Tyson Holly Farms 400

Tyson Holly Farms 400
NASCAR Winston Cup Series

Venue	North Wilkesboro Speedway, Wilkes County, North Carolina
Corporate sponsor	Tyson Foods
First race	1949
Last race	1996
Distance	250 miles (402.3 km)
Laps	400
Previous names	Wilkes 200 (1949–1952, 1961) Wilkes 160 (1953–1955, 1957–1959) Wilkes 320 (1960, 1962) Wilkes 400 (1963–1978) Holly Farms 400 (1979–1989) Tyson Holly Farms 400 (1990–1996)

The Tyson Holly Farms 400 was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series (now Sprint Cup Series) stock car race held annually from 1949 to 1996 at the North Wilkesboro Speedway in Wilkes County, North Carolina. It was the second of two Winston Cup Series races held at North Wilkesboro Speedway before the track was abandoned in 1996.^[1] The race was normally held in late September or early October. The race holds the distinction of being the last time a race winner finished at least a lap ahead of the rest of the field (1994, Geoff Bodine won by 1 lap over Terry Labonte).

Past winners

Year	Date	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Race Distance		Race Time	Average Speed (mph)	Report
Year	Date	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Miles (km)	Race Time	Average Speed (mph)	Report
1949	Oct 16	Bob Flock	Frank Christian	Oldsmobile	200	100 (160.934)	1:52:26	53.364	Report
1950	Sept 24	Leon Sales	Hubert Westmoreland	Plymouth	200	125 (201.168)			Report
1951	Oct 21	Fonty Flock	Ted Chester	Oldsmobile	200	125 (201.168)	1:50:38	67.791	Report
1952	Oct 26	Herb Thomas	Herb Thomas	Hudson	200	125 (201.168)	1:51:52	67.044	Report
1953	Oct 11	Speedy Thompson	Buckshot Morris	Oldsmobile	160	100 (160.934)	1:24:16	71.202	Report
1954	Oct 24	Hershel McGriff	Frank Christian	Oldsmobile	157*	98.125 (157.916)	1:30:20	65.175	Report
1955	Oct 23	Buck Baker	Pete DePaolo	Ford	160	100 (160.934)	1:21:16	72.347	Report
1956	Not held
1957	Oct 20	Jack Smith	Jack Smith	Chevrolet	160	100 (160.934)	1:29:10	69.902	Report
1958	Oct 19	Junior Johnson	Paul Spaulding	Ford	160	100 (160.934)	1:10:40	84.906	Report
1959	Oct 18	Lee Petty	Petty Enterprises	Oldsmobile	160	100 (160.934)	1:20:11	74.829	Report
1960	Oct 2	Rex White	Rex White	Chevrolet	320	200 (321.868)	2:34:57	77.444	Report
1961	Oct 1	Rex White	Rex White	Chevrolet	320	200 (321.868)	2:21:43	84.675	Report
1962	Sept 30	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	320	200 (321.868)	2:19:14	86.186	Report
1963	Sept 29	Marvin Panch	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford	400	250 (402.336)	2:47:44	89.428	Report
1964	Oct 11	Marvin Panch	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford	400	250 (402.336)	2:44:07	91.398	Report
1965	Oct 3	Junior Johnson	Junior Johnson & Associates	Ford	400	250 (402.336)	2:48:55	88.801	Report
1966	Oct 2	Dick Hutcherson	Holman-Moody	Ford	400	250 (402.336)	2:48:31	89.012	Report
1967	Oct 1	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	400	250 (402.336)	2:38:10	94.837	Report
1968	Sept 29	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	400	250 (402.336)	2:39:24	94.103	Report
1969	Oct 5	David Pearson	Holman-Moody	Ford	400	250 (402.336)	2:40:32	93.429	Report
1970	Oct 4	Bobby Isaac	Nord Krauskopf	Dodge	400	250 (402.336)	2:46:20	90.162	Report
1971	Nov 21	Tiny Lund	Ronnie Hopkins	Camaro	400	250 (402.336)	2:35:58	96.174	Report
1972	Oct 1	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	400	250 (402.336)	2:36:33	95.816	Report
1973	Sept 23	Bobby Allison	Bobby Allison	Chevrolet	400	250 (402.336)	2:37:34	95.198	Report
1974	Sept 22	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates	Chevrolet	400	250 (402.336)	3:05:41	80.782	Report
1975	Sept 21	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	400	250 (402.336)	2:48:34	88.986	Report
1976	Oct 3	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates	Chevrolet	400	250 (402.336)	2:35:38	96.38	Report
1977	Oct 2	Darrell Waltrip	DiGard Motorsports	Chevrolet	400	250 (402.336)	2:52:59	86.713	Report
1978	Oct 1	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates	Oldsmobile	400	250 (402.336)	2:43:18	97.847	Report
1979	Oct 14	Benny Parsons	M.C. Anderson Racing	Chevrolet	400	250 (402.336)	2:44:01	91.454	Report
1980	Sept 21	Bobby Allison	Bud Moore Engineering	Ford	400	250 (402.336)	3:18:39	75.51	Report
1981	Oct 4	Darrell Waltrip	Junior Johnson & Associates	Buick	400	250 (402.336)	2:41:08	93.091	Report
1982	Oct 3	Darrell Waltrip	Junior Johnson & Associates	Buick	400	250 (402.336)	2:32:57	98.071	Report
1983	Oct 2	Darrell Waltrip	Junior Johnson & Associates	Chevrolet	400	250 (402.336)	2:28:56	100.716	Report
1984	Oct 14	Darrell Waltrip	Junior Johnson & Associates	Chevrolet	400	250 (402.336)	2:45:42	90.525	Report
1985	Sept 29	Harry Gant	Mach 1 Racing	Chevrolet	400	250 (402.336)	2:37:44	95.077	Report
1986	Sept 28	Darrell Waltrip	Junior Johnson & Associates	Chevrolet	400	250 (402.336)	2:36:53	95.612	Report
1987	Oct 4	Terry Labonte	Junior Johnson & Associates	Chevrolet	400	250 (402.336)	2:36:09	96.051	Report
1988	Oct 16*	Rusty Wallace	Blue Max Racing	Pontiac	400	250 (402.336)	2:39:15	94.192	Report
1989	Oct 15	Geoffrey Bodine	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	400	250 (402.336)	2:46:08	90.269	Report
1990	Sept 30	Mark Martin	Roush Racing	Ford	400	250 (402.336)	2:39:53	93.818	Report
1991	Sept 29	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	400	250 (402.336)	2:39:23	94.113	Report
1992	Oct 5	Geoffrey Bodine	Bud Moore Engineering	Ford	400	250 (402.336)	2:19:43	107.36	Report
1993	Oct 3	Rusty Wallace	Penske Racing	Pontiac	400	250 (402.336)	2:34:46	96.92	Report
1994	Oct 2	Geoffrey Bodine	Geoff Bodine Racing	Ford	400	250 (402.336)	2:32:15	98.522	Report
1995	Oct 1	Mark Martin	Roush Racing	Ford	400	250 (402.336)	2:25:38	102.998	Report
1996	Sept 29	Jeff Gordon	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	400	250 (402.336)	2:34:54	96.837	Report

1954: Race shortened due to crash.
1988: The race was originally scheduled for October 2, but two consecutive days of rain caused it to be rescheduled for October 16.

Multiple winners (drivers)

# Wins	Manufacturer	Years Won
6	Darrell Waltrip	1977, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986
5	Richard Petty	1962, 1967, 1968, 1972, 1975
3	Cale Yarborough	1974, 1976, 1978
3	Geoffrey Bodine	1989, 1992, 1994
2	Rex White	1960, 1961
	Marvin Panch	1963, 1964
	Junior Johnson	1958, 1965
	Bobby Allison	1973, 1980
	Rusty Wallace	1988, 1993
	Mark Martin	1990, 1995

Multiple winners (manufacturers)

# Wins	Manufacturer	Years Won
16	Chevrolet	1957, 1960, 1961, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1996
12	Ford	1955, 1958, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1969, 1980, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1995
6	Oldsmobile	1949, 1951, 1953, 1954, 1959, 1978
5	Plymouth	1950, 1962, 1967, 1968, 1972
2	Dodge	1970, 1975
	Buick	1981, 1982
	Pontiac	1988, 1993

Television broadcasters

Year	Network	Lap-by-lap	Color commentator(s)
1970	ABC	Jim McKay	Chris Economaki
1982	ESPN	Bob Jenkins	Larry Nuber
1983			Larry Nuber
1984			Jack Arute
1985			Larry Nuber
1986
1987
1988		Jerry Punch	Ned Jarrett Gary Nelson
1989		Bob Jenkins	Benny Parsons Ned Jarrett
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994		Jerry Punch
1995		Bob Jenkins
1996		Bob Jenkins

References

↑ Aumann, Mark (April 1, 2009). "North Wilkesboro alive and well, even without racing". NASCAR. Retrieved April 22, 2012.

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