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1957 Springfield 100 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post USAC Champ Car Series race number 6 of 13 Saturday, August 17, 1957 at Illinois State Fairgrounds, Springfield, IL 100 laps on a 1.000 mile dirt track (100.000 miles) Time of race: 1:02:29 Average speed: 96.015 mph Pole speed: 107.048 mph Cautions: none Margin of victory: n/a Attendance: 17000 Lead changes: 1 Glossary    1957 USAC Champ Car Series results   /   1957 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Chass./Eng. Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 4 8   Rodger Ward Roger Wolcott Lesovsky / Offy 100 4899 running 100 200 2 3 2   Jud Larson John Zink Watson / Offy 100 3325 running 0 160 3 1 78   George Amick Lindsey Hopkins Lesovsky / Offy 100 1960 running 0 140 4 7 6   Johnny Boyd Bowes Seal Fast   (George Bignotti) Kurtis / Offy 100 1273 running 0 120 5 9 73   Andy Linden McNamara Chiropractic   (Lee Elkins) Turner / Offy 100 1172 running 0 100 6 2 21   Elmer George HOW   (Mari Hulman George) Watson / Offy 99 889 running 0 80 7 6 1   Jimmy Bryan Dean Van Lines   (Al Dean) Kuzma / Offy 99 708 running 0 60 8 13 46   Don Freeland Lee Glessner Hillegass / Offy 99 657 running 0 50 9 16 56   A.J. Foyt Hoover Motor Express   (John Wills) Templeton / Offy 99 607 running 0 40 10 17 15   Ralph Liguori Ray Brady Kurtis / Offy 98 556 running 0 30 11 14 76   Don Branson Leitenberger Silnes-Sherman / Offy 98 506 running 0 20 12 5 43   Dick Rathmann Harry Allen Chapman Russo-Nichels / Offy 98 415 running 0 10 13 18 77   Mike Magill Dayton Steel   (George Walther) Kurtis / Offy 97 364 running 0   14 12 10   Johnny Thomson D-A Lubricants   (Racing Associates) Kuzma / Offy 97 324 magneto 0   15 15 17   Ed Elisian Lutes Truck Parts   (Bill Lutes) Kurtis / Offy 79 283 running 0   16 8 55   Van Johnson Sam Traylor Kurtis / Offy 68 243 handling 0   17 10 67   Don Edmunds Braund Plywood   (D.A. Caruthers) Kuzma / Offy 24 162 overheating 0   18 11 7   Bob Veith Bob Estes Phillips / Offy 14 162 ignition 0

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car Pat O'Connor 12 Sumar Jack Turner 22 Hart Fullerton Billy Garrett 33 Federal Engineering Don Evans 59 Weyant & Evans Bud Randall 62 Karl Hall Rex Easton 63 Allstate Tool Len Sutton 81 Central Excavating Luther Baughman 85 Norris Ford Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Rodger Ward 1 100 100