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1956 Wilkes County 160

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NASCAR Grand National race number 10 of 56
April 8, 1956 at North Wilkesboro Speedway, North Wilkesboro, NC
160 laps on a .625 mile dirt track (100.0 miles)

Time of race: 1:24:28
Average Speed: 71.034 mph
Pole Speed: 78.37 mph

Cautions: n/a
Margin of Victory: n/a
Attendance: 7,500
Lead changes: 2

Glossary 1956 NASCAR Grand National results / 1956 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
1	3	300A	Tim Flock	Carl Kiekhaefer	'56 Chrysler	160	1,100	running	46
2	17	14	Billy Myers	Bill Stroppe	'56 Mercury	160	700	running	0
3	8	75	Jim Paschal	C U Later Alligator (Frank Hayworth)	'56 Mercury	160	475	running	0
4	7	92	Herb Thomas	Herb Thomas	'56 Chevrolet	160	365	running	0
5	5	12	Ralph Moody	Southeastern Dealers (Pete DePaolo)	'56 Ford	159	310	running	0
6	12	B29	Dink Widenhouse	Dink Widenhouse	'56 Ford	158	250	running	0
7	10	98	Allen Adkins	Tom Harbison	'56 Ford	158	200	running	0
8	18	42	Lee Petty	Petty Enterprises	'56 Dodge	158	150	running	0
9	14	5	Bill Blair	Joe Blair	'56 Dodge	151	100	running	0
10	24	1	Whitey Norman	Whitey Norman	'55 Chevrolet	150	100	running	0
11	19	300C	Buck Baker	Carl Kiekhaefer	'56 Chrysler	148	75	running	0
12	25	34	Dick Beaty	Ike Kiser	'56 Ford	147	60	running	0
13	23	94	Ed Cole	Ed Cole	'55 Mercury	145	50	running	0
14	15	37	Tiny Lund	Gus Holzmueller	'56 Pontiac	142	50	running	0
15	9	2	Gwyn Staley	Hubert Westmoreland	'56 Chevrolet	134	50	transmission	0
16	11	100	Ken Milligan	Dave Everett	'56 Chevrolet	134	50	running	0
17	16	82	Joe Eubanks	Satcher Motors (James Satcher)	'56 Ford	133	50	axle	0
18	2	501	Speedy Thompson	Carl Kiekhaefer	'56 Dodge	127	50	gas line	97
19	4	X	Rex White	Max Welborn	'56 Chevrolet	112	50	a frame	0
20	13	27	John McVitty	John McVitty	'55 Chevrolet	102	50	fuel pump	0
21	20	271	Dick Blackwell		'56 Mercury	102		running	0
22	22	25	Jimmie Lewallen	Sam McCuthen	'55 Chevrolet	93		engine	0
23	29	54	Lou Spears	Nace Mattingly	'55 Ford	83		overheating	0
24	21	6	Ralph Liguori	Ralph Liguori	'56 Dodge	45		tire	0
25	6	22	Fireball Roberts	Pete DePaolo	'56 Ford	38		driveshaft	0
26	26	264	Johnny Allen	Spook Crawford	'55 Plymouth	22		crash	0
27	27	96	Bobby Keck	Bobby Keck	'55 Chevrolet	22		piston	0
28	1	55	Junior Johnson	A.L. Bumgarner	'56 Pontiac	17		piston	17
29	28	19	Harvey Henderson	Harvey Henderson	'55 Chevrolet	13		engine	0

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Junior Johnson	1	17	17
Speedy Thompson	18	114	97
Tim Flock	115	160	46

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