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1957 Southern 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Grand National race number 40 of 53 Monday, September 2, 1957 at Darlington Raceway, Darlington, SC 364 laps on a 1.375 mile paved track (500.500 miles) Time of race: 5:00:01 Average speed: 100.094 mph Pole speed: 117.416 mph Cautions: 6 for 23 laps Margin of victory: 3 laps + Attendance: 75000 Lead changes: 13 Glossary    1957 NASCAR Grand National results   /   1957 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led 1 7 46   Speedy Thompson Oates Motor Co.   (Speedy Thompson) '57 Chevrolet 364 13590 running 210 2 1 6   Cotton Owens Ray Nichels '57 Pontiac 361 6100 running 18 3 32 98   Marvin Panch Marvin Panch '57 Ford 360 3745 running 0 4 12 7   Jim Reed Jim Reed '57 Ford 356 2155 running 0 5 9 87   Buck Baker Buck Baker '57 Chevrolet 356 1650 running 0 6 45 2   Billy Carden Hubert Westmoreland '57 Chevrolet 354 1225 running 0 7 29 14   Billy Myers Billy Myers '57 Ford 353 1125 running 0 8 25 40   Johnny Mackison Camp Hill Special   (Johnny Mackison) '57 Ford 352 975 running 0 9 48 48   Possum Jones Inalley Chevrolet   (Bob Welborn) '57 Chevrolet 350 775 running 0 10 28 47   Jack Smith Jack Smith '57 Chevrolet 348 785 crash 9 11 3 31   Curtis Turner Smokey Yunick '57 Ford 346 1060 running 51 12 27 64   Johnny Allen Spook Crawford '57 Plymouth 345 600 running 0 13 17 34   Dick Beaty Dick Beaty '56 Ford 341 350 running 0 14 4 80   Jimmie Lewallen Sam Rice '57 Pontiac 340 370 running 0 15 34 45   Eddie Pagan Eddie Pagan '57 Ford 339 250 running 0 16 23 77   Bobby Johns Shorty Johns '56 Chevrolet 335 225 running 0 17 26 20   Jimmy Thompson Jimmy Thompson '56 Ford 328 225 running 0 18 38 54   Nace Mattingly Nace Mattingly '57 Ford 326 200 running 0 19 37 74   L.D. Austin L.D. Austin '56 Chevrolet 312 200 running 0 20 11 55   Tiny Lund Brushy Mountain Motors   (A.L. Bumgarner) '57 Pontiac 308 300 engine 0 21 31 32   Brownie King Jess Potter '57 Chevrolet 307 150 running 0 22 35 96   Bobby Keck Bobby Keck '57 Chevrolet 283 150 running 0 23 41 51   Roy Tyner Roy Tyner '56 Ford 282 150 running 0 24 8 42   Lee Petty Petty Enterprises '57 Oldsmobile 281 750 crash 31 25 42 71   George Parrish Joe Frazier '56 Studebaker 263 350 running 0 26 33 12   Marvin Porter Oscar Maples '57 Ford 221 100 engine 0 27 30 10   Whitey Norman Whitey Norman '56 Ford 215 100 engine 0 28 20 44   Rex White Max Welborn '57 Chevrolet 210 100 axle 0 29 19 95   Bob Duell Julian Buesink '57 Ford 156 100 radiator 0 30 49 13   Peck Peckham William Meyer '56 Chevrolet 155 100 engine 0 31 39 35   Bill Champion John Whitford '56 Ford 130 100 rear end 0 32 18 97   Bill Amick Bill Amick '57 Ford 102 150 crash 0 33 10 22   Fireball Roberts Fireball Roberts '57 Ford 101 460 crash 41 34 22 11   Parnelli Jones Oscar Maples '57 Ford 99 100 crash 0 35 50 75   Jim Paschal Frank Hayworth '57 Ford 84 100 piston 0 36 36 17   Shorty York Jim Paschal '57 Mercury 79 300 engine 0 37 16 89   Joe Caspolich Pappy Crane '57 Ford 66 200 crash 0 38 46 26   Bill Blair Sam Rice '57 Ford 63 100 crash 0 39 24 90   Runt Harris Junie Donlavey '57 Chevrolet 50 100 clutch 0 40 14 9   Joe Weatherly Holman-Moody Racing '57 Ford 37 130 crash 0 41 13 84   Banjo Matthews Banjo Matthews '57 Ford 31 120 engine 0 42 44 30   Cale Yarborough Bob Weatherly '57 Pontiac 31 100 rf hub 0 43 2 4   Bobby Myers Your Oldsmobile Dealer   (Petty Enterprises) '57 Oldsmobile 27 260 crash 1 44 6 3   Paul Goldsmith Pee Dee Motors   (Smokey Yunick) '57 Ford 27 200 crash 3 45 43 88   Chuck Hanson Chuck Hansen '57 Chevrolet 23 100 piston 0 46 21 38   Gwyn Staley Julian Petty '57 Chevrolet 22 100 coil 0 47 5 62   Frankie Schneider Frankie Schneider '57 Chevrolet 19 100 engine 0 48 15 92   Fonty Flock Keith Motors   (Herb Thomas) '57 Pontiac 18 100 crash 0 49 40 68   Neil Castles Neil Castles '56 Ford 13 100 oil pressure 0 50 47 41   T.A. Toomes C.M. Julian '56 Dodge 3 300 brakes 0

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car Bill Widenhouse 5 D.B. Baltas Chevrolet Dave Terrell 9 Dave Terrell Chevrolet Barney Smith 16 Barney Smith Pontiac Arden Mounts 18 Arden Mounts Pontiac Eddie Skinner 28 Eddie Skinner Ford Fred Knapp 37 Warren Johnson Ford Bob Whitmire 61 Bob Whitmire Ford Larry Frank 76 Larry Frank Chevrolet Duke DeBrizzi 81 Joe Collins Oldsmobile Jim Linke 81 Ernest Woods Oldsmobile Joe Eubanks 82 James Satcher Pontiac Ted Chamberlain 93 Ted Chamberlain Plymouth Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Cotton Owens 1 6 6   Curtis Turner 7 10 4   Paul Goldsmith 11 13 3   Bobby Myers 14 14 1   Curtis Turner 15 16 2   Cotton Owens 17 28 12   Lee Petty 29 40 12   Fireball Roberts 41 69 29   Lee Petty 70 88 19   Fireball Roberts 89 100 12   Jack Smith 101 109 9   Speedy Thompson 110 170 61   Curtis Turner 171 215 45   Speedy Thompson 216 364 149