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The 1956 Wilkes County 160 was a 160-lap race in the NASCAR Grand National Series that was held on April 8, 1956 at North Wilkesboro Speedway in North Wilkesboro, North Carolina.[1] The attendance at the race reached 7500 people[1] and the race was held in a matter of one hour, 24 minutes, and 28 seconds.[1] There were 160 laps done on a .625 mile dirt track with the total distance of the race being 100 miles[1]. The average speed being 71.034 miles per hour[1] and the pole position speed was considered to be 78.37 miles per hour.[1] Top ten finishers of the race were: Tim Flock,[1] Billy Myers,[1] Jim Paschal,[1] Herb Thomas,[1] Ralph Moody,[1] Dink Widenhouse,[1] Allen Adkins,[1] Lee Petty,[1] Bill Blair,[1] and Whitey Norman.[1] Other notable racers included: Fireball Roberts,[1] Buck Baker,[1] Gwyn Staley,[1] Junior Johnson,[1] and Tiny Lund.[1] Dick Beaty (who finished twelfth place in the race) would go on to become the "top cop" in NASCAR decades later; passing a rule requiring vehicles to "pass to the right" on the restart.[2] The three major corporate sponsors of that time were: C U Later Alligator,[1] Southeastern Dealers,[1] and Satcher Motors.[1] Out of the 29 competitors for this race, there were 13 race car drivers that failed to finish - leaving 16 drivers that ended up competing the entire 160 laps (100 miles) of the race.[1] The most common problem was the piston (which occurred in two different drivers).[1] After racing, the top prize was $1,100 ($8,624.32 in today's money) and the prize for last place was $0.[1] Due to the niche status of the sport at that time, this event was completely untelevised and could only be seen either live or through local radio. NASCAR's then-current prize structure only gave out monetary rewards from first place to twentieth place; all other finishers did not receive any prize winnings at all[1] (compared to today where everybody gets at least $100,000+ for being in the race). Several models of automobile participated in the race including: Ford (active), Chevrolet (active), Pontiac (defunct), Dodge (active), Mercury (active), and Plymouth (defunct).[1] This was the only race for North Wilkesboro Speedway in the entire 1956 season.[2] [edit] Results
Note: * denotes that the driver failed to finish the race. [edit] References
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