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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