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1955 Wilkes 160

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NASCAR Grand National race number 44 of 45
Sunday, October 23, 1955 at North Wilkesboro Speedway, North Wilkesboro, NC
160 laps on a .625 mile dirt track (100.0 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: 10,000
Lead changes: 0

Glossary 1955 NASCAR Grand National results / 1955 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
1	1	87	Buck Baker	DePaolo Engineering (Pete DePaolo)	'56 Ford	160	1,100	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

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

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