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1957 Rebel 300 Previous race results / Next race results                     Next at this track     Post NASCAR Convertible Series race number 14 of 36 Sunday, May 12, 1957 at Darlington Raceway, Darlington, SC 219 laps on a 1.375 mile paved track (301.125 miles) Time of race: 2:47:23 Average speed: 107.941 mph Pole speed: 115.317 mph Cautions: 4 for 19 laps Margin of victory: 2 laps + Attendance: 17000 Lead changes: 10 Glossary    1957 NASCAR Convertible Series results   /   1957 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led 1 4 22   Fireball Roberts Atlanta Tune-Up Service   (Pete DePaolo) '57 Ford 219 4200 running 181 2 7 15   Tim Flock Bill Stroppe '57 Mercury 217 2600 running 0 3 12 4   Bobby Myers Bill Stroppe '56 Mercury 216 1850 running 7 4 13 49   Bob Welborn Hugh Babb '57 Chevrolet 216 1150 running 0 5 9 42   Lee Petty Petty Engineering '57 Oldsmobile 213 825 running 0 6 18 46   Jack Smith Hugh Babb '57 Chevrolet 212 725 running 0 7 24 10   Roger Baldwin Roger Baldwin '56 Ford 210 650 running 0 8 20 1A   Whitey Norman Whitey Norman '56 Ford 207 550 running 0 9 10 88   Johnny Dodson Petty Engineering '57 Oldsmobile 206 450 running 0 10 23 76   Larry Frank Lonnie Fish '56 Chevrolet 204 350 running 0 11 25 44   Al Tasnady Al Tasnady '57 Plymouth 199 300 running 0 12 15 34   Gwyn Staley Hubert Westmoreland '57 Plymouth 196 250 running 0 13 19 86   Don Oldenberg Bob Osiecki '57 Plymouth 192 225 running 0 14 22 33   Jimmy Massey Hubert Westmoreland '57 Plymouth 191 225 running 0 15 27 20   Jimmy Thompson Terrizasoff   (Jimmy Thompson) '56 Ford 179 200 crash 0 16 26 41   Art Binkley Art Binkley '56 Plymouth 164 200 running 0 17 14 21   Glen Wood Wood Brothers '57 Ford 121 200 engine 0 18 1 3   Paul Goldsmith S.C. Ford Dealers   (Slim Rominger) '57 Ford 71 150 crash 0 19 5 14   Billy Myers Bill Stroppe '57 Mercury 35 150 crash 0 20 2 12   Joe Weatherly S.C. Ford Dealers   (Pete DePaolo) '57 Ford 35 100 crash 2 21 3 26   Curtis Turner S.C. Ford Dealers   (Pete DePaolo) '57 Ford 29 100 crash 11 22 6 98   Marvin Panch Pete DePaolo '57 Ford 29 100 crash 18 23 8 97   Bill Amick Pete DePaolo '57 Ford 29 100 crash 0 24 21 87   Buck Baker Buck Baker '57 Chevrolet 29 100 crash 0 25 16 48   Possum Jones Hugh Babb '57 Chevrolet 29 100 crash 0 26 11 39   Dick Beaty Dick Beaty '56 Ford 29 100 crash 0 27 17 75   Ken Rush Frank Hayworth '56 Mercury 26 100 crash 0

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car 28 Darel Dieringer 35 John Whitford Ford 29 Ewell Weddle 2 Ewell Weddle Chevrolet 30 Dave Terrell 9 Dave Terrell Chevrolet 31 Eddie Hughes 18 Eddie Hughes Ford 32 Charlie Cregar 50 Charlie Cregar Plymouth 33 Neil Castles 55 Neil Castles Ford 34 Bill Poor 71 Bill Poor Chevrolet 35 Bud Crothers 77 Lonnie Fish Chevrolet 36 Shep Langdon 78 Lonnie Fish Chevrolet 37 James Jones 19 James Jones Ford 38 Raymond Carter 32 Raymond Carter Chevrolet 39 George Baumgardner 40 George Baumgardner Ford 40 Jimmie Lewallen 47 Bob Welborn Chevrolet 41 Bill Lutz 99 Bill Lutz Pontiac 42 Tiny Lund 55 A.L. Bumgarner Pontiac 43 Ralph Moody 24 Pete DePaolo Ford 44 Jim Reed 7 Jim Reed Ford 45 Tom Pistone 5 Tom Pistone Plymouth Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 28 28     29 34 6   #26,33,39,48,49,75,87,97,98 accident turn 4   35 35 1     36 41 6   #12,14 accident turn 1   42 75 34     76 78 3   #3 accident turn 1   79 191 113     192 195 4   #20 accident turn 4   196 219 24       Percent of race run under caution: 8.7%             Average green flag run: 40.0 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Curtis Turner 1 1 1   Marvin Panch 2 7 6   Curtis Turner 8 16 9   Marvin Panch 17 28 12   Curtis Turner 29 29 1   Bobby Myers 30 31 2   Joe Weatherly 32 33 2   Fireball Roberts 34 101 68   Bobby Myers 102 106 5   Fireball Roberts 107 219 113