VIR - 1957 August Results Summary

Virginia International Raceway - August 3-4, 1957

"Sunday Results On VIR Program" - Newspaper Article

Summaries for VIR final events:

First Race (7 Laps) Class E-P Production:

Overall and E Production-

  1. Ed Welch, Winston-Salem, N. C., Ace Bristol;
  2. Lt. Col. Bob Kuhn, Fairborn, Ohio, Ace Bristol;
  3. Fred Fuller, Charlottesville, Va., Ace, Bristol;

F. Production-

  1. Arthur Tweedale, Falls Church, Va., Porsche;
  2. Dick Nash, Alexandria, Va., Porsche;
  3. Bob Grier, New York, New York N. Y., Porsche.
  4. Winning Speed- 69.9 mph.
Second Race (7 Laps), Class B-C-D Production:

Overall and B Production -

  1. Dick Thompson, Washington, D. C., Corvette;
  2. Fred Windridge, Arlington, Va., Corvette;
  3. Jim Jeffords, Milwaukee, Wis., Corvette;

C Production -

  1. Jim Robinson, Alexandria, Va., Jaguar;
  2. George Constantine, Steerbridge, Mass., Aston Martin;
  3. Dick Dresiol, Kensington, Md., Jaguar;

D Production -

  1. Fred Moore, Arlington; Va., Austin Healy;
  2. Warren Cox, Kennebunkport, Me., Austin Healy;
  3. Bob Hathaway, Arlington, Va.. Austin-Healy.

Winning Speed 73.7 mph.

Third Race (7 Laps), B-C-D Sports:

Overall and C Sports-

  1. Carroll Shelby, Dallas, Tex.; Maserati;
  2. Walt Hansgen, Westfield, N. J., Jaguar D;
  3. Charles Wallace, Chevy Chase, Md., Jaguar D;

D Sports-

  1. John Kilborn, Decatur, Ill., Ferrari;
  2. Paul O'Shea, Port Chester, N. Y., MercedesBenz;
  3. Dale Duncan, Overland Park, Kan., Maserati.

Winning Speed-78.3 mph.

Fourth Race (14 Laps) E-G Production and H. Sports;

Overall and G Production-

  1. Ed Hugus, Pittsburg, Pa., Alfa Romeo;
  2. Templeton Briggs, Charlottesville, Va., Alfa Romeo;
  3. Bob Grossman, W. Nyack, N. Y., Alfa Romeo;

F Production-

  1. Dick Nash, Alexandria, Va., Porsche;
  2. Hart Tweedale, Falls Church, Va., Porsche;
  3. Harry Beck, New Castle, Del., MGA.;

H Sports-

  1. Howard Hanna, Broomall Pa., DB Panhard;
  2. George Tipsford Lawrenceville, Pa., Bandini;
  3. Joachim Kammer, Pittsburgh, Pa., Renault.

No winning speed recorded, rain.

Fifth Race (14 Laps) F-G Sports:

Overall and F Sports--

  1. Bob Holbert, Warrington, Pa., Porsche RS;
  2. Wallace, Porsche 550;
  3. Thompson, Porsche GT;

G Sports -

  1. M. R. J. Wyllie, Allison Park, Pa., Lotus;
  2. Roy Schechter, Miami Fla., Lotus;
  3. Bob Weiler, Toledo, Ohio, Lotus.

Winning Speed- 64.4, mph.

Sixth Race (14 Laps), B-C-D Production:

Overall and B Production -

  1. Thompson;
  2. Jeffords;
  3. Windridge;

C Production-

  1. Constantine;
  2. Robinson;
  3. George Mixler, Holidaysburg, Pa., Jaguar;

D Production-

  1. Harold Ku?, Monclair, N. J., Austin Healy;
  2. Fred Moore, Arlington, Va., Austin Healey;
  3. Cox.

Winning Speed - 68.3 mph.

Seventh Race (14 Laps), E Production
  1. Kuhn;
  2. Welch;
  3. Augie Pabst, Milwaukee, Wis., Ace Bristol.

Winning Speed - 67.3 mph

Eighth Race (20 Laps), B-C-D-E Sports:

Overall-

  1. Shelby;
  2. Hansgen;
  3. Wallace.

D Sports-

  1. O'Shea;
  2. Kilborn;
  3. Duncan;

E Sports

  1. John Middleton, Barrington, Ill., Ferrari;
  2. Gaston Andrey, Newton, Mass., Ferrari;
  3. Charles Kolb, W. Hyattsville, Md., Triumph Special.

Winning Speed - 78.2 mph.

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