Results

The 1957 Southern 500 NASCAR CUP Series race results showcase the full finishing order, including race winner and key performance stats from the Darlington Raceway race.

Southern 500

Monday, September 2nd, 1957

Darlington Raceway, Darlington, SC

  • 24 Ford
  • 15 Chevrolet
  • 2 Oldsmobile
  • 5 Pontiac
  • 1 Studebaker
  • 1 Plymouth
  • 1 Mercury
  • 1 Dodge

  • Drivers Entered: 50 (10 drivers will not make the race)
  • Laps Scheduled: 364
  • Margin of Victory: N/A Seconds
  • Time of Race: N/A
  • Average Speed: 100.094
  • Cautions: 6 for 23 laps
  • Lead Changes: 13
  • Green Flag Passes: N/A
The NASCAR Garage 56 car during the Rolex 24
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Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway results
FIN ST # DRIVER MAKE TOT PTS FIN PTS LAPS LED X LED STATUS
41 13 84 Banjo Matthews Ford 0 0 31 0 0 engine
32 18 97 Bill Amick Ford 0 0 102 0 0 crash
38 46 26 Bill Blair Ford 0 0 63 0 0 crash
31 39 35 Bill Champion Ford 0 0 130 0 0 rear end
6 45 2 Billy Carden Chevrolet 0 0 354 0 0 running
7 29 14 Billy Myers Ford 0 0 353 0 0 running
29 19 95 Bob Duell Ford 0 0 156 0 0 radiator
16 23 77 Bobby Johns Chevrolet 0 0 335 0 0 running
22 35 96 Bobby Keck Chevrolet 0 0 283 0 0 running
43 2 4 Bobby Myers Oldsmobile 0 0 27 1 0 crash
21 31 32 Brownie King Chevrolet 0 0 307 0 0 running
5 9 87 Buck Baker Chevrolet 0 0 356 0 0 running
42 44 30 Cale Yarborough Pontiac 0 0 31 0 0 rf hub
45 43 88 Chuck Hansen Chevrolet 0 0 23 0 0 piston
2 1 6 Cotton Owens Pontiac 0 0 361 18 0 running
11 3 31 Curtis Turner Ford 0 0 346 51 0 running
13 17 34 Dick Beaty Ford 0 0 341 0 0 running
15 34 45 Eddie Pagan Ford 0 0 339 0 0 running
33 10 22 Fireball Roberts Ford 0 0 101 41 0 crash
48 15 92 Fonty Flock Pontiac 0 0 18 0 0 crash
47 5 62 Frankie Schneider Chevrolet 0 0 19 0 0 engine
25 42 71 George Parrish Studebaker 0 0 263 0 0 running
46 21 38 Gwyn Staley Chevrolet 0 0 22 0 0 coil
10 28 47 Jack Smith Chevrolet 0 0 348 9 0 crash
35 50 75 Jim Paschal Ford 0 0 84 0 0 piston
4 12 7 Jim Reed Ford 0 0 356 0 0 running
14 4 80 Jimmie Lewallen Pontiac 0 0 340 0 0 running
17 26 20 Jimmy Thompson Ford 0 0 328 0 0 running
37 16 89 Joe Caspolich Ford 0 0 66 0 0 crash
40 14 9 Joe Weatherly Ford 0 0 37 0 0 crash
12 27 64 Johnny Allen Plymouth 0 0 345 0 0 running
8 25 40 Johnny Mackison Ford 0 0 352 0 0 running
19 37 74 LD Austin Chevrolet 0 0 312 0 0 running
24 8 42 Lee Petty Oldsmobile 0 0 281 31 0 crash
3 32 98 Marvin Panch Ford 0 0 360 0 0 running
26 33 12 Marvin Porter Ford 0 0 221 0 0 engine
18 38 54 Nace Mattingly Ford 0 0 326 0 0 running
49 40 68 Neil Castles Ford 0 0 13 0 0 oil pressure
34 22 11 Parnelli Jones Ford 0 0 99 0 0 crash
44 6 3 Paul Goldsmith Ford 0 0 27 3 0 crash
30 49 13 Peck Peckham Chevrolet 0 0 155 0 0 engine
9 48 48 Possum Jones Chevrolet 0 0 350 0 0 running
28 20 44 Rex White Chevrolet 0 0 210 0 0 axle
23 41 51 Roy Tyner Ford 0 0 282 0 0 running
39 24 90 Runt Harris Chevrolet 0 0 50 0 0 clutch
36 36 17 Shorty York Mercury 0 0 79 0 0 engine
1 7 46 Speedy Thompson Chevrolet 0 0 364 210 0 running
50 47 41 TA Toomes Dodge 0 0 3 0 0 brakes
20 11 55 Tiny Lund Pontiac 0 0 308 0 0 running
27 30 10 Whitey Norman Ford 0 0 215 0 0 engine

Race Infractions

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