1957 Willow Springs International Raceway

Race 1 of 53

Willow Springs
60 laps
Time of race: 1:54:26
Average speed of winner: 78.648 mph
Margin of victory: 11.8 sec.
Lead changes: 2 between 2 drivers
Cautions: N/A for N/A laps
Lap leaders: Panch 1-31, Seeger 32-50, Panch 51-60

Race notes: Debut for Billy Cantrell, Eddie Gray, George Norton, and Bob Osborne. Finale for Sherman Clark, Fred Hunt, and Bill Moore. Only start for Russ Dohlen, Ray Franklin, Dick Hoffman, and Walt James.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	1	Marvin Panch	98		'56 Ford	DePaolo		78.596	60	2	41	running	1550	0
2	5	Fireball Roberts	22		'56 Ford	DePaolo			60	0	0	running	1000	0
3	4	George Seeger	12	Oscar Maples Inc.	'56 Ford				60	1	19	running	755	0
4	8	Jim Paschal	75		'56 Mercury	Hayworth			59	0	0	running	570	0
5	9	Eddie Pagan	45		'56 Ford	Eddie Pagan			59	0	0	running	430	0
6	14	Bob Ross	43		'56 Mercury	Bob Ross			58	0	0	running	320	0
7	6	Lloyd Dane	17		'56 Ford	Lloyd Dane			57	0	0	running	325	0
8	11	Scotty Cain	21		'56 Ford	Scotty Cain			56	0	0	running	215	0
9	2	Paul Goldsmith	3		'56 Ford	Yunick	Yunick		55	0	0	running	225	0
10	18	Dick Getty	00		'56 Chevrolet	Betty Getty			55	0	0	running	135	0
11	20	Mike McGreevy	98W		'56 Dodge				55	0	0	running	135	0
12	12	Sherman Clark	34		'55 Chevrolet	Sherman Clark			54	0	0	running	115	0
13	23	Eddie Gray	18		'56 Chevrolet	Charles Green			54	0	0	running	110	0
14	25	Billy Cantrell	35		'56 Mercury				53	0	0	running	110	0
15	24	Jim Blomgren	188		'56 Ford				53	0	0	running	110	0
16	21	Bob Osborne	33		'56 Dodge				52	0	0	running	110	0
17	17	Ed Brown	8		'56 Chevrolet				52	0	0	running	115	0
18	10	Chuck Meekins	1		'56 Chevrolet	James Rush			51	0	0	accident	115	0
19	27	Jim Cook	9		'56 Pontiac	Art Krebs			51	0	0	running	85	0
20	26	Clyde Mitchell	89		'56 Ford				50	0	0	running	60	0
21	30	Dick Hoffman	66		'54 Mercury				50	0	0	running	60	0
22	7	Billy Myers	4		'56 Mercury	Stroppe			49	0	0	accident	90	0
23	32	Ray Franklin	54		'56 Dodge				42	0	0	running	60	0
24	3	Parnelli Jones	11	Oscar Maples Inc.	'56 Ford				34	0	0	steering	50	0
25	13	Clyde Palmer	30		'56 Plymouth	Chatenay			33	0	0	connecting rod	80	0
26	15	Frank Secrist	68		'56 Chevrolet				24	0	0	connecting rod	45	0
27	16	Danny Letner	88		'56 Dodge	Harbison			22	0	0	accident	65	0
28	19	Fred Hunt	26		'55 Chevrolet				20	0	0	connecting rod	50	0
29	22	Elgin Holmes	125		'54 Buick				14	0	0	clutch	35	0
30	28	Walt James	86		'55 Mercury				14	0	0	bearing	35	0
31	31	George Norton	46		'56 Chevrolet				10	0	0	axle	35	0
32	29	Bill Moore	48		'56 Ford	Bill Moore			7	0	0	fuel pump	35	0
33	33	Ed Negre	80		'56 Oldsmobile				0	0	0	engine	0	0
34	34	Russ Dohlen	91		'55 Plymouth				0	0	0	engine	0	0