1957 Southern 500
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.
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1957 Southern 500
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.
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The 1957 Southern 500, the eig ...... under their own power anymore.
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Layout of Darlington Raceway
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Race 40 of 53 in the 1957 NASCAR Grand National Series season
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Speedy Thompson
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Speedy Thompson
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1957-09-02
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Speedy Thompson
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Southern 500 races
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Hot with temperatures reaching up to ; wind speed up to
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The 1957 Southern 500, the eig ...... under their own power anymore.
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1957 Southern 500
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