
| 1955 Palm Beach 200 NASCAR Cup Series Race 2 of 45 | |||||
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| Race Information | Track Information | ||||
| Total Purse: | $3,700 | Race Date: | Feb 6, 1955 | Palm_Beach_Speedway | |
| Margin of Victory: | 20 Car Lengths | Race Duration: | 1h 47m 7s | West Palm Beach, Florida | |
| Lead Changes: | 11 Among / 3 Drivers | Average Speed: | 56.010 MPH | .500 Mile Dirt | |
| No. of Cars: | 16 | No. of Cautions: | TBA | ||
| Winner, Pole and Manufacturer Information | ||||||||
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| Winner Information | Pole Information | Manufacturer Points | ||||||
| Driver: | Herb Thomas H. Thomas | Driver: | Dick Rathmann D. Rathmann | Hudson: | 9 | |||
| Car No.: | #92 Hudson | Car No.: | #3 Hudson | Oldsmobile: | 0 | |||
| Team: | Thomas Racing | Team: | Chrysler: | 0 | ||||
| Crew Chief: | Smokey Yunick | Crew Chief: | Buick: | 0 | ||||
| Laps Led: | 100 of 200 | Pole Speed: | 65.454 MPH | |||||
| Official 1955 Palm Beach 200 Results |
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| Finish | Start | Num | Driver | Sponsor | Status | Mfg | Points | Laps | Led |
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| 1 | 2 | 92 | Herb Thomas | Thomas Racing | Running | Hudson | 200 | 200 | 100 |
| 2 | 6 | 23 | Jack Choquette | George Miller (Car Owner) | Running | Hudson | 192 | 200 | 0 |
| 3 | 3 | 87 | Buck Baker | Griffin Motors | Running | ![]() | 184 | 200 | 0 |
| 4 | 1 | 3 | Dick Rathmann | Blue Crown | Running | Hudson | 176 | 200 | 0 |
| 5 | 5 | 42 | Lee Petty | Petty Enterprises | Running | Chrysler | 168 | 196 | 0 |
| 6 | 9 | 59 | Blackie Pitt | Brownie Pitt (Car Owner) | Running | ![]() | 160 | 194 | 0 |
| 7 | 14 | 18 | Arden Mounts | Gene Comstock (Car Owner) | Running | Hudson | 152 | 191 | 0 |
| 8 | 10 | 127 | Dutch Hoag | Hooker Hood (Car Owner) | Running | ![]() | 144 | 189 | 0 |
| 9 | 7 | 51 | Lloyd Chick | Running | ![]() | 136 | 189 | 0 | |
| 10 | 12 | 9 | Bill Harrison | Running | ![]() | 129 | 188 | 0 | |
| 11 | 13 | 2 | Marion Edwards | Running | ![]() | 0 | 180 | 0 | |
| 12 | 16 | 0 | Allan Clarke | Bill Lamont (Car Owner) | Running | ![]() | 112 | 179 | 0 |
| 13 | 18 | 28 | Eddie Skinner | Frank Dodge (Car Owner) | Oil Line | ![]() | 104 | 165 | 0 |
| 14 | 4 | 55 | Junior Johnson | B & L Motors | Steering | ![]() | 96 | 124 | 0 |
| 15 | 11 | 6 | Ralph Liguori | Ralph Liguori (Car Owner) | Rear Gear | Hudson | 88 | 57 | 0 |
| 16 | 15 | 4 | Ken Fisher | Ken Fisher (Car Owner) | Carburetor | Chrysler | 80 | 9 | 0 |