1957 - NASCAR Grand National Series - Virginia 500 Race Results

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1957 - Virginia 500 Race Results

Race Name - Virginia 500
Date - 5/19/1957
Race Track - Martinsville Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 0.5 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 221 miles
Pole Speed - 65.693 mph
Number of Cautions - 3
Caution Laps - 51
Average Race Speed - 57.318 mph
Lead Changes - 5
Total Race Purse - $12,240
Race Number - 17

More Races from 1957

Fin	St	Driver	#	Sponsor	Laps Run	Make	Laps Led	Purse
1	14	Buck Baker	87	Hugh Babb	441	57 Chevrol	113	$3,170
2	10	Curtis Turner	99	DePaolo Engineering (Pete DePaolo)	441	57 Ford	0	$1,770
3	4	Tom Pistone	50	Hugh Babb	441	57 Chevrol	0	$1,125
4	6	Billy Myers	14	Bill Stroppe	441	57 Mercury	201	$980
5	8	Lee Petty	42	Petty Enterprises	440	57 Oldsmob	0	$675
6	12	Jack Smith	47	Hugh Babb	436	57 Chevrol	0	$500
7	1	Paul Goldsmith	3	Smokeys Best Damn Garage (Smokey Yunick)	432	57 Ford	54	$475
8	5	Marvin Panch	98	DePaolo Engineering (Pete DePaolo)	431	57 Ford	0	$400
9	7	Fireball Roberts	22	DePaolo Engineering (Pete DePaolo)	427	57 Ford	0	$300
10	23	Jim Paschal	17	Bill Stroppe	416	57 Mercury	0	$300
11	2	Speedy Thompson	46	Hugh Babb	409	57 Chevrol	0	$275
12	16	Brownie King	32	Jess Potter	404	56 Chevrol	0	$200
13	9	Ralph Earnhardt	88	Petty Enterprises	391	57 Oldsmob	0	$200
14	19	LD Austin	74	LD Austin	391	56 Chevrol	0	$200
15	18	George Green	76	Lonnie Fish	388	56 Chevrol	0	$200
16	11	Johnny Allen	64	Spook Crawford	377	57 Plymout	0	$200
17	24	Bill Bowman	71	Bill Bowman	363	56 Chevrol	0	$175
18	22	Barney Oldfield	24	Rat Garner	356	56 Ford	0	$150
19	20	Clarence DeZalia	94	Clarence DeZalia	351	56 Ford	0	$150
20	3	Tiny Lund	55	AL Bumgarner	281	57 Pontiac	73	$295
21	13	Russ Hepler	29	Howard Coulter	270	57 Pontiac	0	$125
22	15	Cotton Owens	6	Ray Nichels	211	57 Pontiac	0	$125
23	21	Eddie Skinner	28	Eddie Skinner	146	57 Ford	0	$125
24	17	TA Toomes	421	CM Julian	121	56 Dodge	0	$125