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1956 Wilkes County 160 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Grand National race number 10 of 56 Sunday, April 8, 1956 at North Wilkesboro Speedway, North Wilkesboro, NC 160 laps on a 0.625 mile dirt track (100.000 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: 7500 Lead changes: 2 Glossary    1956 NASCAR Grand National results   /   1956 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led 1 3 300A   Tim Flock Kiekhaefer Outboards   (Carl Kiekhaefer) '56 Chrysler 160 1100 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 B-29   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 Gaddy's   (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 Ford   (Pete DePaolo) '56 Ford 38   driveshaft 0 26 26 264   Johnny Allen Grant Motor Parts   (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

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