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1957 Virginia 500

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NASCAR Grand National race number 17 of 53
Sunday, May 19, 1957 at Martinsville Speedway, Martinsville, VA
500 laps* on a .500 mile paved track (250.0 miles)

Time of race: 3:50:49
Average Speed: 57.318 mph
Pole Speed: 65.693 mph

Cautions: 3 for 51 laps
Margin of Victory: n/a
Attendance: 16,000
Lead changes: 5

Glossary 1957 NASCAR Grand National results / 1957 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
7	1	3	Paul Goldsmith	Smokey's Best Damn Garage (Smokey Yunick)	'57 Ford	432	475	running	54
11	2	46	Speedy Thompson	Hugh Babb	'57 Chevrolet	409	275	running	0
20	3	55	Tiny Lund	A.L. Bumgarner	'57 Pontiac	281	295	engine	73
3	4	50	Tom Pistone	Hugh Babb	'57 Chevrolet	441	1,125	crash	0
8	5	98	Marvin Panch	DePaolo Engineering (Pete DePaolo)	'57 Ford	431	400	running	0
4	6	14	Billy Myers	Bill Stroppe	'57 Mercury	441	980	crash	201
9	7	22	Fireball Roberts	DePaolo Engineering (Pete DePaolo)	'57 Ford	427	300	running	0
5	8	42	Lee Petty	Petty Enterprises	'57 Oldsmobile	440	675	running	0
13	9	88	Ralph Earnhardt	Petty Enterprises	'57 Oldsmobile	391	200	running	0
2	10	99	Curtis Turner	DePaolo Engineering (Pete DePaolo)	'57 Ford	441	1,770	running	0
16	11	64	Johnny Allen	Spook Crawford	'57 Plymouth	377	200	clutch	0
6	12	47	Jack Smith	Hugh Babb	'57 Chevrolet	436	500	running	0
21	13	29	Russ Hepler	Howard Coulter	'57 Pontiac	270	125	bearing	0
1	14	87	Buck Baker	Hugh Babb	'57 Chevrolet	441	3,170	running	113
22	15	6	Cotton Owens	Ray Nichels	'57 Pontiac	211	125	crash	0
12	16	32	Brownie King	Jess Potter	'56 Chevrolet	404	200	running	0
24	17	421	T.A. Toomes	C.M. Julian	'56 Dodge	121	125	gasket	0
15	18	76	George Green	Lonnie Fish	'56 Chevrolet	388	200	running	0
14	19	74	L.D. Austin	L.D. Austin	'56 Chevrolet	391	200	running	0
19	20	94	Clarence DeZalia	Clarence DeZalia	'56 Ford	351	150	running	0
23	21	28	Eddie Skinner	Eddie Skinner	'57 Ford	146	125	rear end	0
18	22	24	Barney Oldfield	Rat Garner	'56 Ford	356	150	running	0
10	23	17	Jim Paschal	Bill Stroppe	'57 Mercury	416	300	running	0
17	24	71	Bill Bowman	Bill Bowman	'56 Chevrolet	363	175	running	0

* Race shortened to 441 laps due to crash.

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Paul Goldsmith	1	54	54
Tiny Lund	55	127	73
Buck Baker	128	144	17
Billy Myers	145	232	88
Buck Baker	233	328	96
Billy Myers	329	441	113

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