| 词条 | 1957 Southern 500 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Type = CUST | Description = Race 40 of 53 in the 1957 NASCAR Grand National Series season | Race Name = Southern 500 | Details ref = [1][2] | Fulldate = {{Start date|1957|September|2}} | Year = 1957 | Race_No = 40 | Season_No = 53 | Image = Darlington raceway.svg | Caption = Layout of Darlington Raceway | Official name = | Location = Darlington Raceway, Darlington, South Carolina | Course_mi = 1.375 | Course_km = 2.221 | Distance_laps = 400 | Distance_mi = 500 | Distance_km = 800 | Weather = Extremely hot with temperatures of {{convert|93.3|F|C}}; wind speeds of {{convert|8.9|mph|km/h}} | Avg = {{convert|100.094|mi/h}} | Attendance = 75,000 | Pole_Driver = Cotton Owens | Pole_Team = Nichels Engineering | Pole_Time = 16.863 seconds | Most_Driver = Speedy Thompson | Most_Team = Speedy Thompson | Most_laps = 210 | Car = 46 | First_Driver = Speedy Thompson | First_Team = Speedy Thompson | Network = WJMX (local AM radio) | Announcers = Local radio announcers }} The 1957 Southern 500, the eighth running of the event, was a NASCAR Grand National Series event that was held on September 2, 1957, at Darlington Raceway in Darlington, South Carolina. BackgroundDarlington Raceway, nicknamed by many NASCAR fans and drivers as "The Lady in Black" or "The Track Too Tough to Tame" and advertised as a "NASCAR Tradition", is a race track built for NASCAR racing located near Darlington, South Carolina. It is of a unique, somewhat egg-shaped design, an oval with the ends of very different configurations, a condition which supposedly arose from the proximity of one end of the track to a minnow pond the owner refused to relocate. This situation makes it very challenging for the crews to set up their cars' handling in a way that will be effective at both ends. The track is a four-turn {{convert|1.366|mi|km}} oval.[3] The track's first two turns are banked at twenty-five degrees, while the final two turns are banked two degrees lower at twenty-three degrees.[3] The front stretch (the location of the finish line) and the back stretch is banked at six degrees.[3] Darlington Raceway can seat up to 60,000 people.[3] Darlington has something of a legendary quality among drivers and older fans; this is probably due to its long track length relative to other NASCAR speedways of its era and hence the first venue where many of them became cognizant of the truly high speeds that stock cars could achieve on a long track. The track allegedly earned the moniker The Lady in Black because the night before the race the track maintenance crew would cover the entire track with fresh asphalt sealant, in the early years of the speedway, thus making the racing surface dark black. Darlington is also known as "The Track Too Tough to Tame" because drivers can run lap after lap without a problem and then bounce off of the wall the following lap. Racers will frequently explain that they have to race the racetrack, not their competition. Drivers hitting the wall are considered to have received their "Darlington Stripe" thanks to the missing paint on the right side of the car. SummaryThe event took five hours and one second to complete on a paved oval track spanning {{convert|1.375|mi|km}} for a distance of {{convert|500.5|mi|km}}.[2] Seventy-five thousand fans attended. Billy Carden qualified for this event in 45th place and finished in 6th place.[2] The most notable crew chiefs for this race were Jess Potter, Bud Moore, Shorty Johns and Ray Fox.[4] Speedy Thompson defeated Cotton Owens by three laps at an average speed of {{convert|100.094|mph|km/h}}.[2] Thompson drove the iconic 1957 Chevrolet during that race; that vehicle went on to win the 1958 and the 1959 runnings of the Southern 500. Owens won the pole position with a speed of {{convert|117.416|mph|km/h}} during qualifying.[2] Speedy Thompson would record his only Southern 500 victory here even though he would win on other paved superspeedways. T.A. Toomes received the last-place finish due to a problem with his brakes on lap 3 out of 364. Runt Harris returned to NASCAR after a 7-year absence, driving his way to a 39th-place finish after his vehicle developed problems with its clutch. Former Cup series race winner Bill Blair made his only start of the 1957 NASCAR Grand National Series season; finishing in 38th place after inflicting terminal damage to his vehicle.[2]Bobby Myers lost his life as a result of a race-related crash; Fonty Flock and Paul Goldsmith were also involved in this accident.[2][5][6]George Parrish made a notable appearance in this race using a 1956 Studebaker Golden Hawk; he witnessed the fatal crash of Bobby Myers at close range.[7] Parrish retired after the 1958 NASCAR Cup Series season.[7]As a rookie, Cale Yarborough made his NASCAR debut here and finished in 42nd place (out of 50 drivers).[2] Fonty Flock retired after this race. Qualifying
Failed to qualify: Eddie Skinner (#28), Ted Chamberlain (#93), Joe Eubanks (#82), Fred Knapp (#37), Duke DeBrizzi (#81), Dave Terrell (#9), Larry Frank (#76), Bill Widenhouse (#5), Arden Mounts (#18), Bob Whitmire (#61), Barney Smith (#16), Jim Linke (#81)[8] Finishing orderSection reference:[2]{{Div col|colwidth=30em}}
TimelineSection reference:[2]
References1. ^{{cite web | url = http://www.almanac.com/weather/history/SC/Darlington/1957-09-02 | title = 1957 Southern 500 weather information | publisher = The Old Farmers' Almanac | accessdate = 2011-11-25}} {{s-start}}{{succession box2. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 {{cite web | url = http://www.racing-reference.info/race/1957_Southern_500/W| title = 1957 Southern 500 racing results | publisher = Racing Reference | accessdate = 2011-03-08|}} 3. ^1 2 3 {{cite web | url=http://www.cbssports.com/nascar/tracks/page/darlington/darlington-raceway | title=Darlington Raceway | publisher=CBS Sports | accessdate=2013-05-07}} 4. ^{{cite web | url = http://www.racing-reference.info/entrylist/1957-40/W/C| title = 1957 Southern 500 crew chief information | publisher = Racing Reference | accessdate = 2017-06-11|}} 5. ^{{cite web | url = http://auto.howstuffworks.com/auto-racing/nascar/season-recaps/1950s/1957-nascar.htm| title = Bobby Myers's fatal crash | publisher = How Stuff Works | accessdate = 2011-03-09|}} 6. ^{{cite web | url = http://www.legendsofnascar.com/Bobby_Myers.htm| title = Bobby Myers's fatal crash (second reference) | publisher = Legends of NASCAR | accessdate = 2011-03-10|}} 7. ^1 {{cite web | url = http://www.studebakerracing.com/tedhorn.html| title = The Studebaker Golden Hawk @ the 1957 Southern 500 | publisher = Studebaker Racing | accessdate = 2011-03-10|}} 8. ^1 2 {{cite web | url = http://www.racing-reference.info/getqualify/1957-40/W| title = 1957 Southern 500 qualifying results | publisher = Racing Reference | accessdate = 2017-03-29|}} |before = 1956 |after = 1958 |title = Southern 500 races |years = 1957 }}{{s-end}}{{Bojangles' Southern 500}} 3 : 1957 NASCAR Grand National Series|1957 in sports in South Carolina|NASCAR races at Darlington Raceway |
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