Race Results : North Wilkesboro Speedway

Wilkes County 160

Sunday, April 8th, 1956

North Wilkesboro Speedway , North Wilkesboro, NC

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  • Drivers Entered: 29
  • Laps Scheduled: 160
  • Margin of Victory: N/A Seconds
  • Time of Race: N/A
  • Average Speed: 71.034
  • Cautions: N/A
  • Lead Changes: 2
  • Green Flag Passes: N/A
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Entry List
Wilkes County 160 at North Wilkesboro Speedway results
FIN ST # DRIVER MAKE TOT PTS FIN PTS LAPS LED X LED STATUS
1 3 300A Tim Flock Chrysler 0 0 160 46 0 running
2 17 14 Billy Myers Mercury 0 0 160 0 0 running
3 8 75 Jim Paschal Mercury 0 0 160 0 0 running
4 7 92 Herb Thomas Chevrolet 0 0 160 0 0 running
5 5 12 Ralph Moody Ford 0 0 159 0 0 running
6 12 B29 Dink Widenhouse Ford 0 0 158 0 0 running
7 10 98 Allen Adkins Ford 0 0 158 0 0 running
8 18 42 Lee Petty Dodge 0 0 158 0 0 running
9 14 5 Bill Blair Dodge 0 0 151 0 0 running
10 24 1 Whitey Norman Chevrolet 0 0 150 0 0 running
11 19 300C Buck Baker Chrysler 0 0 148 0 0 running
12 25 34 Dick Beaty Ford 0 0 147 0 0 running
13 23 94 Ed Cole Mercury 0 0 145 0 0 running
14 15 37 Tiny Lund Pontiac 0 0 142 0 0 running
15 9 2 Gwyn Staley Chevrolet 0 0 134 0 0 transmission
16 11 100 Ken Milligan Chevrolet 0 0 134 0 0 running
17 16 82 Joe Eubanks Ford 0 0 133 0 0 axle
18 2 501 Speedy Thompson Dodge 0 0 127 97 0 gas line
19 4 X Rex White Chevrolet 0 0 112 0 0 a frame
20 13 27 John McVitty Chevrolet 0 0 102 0 0 fuel pump
21 20 271 Dick Blackwell Mercury 0 0 102 0 0 running
22 22 25 Jimmie Lewallen Chevrolet 0 0 93 0 0 engine
23 29 54 Lou Spears Ford 0 0 83 0 0 overheating
24 21 6 Ralph Liguori Dodge 0 0 45 0 0 tire
25 6 22 Fireball Roberts Ford 0 0 38 0 0 driveshaft
26 26 264 Johnny Allen Plymouth 0 0 22 0 0 crash
27 27 96 Bobby Keck Chevrolet 0 0 22 0 0 piston
28 1 55 Junior Johnson Pontiac 0 0 17 17 0 piston
29 28 19 Harvey Henderson Chevrolet 0 0 13 0 0 engine

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