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NASCAR Convertible race
Champion Speedway, Fayetteville, NC
August 17, 1957
150 laps on 0.333 mile paved oval; 50 miles

Fin	St	Driver	#	Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Laps Led
1	2	Possum Jones	48	Bob Welborn	1957 Chevrolet Convertible	150	630	running	26
2	8	Curtis Turner	26	Holman Moody	1957 Ford Convertible	150	490	running	0
3	3	Gwyn Staley	38	Julian Petty	1957 Chevrolet Convertible	150	380	running	0
4	5	Glen Wood	11	Wood Brothers	1956 Ford Convertible	149	285	running	0
5	9	Ken Rush	75	Frank Hayworth	1956 Mercury Convertible	149	245	running	0
6	1	Bob Welborn	49	Bob Welborn	1957 Chevrolet Convertible	147	250	running	124
7	13	Joe Weatherly	12	Holman Moody	1957 Ford Convertible	144	195	running	0
8	6	Lee Petty	42	Petty Engineering	1957 Oldsmobile Convertible	143	210	tire	0
9	11	Dick Beaty	39	Dick Beaty	1956 Ford Convertible	142	165	running	0
10	7	Billy Myers	14	Billy Myers	1957 Mercury Convertible	141	155	tire	0
11	16	Shep Langdon	78	Lonnie Fish	1956 Chevrolet Convertible	139	140	running	0
12	21	Ansel Rakestraw	2		1956 Chevrolet Convertible	138	120	running	0
13	17	Don Gray	77	Lonnie Fish	1956 Chevrolet Convertible	135	110	tire	0
14	18	Lester Murphy	79		1956 Ford Convertible	135	100	running	0
15	10	Roger Baldwin	10	Roger Baldwin	1956 Ford Convertible	113	100	accident	0
16	12	Larry Frank	76	Lonnie Fish	1956 Chevrolet Convertible	105	115	accident	0
17	20	Ted Chamberlain	93	Ted Chamberlain	1956 Plymouth Convertible	104	90	accident	0
18	19	Neil Castles	55	Neil Castles	1956 Ford Convertible	94	60	accident	0
19	14	Jimmy Massey	8	Bob Welborn	1957 Chevrolet Convertible	89	70	engine	0
20	4	Bill Amick	22	Fireball Roberts	1957 Ford Convertible	76	35	wheel	0
21	15	James Jones	19	James Jones	1956 Ford Convertible	36	15	valve	0

Time of race: 00:55:02
Average Speed: 54.458 MPH
Pole Speed: 19.4 seconds
Attendance: 3,500