1957 - NASCAR Grand National Series - Southern 500 Race Results

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1957 - Southern 500 Race Results

Race Name - Southern 500
Date - 9/2/1957
Race Track - Darlington Raceway
Track Length (Miles) - 1.375 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 501 miles
Pole Speed - 117.416 mph
Number of Cautions - 6
Caution Laps - 23
Average Race Speed - 100.09 mph
Lead Changes - 13
Total Race Purse - $41,175
Race Number - 40

More Races from 1957

Fin	St	Driver	#	Sponsor	Laps Run	Make	Laps Led	Purse
1	7	Speedy Thompson	46	Oates Motor Co (Speedy Thompson)	364	57 Chevrol	210	$13,590
2	1	Cotton Owens	6	Ray Nichels	361	57 Pontiac	18	$6,100
3	32	Marvin Panch	98	Marvin Panch	360	57 Ford	0	$3,745
4	12	Jim Reed	7	Jim Reed	356	57 Ford	0	$2,155
5	9	Buck Baker	87	Buck Baker	356	57 Chevrol	0	$1,650
6	45	Billy Carden	2	Hubert Westmoreland	354	57 Chevrol	0	$1,225
7	29	Billy Myers	14	Billy Myers	353	57 Ford	0	$1,125
8	25	Johnny Mackison	40	Camp Hill Special (Johnny Mackison)	352	57 Ford	0	$975
9	48	Possum Jones	48	Inalley Chevrolet (Bob Welborn)	350	57 Chevrol	0	$775
10	28	Jack Smith	47	Jack Smith	348	57 Chevrol	9	$785
11	3	Curtis Turner	31	Smokey Yunick	346	57 Ford	51	$1,060
12	27	Johnny Allen	64	Spook Crawford	345	57 Plymout	0	$600
13	17	Dick Beaty	34	Dick Beaty	341	56 Ford	0	$350
14	4	Jimmie Lewallen	80	Sam Rice	340	57 Pontiac	0	$370
15	34	Eddie Pagan	45	Eddie Pagan	339	57 Ford	0	$250
16	23	Bobby Johns	77	Shorty Johns	335	56 Chevrol	0	$225
17	26	Jimmy Thompson	20	Jimmy Thompson	328	56 Ford	0	$225
18	38	Nace Mattingly	54	Nace Mattingly	326	57 Ford	0	$200
19	37	LD Austin	74	LD Austin	312	56 Chevrol	0	$200
20	11	Tiny Lund	55	Brushy Mountain Motors (AL Bumgarner)	308	57 Pontiac	0	$300
21	31	Brownie King	32	Jess Potter	307	57 Chevrol	0	$150
22	35	Bobby Keck	96	Bobby Keck	283	57 Chevrol	0	$150
23	41	Roy Tyner	51	Roy Tyner	282	56 Ford	0	$150
24	8	Lee Petty	42	Petty Enterprises	281	57 Oldsmob	31	$750
25	42	George Parrish	71	Joe Frazier	263	56 Studeba	0	$350
26	33	Marvin Porter	12	Oscar Maples	221	57 Ford	0	$100
27	30	Whitey Norman	10	Whitey Norman	215	56 Ford	0	$100
28	20	Rex White	44	Max Welborn	210	57 Chevrol	0	$100
29	19	Bob Duell	95	Julian Buesink	156	57 Ford	0	$100
30	49	Peck Peckham	13	William Meyer	155	56 Chevrol	0	$100
31	39	Bill Champion	35	John Whitford	130	56 Ford	0	$100
32	18	Bill Amick	97	Bill Amick	102	57 Ford	0	$150
33	10	Fireball Roberts	22	Fireball Roberts	101	57 Ford	41	$460
34	22	Parnelli Jones	11	Oscar Maples	99	57 Ford	0	$100
35	50	Jim Paschal	75	Frank Hayworth	84	57 Ford	0	$100
36	36	Shorty York	17	Jim Paschal	79	57 Mercury	0	$300
37	16	Joe Caspolich	89	Pappy Crane	66	57 Ford	0	$200
38	46	Bill Blair	26	Sam Rice	63	57 Ford	0	$100
39	24	Runt Harris	90	Junie Donlavey	50	57 Chevrol	0	$100
40	14	Joe Weatherly	9	HolmanMoody	37	57 Ford	0	$130
41	13	Banjo Matthews	84	Banjo Matthews	31	57 Ford	0	$120
42	44	Cale Yarborough	30	Bob Weatherly	31	57 Pontiac	0	$100
43	2	Bobby Myers	4	Petty Enterprises	27	57 Oldsmob	1	$260
44	6	Paul Goldsmith	3	Pee Dee Motors (Smokey Yunick)	27	57 Ford	3	$200
45	43	Chuck Hansen	88	Chuck Hansen	23	57 Chevrol	0	$100
46	21	Gwyn Staley	38	Julian Petty	22	57 Chevrol	0	$100
47	5	Frankie Schneider	62	Frankie Schneider	19	57 Chevrol	0	$100
48	15	Fonty Flock	92	Keith Motors (Herb Thomas)	18	57 Pontiac	0	$100
49	40	Neil Castles	68	Neil Castles	13	56 Ford	0	$100
50	47	TA Toomes	41	CM Julian	3	56 Dodge	0	$300