1957 Langhorne Speedway

Race 45 of 53

Langhorne
300 laps
Time of race: 4:04:03
Average speed of winner: 72.759 mph
Margin of victory: 2 laps + 0.753 sec.
Lead changes: N/A among N/A drivers
Lead changes: N/A
Cautions: N/A for N/A laps
Lap leaders: 1-298 unknown, Staley 299-300

Race notes: Last win for Gwyn Staley. Finale for Roger Baldwin, Harvey Eakin, Elton Hildreth, and Dutch Hoag. Only start for Bobby Abel and George Bumgardner.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	25	Gwyn Staley	38		'57 Chevrolet	Julian Petty			300	1	2	running	4500	0
2	24	Whitey Norman	0		'57 Ford	Whitey Norman			298	0	0	running	2350	0
3	22	Johnny Allen	64		'57 Plymouth	Spook Crawford			295	0	0	running	1700	0
4	16	Rex White	44		'57 Chevrolet	Max Welborn			295	0	0	running	1135	0
5	12	Buck Baker	87		'57 Chevrolet	Buck Baker	Moore		295	0	0	running	960	0
6	23	Dave Terrell	9		'57 Chevrolet	Terrell			287	0	0	running	750	0
7	7	Joe Weatherly	12		'57 Ford	Holman-Moody			286	0	0	running	660	0
8	27	Ken Marriott	43		'57 Plymouth				281	0	0	running	600	0
9	41	Tommie Elliott	2		'57 Ford				281	0	0	running	500	0
10	19	Darel Dieringer	14		'56 Ford	Rominger			279	0	0	running	450	0
11	20	Frankie Schneider	62		'57 Chevrolet				276	0	0	running	400	0
12	5	Bob Welborn	49		'57 Chevrolet	Welborn			273	0	0	running	300	0
13	29	Larry Frank	76		'56 Chevrolet	Lonnie Fish			273	0	0	running	300	0
14	4	Lee Petty	42		'57 Oldsmobile	Petty	Petty		268	0	0	running	280	0
15	13	Pee Wee Jones	35		'57 Ford	Whitford Brothers			262	0	0	running	225	0
16	31	Roger Baldwin	10		'56 Ford	Roger Baldwin			259	0	0	running	200	0
17	2	Fireball Roberts	22		'57 Ford	Roberts			247	0	0	running	225	0
18	42	Ted Chamberlain	93		'56 Chevrolet	Ted Chamberlain			247	0	0	running	150	0
19	37	Don Gray	77		'56 Chevrolet	Lonnie Fish			246	0	0	running	150	0
20	36	Bill Benson	37		'56 Mercury				245	0	0	running	150	0
21	38	Art Binkley	4		'56 Plymouth	Binkley			233	0	0	running	125	0
22	21	Bill Champion	5		'56 Ford	Whitford Brothers			233	0	0	running	125	0
23	9	Possum Jones	48		'57 Chevrolet	Welborn			227	0	0	gas tank	125	0
24	6	Jim Reed	7		'57 Ford	Jim Reed			220	0	0	piston	145	0
25	40	L.D. Austin	74		'56 Chevrolet	L.D. Austin			219	0	0	idler arm	125	0
26	15	Emanuel Zervakis	90		'57 Chevrolet	Donlavey			215	0	0	running	125	0
27	28	Huck Spaulding	34		'56 Dodge				209	0	0	gas line	125	0
28	45	Harvey Eakin	70		'56 Ford	Eakin			208	0	0	running	125	0
29	14	Bill Amick	97		'57 Ford	Bill Amick			206	0	0	engine	135	0
30	17	Neil Castles	68		'56 Ford	Castles			203	0	0	gas tank	125	0
31	10	Speedy Thompson	46		'57 Chevrolet	Speedy Thompson			180	0	0	accident	110	0
32	8	Tiny Lund	55	Brushy Mountain Motors	'57 Pontiac	Bumgarner			167	0	0	accident	120	0
33	1	Paul Goldsmith	3		'57 Ford	Yunick	Yunick	92.072	162	0	0	gas line	200	0
34	18	Marvin Panch	98		'57 Ford	Marvin Panch			146	0	0	a-frame	100	0
35	46	Elton Hildreth	1		'56 Mercury	Hildreth			142	0	0	oil pressure	100	0
36	3	Glen Wood	21		'57 Ford	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		131	0	0	gas tank	120	0
37	47	Dick Klank	79		'56 Ford				122	0	0	hub	100	0
38	26	Jack Smith	47		'57 Chevrolet	Jack Smith			114	0	0	shocks	100	0
39	48	Jerry Benjamin	81		'56 Ford				114	0	0	heating	100	0
40	33	George Bumgardner	45		'57 Ford	Sokoll			111	0	0	a-frame	100	0
41	11	Ken Rush	75		'56 Mercury	Hayworth			103	0	0	rear end	0	0
42	39	Al White	65		'56 Ford				99	0	0	accident	0	0
43	32	Chuck Hansen	88		'57 Chevrolet	Chuck Hansen			93	0	0	running	0	0
44	44	Jim Paschal	6		'57 Ford				87	0	0	idler arm	0	0
45	34	Dutch Hoag	86		'55 Pontiac				85	0	0	a-frame	0	0
46	30	Bobby Abel	23		'56 Chevrolet				57	0	0	engine	0	0
47	35	Shep Langdon	78		'56 Chevrolet	Lonnie Fish			52	0	0	transmission	0	0
48	43	Brownie King	32		'57 Chevrolet	Jess Potter			10	0	0	engine	0	0