|| *Comments on the 1954 Wilkes County 160:* View the most recent comment <#4> | Post a comment <#post> Tweet 1. Steve posted: 11.16.2006 - 5:29 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) First win for car owner John Ditz. 2. nascar_vd / racing-reference.info posted: 03.30.2017 - 11:45 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Driver standings after this race: (top10) 1) Lee Petty = 1206 points 2) Buck Baker = 1166 3) Dick Rathman = 940 4) Herb Thomas = 934 5) Joe Eubanks = 920 6) Gober Sosebee = 790 7) Curtis Turner = 754 8) Ralph Liguori = 734 9) Fonty Flock = 606 10) Al Keller = 598 3. nascar_vd / racing-reference.info posted: 03.30.2017 - 12:47 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) Note: Dick Rathman lead that at one time overlapped the entire field was sufficient for the veteran speedster to wheel his 1954 Hudson around the course on the final two laps with a flat tire to beat out Herb Thomas. Note: freezing weather and cloudy skies. Note: Buck Baker encountered tire trouble and lost the first position in the diver standings. Note: Gober Sosebee (running second at the moment) lost a wheel on the 114th lap and was forced to the pits. It was a wheel from this same Sosebee s car that almost cost Rathman the race. After returning to the battle, sosebee was again moving back into the contest when another wheel snapped and landed in the middle of the track. Rathman s car clipped the wheel, blowing out his left front tire and almost wrecking the leader. Two cautions marred the activities and once the race was halted for a Red Flag (7 minutes) to clear the track. Arden Mounts lost a wheel and smashed the fence in turn 1 on lap 44 and two laps later Ted Rambo, driving in eight place at the time, blew a tire and went through the fence on the Turn 1 near the same spot of Mounts. The race was held up to put out a fire in Rambo s car. The second and final caution came on 137 th lap when Bud Harless, blew a tire and flipped over the bank on the third turn. Rambo and Harless escaped without injury. 4. nascar_vd / Racing-Reference.info posted: 08.22.2017 - 4:33 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) W1954-07 North Wilkesboro Here the driver standings after this race (Pos. 11 to 20): 11) Jim Paschal = 542 12) Bill Blair = 422 13) Don Oldenberg = 418 14) Tommy Elliott = 416 15) Jimmy Lewallen = 410 16) Dave Terrell = 390 17) Emory Lewis = 378 18) Ed Skinner = 358 19) Bob Welborn = 358 20) Jack Smith = 344 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *Post a comment:* Your comment may not appear immediately - all comments must be approved by the moderator. Name: Comment: