick Beaty	Ike Kiser (Owner)		184	—	DNF - Crash	—	0
54	67	+13	Jim Thompson		Hudson	184	—	DNF - Crash	—	60
55	40	-15	Don Duckworth			147	—	DNF - Crash	—	60
56	49	-7	Arden Mounts	Arden Mounts (Owner)	Hudson	143	—	DNF - Crash	—	60
57	54	-3	Jimmy Roland	R.C. Rollings (Owner)		137	—	DNF	—	60
58	15	-43	Curtis Turner	Charlie Schwam (Owner)		133	—	DNF	14	60
59	54	-5	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing	Dodge	79	—	DNF - Engine	—	0
60	14	-46	Donald Thomas	Herb Thomas Racing		78	—	DNF	—	60
61	39	-22	Slick Smith	Frank Christian (Owner)		77	—	DNF	—	60
62	12	-50	Dick Rathman	John Ditz (Owner)	Chrysler	50	—	DNF	—	60
63	60	-3	Bud Rackley			44	—	DNF	—	0
64	65	+1	Tommy Thompson	Julian Buesink (Owner)		41	—	DNF	—	60
65	28	-37	Gordon Smith	Gordon Smith (Owner)		39	—	DNF	—	60
66	1	-65	Fireball Roberts	Bob Fish (Owner)		30	—	DNF - Crash	4	60
67	63	-4	Pop McGinnis	Owen Cox (Owner)		18	—	DNF - Crash	—	60
68	56	-12	Ed Cole	Clarence DeZalia (Owner)	Plymouth	12	—	DNF	—	60
69	64	-5	George Parrish	George Parrish (Owner)	Studebaker	11	—	DNF	—	60