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NASCAR Grand National race number 6 of 53
Sunday, March 17, 1957 at Wilson Speedway, Wilson, NC
200 laps on a 0.500 mile dirt track (100.000 miles)

Time of race: 1:48:56
Average speed: 55.079 mph
Pole speed: 59.269 mph

Cautions: n/a
Margin of victory: 2 laps
Attendance: 10000
Lead changes: 1

Glossary 1957 NASCAR Grand National results / 1957 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
1	4	12	Ralph Moody	DePaolo Engineering (Pete DePaolo)	'57 Ford	200	850	running	100
2	5	87	Buck Baker	Hugh Babb	'57 Chevrolet	198	625	running	0
3	9	46	Speedy Thompson	Hugh Babb	'57 Chevrolet	196	450	running	0
4	8	42	Lee Petty	Petty Enterprises	'57 Oldsmobile	195	350	running	0
5	17	188	Tiny Lund	Petty Enterprises	'57 Oldsmobile	195	310	running	0
6	15	97	Paul Goldsmith	Pete DePaolo	'57 Ford	194	250	running	0
7	14	32	Brownie King	Jess Potter	'56 Chevrolet	183	200	running	0
8	10	505	Charlie Cregar	Charlie Cregar	'57 Plymouth	183	150	running	0
9	1	22	Fireball Roberts	DePaolo Engineering (Pete DePaolo)	'57 Ford	182	100	running	100
10	3	47	Jack Smith	Hugh Babb	'57 Chevrolet	174	100	running	0
11	13	154	Nace Mattingly	Nace Mattingly	'57 Ford	172	100	running	0
12	19	76	George Green	Lonnie Fish	'56 Chevrolet	171	100	running	0
13	20	74	L.D. Austin	L.D. Austin	'56 Chevrolet	160	100	running	0
14	21	94	Clarence DeZalia	Clarence DeZalia	'56 Ford	157	100	running	0
15	18	112	Bob Whitmire	Bob Whitmire	'56 Ford	153	100	running	0
16	16	11	Emanuel Zervakis	Emanuel Zervakis	'56 Chevrolet	133	100	shocks	0
17	12	35	Bill Champion	Bill Champion	'56 Ford	113	100	gas line	0
18	7	17	Jim Paschal	Bill Stroppe	'57 Mercury	98	100	steering	0
19	2	98	Marvin Panch	DePaolo Engineering (Pete DePaolo)	'57 Ford	52	50	clutch	0
20	11	64	Johnny Allen	Spook Crawford	'57 Plymouth	43	50	head	0
21	6	14	Billy Myers	Bill Stroppe	'57 Mercury	40		crash	0

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Fireball Roberts	1	100	100
Ralph Moody	101	200	100