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1957 Indian River Gold Cup 100


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NASCAR Grand National race number 3 of 53
Sunday, December 30, 1956 at Titusville-Cocoa Speedway, Titusville, FL
56 laps on a 1.600 mile road course (89.600 miles)

Time of race: 1:23:35
Average speed: 64.319 mph
Pole speed: 69.106 mph
Cautions: n/a
Margin of victory: 20 sec
Attendance: 16000
Lead changes: 1

Glossary    1957 NASCAR Grand National results   /   1957 standings

PosSt#DriverCarLapsMoneyStatusLed
1 222   Fireball Roberts DePaolo Engineering   (Pete DePaolo)'56 Ford56850running29
2 3C22   Curtis Turner DePaolo Engineering   (Pete DePaolo)'56 Ford56625running0
3 698   Marvin Panch DePaolo Engineering   (Pete DePaolo)'56 Ford56450running0
4 412   Ralph Moody DePaolo Engineering   (Pete DePaolo)'56 Ford56350running0
5 786   Doug Cox John Foster'56 Ford55310running0
6 942A   Tiny Lund Petty Enterprises'56 Dodge54250running0
71075   Jim Paschal Frank Hayworth'56 Mercury53200running0
81264   Johnny Allen Spook Crawford'56 Plymouth53150running0
91138   Mel Larson '56 Dodge51100running0
101569   Dick Joslin '56 Chevrolet48100running0
11 842   Lee Petty Petty Enterprises'56 Dodge47100running0
1214424   Chuck Thompson '54 Oldsmobile47100running0
13 13   Paul Goldsmith Smokey Yunick'56 Chevrolet34100fan belt27
141379   Jimmy Thompson Gus Holzmueller'56 Ford24100rear end0
15 5J12   Joe Weatherly DePaolo Engineering   (Pete DePaolo)'56 Ford17100clutch0

Lap leader breakdown:
LeaderFrom
Lap
To
Lap
# Of
Laps
  Paul Goldsmith12727
  Fireball Roberts285629