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1955 - Wilkes 160 Race Results


Race Name - Wilkes 160
Date - 10/23/1955
Race Track - North Wilkesboro Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 0.625 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 100 miles
Pole Speed - 79.815 mph
Number of Cautions - 3
Caution Laps -
Average Race Speed - 72.347 mph
Lead Changes - 0
Total Race Purse - $4,285
Race Number - 44
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Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 1 Buck Baker 87 DePaolo Engineering (Pete DePaolo) 160 56 Ford 160 $1,100
2 4 Lee Petty 42 Petty Enterprises 160 55 Dodge 0 $700
3 12 Gwyn Staley 2 Hubert Westmoreland 159 55 Chevrol 0 $475
4 9 Joe Weatherly 9 Purple Pig (Charlie Schwam) 159 56 Ford 0 $365
5 11 Tim Flock 300 Mercury Outboards (Carl Kiekhaefer) 159 55 Chrysle 0 $310
6 6 Fonty Flock 301 Mercury Outboards (Carl Kiekhaefer) 159 55 Chrysle 0 $250
7 10 Speedy Thompson 20 Mercury Outboards (Carl Kiekhaefer) 157 55 Chrysle 0 $200
8 5 Dink Widenhouse 0 Dink Widenhouse 157 56 Ford 0 $150
9 19 Dave Terrell 198 Dave Terrell 156 55 Oldsmob 0 $100
10 16 Jim Paschal 44 Julian Petty 154 55 Chevrol 0 $100
11 17 Jimmy Massey 4 Hubert Westmoreland 154 55 Chevrol 0 $75
12 18 Jimmie Lewallen 88 Ernest Woods 151 55 Oldsmob 0 $60
13 8 Bob Welborn 49 Bob Welborn 145 55 Chevrol 0 $50
14 23 Bobby Waddell 24 Jimmy Pardue 138 55 Chevrol 0 $50
15 27 Ed Cole 460 Brooks Brothers 136 55 Plymout 0 $50
16 24 Eddie Skinner 28 Frank Dodge 132 53 Oldsmob 0 $50
17 25 John McVitty 27 John McVitty 128 55 Chevrol 0 $50
18 15 Ralph Liguori 5 Ralph Liguori 127 55 Buick 0 $50
19 13 Bill Blair 22 Bill Blair 127 55 Oldsmob 0 $50
20 7 Curtis Turner 99 Schwam Motors (Charlie Schwam) 103 56 Ford 0 $50
21 2 Herb Thomas 92 Motoramic (Herb Thomas) 90 55 Chevrol 0 $
22 21 Ned Jarrett 89 Ned Jarrett 70 55 Buick 0 $
23 3 Marvin Panch 98 Pete DePaolo 50 56 Ford 0 $
24 14 Joe Eubanks 70 Lancaster Brothers 40 55 Chevrol 0 $
25 22 Banks Simpson 20 Waldron Co (Banks Simpson) 40 55 Buick 0 $
26 20 Junior Johnson 55 B L Motors (Jim Lowe Carl Beckham) 35 55 Oldsmob 0 $
27 28 Tom Pistone 9 Tom Pistone 28 55 Chevrol 0 $
28 26 Ted Cannady 71 Ted Cannady 25 55 Oldsmob 0 $