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NASCAR Grand National race number 4 of 53
Sunday, February 17, 1957 at Beach & Road Course, Daytona Beach, FL
39 laps on a 4.100 mile road course (159.900 miles)

Time of race: 1:34:29
Average speed: 101.541 mph
Pole speed: 134.382 mph

Cautions: 1
Margin of victory: 55 sec
Attendance: 35000
Lead changes: 5

Glossary 1957 NASCAR Grand National results / 1957 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
17	30	64	Johnny Allen	Spook Crawford	'57 Plymouth	–	80	–	0
53	41	12	Bill Amick	Pete DePaolo	'57 Ford	–		–	0
42	52	74	L.D. Austin	L.D. Austin	'56 Chevrolet	–		–	0
4	18	87	Buck Baker	Hugh Babb	'57 Chevrolet	39	900	running	0
19	46	34	Dick Beaty	Dick Beaty	'56 Ford	–	75	–	0
2	13	50	Johnny Beauchamp	Hugh Babb	'57 Chevrolet	39	2450	running	0
31	9	20	Fred Boggs	Floyd's Auto Sales (Fred Boggs)	'57 Ford	–	25	–	0
38	26	25A	Everett Brashear	Osiecki Racing (Bob Osiecki)	'57 Plymouth	–	25	crash	0
26	47	121	Scotty Cain	Scotty Cain	'56 Ford	–	50	–	0
35	37	23	Hank Chapman	Hank Chapman	'56 Pontiac	–	25	crash	0
10	36	505	Charlie Cregar	Charlie Cregar	'57 Plymouth	–	200	–	0
20	34	36	Jim Delaney	Tom Harbison	'57 Plymouth	–	75	–	0
46	6	85	Darel Dieringer	John Zink Co. (John Zink)	'57 Pontiac	9		crash	0
57	19	95	Bob Duell	Julian Buesink	'57 Ford	1		stalled	0
49	12	39	Ed Fiola	George Mellinger	'57 Chevrolet	–		–	0
3	4	18	Fonty Flock	Bill Stroppe	'57 Mercury	39	1500	running	0
12	10	15	Tim Flock	Bill Stroppe	'57 Mercury	–	135	–	0
48	56	61	Dick Foley	Dick Foley	'57 Chevrolet	–		–	0
24	20	3	Paul Goldsmith	Smokey's Best Damn Garage (Smokey Yunick)	'57 Chevrolet	31	60	piston	9
21	45	411	Jack Goodwin	Jack Goodwin	'57 Ford	–	60	–	0
51	48	81	Bernie Hentges	Bernie Hentges	'56 Dodge	–		–	0
22	16	29	Russ Hepler	Howard Coulter	'57 Pontiac	–	60	–	0
32	55	441	Chuck Hobbs	Chuck Hobbs	'57 Chevrolet	–	25	crash	0
33	24	310	Joe Lee Johnson	S.T. Campbell	'56 Dodge	–	25	–	0
50	43	32	Brownie King	Jess Potter	'56 Chevrolet	–		–	0
28	25	37	Pat Kirkwood	Herschel White	'57 Plymouth	–	50	–	0
30	57	55	Mel Larson	Mel Larson	'56 Ford	–	50	–	0
25	51	640	Ken Love	Richard Gallup	'57 Ford	–	60	–	0
44	5	188	Tiny Lund	Petty Enterprises	'57 Oldsmobile	–		–	0
6	27	43	Bill Lutz	Petty Enterprises	'57 Oldsmobile	38	600	–	0
41	1	8	Banjo Matthews	Ray Nichels	'57 Pontiac	–	100	engine	0
36	44	154	Nace Mattingly	Nace Mattingly	'57 Ford	–	25	–	0
43	17	97	Ralph Moody	Pete DePaolo	'57 Ford	–		–	0
39	31	248	Sonny Morgan	Sonny Morgan	'57 Plymouth	–	25	–	0
16	11	14	Billy Myers	Mercury (Bill Stroppe)	'57 Mercury	–	90	–	0
14	28	90	Don Oldenberg	Osiecki Racing (Bob Osiecki)	'57 Plymouth	–	100	–	0
13	22	500	Phil Orr	May Day (Phil Orr)	'57 Ford	–	110	–	0
1	3	6	Cotton Owens	Stephens Pontiac (Ray Nichels)	'57 Pontiac	39	4250	running	30
5	21	98	Marvin Panch	DePaolo Engineering (Pete DePaolo)	'57 Ford	39	700	running	0
45	8	17	Jim Paschal	Bill Stroppe	'57 Mercury	–		–	0
15	29	112	Rod Perry	Bob Whitmire	'56 Ford	–	100	–	0
27	33	42M	Lee Petty	Petty Enterprises	'57 Oldsmobile	–	50	crash	0
54	15	7	Jim Reed	Pete DePaolo	'57 Ford	–		–	0
37	14	22	Fireball Roberts	Pete DePaolo	'57 Ford	–	25	–	0
56	23	118	Jim Russell	Jim Russell	'57 Ford	–		–	0
40	7	45	Frankie Schneider	Hugh Babb	'57 Chevrolet	–	25	stalled	0
23	38	28	Eddie Skinner	Eddie Skinner	'57 Ford	–	60	–	0
34	2	47	Jack Smith	Valley Chevrolet (Hugh Babb)	'57 Chevrolet	–	25	–	0
29	32	527	Lem Svajian	Lem Svajian	'57 Plymouth	–	50	–	0
52	40	54	Al Tasnady	Plymouth / Tutan Motors (Romeo Gelsi)	'57 Plymouth	–		–	0
8	50	46	Speedy Thompson	Hugh Babb	'57 Chevrolet	–	400	–	0
55	35	226	Russ Truelove	Bill White	'56 Mercury	–		–	0
7	39	99	Curtis Turner	DePaolo Engineering (Pete DePaolo)	'57 Ford	38	500	–	0
18	42	9	Joe Weatherly	DePaolo Engineering (Pete DePaolo)	'57 Ford	–	75	–	0
47	54	76	George West	Lonnie Fish	'56 Chevrolet	–		–	0
9	53	44	Rex White	Hugh Babb	'57 Chevrolet	–	250	–	0
11	49	712	Glen Wood	Wood Brothers	'56 Ford	–	150	–	0

Pos	Name	Nbr	Car
Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes:
	Ray Chaike	16	Ford
	Billy Carden	27	Chevrolet
	Dean Kirby	219	Pontiac

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Cotton Owens	1	10	10
Paul Goldsmith	11	11	1
Cotton Owens	12	23	12
Paul Goldsmith	24	31	8
Cotton Owens	32	39	8