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1955 Wilkes 160 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Grand National race number 44 of 45 Sunday, October 23, 1955 at North Wilkesboro Speedway, North Wilkesboro, NC 160 laps on a 0.625 mile dirt track (100.000 miles) Time of race: 1:21:16 Average speed: 72.347 mph Pole speed: 79.815 mph Cautions: 3 Margin of victory: 5 sec Attendance: 10000 Lead changes: 0 Glossary    1955 NASCAR Grand National results   /   1955 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led 1 1 87   Buck Baker DePaolo Engineering   (Pete DePaolo) '56 Ford 160 1100 running 160 2 4 42   Lee Petty Petty Enterprises '55 Dodge 160 700 running 0 3 12 2   Gwyn Staley Hubert Westmoreland '55 Chevrolet 159 475 running 0 4 9 9   Joe Weatherly Purple Pig   (Charlie Schwam) '56 Ford 159 365 running 0 5 11 300   Tim Flock Mercury Outboards   (Carl Kiekhaefer) '55 Chrysler 159 310 running 0 6 6 301   Fonty Flock Mercury Outboards   (Carl Kiekhaefer) '55 Chrysler 159 250 running 0 7 10 20   Speedy Thompson Mercury Outboards   (Carl Kiekhaefer) '55 Chrysler 157 200 running 0 8 5 B-29   Dink Widenhouse Dink Widenhouse '56 Ford 157 150 running 0 9 19 198   Dave Terrell Dave Terrell '55 Oldsmobile 156 100 running 0 10 16 44   Jim Paschal Julian Petty '55 Chevrolet 154 100 running 0 11 17 04   Jimmy Massey Hubert Westmoreland '55 Chevrolet 154 75 running 0 12 18 88   Jimmie Lewallen Ernest Woods '55 Oldsmobile 151 60 running 0 13 8 49   Bob Welborn Bob Welborn '55 Chevrolet 145 50 running 0 14 23 24   Bobby Waddell Jimmy Pardue '55 Chevrolet 138 50 running 0 15 27 460   Ed Cole Brooks Brothers '55 Plymouth 136 50 running 0 16 24 28   Eddie Skinner Frank Dodge '53 Oldsmobile 132 50 running 0 17 25 27   John McVitty John McVitty '55 Chevrolet 128 50 wheel 0 18 15 5   Ralph Liguori Ralph Liguori '55 Buick 127 50 stalled 0 19 13 22   Bill Blair Bill Blair '55 Oldsmobile 127 50 rf hub 0 20 7 99   Curtis Turner Schwam Motors   (Charlie Schwam) '56 Ford 103 50 rf hub 0 21 2 92   Herb Thomas Motoramic   (Herb Thomas) '55 Chevrolet 90   crash 0 22 21 89   Ned Jarrett Ned Jarrett '55 Buick 70   fuel pump 0 23 3 98   Marvin Panch Pete DePaolo '56 Ford 50   overheating 0 24 14 70   Joe Eubanks Lancaster Brothers '55 Chevrolet 40   steering 0 25 22 20   Banks Simpson Waldron & Co.   (Banks Simpson) '55 Buick 40   radiator 0 26 20 55   Junior Johnson B & L Motors   (Jim Lowe / Carl Beckham) '55 Oldsmobile 35   bumper 0 27 28 9-A   Tom Pistone Tom Pistone '55 Chevrolet 28   overheating 0 28 26 71   Ted Cannady Ted Cannady '55 Oldsmobile 25   steering 0

Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Buck Baker 1 160 160