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By Daniel Jessup - 17 Years Ago
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Anybody know where I can find the 1957 Ford Y block Nascar win stats for Nascar and the convertible series? thanks, Dan
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By pegleg - 17 Years Ago
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try USAC, and there was a link from this site, forgot where.
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By PF Arcand - 17 Years Ago
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Daniel: Another source is the book the "NASCAR Chronicle" by the editors of Consumer Guide, 2003. Editor; Greg Fielding. By Publications International. It contains what are supposed to be the race stats for Grand National for 1957 (& 1956 also.) However, the Convertible series is only mentioned, but not detailed. Some of the write ups seem weak, and the editor often mentions the Chebies, while omitting mentioning other makes in the captions. (gee, how unusual!) Briefly, 1957 was an epic battle between the Fords & Chebies, with only a handful of races won by Pontiacs & Olds. Fords took 26 wins & Chebies took 21 wins. Unfortunately, the points champ driver, tough, wily veteran Buck Baker, drove Chebies & that is what is always mentioned, not the fact that Ford won the Manufacturers Championship. What isn't mentioned is that Ford under Gen. Mg'r Rob't McNamara, almost completely withdrew factory support per the AMA agreement in June, even deleting high performance stuff from their catalogues. McNamara was warned by some of his senior people not to, but he didn't listen. A huge mistake for the the future, as G.M. ran a full race support operation out the back door, but that's another story...
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By PWH42 - 17 Years Ago
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Not the only(or the last) mistake made by Robert McNamara.
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By Hollow Head - 17 Years Ago
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http://www.legendsofnascar.com/STATISTICS.htm one good place to go and seek!
http://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/search.php
http://www.stockcarhalloffame.oceansiderotary.org/M_Panch.htm
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By Daniel Jessup - 17 Years Ago
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So far I have checked all of these websites, and more. Everything seems to be on driver or owner points/wins format. Nothing about manufacturer wins, even at the Ford racing website. I will keep looking......
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By Hollow Head - 17 Years Ago
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Number Date Site Race Winner Car Speed
1 11/11/56 Landaster, PA Marvin Panch Ford 78.648
2 12/02/56 Concord, NC Marvin Panch Ford 55.883
3 12/30/56 Titusville, FL Fireball Roberts Ford n/a
4 2/17/57 Daytona Beach, FL Cotton Owens Pontiac 101.541
5 3/03/57 Concord, NC Jack Smith Chevrolet 59.860
6 3/17/57 Wilson, NC Ralph Moody Ford 55.079
7 3/24/57 Hillsboro, NC Buck Baker Chevrolet 82.233
8 3/31/57 Weaverville, NC Buck Baker Chevrolet 65.693
9 4/07/57 N. Wilkesboro, NC Fireball Roberts Ford 75.015
10 4/14/57 Langhorne, PA Fireball Roberts Ford 85.850
11 4/19/57 Charlotte, NC Fireball Roberts Ford 52.083
12 4/27/57 Spartanburg, SC Marvin Panch Ford 55.130
13 4/28/57 Greensboro, NC Paul Goldsmith Ford 49.905
14 4/28/57 Portland, OR Art Watts Ford 64.754
15 5/04/57 Shelby, NC Fireball Roberts Ford 54.861
16 5/05/57 Richmond, VA Paul Goldsmith Ford 62.445
17 5/19/57 Martinsville, VA Buck Baker Chevrolet 57.318
18 5/26/57 Portland, OR Eddie Pagan Ford 64.732
19 5/30/57 Eureka, CA Llyod Dane Ford 55.957
20 5/30/57 New Oxford, PA Buck Baker Chevrolet 76.126
21 6/07/57 Lancaster, SC Paul Goldsmith Ford 61.622
22 6/08/57 Los Angeles, CA Eddie Pagan Ford n/a
23 6/15/57 Newport, TN Fireball Roberts Ford 60.687
24 6/20/57 Columbia, SC Jack Smith Chevrolet 58.045
25 6/22/57 Sacramento, CA Bill Amick Ford 59.580
26 6/29/57 Spartanburg, SC Lee Petty Olds 46.287
27 6/30/57 Jacksonville, NC Buck Baker Chevrolet 55.342
28 7/04/57 Raleigh, NC Paul Goldsmith Ford 75.693
29 7/12/57 Charlotte, NC Marvin Panch Ford 56.302
30 7/14/57 LeHi, AR Marvin Panch Pontiac 67.167
31 7/14/57 Portland, OR Eddie Pagan Ford 64.539
32 7/20/57 Hickory, NC Jack Smith Chevrolet 58.737
33 7/24/57 Norfolk, VA Buck Baker Chevrolet 47.987
34 7/30/57 Lancaster, SC Speedy Thompson Chevrolet 66.543
35 8/04/57 Watkins Glen, NY Buck Baker Chevrolet 83.064
36 8/04/57 Bremerton, Parnelli Jones Ford 38.959
37 8/10/57 New Oxford, PA Marvin Panch Ford 77.569
38 8/16/57 Old Bridge, NJ Lee Petty Olds 65.813
39 8/26/57 Myrtle Beach, SC Gwyn Staley Chevrolet 50.782
40 9/02/57 Darlington, SC Speedy Thompson Chevrolet 100.094
41 9/05/57 Syracuse, NY Gwyn Staley Chevrolet 80.591
42 9/08/57 Weaverville, NC Lee Petty Olds 67.950
43 9/08/57 Sacramento, CA Danny Graves Chevrolet 68.663
44 9/15/57 San Jose, CA Marvin Porter Ford n/a
45 9/15/57 Langhorne, PA Gwyn Staley Chevrolet 72.759
46 9/19/57 Columbia, SC Buck Baker Chevrolet 60.514
47 9/21/57 Shelby, NC Buck Baker Chevrolet 53.699
48 10/05/57 Charlotte, NC Lee Petty Olds 51.583
49 10/06/57 Martinsville, VA Bob Welborn Chevrolet 63.025
50 10/12/57 Newberry, SC Fireball Roberts Ford 50.398
51 10/13/57 Concord, NC Fireball Roberts Ford 59.553
52 10/20/57 N. Wilkesboro, NC Jack Smith Chevrolet 69.902
53 10/27/57 Greensboro, NC Buck Baker Chevrolet 38.927
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By Hollow Head - 17 Years Ago
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Holy s*it! This post went before I managed to edit it to more readable version. Sorry, my finger slipped  . But those are the '57 season results and as you can see the season started in '56 and there is several wins for Ford  .
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By Hoosier Hurricane - 17 Years Ago
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Notice that starting in August, Ford wins became more rare. That's after the AMA "agreement". John in Selma, IN
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By Daniel Jessup - 17 Years Ago
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Thanks fellas!
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