| 1957 Virginia 500 NASCAR Cup Series Race 17 of 53 | |||||
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| Race Information | Track Information | ||||
| Total Purse: | $12,240 | Race Date: | May 19, 1957 | Martinsville Speedway | |
| Margin of Victory: | N/A | Race Duration: | 3h 50m 49s | Ridgeway, Virginia | |
| Lead Changes: | 5 | Average Speed: | 57.318 MPH | .526 Mile Paved Oval | |
| No. of Cars: | 24 | No. of Cautions: | 3 | martinsvillespeedway.com | |
| Winner, Pole and Manufacturer Information | ||||||||
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| Winner Information | Pole Information | Manufacturer Points | ||||||
| Driver: | Buck Baker B. Baker | Driver: | Paul Goldsmith P. Goldsmith | Chevrolet: | 9 | |||
| Car No.: | #87 Chevrolet | Car No.: | #12 Ford | Ford: | 0 | |||
| Team: | Team: | Mercury: | 0 | |||||
| Crew Chief: | Bud Moore | Crew Chief: | Oldsmobile: | 0 | ||||
| Laps Led: | 113 of 441 | Pole Speed: | 65.693 MPH | |||||
| Official 1957 Virginia 500 Results |
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| Finish | Start | Num | Driver | Sponsor | Status | Mfg | Points | Laps | Led |
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| 1 | 14 | 87 | Buck Baker | Hugh Babb (Car Owner) | Running |  | 0 | 441 | 113 |
| 2 | 10 | 99 | Curtis Turner | DePaolo Engineering | Running |  | 0 | 441 | 0 |
| 3 | 4 | 50 | Tom Pistone | Hugh Babb (Car Owner) | Accident | | 0 | 441 | 0 |
| 4 | 6 | 14 | Billy Myers | Stroppe Motorsports | Accident |  | 0 | 441 | 201 |
| 5 | 8 | 42 | Lee Petty | Petty Enterprises | Running |  | 0 | 440 | 0 |
| 6 | 12 | 47 | Jack Smith | Hugh Babb (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 436 | 0 |
| 7 | 1 | 3 | Paul Goldsmith | Smokey's Best Damn Garage | Running | | 0 | 432 | 54 |
| 8 | 5 | 98 | Marvin Panch | DePaolo Engineering | Running | | 0 | 431 | 0 |
| 9 | 7 | 22 | Fireball Roberts | DePaolo Engineering | Running | | 0 | 427 | 0 |
| 10 | 23 | 17 | Jim Paschal | Stroppe Motorsports | Running | | 0 | 416 | 0 |
| 11 | 2 | 46 | Speedy Thompson | Hugh Babb (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 409 | 0 |
| 12 | 16 | 32 | Brownie King | Jess Potter (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 404 | 0 |
| 13 | 9 | 88 | Ralph Earnhardt | Petty Enterprises | Running | | 0 | 391 | 0 |
| 14 | 19 | 74 | L.D. Austin | L.D. Austin (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 391 | 0 |
| 15 | 18 | 76 | George Green | Lonnie Fish (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 388 | 0 |
| 16 | 11 | 64 | Johnny Allen | Spook Crawford (Car Owner) | Clutch |  | 0 | 377 | 0 |
| 17 | 24 | 71 | Bill Bowman | Bill Bowman (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 363 | 0 |
| 18 | 22 | 24 | Barney Oldfield | Rat Garner (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 356 | 0 |
| 19 | 20 | 94 | Clarence DeZalia | Clarence DeZalia (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 351 | 0 |
| 20 | 3 | 55 | Tiny Lund | A.L. Bumgarner (Car Owner) | Engine |  | 0 | 281 | 73 |
| 21 | 13 | 29 | Russ Hepler | Howard Coulter (Car Owner) | Bearings | | 0 | 270 | 0 |
| 22 | 15 | 6 | Cotton Owens | Nichels Engineering | Accident | | 0 | 211 | 0 |
| 23 | 21 | 28 | Eddie Skinner | Eddie Skinner (Car Owner) | Rear Gear | | 0 | 146 | 0 |
| 24 | 17 | 127 | T.A. Toomes | C.M. Julian (Car Owner) | Unknown |  | 0 | 121 | 0 |
