1957 North Wilkesboro Speedway

Race 52 of 53

North Wilkesboro
160 laps
Time of race: 1:29:10
Average speed of winner: 69.902 mph
Margin of victory: 4 sec.
Lead changes: 5 among 3 drivers
Cautions: 2 for N/A laps
Lap leaders: Roberts 1-61, Smith 62-93, Matthews 94-111, Smith 112, Matthews 113-150, Smith 151-160

Race notes: Finale for Jack Marsh and Jim Russell.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	4	Jack Smith	47		'57 Chevrolet	Jack Smith			160	3	43	running	900	0
2	8	Lee Petty	42		'57 Oldsmobile	Petty	Petty		160	0	0	running	575	0
3	2	Banjo Matthews	84		'57 Ford				160	2	56	running	375	0
4	7	Speedy Thompson	46		'57 Chevrolet	Speedy Thompson			160	0	0	running	280	0
5	6	Cotton Owens	6		'57 Pontiac	Jim Stephens			160	0	0	running	245	0
6	12	Buck Baker	87		'57 Chevrolet	Buck Baker	Moore		160	0	0	running	210	0
7	3	Marvin Panch	98		'57 Ford	Marvin Panch			160	0	0	running	175	0
8	17	Rex White	44		'57 Chevrolet	Max Welborn			159	0	0	running	165	0
9	14	Bill Morton	36		'56 Ford				159	0	0	running	150	0
10	5	Jimmy Massey	21		'56 Ford	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		152	0	0	running	140	0
11	10	Brownie King	32		'57 Chevrolet	Jess Potter			151	0	0	running	135	0
12	16	Dick Beaty	34		'56 Ford	Beaty			149	0	0	running	125	0
13	13	Johnny Allen	64		'57 Plymouth	Spook Crawford			148	0	0	running	110	0
14	22	L.D. Austin	74		'56 Chevrolet	L.D. Austin			145	0	0	running	100	0
15	20	Bobby Keck	96		'57 Chevrolet	Bobby Keck			142	0	0	running	100	0
16	19	Jack Marsh	100		'56 Chevrolet				136	0	0	running	100	0
17	23	Jim Russell	11		'56 Ford				135	0	0	running	100	0
18	26	Bill Massey	2		'56 Chevrolet				129	0	0	radiator	100	0
19	9	Tiny Lund	80		'57 Pontiac	J.S. Rice			118	0	0	axle	50	0
20	11	Junior Johnson	55	Brushy Mountain Motors	'57 Pontiac	Bumgarner			102	0	0	engine	50	0
21	1	Fireball Roberts	22		'57 Ford	Roberts		81.640	61	1	61	accident	50	0
22	25	Johnny Dodson	41		'56 Dodge	C.M. Julian			19	0	0	engine	50	0
23	15	R.L. Combs	63		'56 Ford				1	0	0	transmission	50	0
24	21	Max Berrier	75		'56 Mercury	Hayworth			0	0	0	accident	50	0
25	24	George Parrish	71		'56 Studebaker	Joe Frazier			0	0	0	accident	25	0
26	18	Roy Tyner	51		'56 Ford	Tyner			0	0	0	accident	25	0