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1957 Wilkes 160

NASCAR Grand National race number 52 of 53
Sunday, October 20, 1957 at North Wilkesboro Speedway, North Wilkesboro, NC
160 laps on a 0.625 mile paved track (100.000 miles)

Time of race: 1:29:10
Average speed: 69.902 mph
Pole speed: 81.64 mph

Cautions: 2
Margin of victory: 4 sec
Attendance: 5000
Lead changes: 5

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
1	4	47	Jack Smith	Jack Smith	'57 Chevrolet	160	900	running	43
2	8	42	Lee Petty	Petty Enterprises	'57 Oldsmobile	160	575	running	0
3	2	84	Banjo Matthews	Banjo Matthews	'57 Ford	160	375	running	56
4	7	46	Speedy Thompson	Speedy Thompson	'57 Chevrolet	160	280	running	0
5	6	6	Cotton Owens	Ray Nichels	'57 Pontiac	160	245	running	0
6	12	87	Buck Baker	Buck Baker	'57 Chevrolet	160	210	running	0
7	3	98	Marvin Panch	Marvin Panch	'57 Ford	160	175	running	0
8	17	44	Rex White	Max Welborn	'57 Chevrolet	159	165	running	0
9	14	36	Bill Morton	Bill Morton	'56 Ford	159	150	running	0
10	5	21	Jimmy Massey	Wood Brothers	'56 Ford	152	140	running	0
11	10	32	Brownie King	Jess Potter	'57 Chevrolet	151	135	running	0
12	16	34	Dick Beaty	Dick Beaty	'56 Ford	149	125	running	0
13	13	64	Johnny Allen	Spook Crawford	'57 Plymouth	148	110	running	0
14	22	74	L.D. Austin	L.D. Austin	'56 Chevrolet	145	100	running	0
15	20	96	Bobby Keck	Bobby Keck	'57 Chevrolet	142	100	running	0
16	19	100	Jack Marsh	–	'56 Chevrolet	136	100	running	0
17	23	11	Jim Russell	Jim Russell	'56 Ford	135	100	running	0
18	26	2	Bill Massey	–	'56 Chevrolet	129	100	radiator	0
19	9	80	Tiny Lund	Sam Rice	'57 Pontiac	118	50	axle	0
20	11	55	Junior Johnson	Brushy Mountain Motors (A.L. Bumgarner)	'57 Pontiac	102	50	engine	0
21	1	22	Fireball Roberts	Fireball Roberts	'57 Ford	61	50	crash	61
22	25	41	Johnny Dodson	C.M. Julian	'56 Dodge	19	50	engine	0
23	15	63	R.L. Combs	R.L. Combs	'56 Ford	1	50	transmission	0
24	21	75	Max Berrier	Frank Hayworth	'56 Mercury	0	50	crash	0
25	24	71	George Parrish	Joe Frazier	'56 Studebaker	0	25	crash	0
26	18	51	Roy Tyner	Roy Tyner	'56 Ford	0	25	crash	0

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Fireball Roberts	1	61	61
Jack Smith	62	93	32
Banjo Matthews	94	111	18
Jack Smith	112	112	1
Banjo Matthews	113	150	38
Jack Smith	151	160	10