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1958 Virginia 500

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NASCAR Grand National race number 12 of 51
Sunday, April 20, 1958 at Martinsville Speedway, Martinsville, VA
500 laps on a .500 mile paved track (250.0 miles)

Time of race: 4:05:27
Average Speed: 61.166 mph
Pole Speed: 66.007 mph

Cautions: 4
Margin of Victory: 12 cl
Attendance: 15,000
Lead changes: 5

Glossary 1958 NASCAR Grand National results / 1958 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
1	20	4	Bob Welborn	Julian Petty	'57 Chevrolet	500	3,640	running	274
2	12	44	Rex White	Julian Petty	'57 Chevrolet	500	1,675	running	0
3	11	7	Jim Reed	Jim Reed	'57 Ford	500	1,125	running	0
4	15	41	Whitey Norman	Whitey Norman	'57 Chevrolet	495	800	running	0
5	21	98	Marvin Panch	John Whitford	'57 Ford	494	675	running	0
6	38	26	Curtis Turner	Holman-Moody	'58 Ford	488	550	running	0
10	2	21	Glen Wood	Wood Brothers	'57 Ford	474	460	running	167
7	34	39	Billy Carden	Bishop Brothers	'57 Chevrolet	485	425	running	0
8	4	46	Jimmy Thompson	Speedy Thompson	'57 Chevrolet	483	375	running	0
9	17	53	Carl Burris	Carl Burris	'57 Chevrolet	479	300	running	0
11	10	42	Lee Petty	Petty Enterprises	'57 Oldsmobile	471	260	running	58
12	26	310	Joe Lee Johnson	S.T. Campbell	'57 Chevrolet	465	150	running	0
31	35	12	Joe Weatherly	Holman-Moody	'58 Ford	312	140	engine	0
13	30	78	Shep Langdon	Shep Langdon	'56 Ford	460	135	running	0
15	19	30	Doug Cox	Doug Cox	'57 Ford	457	125	running	0
14	5	99	Shorty Rollins	Shorty Rollins	'58 Ford	458	125	running	0
16	28	19	Herman Beam	Herman Beam	'57 Chevrolet	457	110	running	0
17	32	32	Brownie King	Jess Potter	'57 Chevrolet	456	110	running	0
19	16	37	Tiny Lund	Don Angel	'56 Ford	449	100	running	0
20	31	74	L.D. Austin	L.D. Austin	'56 Chevrolet	448	100	running	0
21	13	47	Jack Smith	Jack Smith	'58 Pontiac	446	100	oil pressure	0
22	42	198	Dick Beaty	Dick Beaty	'57 Ford	441	100	running	0
18	25	57	Billy Rafter	Billy Rafter	'57 Ford	453	100	running	0
24	27	86	Neil Castles	Neil Castles	'56 Ford	437	90	engine	0
23	14	28	Eddie Skinner	Eddie Skinner	'57 Ford	437	90	engine	0
25	44	52	Bob Walden	Bob Walden	'57 Ford	425	85	engine	0
26	24	50	Ben Benz	Bernard Friedland	'57 Chevrolet	424	80	running	0
27	3	62	Frankie Schneider	Frankie Schneider	'57 Chevrolet	404	75	running	0
28	39	94	Clarence DeZalia	Clarence DeZalia	'56 Ford	404	75	running	0
29	18	88	Reds Kagle	Reds Kagle	'57 Chevrolet	329	75	carburetor	0
30	9	11	Junior Johnson	Paul Spaulding	'57 Ford	325	75	engine	0
35	1	87	Buck Baker	Buck Baker	'57 Chevrolet	156	50	wiring	1
34	36	63	R.L. Combs	R.L. Combs	'56 Ford	198	50	oil pressure	0
33	6	76	Larry Frank	Larry Frank	'57 Chevrolet	267	50	oil pressure	0
32	23	64	Johnny Allen	Spook Crawford	'57 Plymouth	282	50	oil pressure	0
46	40	96	Bobby Keck	Bobby Keck	'57 Chevrolet	3		gas line	0
45	43	81	Eddie Pagan	Harvey Hege	'57 Ford	4		transmission	0
44	41	83	Lennie Page	Lennie Page	'56 Ford	14		brakes	0
43	45	8	Elmo Langley	Elmo Langley	'57 Chevrolet	55		gas tank	0
42	33	10	E.J. Brewer	E.J. Brewer	'56 Ford	69		oil pressure	0
41	46	89	Chuck Hansen	Chuck Hansen	'57 Chevrolet	77		engine	0
40	29	31	Jerry Draper	Monroe Shook	'58 Chevrolet	107		rear end	0
39	22	17	Fred Harb	Fred Harb	'57 Mercury	117		rear end	0
38	8	3	Cotton Owens	Smokey Yunick	'58 Pontiac	126		brakes	0
37	37	33	George Green	Jess Potter	'56 Chevrolet	130		transmission	0
36	7	97	Barney Shore	Barney Shore	'57 Chevrolet	154		generator	0
47	47	66	Roy Tyner	Spook Crawford	'57 Plymouth	0		engine	0

Failed to qualify: Monroe Shook (#13), Jim Parsley (#70), Blackie Pitt (#59), Jimmy Thompson (#55), Ralph Earnhardt (#6), Johnny Mackison (#23), Roz Howard (#25)

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Buck Baker	1	1	1
Glen Wood	2	139	138
Lee Petty	140	197	58
Bob Welborn	198	297	100
Glen Wood	298	326	29
Bob Welborn	327	500	174

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