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The 1955 Wilkes County 160 was a NASCAR Grand National Series (now Sprint Cup Series) event that was held on April 3, 1955 at North Wilkesboro Speedway in North Wilkesboro, North Carolina. By the 1990s, NASCAR's top-level series became a media circus that only races at facilities that are worth hundreds of millions of dollars. ==Summary== One hundred and sixty laps were done on a dirt track spanning .〔 The total duration of the race was one hour, twenty-two minutes, and three seconds with no cautions.〔 Buck Baker defeated Dick Rathmann by three feet.〔 Ten thousand people came out to see this race. The pole speed that was accomplished by Dink Widenhouse was while the average speed was .〔 Other notable drivers who participated included Lee Petty, Herb Thomas, Dink Widenhouse, Fonty Flock, and Junior Johnson.〔 All twenty-two drivers who qualified were American-born.〔 Twelve drivers failed to finish the race due to axle, spindle, coil, wheel, frame, vapor lock, tire, gasket, and bearing problems.〔 The total winnings of the race was $3,800 USD ($ when considering inflation). Race car drivers still had to commute to the races using the same stock cars that competed in a typical weekend's race through a policy of homologation (and under their own power). This policy was in effect until roughly 1975. By 1980, NASCAR had completely stopped tracking the year model of all the vehicles and most teams did not take stock cars to the track under their own power anymore. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「1955 Wilkes County 160」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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