| 1955 Wilkes County 160 NASCAR Cup Series Race 8 of 45 | |||||
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| Race Information | Track Information | ||||
| Total Purse: | $3,800 | Race Date: | Apr 3, 1955 | North Wilkesboro Speedway | |
| Margin of Victory: | 3 FT | Race Duration: | 1Hr 22Min 3Sec. | North Wilkesboro, North Carolina | |
| Lead Changes: | 1 Among / 2 Drivers | Average Speed: | 73.126 MPH | .625 Mile Paved | |
| No. of Cars: | 22 | No. of Cautions: | TBA | savethespeedway.net/history.html | |
| Winner, Pole and Manufacturer Information | ||||||||
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| Winner Information | Pole Information | Manufacturer Points | ||||||
| Driver: | Buck Baker B. Baker | Driver: | Dick Rathmann D. Rathmann | Oldsmobile: | 9 | |||
| Car No.: | #87 Oldsmobile | Car No.: | #3 Oldsmobile | Hudson: | 0 | |||
| Team: | Griffin Racing | Team: | Chrysler: | 0 | ||||
| Crew Chief: | Crew Chief: | Mercury: | 0 | |||||
| Laps Led: | All 160 Laps | Pole Speed: | 77.720 MPH | |||||
| Official 1955 Wilkes County 160 Results |
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| Finish | Start | Num | Driver | Sponsor | Status | Mfg | Points | Laps | Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 87 | Buck Baker | Griffin Motors | Running |  | 0 | 160 | 160 |
| 2 | 8 | 3 | Dick Rathmann | Blue Crown | Running | Hudson | 0 | 160 | 0 |
| 3 | 7 | 99 | Curtis Turner | Parks Cigarettes | Running | | 0 | 156 | 0 |
| 4 | 10 | 42 | Lee Petty | Petty Enterprises | Running | Chrysler | 0 | 155 | 0 |
| 5 | 17 | 28 | Eddie Skinner | Frank Dodge (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 154 | 0 |
| 6 | 20 | 98 | Dave Terrell | Dave Terrell (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 152 | 0 |
| 7 | 15 | 5 | Jimmie Lewallen | Joe Blair (Car Owner) | Running |  | 0 | 151 | 0 |
| 8 | 22 | 460 | Gene Simpson | Brooks Brothers (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 151 | 0 |
| 9 | 9 | 88 | Joel Million | Ernest Woods (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 144 | 0 |
| 10 | 16 | 59 | Blackie Pitt | Brownie Pitt (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 140 | 0 |
| 11 | 14 | 58 | Tommy Ringstaff | J.B. Cunningham (Car Owner) | Packard | 0 | 126 | 0 | |
| 12 | 12 | 72 | John Dodd, Sr. | John Dodd Sr. (Car Owner) | Hudson | 0 | 109 | 0 | |
| 13 | 13 | 300 | Tim Flock | Kiekhaefer Outboards | Chrysler | 0 | 106 | 0 | |
| 14 | 11 | 18 | Herb Thomas | Arden Mounts (Car Owner) | Hudson | 0 | 105 | 0 | |
| 15 | 19 | 80 | Jimmy Thompson | Hudson | 0 | 84 | 0 | ||
| 16 | 6 | 78 | Jim Paschal | Helzafire | | 0 | 70 | 0 | |
| 17 | 13 | 73 | John Dodd, Jr. | John Dodd Sr. (Car Owner) | Hudson | 0 | 64 | 0 | |
| 18 | 4 | 55 | Junior Johnson | B & L Motors | Bearings | | 0 | 58 | 0 |
| 19 | 1 | B-29 | Dink Widenhouse | Dink Widenhouse (Car Owner) | Engine | | 0 | 56 | 0 |
| 20 | 5 | 14 | Fonty Flock | Frank Christian (Car Owner) |  | 0 | 33 | 0 | |
| 21 | 18 | 6 | Ralph Liguori | Ralph Liguori (Car Owner) | Tire |  | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| 22 | 21 | 57 | Boyce Hildreth | Hildreth Motors | Hudson | 0 | 5 | 0 |
