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Race Entry List

NASCAR Cup Series

1957-01

Willow Springs Speedway

November 11th, 1957

Race #1 of the 1957 NASCAR Cup Series Season

  • Laps Scheduled: 60
  • Drivers Entered: 34
  • Makes
    • Buick (1)
    • Chevrolet (8)
    • Dodge (4)
    • Ford (11)
    • Mercury (6)
    • Oldsmobile (1)
    • Plymouth (2)
    • Pontiac (1)
  • Last Willow Springs Speedway race (1956-03)
    • Pole: (-- mph)
    • Winner:
NASCAR NEXT GEN Car
Concord, North Carolina - January 15th, 2020: NASCAR Cup Series Next Gen car to debut in the 2022 NASCAR season. Photo by Michael Reaves | Getty Images
Car # Driver Hometown Make Sponsor Team Crew Chief
00 Dick Getty Chevrolet Dick Getty Dick Getty
1 Chuck Meekins Chevrolet Jim Rush Jim Rush
11 Parnelli Jones Ford Oscar Maples Oscar Maples
12 George Seeger Ford Oscar Maples Oscar Maples
125 Elgin Holmes Buick Rod Soderin Rod Soderin
17 Lloyd Dane Ford Lloyd Dane Lloyd Dane
18 Eddie Gray Chevrolet Chuck Green Chuck Green
188 Jim Blomgren Ford Lorrin Bates Lorrin Bates
21 Scotty Cain Ford Scotty Cain Scotty Cain
22 Fireball Roberts Ford DePaolo Engineering Pete DePaolo
26 Fred Hunt Chevrolet -- --
3 Paul Goldsmith Ford Smokey Yunick Smokey Yunick
30 Clyde Palmer Plymouth Jack Chatenay Jack Chatenay
33 Bob Osborne Dodge -- --
34 Sherman Clark Chevrolet Sherman Clark Sherman Clark
35 Billy Cantrell Mercury -- --
4 Billy Myers Mercury Bill Stroppe Bill Stroppe
43 Bob Ross Mercury Bob Ross Bob Ross
45 Eddie Pagan Ford Eddie Pagan Eddie Pagan
46 George Norton Chevrolet -- --
48 Bill Moore Ford -- --
54 Ray Franklin Dodge -- --
66 Dick Hoffman Mercury Hoyt Platt Hoyt Platt
68 Frank Secrist Chevrolet J.M. Wattenbarger J.M. Wattenbarger
75 Jim Paschal Mercury C U Later Alligator Frank Hayworth
8 Ed Brown Chevrolet Ed Brown Ed Brown
80 Ed Negre Oldsmobile Ed Negre Ed Negre
86 Walt James Mercury -- --
88 Danny Letner Dodge Tom Harbison Tom Harbison
89 Clyde Mitchell Ford -- --
9 Jim Cook Pontiac Floyd Johnson Floyd Johnson
91 Russ Dohlen Plymouth -- --
98 Marvin Panch Ford DePaolo Engineering Pete DePaolo
98W Mike McGreevey Dodge Tom Harbison Tom Harbison