| 1956 Wilkes County 160 NASCAR Cup Series Race 10 of 56 | |||||
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| Race Information | Track Information | ||||
| Total Purse: | $4,285 | Race Date: | Apr 8, 1956 | North Wilkesboro Speedway | |
| Margin of Victory: | N/A | Race Duration: | 1h 24m 28s | North Wilkesboro, North Carolina | |
| Lead Changes: | 2 Among / 3 Drivers | Average Speed: | 71.034 MPH | .625 Mile Paved | |
| No. of Cars: | 29 | No. of Cautions: | TBA | savethespeedway.net/history.html | |
| Winner, Pole and Manufacturer Information | ||||||||
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| Winner Information | Pole Information | Manufacturer Points | ||||||
| Driver: | Tim Flock T. Flock | Driver: | Junior Johnson J. Johnson | Chrysler: | 9 | |||
| Car No.: | #300 Chrysler | Car No.: | #55 Pontiac | Mercury: | 0 | |||
| Team: | Kiekhaefer Racing | Team: | Chevrolet: | 0 | ||||
| Crew Chief: | Carl Kiekhaefer | Crew Chief: | Ford: | 0 | ||||
| Laps Led: | 46 of 160 | Pole Speed: | 78.370 MPH | |||||
| Official 1956 Wilkes County 160 Results |
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| Finish | Start | Num | Driver | Sponsor | Status | Mfg | Points | Laps | Led |
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| 1 | 3 | 127 | Tim Flock | Mercury Outboards | Running | Chrysler | 0 | 160 | 46 |
| 2 | 17 | 14 | Billy Myers | Stroppe Motorsports | Running |  | 0 | 160 | 0 |
| 3 | 8 | 75 | Jim Paschal | C U Later Alligator | Running | | 0 | 160 | 0 |
| 4 | 7 | 92 | Herb Thomas | Thomas Racing | Running |  | 0 | 160 | 0 |
| 5 | 5 | 12 | Ralph Moody | Southeastern Dealers | Running |  | 0 | 159 | 0 |
| 6 | 12 | 0 | Dink Widenhouse | Dink Widenhouse (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 158 | 0 |
| 7 | 10 | 98 | Allen Adkins | Tom Harbison (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 158 | 0 |
| 8 | 18 | 42 | Lee Petty | Petty Enterprises | Running |  | 0 | 158 | 0 |
| 9 | 14 | 5 | Bill Blair | Joe Blair (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 151 | 0 |
| 10 | 24 | 1 | Whitey Norman | Whitey Norman (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 150 | 0 |
| 11 | 19 | 127 | Buck Baker | Mercury Outboards | Running | Chrysler | 0 | 148 | 0 |
| 12 | 25 | 34 | Dick Beaty | Ike Kiser (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 147 | 0 |
| 13 | 23 | 94 | Ed Cole | Ed Cole (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 145 | 0 |
| 14 | 15 | 37 | Tiny Lund | Gus Holzmueller (Car Owner) | Running |  | 0 | 142 | 0 |
| 15 | 9 | 2 | Gwyn Staley | Westmoreland Racing | Transmission | | 0 | 134 | 0 |
| 16 | 11 | 100 | Ken Milligan | Dave Everett (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 134 | 0 |
| 17 | 16 | 82 | Joe Eubanks | Satcher Motors | Unknown | | 0 | 133 | 0 |
| 18 | 2 | 127 | Speedy Thompson | Mercury Outboards | Oil Pan | | 0 | 127 | 97 |
| 19 | 4 | 0 | Rex White | Max Welborn (Car Owner) | A Frame | | 0 | 112 | 0 |
| 20 | 13 | 27 | John McVitty | John McVitty (Car Owner) | Oil Pump | | 0 | 102 | 0 |
| 21 | 20 | 127 | Dick Blackwell | Running | | 0 | 102 | 0 | |
| 22 | 22 | 25 | Jimmie Lewallen | Sam McCuthen (Car Owner) | Engine | | 0 | 93 | 0 |
| 23 | 29 | 54 | Lou Spears | Nace Mattingly (Car Owner) | Overheating | | 0 | 83 | 0 |
| 24 | 21 | 6 | Ralph Liguori | Ralph Liguori (Car Owner) | Tire | | 0 | 45 | 0 |
| 25 | 6 | 22 | Fireball Roberts | Pete DePaolo (Car Owner) | Driveshaft | | 0 | 38 | 0 |
| 26 | 26 | 127 | Johnny Allen | Spook Crawford (Car Owner) | Accident |  | 0 | 22 | 0 |
| 27 | 27 | 96 | Bobby Keck | Bobby Keck (Car Owner) | Piston | | 0 | 22 | 0 |
| 28 | 1 | 55 | Junior Johnson | A.L. Bumgarner (Car Owner) | Piston | | 0 | 17 | 17 |
| 29 | 28 | 19 | Harvey Henderson | Harvey Henderson (Car Owner) | Engine | | 0 | 13 | 0 |
