| 1955 Tri-City 200 NASCAR Cup Series Race 1 of 45 | |||||
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| Race Information | Track Information | ||||
| Total Purse: | $3,800 | Race Date: | Nov 7, 1954 | Tri-City Speedway | |
| Margin of Victory: | .5 Lap | Race Duration: | 1h 35m 25s | High Point, North Carolina | |
| Lead Changes: | 2 Among / 3 Drivers | Average Speed: | 62.882 MPH | .500 Mile Dirt | |
| No. of Cars: | 21 | No. of Cautions: | TBA | ||
| Winner, Pole and Manufacturer Information | ||||||||
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| Winner Information | Pole Information | Manufacturer Points | ||||||
| Driver: | Lee Petty L. Petty | Driver: | Herb Thomas H. Thomas | Chrysler: | 9 | |||
| Car No.: | #42 Chrysler | Car No.: | #92 Hudson | Oldsmobile: | 0 | |||
| Team: | Petty Enterprises | Team: | Thomas Racing | Hudson: | 0 | |||
| Crew Chief: | Lee Petty | Crew Chief: | Mercury: | 0 | ||||
| Laps Led: | 194 of 200 | Pole Speed: | 71.942 MPH | |||||
| Official 1955 Tri-City 200 Results |
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| Finish | Start | Num | Driver | Sponsor | Status | Mfg | Points | Laps | Led |
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| 1 | 3 | 42 | Lee Petty | Petty Enterprises | Running | Chrysler | 0 | 200 | 194 |
| 2 | 5 | 14 | Buck Baker | Frank Christian (Car Owner) | Running |  | 0 | 200 | 0 |
| 3 | 1 | 92 | Herb Thomas | Thomas Racing | Running | Hudson | 0 | 199 | 0 |
| 4 | 4 | 51 | Gober Sosebee | Cherokee Garage | Running | | 0 | 196 | 0 |
| 5 | 12 | 5 | Jimmie Lewallen | Joe Blair (Car Owner) | Running |  | 0 | 196 | 0 |
| 6 | 13 | 0 | Dink Widenhouse | Dink Widenhouse (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 192 | 0 |
| 7 | 11 | 111 | Blackie Pitt | Gary Drake (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 189 | 0 |
| 8 | 8 | 8 | Bud Harless | Edgar Clay (Car Owner) | Running | Hudson | 0 | 187 | 0 |
| 9 | 15 | 19 | Clyde Minter | Ken Pace (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 178 | 0 |
| 10 | 10 | 9 | Donald Thomas | Thomas Racing | Running | Hudson | 0 | 170 | 0 |
| 11 | 20 | 71 | Ken Pace | Ken Pace (Car Owner) | Accident | Hudson | 0 | 151 | 0 |
| 12 | 21 | 11 | George Parrish | George Parrish (Car Owner) | Unknown | Studebaker | 0 | 112 | 0 |
| 13 | 2 | 13 | Dick Rathmann | Blue Crown | Clutch | Hudson | 0 | 110 | 6 |
| 14 | 7 | 1 | Elton Hildreth | Hildreth Motors | Transmission | Nash | 0 | 102 | 0 |
| 15 | 9 | 82 | Joe Eubanks | Oates Motor Company | Running | Hudson | 0 | 93 | 0 |
| 16 | 17 | 48 | John Dodd, Jr. | John Dodd Sr. (Car Owner) | Transmission | Hudson | 0 | 68 | 0 |
| 17 | 6 | 7 | Junior Johnson | Paul Whiteman (Car Owner) | Bearings |  | 0 | 51 | 0 |
| 18 | 14 | 18 | Bill Blair | Gene Comstocke | Accident | Hudson | 0 | 43 | 0 |
| 19 | 16 | 77 | Fred Dove | Ken Pace (Car Owner) | Running | Hudson | 0 | 40 | 0 |
| 20 | 18 | 52 | Bob Welborn | Julian Petty (Car Owner) | Radiator | | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 21 | 19 | 80 | Jim Paschal | George Hutchens (Car Owner) | Rear Gear | | 0 | 7 | 0 |
