Starting 2nd in his #42 Oldsmobile, Lee Petty leads 46 of 200 laps and wins the 100-mile race on the half-mile, asphalt Asheville-Weaverville Speedway.
NASCAR Hall of Famer Cotton Owens started fourth and was the stud of the show. He led 131 laps, but he crashed and finished 16th in the 20-car field. Another NASCAR HOFer, Buck Baker, qualified third and finished second.
Many of us have enjoyed the writings of Tom Higgins over the years. This is the first race he covered as a professional motorsports writer.
Read on for more:
http://bench-racing.blogspot.com/2013/09/september-8-1957-lee-petty-aces.html
| Fin | Driver | Car |
| 1 | Lee Petty | Oldsmobile |
| 2 | Buck Baker | Chevrolet |
| 3 | Bill Amick | Ford |
| 4 | Rex White | Chevrolet |
| 5 | Jack Smith | Chevrolet |
| 6 | Dick Beaty | Ford |
| 7 | Marvin Panch | Ford |
| 8 | Frankie Schneider | Chevrolet |
| 9 | Johnny Allen | Plymouth |
| 10 | Fireball Roberts | Ford |
| 11 | Banjo Matthews | Ford |
| 12 | L.D. Austin | Chevrolet |
| 13 | Jim Paschal | Ford |
| 14 | Bill Benson | Mercury |
| 15 | George Parrish | Studebaker |
| 16 | Cotton Owens | Pontiac |
| 17 | Bobby Keck | Chevrolet |
| 18 | Speedy Thompson | Chevrolet |
| 19 | Jimmie Lewallen | Pontiac |
| 20 | Brownie King | Chevrolet |
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updated by @tmc-chase: 09/08/19 10:04:09AM