| 1957 Wilkes County 160 NASCAR Cup Series Race 52 of 53 | |||||
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| Race Information | Track Information | ||||
| Total Purse: | $4,435 | Race Date: | Oct 20, 1957 | North Wilkesboro Speedway | |
| Margin of Victory: | 4.000 Seconds | Race Duration: | 1Hr 29Min 10Sec. | North Wilkesboro, North Carolina | |
| Lead Changes: | 5 Among / 3 Drivers | Average Speed: | 69.902 MPH | .625 Mile Paved | |
| No. of Cars: | 26 | No. of Cautions: | 2 | savethespeedway.net/history.html | |
| Winner, Pole and Manufacturer Information | ||||||||
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| Winner Information | Pole Information | Manufacturer Points | ||||||
| Driver: | Jack Smith J. Smith | Driver: | Fireball Roberts F. Roberts | Chevrolet: | 9 | |||
| Car No.: | #47 Chevrolet | Car No.: | #22 Ford | Oldsmobile: | 0 | |||
| Team: | Team: | Ford: | 0 | |||||
| Crew Chief: | Crew Chief: | Pontiac: | 0 | |||||
| Laps Led: | 43 of 160 | Pole Speed: | 81.640 MPH | |||||
| Official 1957 Wilkes County 160 Results |
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| Finish | Start | Num | Driver | Sponsor | Status | Mfg | Points | Laps | Led |
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| 1 | 4 | 47 | Jack Smith | Jack Smith (Car Owner) | Running |  | 0 | 160 | 43 |
| 2 | 8 | 42 | Lee Petty | Petty Enterprises | Running |  | 0 | 160 | 0 |
| 3 | 2 | 84 | Banjo Matthews | Matthews Racing | Running |  | 0 | 160 | 56 |
| 4 | 7 | 46 | Speedy Thompson | Speedy Thompson (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 160 | 0 |
| 5 | 6 | 6 | Cotton Owens | Nichels Engineering | Running |  | 0 | 160 | 0 |
| 6 | 12 | 87 | Buck Baker | Buck Baker (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 160 | 0 |
| 7 | 3 | 98 | Marvin Panch | Marvin Panch (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 160 | 0 |
| 8 | 17 | 44 | Rex White | Max Welborn (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 159 | 0 |
| 9 | 14 | 36 | Bill Morton | Bill Morton (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 159 | 0 |
| 10 | 5 | 21 | Jimmy Massey | Wood Brothers | Running | | 0 | 152 | 0 |
| 11 | 10 | 32 | Brownie King | Jess Potter (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 151 | 0 |
| 12 | 16 | 34 | Dick Beaty | Dick Beaty (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 149 | 0 |
| 13 | 13 | 64 | Johnny Allen | Spook Crawford (Car Owner) | Running |  | 0 | 148 | 0 |
| 14 | 22 | 74 | L.D. Austin | L.D. Austin (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 145 | 0 |
| 15 | 20 | 96 | Bobby Keck | Bobby Keck (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 142 | 0 |
| 16 | 19 | 100 | Jack Marsh | Running | | 0 | 136 | 0 | |
| 17 | 23 | 11 | Jim Russell | Jim Russell (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 135 | 0 |
| 18 | 26 | 2 | Bill Massey | Radiator | | 0 | 129 | 0 | |
| 19 | 9 | 80 | Tiny Lund | Rice Racing | | 0 | 118 | 0 | |
| 20 | 11 | 55 | Junior Johnson | Brushy Mountain Motors | Engine | | 0 | 102 | 0 |
| 21 | 1 | 22 | Fireball Roberts | Fireball Roberts (Car Owner) | Accident | | 0 | 61 | 61 |
| 22 | 25 | 41 | Johnny Dodson | C.M. Julian (Car Owner) | Engine |  | 0 | 19 | 0 |
| 23 | 15 | 63 | R.L. Combs | R.L. Combs (Car Owner) | Transmission | | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | 21 | 75 | Max Berrier | Frank Hayworth | Accident |  | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | 24 | 71 | George Parrish | Joe Frazier (Car Owner) | Accident | Studebaker | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | 18 | 51 | Roy Tyner | Roy Tyner (Car Owner) | Accident | | 0 | 0 | 0 |
