Race Results

NASCAR Cup Series

Wilkes County 160

North Wilkesboro Speedway

April 8th, 1956

Race #10 of the 1956 NASCAR Cup Series Season

  • Laps: 160
  • Miles: 100.0
  • Average Speed: 71.034 mph
  • Cautions: 0
  • Caution Laps: 0
  • Lead Changes: 2
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FIN ST Car # Driver Make TOT PTS F PTS B PTS Laps Led STUS
1 3 300A Tim Flock Chrysler 0 0 0 160 46 Running
2 17 14 Billy Myers Mercury 0 0 0 160 0 Running
3 8 75 Jim Paschal Mercury 0 0 0 160 0 Running
4 7 92 Herb Thomas Chevrolet 0 0 0 160 0 Running
5 5 12 Ralph Moody Ford 0 0 0 159 0 Running
6 12 B29 Dink Widenhouse Ford 0 0 0 158 0 Running
7 10 98 Allen Adkins Ford 0 0 0 158 0 Running
8 18 42 Lee Petty Dodge 0 0 0 158 0 Running
9 14 5 Bill Blair Dodge 0 0 0 151 0 Running
10 24 1 Whitey Norman Chevrolet 0 0 0 150 0 Running
11 19 300C Buck Baker Chrysler 0 0 0 148 0 Running
12 25 34 Dick Beaty Ford 0 0 0 147 0 Running
13 23 94 Ed Cole Mercury 0 0 0 145 0 Running
14 15 37 Tiny Lund Pontiac 0 0 0 142 0 Running
15 9 2 Gwyn Staley Chevrolet 0 0 0 134 0 Transmission
16 11 100 Ken Milligan Chevrolet 0 0 0 134 0 Running
17 16 82 Joe Eubanks Ford 0 0 0 133 0 Axle
18 2 501 Speedy Thompson Dodge 0 0 0 127 97 Gas line
19 4 X Rex White Chevrolet 0 0 0 112 0 A frame
20 13 27 John McVitty Chevrolet 0 0 0 102 0 Fuel pump
21 20 271 Dick Blackwell Mercury 0 0 0 102 0 Running
22 22 25 Jimmie Lewallen Chevrolet 0 0 0 93 0 Engine
23 29 54 Lou Spears Ford 0 0 0 83 0 Overheating
24 21 6 Ralph Liguori Dodge 0 0 0 45 0 Tire
25 6 22 Fireball Roberts Ford 0 0 0 38 0 Driveshaft
26 26 264 Johnny Allen Plymouth 0 0 0 22 0 Crash
27 27 96 Bobby Keck Chevrolet 0 0 0 22 0 Piston
28 1 55 Junior Johnson Pontiac 0 0 0 17 17 Piston
29 28 19 Harvey Henderson Chevrolet 0 0 0 13 0 Engine