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1956 - Wilkes County 160 Race Results


Race Name - Wilkes County 160
Date - 4/8/1956
Race Track - North Wilkesboro Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 0.625 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 100 miles
Pole Speed - 78.37 mph
Number of Cautions -
Caution Laps -
Average Race Speed - 71.034 mph
Lead Changes - 2
Total Race Purse - $4,285
Race Number - 10
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Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 3 Tim Flock 300 Carl Kiekhaefer 160 56 Chrysle 46 $1,100
2 17 Billy Myers 14 Bill Stroppe 160 56 Mercury 0 $700
3 8 Jim Paschal 75 C U Later Alligator (Frank Hayworth) 160 56 Mercury 0 $475
4 7 Herb Thomas 92 Herb Thomas 160 56 Chevrol 0 $365
5 5 Ralph Moody 12 Southeastern Dealers (Pete DePaolo) 159 56 Ford 0 $310
6 12 Dink Widenhouse 0 Dink Widenhouse 158 56 Ford 0 $250
7 10 Allen Adkins 98 Tom Harbison 158 56 Ford 0 $200
8 18 Lee Petty 42 Petty Enterprises 158 56 Dodge 0 $150
9 14 Bill Blair 5 Joe Blair 151 56 Dodge 0 $100
10 24 Whitey Norman 1 Whitey Norman 150 55 Chevrol 0 $100
11 19 Buck Baker 300 Carl Kiekhaefer 148 56 Chrysle 0 $75
12 25 Dick Beaty 34 Ike Kiser 147 56 Ford 0 $60
13 23 Ed Cole 94 Ed Cole 145 55 Mercury 0 $50
14 15 Tiny Lund 37 Gus Holzmueller 142 56 Pontiac 0 $50
15 9 Gwyn Staley 2 Hubert Westmoreland 134 56 Chevrol 0 $50
16 11 Ken Milligan 100 Dave Everett 134 56 Chevrol 0 $50
17 16 Joe Eubanks 82 Satcher Motors (James Satcher) 133 56 Ford 0 $50
18 2 Speedy Thompson 501 Carl Kiekhaefer 127 56 Dodge 97 $50
19 4 Rex White 0 Max Welborn 112 56 Chevrol 0 $50
20 13 John McVitty 27 John McVitty 102 55 Chevrol 0 $50
21 20 Dick Blackwell 271 102 56 Mercury 0 $
22 22 Jimmie Lewallen 25 Sam McCuthen 93 55 Chevrol 0 $
23 29 Lou Spears 54 Nace Mattingly 83 55 Ford 0 $
24 21 Ralph Liguori 6 Ralph Liguori 45 56 Dodge 0 $
25 6 Fireball Roberts 22 Pete DePaolo 38 56 Ford 0 $
26 26 Johnny Allen 264 Spook Crawford 22 55 Plymout 0 $
27 27 Bobby Keck 96 Bobby Keck 22 55 Chevrol 0 $
28 1 Junior Johnson 55 AL Bumgarner 17 56 Pontiac 17 $
29 28 Harvey Henderson 19 Harvey Henderson 13 55 Chevrol 0 $