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1958 Southern 500

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NASCAR Grand National race number 41 of 51
Monday, September 1, 1958 at Darlington Raceway, Darlington, SC
364 laps on a 1.375 mile paved track (500.500 miles)

Time of race: 4:52:44
Average speed: 102.585 mph
Pole speed: 116.952 mph

Cautions: 6 for 28 laps
Margin of victory: 5 laps +
Attendance: 80000
Lead changes: 8

Glossary 1958 NASCAR Grand National results / 1958 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
1	2	22	Fireball Roberts	Aiken-Mitchell Motor Co. (Frank Strickland)	'57 Chevrolet	364	13220	running	196
2	7	87	Buck Baker	Buck Baker	'58 Chevrolet	359	5750	running	0
3	8	99	Shorty Rollins	Shorty Rollins	'58 Ford	359	3815	running	0
4	17	46	Jimmy Thompson	Phil Oates Motor Co. (Speedy Thompson)	'57 Chevrolet	358	1995	running	0
5	20	98	Marvin Panch	John Whitford	'58 Ford	357	1525	running	0
6	25	49	Bob Welborn	Julian Petty	'57 Chevrolet	355	1150	running	0
7	13	40	Rex White	Rex White	'58 Chevrolet	348	1045	running	0
8	34	30	Doug Cox	Doug Cox	'57 Ford	348	925	running	0
9	23	95	Bob Duell	Julian Buesink	'57 Ford	346	775	running	0
10	21	36	Tootle Estes	Tootle Estes	'57 Ford	346	675	running	0
11	28	11	Junior Johnson	Paul Spaulding	'57 Ford	345	500	running	0
12	33	66	Roy Tyner	Tyner Oil / Purelube (Spook Crawford)	'58 Plymouth	344	400	running	0
13	29	92	Wilbur Rakestraw	Joe Jones	'57 Ford	344	300	running	0
14	19	1	Speedy Thompson	Jim Rathmann Special (Steve Pierce)	'58 Chevrolet	344	310	running	6
15	30	44	Lloyd Dane	Lloyd Dane	'57 Ford	343	250	running	0
16	12	86	G.C. Spencer	Buck Baker	'57 Chevrolet	343	315	running	0
17	35	48	Possum Jones	Julian Petty	'57 Chevrolet	342	225	running	0
18	22	97	Parnelli Jones	Vel Miletich	'57 Ford	340	200	running	0
19	5	42	Lee Petty	Petty Enterprises	'57 Oldsmobile	335	345	running	0
20	36	25	Gene White	Gene White	'57 Chevrolet	326	200	running	0
21	31	15	Jim Paschal	Jim Paschal	'57 Chevrolet	321	150	engine	0
22	10	19	Herman Beam	Herman Beam	'57 Chevrolet	311	190	running	0
23	15	77	Bobby Johns	Shorty Johns	'57 Chevrolet	304	150	engine	0
24	18	88	Tiny Lund	Jim Linke	'58 Ford	285	230	running	0
25	41	94	Clarence DeZalia	Clarence DeZalia	'56 Ford	277	150	running	0
26	48	33	Al White	Al White	'58 Ford	264	100	running	0
27	43	85	Carl Tyler	Carl Tyler	'57 Ford	248	100	running	0
28	27	2	Bobby Lee	Horne Motors (Bobby Lee)	'58 Ford	230	100	running	0
29	3	12	Joe Weatherly	Atlanta International Raceway (Holman-Moody Racing)	'58 Ford	226	265	engine	1
30	45	74	L.D. Austin	L.D. Austin	'57 Ford	214	100	running	0
31	14	47	Jack Smith	Jack Smith	'58 Pontiac	210	100	crash	0
32	16	43	Jim Reed	Petty Enterprises	'57 Oldsmobile	207	315	engine	0
33	4	26	Curtis Turner	Atlanta International Raceway (Holman-Moody Racing)	'58 Ford	195	1350	engine	122
34	24	8	Eddie Gray	Vel's (Vel Miletich)	'57 Ford	160	100	crash	0
35	6	6	Joe Eubanks	Jim Stephens	'57 Pontiac	146	380	clutch	26
36	1	45	Eddie Pagan	Smitty Radiator (Eddie Pagan)	'58 Ford	136	240	crash	13
37	47	9	Jesse James Taylor	Jesse James Taylor	'56 Ford	95	100	crash	0
38	38	89	Marvin Porter	Vel Miletich	'57 Ford	92	100	crash	0
39	11	24	Larry Frank	–	'57 Chevrolet	71	275	crash	0
40	32	14	George Dunn	Britt-Howard Inc. (Manley Britt)	'57 Mercury	61	100	engine	0
41	27	10	Reds Kagle	Reds Kagle	'57 Ford	49	100	piston	0
42	26	90	Emanuel Zervakis	Junie Donlavey	'57 Chevrolet	47	100	overheating	0
43	46	4	Cotton Owens	Cotton Owens	'57 Dodge	15	100	piston	0
44	42	31	Bob Bolheimer	Monroe Shook	'58 Chevrolet	15	100	overheating	0
45	44	81	Harvey Hege	Harvey Hege	'57 Ford	8	100	throttle	0
46	39	60	Don Kimberling	Sausman	'58 Chevrolet	7	100	crash	0
47	9	55	Jimmy Massey	Brushy Mountain Motors (A.L. Bumgarner)	'57 Pontiac	5	100	transmission	0
48	40	84	Bob Perry	Bob Perry	'57 Ford	1	100	engine	0

Pos	Name	Nbr	Owner	Car
Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes:
	Ken Rush	4	Ken Rush	Dodge
WD	Cotton Owens	5	Cotton Owens	Pontiac

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Joe Weatherly	1	1	1
Eddie Pagan	2	12	11
Joe Eubanks	13	38	26
Curtis Turner	39	85	47
Eddie Pagan	86	87	2
Speedy Thompson	88	93	6
Curtis Turner	94	168	75
Fireball Roberts	169	364	196