Blast From the Past: 1957
Monday, January 29th, 2007 8:04pm CST
By Frank Morrison, Thunder Lounge
Published on Thunder Lounge.
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[thumb:385:l:s=1:l=x]Well usually I give you a rundown of the years biggest headlines but this week need to give a few shout outs. First off all those getting pounded by snow in Denver I’ll see you guys in the spring as I am in Virginia now for a few months. Next staying in a barracks where Sprint runs the phones way to go took them only a month to fix my line. I will be trying to get an Interview with a legendary driver to be announced once I get permission for 20 questions so anyone in Danville see you soon hopefully. Now to the year Pontiac got its first win.
December 30, 1956:
Fireball Roberts leads a Ford 1-2-3-4 at Titusville, Florida.
February 17:
Cotton Owens wins at Daytona Beach Course it is the first win for Pontiac.
May 19:
Buck Baker wins at the shortened race in Martinsville as the race is stopped early for a crash.
June 6:
The AMA votes to pull all sponsorship from all racing and all machinery goes to the drivers.
July 4:
Paul Goldsmith wins at Raleigh Speedway it is the first race back from injuries suffered in October.
August 4:
Buck Baker Wins the first race at Watkins Glenn road course.
September 2:
Speedy Thompson wins the Southern 500 as Bobby Myers dies on the 28th lap.
October 6:
Bob Welborn wins at Martinsville.
October 12:
The smollest crowd in history (900) watch Fireball Roberts win Newberry Speedway.
October 20:
Jack Smith wins at North Wilkesboro edging Lee Petty.
October 27:
Buck Baker wraps up his second NASCAR Championship in two years with a win at Central Carolina Fairgrounds.
November 27:
Shovels hit the dirt to begin the Daytona International Raceway.
| DRIVER | POINTS | STARTS | WINS | TOP-5’s | TOP-10’s | WINNINGS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buck Baker: | 10,716 | 40 | 10 | 30 | 38 | $30,763.40 |
| Marvin Panch: | 9956 | 42 | 6 | 22 | 27 | $24,306.60 |
| Speedy Thompson: | 8560 | 38 | 2 | 16 | 22 | $26,840.58 |
| Lee Petty: | 8528 | 41 | 4 | 20 | 33 | $18,325.28 |
| Jack Smith: | 8464 | 39 | 4 | 17 | 25 | $14,561.10 |
| Fireball Roberts: | 8268 | 42 | 8 | 21 | 27 | $19,828.04 |
| Johnny Allen: | 7068 | 42 | 0 | 4 | 17 | $9,814.01 |
| LD Austin: | 6532 | 40 | 0 | 1 | 13 | $6,532 |
| Brownie King: | 5740 | 36 | 0 | 1 | 16 | $5,588.68 |
| Jim Paschal: | 5124 | 35 | 0 | 9 | 17 | $7,078.68 |
Ok there it is, the highlights of 1957 at a glance. See you Wednesday with a look at
Carl Kiekhaefer.
See Y’all Next Week With 1958!
All stats and dates compiled from NASCAR Chronicles by Greg Fielden.
(???) next to a date indicates that the particular day the event occurred is
unknown.
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