Anybody know where I can find the 1957 Ford Y block Nascar win stats for Nascar and the convertible series?

thanks, Dan

Daniel Jessup

Lancaster, California

aka "The Hot Rod Reverend"
check out the 1955 Ford Fairlane build at www.hotrodreverend.com

try USAC, and there was a link from this site, forgot where. 

Frank/Rebop

Bristol, In ( by Elkhart) 

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...

Paul

Not the only(or the last) mistake made by Robert McNamara.

 

Paul,

Boonville,MO

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

 Seppo from Järvenpää, Finland
www.hollowheads.net (just click the hole in the head to proceed)

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......

Daniel Jessup

Lancaster, California

aka "The Hot Rod Reverend"
check out the 1955 Ford Fairlane build at www.hotrodreverend.com

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


 Seppo from Järvenpää, Finland
www.hollowheads.net (just click the hole in the head to proceed)

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 .

 Seppo from Järvenpää, Finland
www.hollowheads.net (just click the hole in the head to proceed)

Notice that starting in August, Ford wins became more rare.  That's after the AMA "agreement".

John in Selma, IN

John - "The Hoosier Hurricane"

Thanks fellas!

Daniel Jessup

Lancaster, California

aka "The Hot Rod Reverend"
check out the 1955 Ford Fairlane build at www.hotrodreverend.com