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1957 - NASCAR Grand National Series Race Summary

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1957 - NASCAR Grand National Series

A listing of races during the year including the winner, track location and race name. To access specific race information follow the race date link.


Date Winning Driver Race Name Track
11/11/1956 Marvin Panch 1 Willow Springs Speedway
12/2/1956 Marvin Panch 2 Concord Speedway (1)
12/30/1956 Fireball Roberts Indian River Gold Cup 100 Titusville-Cocoa Speedway
2/17/1957 Cotton Owens 4 Beach And Road Course
3/3/1957 Jack Smith 5 Concord Speedway (1)
3/17/1957 Ralph Moody 6 Wilson Speedway
3/24/1957 Buck Baker 7 Orange Speedway
3/31/1957 Buck Baker 8 Asheville-Weaverville Speedway
4/7/1957 Fireball Roberts Wilkes County 160 North Wilkesboro Speedway
4/14/1957 Fireball Roberts 10 Langhorne Speedway
4/19/1957 Fireball Roberts 11 Southern States Fairgrounds
4/27/1957 Marvin Panch 12 Piedmont Interstate Fairgrounds
4/28/1957 Paul Goldsmith 13 Greensboro Fairgrounds
4/28/1957 Art Watts 14 Portland Speedway (1)
5/4/1957 Fireball Roberts 15 Cleveland County Fairgrounds
5/5/1957 Paul Goldsmith Richmond 250 Rural Exposition Fairgrounds
5/19/1957 Buck Baker Virginia 500 Martinsville Speedway
5/26/1957 Eddie Pagan 18 Portland Speedway (1)
5/30/1957 Lloyd Dane 19 Eureka Speedway
5/30/1957 Buck Baker 20 Lincoln Speedway
6/1/1957 Paul Goldsmith 21 Lancaster Speedway
6/8/1957 Eddie Pagan 22 Ascot Stadium
6/15/1957 Fireball Roberts 23 Newport Speedway
6/20/1957 Jack Smith 24 Columbia Speedway
6/22/1957 Bill Amick 25 Capital Speedway
6/29/1957 Lee Petty 26 Piedmont Interstate Fairgrounds
6/30/1957 Buck Baker 27 Jacksonville Speedway
7/4/1957 Paul Goldsmith Raleigh 250 Raleigh Speedway
7/12/1957 Marvin Panch 29 Southern States Fairgrounds
7/14/1957 Marvin Panch 30 Memphis-Arkansas Speedway
7/14/1957 Eddie Pagan 31 Portland Speedway (1)
7/20/1957 Jack Smith Buddy Shuman 250 Hickory Speedway
7/24/1957 Buck Baker 33 Norfolk Speedway
7/30/1957 Speedy Thompson 34 Lancaster Speedway
8/4/1957 Buck Baker The Glen 101.2 Watkins Glen International
8/4/1957 Parnelli Jones 36 Kitsap County Airport
8/10/1957 Marvin Panch 37 Lincoln Speedway
8/16/1957 Lee Petty 38 Old Bridge Stadium
8/26/1957 Gwyn Staley 39 Coastal Speedway
9/2/1957 Speedy Thompson Southern 500 Darlington Raceway
9/5/1957 Gwyn Staley 41 New York State Fairgrounds
9/8/1957 Lee Petty 42 Asheville-Weaverville Speedway
9/8/1957 Danny Graves 43 California State Fairgrounds
9/15/1957 Marvin Porter 44 Santa Clara Fairgrounds
9/15/1957 Gwyn Staley 45 Langhorne Speedway
9/19/1957 Buck Baker 46 Columbia Speedway
9/21/1957 Buck Baker 47 Cleveland County Fairgrounds
10/5/1957 Lee Petty 48 Southern States Fairgrounds
10/6/1957 Bob Welborn Sweepstakes 500 Martinsville Speedway
10/12/1957 Fireball Roberts 50 Newberry Speedway
10/13/1957 Fireball Roberts 51 Concord Speedway (1)
10/20/1957 Jack Smith Wilkes 160 North Wilkesboro Speedway
10/27/1957 Buck Baker 53 Greensboro Fairgrounds