NASCAR Grand National Series Series by Race
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The NASCAR Cup Series is a stock car racing series owned and operated by NASCAR (the National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing). NASCAR’s premier series had been known as the NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Series since Jan. 1, 2017, rebranded in 2020. It holds races over the season at tracks located in the United States both road courses and ovals. Although the roots of the series was in the use of "stock" manufacturers vehicles, todays cars are custom built automobiles powered by custom built V8 engines.
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1957 - Richmond 250 Race Results
Race Name - Richmond 250Date - 5/5/1957Race Track - Rural Exposition FairgroundsTrack Length (Miles) - 0.5 milesRace Length (Miles) - 100 milesPole Speed - 64.239 mphNumber of Cautions - Caution Laps - Average Race Speed - 62.445 mphLead Changes - 2Total Race Purse - $4,285Race Number - 16 | More Races from 1957 |
Fin | St | Driver | # | Sponsor | Laps Run | Make | Laps Led | Purse |
1 | 7 | Paul Goldsmith | 12 | DePaolo Engineering (Pete DePaolo) | 200 | 57 Ford | 41 | $700 |
2 | 3 | Fireball Roberts | 22 | DePaolo Engineering (Pete DePaolo) | 199 | 57 Ford | 159 | $525 |
3 | 2 | Marvin Panch | 98 | DePaolo Engineering (Pete DePaolo) | 199 | 57 Ford | 0 | $400 |
4 | 12 | Frankie Schneider | 45 | Hugh Babb | 194 | 57 Chevrol | 0 | $330 |
5 | 15 | Jim Paschal | 17 | Bill Stroppe | 188 | 57 Mercury | 0 | $270 |
6 | 16 | Johnny Allen | 64 | Spook Crawford | 184 | 57 Plymout | 0 | $225 |
7 | 19 | LD Austin | 74 | LD Austin | 181 | 56 Chevrol | 0 | $185 |
8 | 20 | Brownie King | 32 | Jess Potter | 178 | 56 Chevrol | 0 | $165 |
9 | 11 | Ralph Earnhardt | 188 | Petty Enterprises | 174 | 57 Oldsmob | 0 | $150 |
10 | 5 | Buck Baker | 87 | Hugh Babb | 172 | 57 Chevrol | 0 | $150 |
11 | 9 | Tiny Lund | 55 | Brushy Mountain Motors (AL Bumgarner) | 160 | 57 Pontiac | 0 | $150 |
12 | 18 | George Green | 76 | Lonnie Fish | 160 | 56 Chevrol | 0 | $150 |
13 | 8 | Tom Pistone | 50 | Hugh Babb | 147 | 57 Chevrol | 0 | $135 |
14 | 14 | Jack Smith | 47 | Hugh Babb | 107 | 57 Chevrol | 0 | $125 |
15 | 22 | Harvey Eakin | 70 | Harvey Eakin | 97 | 56 Ford | 0 | $100 |
16 | 21 | Dick Klank | 79 | 92 | 56 Ford | 0 | $100 | |
17 | 13 | Speedy Thompson | 46 | Hugh Babb | 60 | 57 Chevrol | 0 | $100 |
18 | 1 | Russ Hepler | 29 | Howard Coulter | 49 | 57 Pontiac | 0 | $100 |
19 | 10 | Ralph Moody | 3 | Smokey Yunick | 25 | 57 Ford | 0 | $75 |
20 | 4 | Rex White | 44 | Hugh Babb | 24 | 57 Chevrol | 0 | $50 |
21 | 6 | Cotton Owens | 6 | Ray Nichels | 23 | 57 Pontiac | 0 | $50 |
22 | 17 | Emanuel Zervakis | 11 | Emanuel Zervakis | 7 | 56 Chevrol | 0 | $50 |