1953 Wilkes 160
| Race details | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race 35 of 37 in the 1953 NASCAR Grand National Series season | |||
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North Wilkesboro Speedway | |||
| Date | October 11, 1953 | ||
| Official name | Wilkes 160 | ||
| Location | North Wilkesboro Speedway, North Wilkesboro, North Carolina | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 0.625 miles (1.006 km) | ||
| Distance | 160 laps, 100.0 mi (160.9 km) | ||
| Weather | Mild with temperatures of 78.1 °F (25.6 °C); wind speeds of 8 miles per hour (13 km/h) | ||
| Average speed | 71.202 mph (114.589 km/h) | ||
| Attendance | 2,000 | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Bob Griffin | ||
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Buck Baker | Bob Griffin | |
| Laps | 80 | ||
| Winner | |||
| No. 87 | Speedy Thompson | Buckshot Morris | |
| Television in the United States | |||
| Network | untelevised | ||
| Announcers | none | ||
The 1953 Wilkes 160 was a NASCAR Grand National Series event that was held on October 11, 1953, at North Wilkesboro Speedway in North Wilkesboro, North Carolina.
The 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.