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NASCAR Convertible race
Champion Speedway, Fayetteville, NC
March 10, 1957
150 laps on 0.333 mile paved oval; 50 miles

Fin	St	Driver	#	Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Laps Led
1	2	Glen Wood	21	Wood Brothers	1956 Ford Convertible	150	620	running	4
2	11	Joe Weatherly	12	Pete DePaolo	1957 Ford Convertible	150	505	running	0
3	7	Lee Petty	42	Petty Engineering	1957 Oldsmobile Convertible	150	350	running	32
4	12	Bobby Myers	4	Bill Stroppe	1956 Mercury Convertible	150	320	running	0
5	3	Marvin Panch	98	Pete DePaolo	1957 Ford Convertible	149	255	running	0
6	5	Possum Jones	48	Hugh Babb	1957 Chevrolet Convertible	149	225	running	0
7	9	Fireball Roberts	22	Pete DePaolo	1957 Ford Convertible	149	185	running	0
8	10	Darel Dieringer	35	John Whitford	1957 Ford Convertible	147	125	running	0
9	14	Jimmy Massey	33	Hubert Westmoreland	1957 Plymouth Convertible	147	115	running	0
10	1	Bob Welborn	49	Hugh Babb	1957 Chevrolet Convertible	146	125	tire	114
11	16	Bill Lutz	88	Petty Engineering	1957 Oldsmobile Convertible	144	100	tire	0
12	18	Roger Baldwin	10	Roger Baldwin	1956 Ford Convertible	143	110	running	0
13	13	Gwyn Staley	34	Hubert Westmoreland	1957 Plymouth Convertible	142	150	rotor	0
14	19	James Jones	19	James Jones	1956 Ford Convertible	140	110	running	0
15	17	Whitey Norman	1A	Whitey Norman	1956 Ford Convertible	132	115	tire	0
16	8	Larry Frank	76	Lonnie Fish	1956 Chevrolet Convertible	127	115	oil pressure	0
17	6	Curtis Turner	26	Pete DePaolo	1957 Ford Convertible	108	130	carburetor	0
18	15	Tom Pistone	5	Tom Pistone	1957 Plymouth Convertible	107	100	tire	0
19	4	Don Oldenberg	86	Bob Osiecki	1957 Plymouth Convertible	95	70	hub	0
20	20	Bill Poor	711	Bill Poor	1956 Chevrolet Convertible	28	60	carburetor	0
21	21	Tony Calvo	55	Mel Larson	1956 Ford Convertible	7		withdrew	0

Time of race: 00:51:27
Average Speed: 58.251 MPH
Pole Speed: 19.6 seconds
Attendance: 2,200