1957 Sweepstakes 500

Race 49 of 53

Martinsville
500 laps
Time of race: 3:58:00
Average speed of winner: 63.025 mph
Margin of victory: 14 sec.
Lead changes: 6 among 5 drivers
Cautions: 4 for 14 laps
Lap leaders: Pagan pole, Welborn 1-183, Petty 184-198, J. Massey 199-205, White 206-221, Petty 222-248, Welborn 249-500

Race notes: First win for Bob Welborn. Finale for Art Binkley.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	2	Bob Welborn	49		'57 Chevrolet	Welborn			500	2	435	running	3100	0
2	16	Jimmy Massey	11		'56 Ford	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		500	1	7	running	1975	0
3	15	Lee Petty	42		'57 Oldsmobile	Petty	Petty		498	2	42	running	1425	0
4	27	Rex White	44		'57 Chevrolet	Max Welborn			497	1	16	running	1150	0
5	4	Joe Weatherly	12		'57 Ford	Holman-Moody			493	0	0	running	850	0
6	33	Bill Amick	97		'57 Ford	Bill Amick			491	0	0	running	750	0
7	17	Jack Smith	47		'57 Chevrolet	Jack Smith				0	0	running	0	0
8	10	Possum Jones	48		'57 Chevrolet	Welborn			490	0	0	running	500	0
9	12	Gwyn Staley	38		'57 Chevrolet	Julian Petty			489	0	0	running	425	0
10	37	Tiny Lund	8		'57 Chevrolet	Bishop Brothers			486	0	0	running	450	0
11	35	Whitey Norman	10		'57 Ford	Whitey Norman			485	0	0	running	525	0
12	13	Fireball Roberts	7		'57 Chevrolet	Buck Baker			482	0	0	running	350	0
13	6	Glen Wood	21		'57 Ford	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		481	0	0	running	300	0
14	8	Larry Frank	76		'56 Chevrolet	Lonnie Fish			480	0	0	running	250	0
15	25	Brownie King	32		'57 Chevrolet	Jess Potter			477	0	0	running	225	0
16	9	Marvin Panch	22		'57 Ford	Roberts			473	0	0	running	210	0
17	38	T.A. Toomes	41		'56 Dodge	C.M. Julian			473	0	0	running	200	0
18	23	Jim Paschal	26		'57 Ford	J.S. Rice			470	0	0	running	190	0
19	1	Eddie Pagan	45		'57 Ford	Eddie Pagan		65.837	461	0	0	running	180	0
20	21	L.D. Austin	74		'56 Chevrolet	L.D. Austin			455	0	0	running	170	0
21	36	Eddie Skinner	28		'57 Ford	Eddie Skinner			453	0	0	running	210	0
22	20	Emanuel Zervakis	90		'57 Chevrolet	Donlavey			447	0	0	axle	250	0
23	7	Buck Baker	87		'57 Chevrolet	Buck Baker	Moore		429	0	0	running	125	0
24	5	Frankie Schneider	62		'57 Chevrolet				426	0	0	running	100	0
25	28	Art Binkley	4		'56 Plymouth	Binkley			424	0	0	running	140	0
26	26	Ted Chamberlain	93		'56 Chevrolet	Ted Chamberlain			421	0	0	running	100	0
27	40	Roy Tyner	51		'56 Ford	Tyner			417	0	0	running	100	0
28	11	Speedy Thompson	46		'57 Chevrolet	Speedy Thompson			416	0	0	accident	50	0
29	14	Ken Rush	75		'56 Mercury	Hayworth			405	0	0	running	50	0
30	30	Bill Champion	5		'56 Ford	Bill Champion			399	0	0	running	100	0
31	18	Dick Walters	19		'56 Plymouth	Dick Walters			398	0	0	running	50	0
32	22	Paul Goldsmith	3		'57 Ford	Yunick	Yunick		334	0	0	accident	125	0
33	29	Banjo Matthews	84		'57 Ford				334	0	0	rear end	125	0
34	34	George Green	78		'56 Chevrolet	Lonnie Fish			292	0	0	running	100	0
35	19	Johnny Allen	64		'57 Plymouth	Spook Crawford			242	0	0	rear end	50	0
36	32	Neil Castles	68		'56 Ford	Castles			225	0	0	coil	100	0
37	39	Billy Myers	17		'57 Mercury	Harb			160	0	0	rear end	100	0
38	31	Cotton Owens	6		'57 Pontiac	Jim Stephens			144	0	0	engine	100	0
39	3	Johnny Mackison	40	Camp Hills Special	'57 Ford				133	0	0	rear end	50	0
40	24	Bill Massey	1A		'56 Ford	Whitey Norman			86	0	0	transmission	100	0