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 - Wilkes County 160 Race Results
Race Name - Wilkes County 160Date - 4/7/1957Race Track - North Wilkesboro SpeedwayTrack Length (Miles) - 0.625 milesRace Length (Miles) - 100 milesPole Speed - 81.5 mphNumber of Cautions - 2Caution Laps - 5Average Race Speed - 75.015 mphLead Changes - 0Total Race Purse - $4,285Race Number - 9 | More Races from 1957 |
Fin | St | Driver | # | Sponsor | Laps Run | Make | Laps Led | Purse |
1 | 1 | Fireball Roberts | 22 | DePaolo Engineering (Pete DePaolo) | 160 | 57 Ford | 160 | $850 |
2 | 2 | Paul Goldsmith | 97 | DePaolo Engineering (Pete DePaolo) | 160 | 57 Ford | 0 | $625 |
3 | 9 | Ralph Moody | 12 | DePaolo Engineering (Pete DePaolo) | 160 | 57 Ford | 0 | $450 |
4 | 5 | Marvin Panch | 98 | DePaolo Engineering (Pete DePaolo) | 159 | 57 Ford | 0 | $350 |
5 | 3 | Buck Baker | 87 | Hugh Babb | 159 | 57 Chevrol | 0 | $310 |
6 | 10 | Allen Adkins | 99 | DePaolo Engineering (Pete DePaolo) | 158 | 57 Ford | 0 | $250 |
7 | 7 | Lee Petty | 42 | Petty Enterprises | 155 | 57 Oldsmob | 0 | $200 |
8 | 15 | Mel Larson | 55 | Mel Larson | 154 | 56 Ford | 0 | $150 |
9 | 13 | Johnny Allen | 64 | Spook Crawford | 153 | 57 Plymout | 0 | $100 |
10 | 17 | Brownie King | 32 | Jess Potter | 150 | 56 Chevrol | 0 | $100 |
11 | 11 | Tiny Lund | 431 | CM Julian | 148 | 56 Dodge | 0 | $100 |
12 | 16 | Bill Morton | 100 | Bill Morton | 145 | 56 Chevrol | 0 | $100 |
13 | 18 | Dick Beaty | 34 | Dick Beaty | 142 | 56 Ford | 0 | $100 |
14 | 19 | LD Austin | 74 | LD Austin | 140 | 56 Chevrol | 0 | $100 |
15 | 20 | Clarence DeZalia | 94 | Clarence DeZalia | 132 | 56 Ford | 0 | $100 |
16 | 4 | Speedy Thompson | 46 | Hugh Babb | 130 | 57 Chevrol | 0 | $100 |
17 | 12 | Billy Myers | 14 | Bill Stroppe | 119 | 57 Mercury | 0 | $100 |
18 | 6 | Jack Smith | 47 | Hugh Babb | 52 | 57 Chevrol | 0 | $100 |
19 | 14 | Ralph Earnhardt | 188 | Petty Enterprises | 36 | 57 Oldsmob | 0 | $50 |
20 | 8 | Jim Paschal | 17 | Bill Stroppe | 34 | 57 Mercury | 0 | $50 |