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1957 Virginia 500

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NASCAR Grand National race number 17 of 53
Sunday, May 19, 1957 at Martinsville Speedway, Martinsville, VA
500 laps* on a 0.500 mile paved track (250.000 miles)

Time of race: 3:50:49
Average speed: 57.318 mph
Pole speed: 65.693 mph

Cautions: 3 for 51 laps
Margin of victory: under caution
Attendance: 16000
Lead changes: 5

Glossary 1957 NASCAR Grand National results / 1957 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
1	14	87	Buck Baker	Hugh Babb	'57 Chevrolet	441	3170	running	113
2	10	99	Curtis Turner	DePaolo Engineering (Pete DePaolo)	'57 Ford	441	1770	running	0
3	4	50	Tom Pistone	Hugh Babb	'57 Chevrolet	441	1125	crash	0
4	6	14	Billy Myers	Bill Stroppe	'57 Mercury	441	980	crash	201
5	8	42	Lee Petty	Petty Enterprises	'57 Oldsmobile	440	675	running	0
6	12	47	Jack Smith	Hugh Babb	'57 Chevrolet	436	500	running	0
7	1	3	Paul Goldsmith	Smokey's Best Damn Garage (Smokey Yunick)	'57 Ford	432	475	running	54
8	5	98	Marvin Panch	DePaolo Engineering (Pete DePaolo)	'57 Ford	431	400	running	0
9	7	22	Fireball Roberts	DePaolo Engineering (Pete DePaolo)	'57 Ford	427	300	running	0
10	23	17	Jim Paschal	Bill Stroppe	'57 Mercury	416	300	running	0
11	2	46	Speedy Thompson	Hugh Babb	'57 Chevrolet	409	275	running	0
12	16	32	Brownie King	Jess Potter	'56 Chevrolet	404	200	running	0
13	9	188	Ralph Earnhardt	Petty Enterprises	'57 Oldsmobile	391	200	running	0
14	19	74	L.D. Austin	L.D. Austin	'56 Chevrolet	391	200	running	0
15	18	76	George Green	Lonnie Fish	'56 Chevrolet	388	200	running	0
16	11	64	Johnny Allen	Spook Crawford	'57 Plymouth	377	200	clutch	0
17	24	71	Bill Bowman	Bill Bowman	'56 Chevrolet	363	175	running	0
18	22	24	Barney Oldfield	Rat Garner	'56 Ford	356	150	running	0
19	20	94	Clarence DeZalia	Clarence DeZalia	'56 Ford	351	150	running	0
20	3	55	Tiny Lund	A.L. Bumgarner	'57 Pontiac	281	295	engine	73
21	13	29	Russ Hepler	Howard Coulter	'57 Pontiac	270	125	bearing	0
22	15	6	Cotton Owens	Ray Nichels	'57 Pontiac	211	125	crash	0
23	21	28	Eddie Skinner	Eddie Skinner	'57 Ford	146	125	rear end	0
24	17	421	T.A. Toomes	C.M. Julian	'56 Dodge	121	125	gasket	0

* Race shortened to 441 laps due to crash.

Pos	Name	Nbr	Owner	Car
Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes:
	Emanuel Zervakis	11	Emanuel Zervakis	Chevrolet
	Bill Champion	35	Bill Champion	Ford
	Frank Jamison	80	Frank Jamison	Chevrolet
	Nace Mattingly	154	Nace Mattingly	Ford
WD	Jim Linke	881	Petty Enterprises	Oldsmobile

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	14	14
	15	19	5	#24 spun turn 3
	20	137	118
	138	182	45	rain
	183	440	258
	441	441	1	#14,50 accident turn 1
Percent of race run under caution: 11.6% Average green flag run: 130.0 laps

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Paul Goldsmith	1	54	54
Tiny Lund	55	127	73
Buck Baker	128	144	17
Billy Myers	145	232	88
Buck Baker	233	328	96
Billy Myers	329	441	113