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NASCAR Grand National race number 45 of 53
Sunday, September 15, 1957 at Langhorne Speedway, Langhorne, PA
300 laps on a 1.000 mile dirt track (300.000 miles)

Time of race: 4:04:03
Average speed: 72.759 mph
Pole speed: 92.072 mph

Cautions: n/a
Margin of victory: 2 lp 1 sec
Attendance: 20000
Lead changes: 9

Glossary 1957 NASCAR Grand National results / 1957 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
1	25	38	Gwyn Staley	Gaddy Chevrolet (Julian Petty)	'57 Chevrolet	300	4500	running	85
2	24	0	Whitey Norman	Whitey Norman	'57 Ford	298	2350	running	0
3	22	64	Johnny Allen	Spook Crawford	'57 Plymouth	295	1700	running	0
4	16	44	Rex White	Max Welborn	'57 Chevrolet	295	1135	running	0
5	12	87	Buck Baker	Buck Baker	'57 Chevrolet	295	960	running	0
6	23	9	Dave Terrell	Dave Terrell	'57 Chevrolet	287	750	running	0
7	7	12	Joe Weatherly	Holman-Moody Racing	'57 Ford	286	660	running	0
8	27	43	Ken Marriott	–	'57 Plymouth	281	600	running	0
9	41	2	Tommie Elliott	–	'57 Ford	281	500	running	0
10	19	14	Darel Dieringer	Slim Rominger	'56 Ford	279	450	running	0
11	20	62	Frankie Schneider	Frankie Schneider	'57 Chevrolet	276	400	running	0
12	5	49	Bob Welborn	Bob Welborn	'57 Chevrolet	273	300	running	0
13	29	76	Larry Frank	Lonnie Fish	'56 Chevrolet	273	300	running	0
14	4	42	Lee Petty	Petty Enterprises	'57 Oldsmobile	268	280	running	0
15	13	35	Pee Wee Jones	John Whitford	'57 Ford	262	225	running	0
16	31	10	Roger Baldwin	Roger Baldwin	'56 Ford	259	200	running	0
17	2	22	Fireball Roberts	Fireball Roberts	'57 Ford	247	225	running	123
18	42	93	Ted Chamberlain	Ted Chamberlain	'56 Chevrolet	247	150	running	0
19	37	77	Don Gray	Lonnie Fish	'56 Chevrolet	246	150	running	0
20	36	37	Bill Benson	Bill Benson	'56 Mercury	245	150	running	0
21	38	4	Art Binkley	Art Binkley	'56 Plymouth	233	125	running	0
22	21	5	Bill Champion	John Whitford	'56 Ford	233	125	running	0
23	9	48	Possum Jones	Inalley Chevrolet (Bob Welborn)	'57 Chevrolet	227	125	gas tank	0
24	6	7	Jim Reed	Jim Reed	'57 Ford	220	145	piston	44
25	40	74	L.D. Austin	L.D. Austin	'56 Chevrolet	219	125	idler arm	0
26	15	90	Emanuel Zervakis	Junie Donlavey	'57 Chevrolet	215	125	running	0
27	28	34	Huck Spaulding	Huck Spaulding	'56 Dodge	209	125	gas line	0
28	45	70	Harvey Eakin	Harvey Eakin	'56 Ford	208	125	running	0
29	14	97	Bill Amick	Bill Amick	'57 Ford	206	135	engine	19
30	17	68	Neil Castles	Neil Castles	'56 Ford	203	125	gas tank	0
31	10	46	Speedy Thompson	Speedy Thompson	'57 Chevrolet	180	110	crash	0
32	8	55	Tiny Lund	Brushy Mountain Motors (A.L. Bumgarner)	'57 Pontiac	167	120	crash	0
33	1	3	Paul Goldsmith	Smokey Yunick	'57 Ford	162	200	gas line	29
34	18	98	Marvin Panch	Marvin Panch	'57 Ford	146	100	a frame	0
35	46	1	Elton Hildreth	Elton Hildreth	'56 Mercury	142	100	oil pressure	0
36	3	21	Glen Wood	Wood Brothers	'57 Ford	131	120	gas tank	0
37	47	79	Dick Klank	–	'56 Ford	122	100	rf hub	0
38	26	47	Jack Smith	Jack Smith	'57 Chevrolet	114	100	shocks	0
39	48	81	Jerry Benjamin	–	'56 Ford	114	100	overheating	0
40	33	45	George Bumgardner	Lyle Sokoll	'57 Ford	111	100	a frame	0
41	11	75	Ken Rush	Frank Hayworth	'56 Mercury	103		rear end	0
42	39	65	Al White	Al White	'56 Ford	99		crash	0
43	32	88	Chuck Hanson	Chuck Hansen	'57 Chevrolet	93		running	0
44	44	6	Jim Paschal	–	'57 Ford	87		idler arm	0
45	34	86	Dutch Hoag	–	'55 Pontiac	85		a frame	0
46	30	23	Bobby Abel	–	'56 Chevrolet	57		engine	0
47	35	78	Shep Langdon	Lonnie Fish	'56 Chevrolet	52		transmission	0
48	43	32	Brownie King	Jess Potter	'57 Chevrolet	10		engine	0

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Paul Goldsmith	1	4	4
Fireball Roberts	5	20	16
Paul Goldsmith	21	39	19
Fireball Roberts	40	41	2
Paul Goldsmith	42	47	6
Fireball Roberts	48	89	42
Bill Amick	90	108	19
Fireball Roberts	109	171	63
Jim Reed	172	215	44
Gwyn Staley	216	300	85