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1957 Sweepstakes 500

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NASCAR Grand National race number 49 of 53
Sunday, October 6, 1957 at Martinsville Speedway, Martinsville, VA
500 laps on a 0.500 mile paved track (250.000 miles)

Time of race: 3:58:00
Average speed: 63.025 mph
Pole speed: 65.837 mph

Cautions: 4 for 14 laps
Margin of victory: 14 sec
Attendance: 5000
Lead changes: 6

Glossary 1957 NASCAR Grand National results / 1957 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
1	2	49	Bob Welborn	Bob Welborn	'57 Chevrolet	500	3100	running	435
2	16	11	Jimmy Massey	Wood Brothers	'56 Ford	500	1975	running	7
3	15	42	Lee Petty	Petty Enterprises	'57 Oldsmobile	498	1425	running	42
4	27	44	Rex White	Max Welborn	'57 Chevrolet	497	1150	running	16
5	4	12	Joe Weatherly	Holman-Moody Racing	'57 Ford	493	850	running	0
6	33	97	Bill Amick	Bill Amick	'57 Ford	491	750	running	0
7	17	47	Jack Smith	Jack Smith	'57 Chevrolet	491	650	running	0
8	10	48	Possum Jones	Inalley Chevrolet (Bob Welborn)	'57 Chevrolet	490	500	running	0
9	12	38	Gwyn Staley	Julian Petty	'57 Chevrolet	489	425	running	0
10	37	8	Tiny Lund	Bishop Brothers	'57 Chevrolet	486	450	running	0
11	35	10	Whitey Norman	Whitey Norman	'57 Ford	485	525	running	0
12	13	7	Fireball Roberts	Buck Baker	'57 Chevrolet	482	350	running	0
13	6	21	Glen Wood	Wood Brothers	'57 Ford	481	300	running	0
14	8	76	Larry Frank	Lonnie Fish	'56 Chevrolet	480	250	running	0
15	25	32	Brownie King	Jess Potter	'57 Chevrolet	477	225	running	0
16	9	22	Marvin Panch	Fireball Roberts	'57 Ford	473	210	running	0
17	38	41	T.A. Toomes	T.A. Toomes	'56 Dodge	473	200	running	0
18	23	26	Jim Paschal	Sam Rice	'57 Ford	470	190	running	0
19	1	45	Eddie Pagan	Eddie Pagan	'57 Ford	461	180	running	0
20	21	74	L.D. Austin	L.D. Austin	'56 Chevrolet	455	170	running	0
21	36	28	Eddie Skinner	Eddie Skinner	'57 Ford	453	210	running	0
22	20	90	Emanuel Zervakis	Junie Donlavey	'57 Chevrolet	447	250	axle	0
23	7	87	Buck Baker	Buck Baker	'57 Chevrolet	429	125	running	0
24	5	62	Frankie Schneider	Frankie Schneider	'57 Chevrolet	426	100	running	0
25	28	4	Art Binkley	Art Binkley	'56 Plymouth	424	140	running	0
26	26	93	Ted Chamberlain	Ted Chamberlain	'56 Chevrolet	421	100	running	0
27	40	51	Roy Tyner	Roy Tyner	'56 Ford	417	100	running	0
28	11	46	Speedy Thompson	Speedy Thompson	'57 Chevrolet	416	50	crash	0
29	14	75	Ken Rush	Frank Hayworth	'56 Mercury	405	50	running	0
30	30	5	Bill Champion	Bill Champion	'56 Ford	399	100	running	0
31	18	19	Dick Walters	Dick Walters	'56 Plymouth	398	50	running	0
32	22	3	Paul Goldsmith	Smokey Yunick	'57 Ford	334	125	crash	0
33	29	84	Banjo Matthews	Banjo Matthews	'57 Ford	334	125	rear end	0
34	34	78	George Green	Lonnie Fish	'56 Chevrolet	292	100	running	0
35	19	64	Johnny Allen	Spook Crawford	'57 Plymouth	242	50	rear end	0
36	32	68	Neil Castles	Neil Castles	'56 Ford	225	100	coil	0
37	39	17	Billy Myers	Fred Harb	'57 Mercury	160	100	rear end	0
38	31	6	Cotton Owens	Ray Nichels	'57 Pontiac	144	100	engine	0
39	3	40	Johnny Mackison	Camp Hill Special (Johnny Mackison)	'57 Ford	133	50	rear end	0
40	24	1A	Bill Massey	Whitey Norman	'56 Ford	86	100	transmission	0

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Bob Welborn	1	183	183
Lee Petty	184	198	15
Jimmy Massey	199	205	7
Rex White	206	221	16
Lee Petty	222	248	27
Bob Welborn	249	500	252