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1957 Sweepstakes 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Grand National race number 49 of 53 Sunday, October 6, 1957 at Martinsville Speedway, Martinsville, VA 500 laps on a 0.500 mile paved track (250.000 miles) Time of race: 3:58:00 Average speed: 63.025 mph Pole speed: 65.837 mph Cautions: 4 for 14 laps Margin of victory: 14 sec Attendance: 5000 Lead changes: 6 Glossary    1957 NASCAR Grand National results   /   1957 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led 1 2 49   Bob Welborn Bob Welborn '57 Chevrolet 500 3100 running 435 2 16 11   Jimmy Massey Wood Brothers '56 Ford 500 1975 running 7 3 15 42   Lee Petty Petty Enterprises '57 Oldsmobile 498 1425 running 42 4 27 44   Rex White Max Welborn '57 Chevrolet 497 1150 running 16 5 4 12   Joe Weatherly Holman-Moody Racing '57 Ford 493 850 running 0 6 33 97   Bill Amick Bill Amick '57 Ford 491 750 running 0 7 17 47   Jack Smith Jack Smith '57 Chevrolet 491 650 running 0 8 10 48   Possum Jones Inalley Chevrolet   (Bob Welborn) '57 Chevrolet 490 500 running 0 9 12 38   Gwyn Staley Julian Petty '57 Chevrolet 489 425 running 0 10 37 8   Tiny Lund Bishop Brothers '57 Chevrolet 486 450 running 0 11 35 10   Whitey Norman Whitey Norman '57 Ford 485 525 running 0 12 13 7   Fireball Roberts Buck Baker '57 Chevrolet 482 350 running 0 13 6 21   Glen Wood Wood Brothers '57 Ford 481 300 running 0 14 8 76   Larry Frank Lonnie Fish '56 Chevrolet 480 250 running 0 15 25 32   Brownie King Jess Potter '57 Chevrolet 477 225 running 0 16 9 22   Marvin Panch Fireball Roberts '57 Ford 473 210 running 0 17 38 41   T.A. Toomes T.A. Toomes '56 Dodge 473 200 running 0 18 23 26   Jim Paschal Sam Rice '57 Ford 470 190 running 0 19 1 45   Eddie Pagan Eddie Pagan '57 Ford 461 180 running 0 20 21 74   L.D. Austin L.D. Austin '56 Chevrolet 455 170 running 0 21 36 28   Eddie Skinner Eddie Skinner '57 Ford 453 210 running 0 22 20 90   Emanuel Zervakis Junie Donlavey '57 Chevrolet 447 250 axle 0 23 7 87   Buck Baker Buck Baker '57 Chevrolet 429 125 running 0 24 5 62   Frankie Schneider Frankie Schneider '57 Chevrolet 426 100 running 0 25 28 4   Art Binkley Art Binkley '56 Plymouth 424 140 running 0 26 26 93   Ted Chamberlain Ted Chamberlain '56 Chevrolet 421 100 running 0 27 40 51   Roy Tyner Roy Tyner '56 Ford 417 100 running 0 28 11 46   Speedy Thompson Speedy Thompson '57 Chevrolet 416 50 crash 0 29 14 75   Ken Rush Frank Hayworth '56 Mercury 405 50 running 0 30 30 5   Bill Champion Bill Champion '56 Ford 399 100 running 0 31 18 19   Dick Walters Dick Walters '56 Plymouth 398 50 running 0 32 22 3   Paul Goldsmith Smokey Yunick '57 Ford 334 125 crash 0 33 29 84   Banjo Matthews Banjo Matthews '57 Ford 334 125 rear end 0 34 34 78   George Green Lonnie Fish '56 Chevrolet 292 100 running 0 35 19 64   Johnny Allen Spook Crawford '57 Plymouth 242 50 rear end 0 36 32 68   Neil Castles Neil Castles '56 Ford 225 100 coil 0 37 39 17   Billy Myers Fred Harb '57 Mercury 160 100 rear end 0 38 31 6   Cotton Owens Ray Nichels '57 Pontiac 144 100 engine 0 39 3 40   Johnny Mackison Camp Hill Special   (Johnny Mackison) '57 Ford 133 50 rear end 0 40 24 1A   Bill Massey Whitey Norman '56 Ford 86 100 transmission 0

Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Bob Welborn 1 183 183   Lee Petty 184 198 15   Jimmy Massey 199 205 7   Rex White 206 221 16   Lee Petty 222 248 27   Bob Welborn 249 500 252