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1957-08

NASCAR Grand National race number 8 of 53
Sunday, March 31, 1957 at Asheville-Weaverville Speedway, Weaverville, NC
200 laps on a 0.500 mile dirt track (100.000 miles)

Time of race: 1:31:20
Average speed: 65.693 mph
Pole speed: 73.649 mph

Cautions: n/a
Margin of victory: 1 lap +
Attendance: 6000
Lead changes: 2

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
1	3	87	Buck Baker	Hugh Babb	'57 Chevrolet	200	850	running	96
2	7	46	Speedy Thompson	Hugh Babb	'57 Chevrolet	199	625	running	0
3	4	17	Jim Paschal	Bill Stroppe	'57 Mercury	198	450	running	0
4	6	47	Jack Smith	Hugh Babb	'57 Chevrolet	189	350	running	0
5	13	34	Dick Beaty	Dick Beaty	'56 Ford	188	310	running	0
6	14	64	Johnny Allen	Spook Crawford	'57 Plymouth	182	250	running	0
7	12	100	Bill Morton	Bill Morton	'56 Chevrolet	180	100	running	0
8	10	14	Billy Myers	Bill Stroppe	'57 Mercury	165	150	running	0
9	17	74	L.D. Austin	L.D. Austin	'56 Chevrolet	162	100	running	0
10	11	42	Lee Petty	Petty Enterprises	'57 Oldsmobile	141	100	running	0
11	15	32	Brownie King	Jess Potter	'56 Chevrolet	130	100	running	0
12	18	94	Clarence DeZalia	Clarence DeZalia	'56 Ford	128	100	throttle	0
13	2	22	Fireball Roberts	DePaolo Engineering (Pete DePaolo)	'57 Ford	104	100	piston	50
14	9	188	Ralph Earnhardt	Petty Enterprises	'57 Oldsmobile	71	100	overheating	0
15	5	99	Paul Goldsmith	DePaolo Engineering (Pete DePaolo)	'57 Ford	68	100	rear end	0
16	1	98	Marvin Panch	DePaolo Engineering (Pete DePaolo)	'57 Ford	54	100	rear end	54
17	8	12	Ralph Moody	DePaolo Engineering (Pete DePaolo)	'57 Ford	17	100	engine	0
18	16	76	George Green	Lonnie Fish	'56 Chevrolet	9	100	piston	0

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Marvin Panch	1	54	54
Fireball Roberts	55	104	50
Buck Baker	105	200	96