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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. The race car drivers still had to commute to the races using the same stock cars that competed in a typical weekend's race through a policy of homologation (and under their own power). This policy was in effect until roughly 1975. By 1980, NASCAR had completely stopped tracking the year model of all the vehicles and most teams did not take stock cars to the track under their own power anymore. ==Summary== The event took five hours and one second to resolve itself on a paved oval track spanning for a total distance of .〔 Seventy-five thousand fans would attend this live NASCAR racing event.〔 As a result, Speedy Thompson defeated Cotton Owens while traveling at a speed of by simply lapping him three times during the race.〔 Thompson would drive the iconic 1957 Chevrolet during that race; that vehicle would go on to win the 1958 and the 1959 runnings of the Southern 500. Owens would acquire the pole position with a speed of during the qualifying session, however, due to the abundant amount of clean air created by driving solo.〔 T.A. Toomes would receive the last-place finish due to a problem with his brakes on lap 3 out of 364.〔 Bobby Myers would lose his life as a result of a race-related crash; Fonty Flock and Paul Goldsmith would also be involved in this accident.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Bobby Myers's fatal crash )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Bobby Myers's fatal crash (second reference) )〕 George Parrish would make a notable appearance in this race using a 1956 Studebaker Golden Hawk; he would witness the fatal crash of Bobby Myers at an extremely close range.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 The Studebaker Golden Hawk @ the 1957 Southern 500 )〕 Since he had two children living at home with his wife, Parrish decided that the risky world of NASCAR racing wasn't for him and retired after the 1958 NASCAR Cup Series season.〔 As a rookie, Cale Yarborough would make his NASCAR debut here and would finish in 42nd place (out of 50 drivers).〔 Fonty Flock would retire after this race. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「1957 Southern 500」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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