1957 - NASCAR Grand National Series - Sweepstakes 500 Race Results

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1957 - Sweepstakes 500 Race Results

Race Name - Sweepstakes 500
Date - 10/6/1957
Race Track - Martinsville Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 0.5 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 250 miles
Pole Speed - 65.837 mph
Number of Cautions - 4
Caution Laps - 14
Average Race Speed - 63.025 mph
Lead Changes - 6
Total Race Purse - $15,350
Race Number - 49

More Races from 1957

Fin	St	Driver	#	Sponsor	Laps Run	Make	Laps Led	Purse
1	2	Bob Welborn	49	Bob Welborn	500	57 Chevrol	435	$3,100
2	16	Jimmy Massey	11	Wood Brothers	500	56 Ford	7	$1,975
3	15	Lee Petty	42	Petty Enterprises	498	57 Oldsmob	42	$1,425
4	27	Rex White	44	Max Welborn	497	57 Chevrol	16	$1,150
5	4	Joe Weatherly	12	HolmanMoody	493	57 Ford	0	$850
6	33	Bill Amick	97	Bill Amick	491	57 Ford	0	$750
7	17	Jack Smith	47	Jack Smith	491	57 Chevrol	0	$650
8	10	Possum Jones	48	Inalley Chevrolet (Bob Welborn)	490	57 Chevrol	0	$500
9	12	Gwyn Staley	38	Julian Petty	489	57 Chevrol	0	$425
10	37	Tiny Lund	8	Bishop Brothers	486	57 Chevrol	0	$450
11	35	Whitey Norman	10	Whitey Norman	485	57 Ford	0	$525
12	13	Fireball Roberts	7	Buck Baker	482	57 Chevrol	0	$350
13	6	Glen Wood	21	Wood Brothers	481	57 Ford	0	$300
14	8	Larry Frank	76	Lonnie Fish	480	56 Chevrol	0	$250
15	25	Brownie King	32	Jess Potter	477	57 Chevrol	0	$225
16	9	Marvin Panch	22	Fireball Roberts	473	57 Ford	0	$210
17	38	TA Toomes	41	TA Toomes	473	56 Dodge	0	$200
18	23	Jim Paschal	26	Sam Rice	470	57 Ford	0	$190
19	1	Eddie Pagan	45	Eddie Pagan	461	57 Ford	0	$180
20	21	LD Austin	74	LD Austin	455	56 Chevrol	0	$170
21	36	Eddie Skinner	28	Eddie Skinner	453	57 Ford	0	$210
22	20	Emanuel Zervakis	90	Junie Donlavey	447	57 Chevrol	0	$250
23	7	Buck Baker	87	Buck Baker	429	57 Chevrol	0	$125
24	5	Frankie Schneider	62	Frankie Schneider	426	57 Chevrol	0	$100
25	28	Art Binkley	4	Art Binkley	424	56 Plymout	0	$140
26	26	Ted Chamberlain	93	Ted Chamberlain	421	56 Chevrol	0	$100
27	40	Roy Tyner	51	Roy Tyner	417	56 Ford	0	$100
28	11	Speedy Thompson	46	Speedy Thompson	416	57 Chevrol	0	$50
29	14	Ken Rush	75	Frank Hayworth	405	56 Mercury	0	$50
30	30	Bill Champion	5	Bill Champion	399	56 Ford	0	$100
31	18	Dick Walters	19	Dick Walters	398	56 Plymout	0	$50
32	22	Paul Goldsmith	3	Smokey Yunick	334	57 Ford	0	$125
33	29	Banjo Matthews	84	Banjo Matthews	334	57 Ford	0	$125
34	34	George Green	78	Lonnie Fish	292	56 Chevrol	0	$100
35	19	Johnny Allen	64	Spook Crawford	242	57 Plymout	0	$50
36	32	Neil Castles	68	Neil Castles	225	56 Ford	0	$100
37	39	Billy Myers	17	Fred Harb	160	57 Mercury	0	$100
38	31	Cotton Owens	6	Ray Nichels	144	57 Pontiac	0	$100
39	3	Johnny Mackison	40	Camp Hill Special (Johnny Mackison)	133	57 Ford	0	$50
40	24	Bill Massey	1	Whitey Norman	86	56 Ford	0	$100