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1955 - Wilkes County 160 Race Results


Race Name - Wilkes County 160
Date - 4/3/1955
Race Track - North Wilkesboro Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 0.625 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 100 miles
Pole Speed - 77.72 mph
Number of Cautions -
Caution Laps -
Average Race Speed - 73.126 mph
Lead Changes - 1
Total Race Purse - $3,800
Race Number - 8
 More Races from 1955
Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 2 Buck Baker 87 Griffin Motors (Bob Griffin) 160 54 Oldsmob 160 $1,000
2 8 Dick Rathman 3 Blue Crown (John Ditz) 160 54 Hudson 0 $650
3 7 Curtis Turner 99 Parks Cigarette (Raymond Parks) 156 55 Oldsmob 0 $450
4 10 Lee Petty 42 Petty Enterprises 155 55 Chrysle 0 $350
5 17 Eddie Skinner 28 Frank Dodge 154 53 Oldsmob 0 $300
6 20 Dave Terrell 98 Dave Terrell 152 53 Oldsmob 0 $250
7 15 Jimmie Lewallen 5 Joe Blair 151 54 Mercury 0 $200
8 22 Gene Simpson 460 Brooks Brothers 151 55 Plymout 0 $150
9 9 Joel Million 88 Ernest Woods 144 55 Oldsmob 0 $100
10 16 Blackie Pitt 59 Brownie Pitt 140 54 Oldsmob 0 $100
11 14 Tommy Ringstaff 58 JB Cunningham 126 55 Packard 0 $25
12 12 John Dodd Sr 72 John Dodd Sr 109 53 Hudson 0 $25
13 13 Tim Flock 300 Mercury Outboards (Carl Kiekhaefer) 106 55 Chrysle 0 $25
14 11 Herb Thomas 18 Arden Mounts 105 54 Hudson 0 $25
15 19 Jimmy Thompson 80 84 53 Hudson 0 $25
16 6 Jim Paschal 78 Helzafire (Ernest Woods) 70 55 Oldsmob 0 $25
17 13 John Dodd Jr 73 John Dodd Sr 64 53 Hudson 0 $25
18 4 Junior Johnson 55 B L Motors (Jim Lowe Carl Beckham) 58 55 Oldsmob 0 $25
19 1 Dink Widenhouse 0 Dink Widenhouse 56 53 Oldsmob 0 $25
20 5 Fonty Flock 14 Frank Christian 33 55 Chevrol 0 $25
21 18 Ralph Liguori 6 Ralph Liguori 16 53 Dodge 0 $
22 21 Boyce Hildreth 57 Hildreth Motors (Elton Hildreth) 5 53 Hudson 0 $