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1957 Southern 500

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NASCAR Grand National race number 40 of 53
Monday, September 2, 1957 at Darlington Raceway, Darlington, SC
364 laps on a 1.375 mile paved track (500.5 miles)

Time of race: 5:00:01
Average Speed: 100.094 mph
Pole Speed: 117.416 mph

Cautions: 6 for 23 laps
Margin of Victory: 3 laps +
Attendance: 75,000
Lead changes: 13

Glossary 1957 NASCAR Grand National results / 1957 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
1	7	46	Speedy Thompson	Oates Motor Co. (Speedy Thompson)	'57 Chevrolet	364	13,590	running	210
2	1	6	Cotton Owens	Ray Nichels	'57 Pontiac	361	6,100	running	18
3	32	98	Marvin Panch	Marvin Panch	'57 Ford	360	3,745	running	0
4	12	7	Jim Reed	Jim Reed	'57 Ford	356	2,155	running	0
5	9	87	Buck Baker	Buck Baker	'57 Chevrolet	356	1,650	running	0
6	45	2	Billy Carden	Hubert Westmoreland	'57 Chevrolet	354	1,225	running	0
7	29	14	Billy Myers	Billy Myers	'57 Ford	353	1,125	running	0
11	3	31	Curtis Turner	Smokey Yunick	'57 Ford	346	1,060	running	51
8	25	40	Johnny Mackison	Camp Hill Special (Johnny Mackison)	'57 Ford	352	975	running	0
10	28	47	Jack Smith	Jack Smith	'57 Chevrolet	348	785	crash	9
9	48	48	Possum Jones	Inalley Chevrolet (Bob Welborn)	'57 Chevrolet	350	775	running	0
24	8	42	Lee Petty	Petty Enterprises	'57 Oldsmobile	281	750	crash	31
12	27	64	Johnny Allen	Spook Crawford	'57 Plymouth	345	600	running	0
33	10	22	Fireball Roberts	Fireball Roberts	'57 Ford	101	460	crash	41
14	4	80	Jimmie Lewallen	Sam Rice	'57 Pontiac	340	370	running	0
25	42	71	George Parrish	Joe Frazier	'56 Studebaker	263	350	running	0
13	17	34	Dick Beaty	Dick Beaty	'56 Ford	341	350	running	0
50	47	41	T.A. Toomes	C.M. Julian	'56 Dodge	3	300	brakes	0
20	11	55	Tiny Lund	Brushy Mountain Motors (A.L. Bumgarner)	'57 Pontiac	308	300	running	0
36	36	17	Shorty York	Jim Paschal	'57 Mercury	79	300	engine	0
43	2	4	Bobby Myers	Petty Enterprises	'57 Oldsmobile	27	260	crash	1
15	34	45	Eddie Pagan	Eddie Pagan	'57 Ford	339	250	running	0
16	23	77	Bobby Johns	Shorty Johns	'56 Chevrolet	335	225	running	0
17	26	20	Jimmy Thompson	Jimmy Thompson	'56 Ford	328	225	running	0
37	16	89	Joe Caspolich	Pappy Crane	'57 Ford	66	200	crash	0
44	6	3	Paul Goldsmith	Pee Dee Motors (Smokey Yunick)	'57 Ford	27	200	crash	3
19	37	74	L.D. Austin	L.D. Austin	'56 Chevrolet	312	200	running	0
18	38	54	Nace Mattingly	Nace Mattingly	'57 Ford	326	200	running	0
32	18	97	Bill Amick	Bill Amick	'57 Ford	102	150	crash	0
21	31	32	Brownie King	Jess Potter	'57 Chevrolet	307	150	running	0
22	35	96	Bobby Keck	Bobby Keck	'57 Chevrolet	283	150	running	0
23	41	51	Roy Tyner	Roy Tyner	'56 Ford	282	150	running	0
40	14	9	Joe Weatherly	Holman-Moody	'57 Ford	37	130	crash	0
41	13	84	Banjo Matthews	Banjo Matthews	'57 Ford	31	120	engine	0
45	43	88	Chuck Hansen	Chuck Hansen	'57 Chevrolet	23	100	piston	0
46	21	38	Gwyn Staley	Julian Petty	'57 Chevrolet	22	100	coil	0
47	5	62	Frankie Schneider	Frankie Schneider	'57 Chevrolet	19	100	engine	0
48	15	92	Fonty Flock	Keith Motors (Herb Thomas)	'57 Pontiac	18	100	crash	0
42	44	30	Cale Yarborough	Bob Weatherly	'57 Pontiac	31	100	rf hub	0
49	40	68	Neil Castles	Neil Castles	'56 Ford	13	100	oil pressure	0
27	30	10	Whitey Norman	Whitey Norman	'56 Ford	215	100	engine	0
39	24	90	Runt Harris	Junie Donlavey	'57 Chevrolet	50	100	clutch	0
35	50	75	Jim Paschal	Frank Hayworth	'57 Ford	84	100	piston	0
34	22	11	Parnelli Jones	Oscar Maples	'57 Ford	99	100	crash	0
26	33	12	Marvin Porter	Oscar Maples	'57 Ford	221	100	engine	0
31	39	35	Bill Champion	John Whitford	'56 Ford	130	100	rear end	0
30	49	13	Peck Peckham	William Meyer	'56 Chevrolet	155	100	engine	0
29	19	95	Bob Duell	Julian Buesink	'57 Ford	156	100	radiator	0
28	20	44	Rex White	Max Welborn	'57 Chevrolet	210	100	axle	0
38	46	26	Bill Blair	Sam Rice	'57 Ford	63	100	crash	0

Failed to qualify: Barney Smith, Arden Mounts, Eddie Skinner (#28), Barney Smith (#16), Bob Whitmire (#61), Arden Mounts (#18)

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Cotton Owens	1	6	6
Curtis Turner	7	10	4
Paul Goldsmith	11	13	3
Bobby Myers	14	14	1
Curtis Turner	15	16	2
Cotton Owens	17	28	12
Lee Petty	29	40	12
Fireball Roberts	41	69	29
Lee Petty	70	88	19
Fireball Roberts	89	100	12
Jack Smith	101	109	9
Speedy Thompson	110	170	61
Curtis Turner	171	215	45
Speedy Thompson	216	364	149

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