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 - 6 Race Results
Race Name - 6Date - 3/17/1957Race Track - Wilson SpeedwayTrack Length (Miles) - 0.5 milesRace Length (Miles) - 100 milesPole Speed - 59.269 mphNumber of Cautions - Caution Laps - Average Race Speed - 55.079 mphLead Changes - 1Total Race Purse - $4,285Race Number - 6 | More Races from 1957 |
Fin | St | Driver | # | Sponsor | Laps Run | Make | Laps Led | Purse |
1 | 4 | Ralph Moody | 12 | DePaolo Engineering (Pete DePaolo) | 200 | 57 Ford | 100 | $850 |
2 | 5 | Buck Baker | 87 | Hugh Babb | 198 | 57 Chevrol | 0 | $625 |
3 | 9 | Speedy Thompson | 46 | Hugh Babb | 196 | 57 Chevrol | 0 | $450 |
4 | 8 | Lee Petty | 42 | Petty Enterprises | 195 | 57 Oldsmob | 0 | $350 |
5 | 17 | Tiny Lund | 188 | Petty Enterprises | 195 | 57 Oldsmob | 0 | $310 |
6 | 15 | Paul Goldsmith | 97 | Pete DePaolo | 194 | 57 Ford | 0 | $250 |
7 | 14 | Brownie King | 32 | Jess Potter | 183 | 56 Chevrol | 0 | $200 |
8 | 10 | Charlie Cregar | 505 | Charlie Cregar | 183 | 57 Plymout | 0 | $150 |
9 | 1 | Fireball Roberts | 22 | DePaolo Engineering (Pete DePaolo) | 182 | 57 Ford | 100 | $100 |
10 | 3 | Jack Smith | 47 | Hugh Babb | 174 | 57 Chevrol | 0 | $100 |
11 | 13 | Nace Mattingly | 154 | Nace Mattingly | 172 | 57 Ford | 0 | $100 |
12 | 19 | George Green | 76 | Lonnie Fish | 171 | 56 Chevrol | 0 | $100 |
13 | 20 | LD Austin | 74 | LD Austin | 160 | 56 Chevrol | 0 | $100 |
14 | 21 | Clarence DeZalia | 94 | Clarence DeZalia | 157 | 56 Ford | 0 | $100 |
15 | 18 | Bob Whitmire | 112 | Bob Whitmire | 153 | 56 Ford | 0 | $100 |
16 | 16 | Emanuel Zervakis | 11 | Emanuel Zervakis | 133 | 56 Chevrol | 0 | $100 |
17 | 12 | Bill Champion | 35 | Bill Champion | 113 | 56 Ford | 0 | $100 |
18 | 7 | Jim Paschal | 17 | Bill Stroppe | 98 | 57 Mercury | 0 | $100 |
19 | 2 | Marvin Panch | 98 | DePaolo Engineering (Pete DePaolo) | 52 | 57 Ford | 0 | $50 |
20 | 11 | Johnny Allen | 64 | Spook Crawford | 43 | 57 Plymout | 0 | $50 |
21 | 6 | Billy Myers | 14 | Bill Stroppe | 40 | 57 Mercury | 0 | $ |