1958 Southern 500

Darlington Raceway · 1958 · NASCAR Cup Series

Race summary

Winner	St	Cars	RAF	LLF	Ldrs	W-Led	Laps	Miles
Fireball Roberts	2	48	27	1	6	196	364	500.5

Finishing order

Fin	St	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	2	22	Fireball Roberts	Frank Strickland (Owner)	Chevrolet	364	196	running	2,000
2	7	87	Buck Baker	Buck Baker Racing	Chevrolet	359		running	1,920
3	8	99	Shorty Rollins	Shorty Rollins (Owner)	Ford	359		running	1,840
4	17	46	Jimmy Thompson	Speedy Thompson (Owner)	Chevrolet	358	6	running	1,760
5	20	98	Marvin Panch	John Whitford (Owner)	Ford	357		running	1,680
6	25	49	Bob Welborn	Julian Petty (Owner)	Chevrolet	355		running
7	13	40	Rex White	Rex White (Owner)	Chevrolet	348		running	1,600
8	34	30	Doug Cox	Doug Cox (Owner)	Ford	348		running	1,520
9	23	95	Bob Duell	Julian Buesink (Owner)	Ford	346		running	1,440
10	21	36	Herbert Estes	Tootle Estes (Owner)	Ford	346		running	1,360
11	28	11	Junior Johnson	Paul Spaulding (Owner)	Ford	345		running	1,280
12	33	66	Roy Tyner	Spook Crawford (Owner)	Plymouth	344		running
13	29	92	Wilbur Rakestraw	Joe Jones (Owner)	Ford	344		running
14	19	1	Speedy Thompson	Steve Pierce (Owner)	Chevrolet	344		running	1,200
15	30	44	Lloyd Dane	Lloyd Dane (Owner)	Ford	343		running	1,120
16	12	86	G.C. Spencer	Buck Baker Racing	Chevrolet	343		running	1,040
17	35	48	Possum Jones	Julian Petty (Owner)	Chevrolet	342		running	960
18	22	97	Parnelli Jones	Vel Miletich (Owner)	Ford	340		running	880
19	5	42	Lee Petty	Petty Enterprises	Oldsmobile	335		running	800
20	36	25	Gene White	Gene White (Owner)	Chevrolet	326		running	720
21	31	15	Jim Paschal	Jim Paschal (Owner)	Chevrolet	321		engine	640
22	10	19	Herman Beam	Herman Beam (Owner)	Chevrolet	311		running	560
23	15	77	Bobby Johns	Shorty Johns (Owner)	Chevrolet	304		engine
24	18	88	Tiny Lund	Jim Linke (Owner)	Ford	285		running	480
25	41	94	Clarence DeZalia	Clarence DeZalia (Owner)	Ford	277		running	400
26	48	33	Al White	Al White (Owner)	Ford	264		running	320
27	43	85	Carl Tyler	Carl Tyler (Owner)	Ford	248		running
28	37	2	Bobby Lee	Bobby Lee (Owner)	Ford	230		running	240
29	3	12	Joe Weatherly	Holman Moody	Ford	226	1	engine	160
30	45	74	L.D. Austin	L.D. Austin (Owner)	Ford	214		running	80
31	14	47	Jack Smith	Jack Smith (Owner)	Pontiac	210		accident	80
32	16	43	Jim Reed	Petty Enterprises	Oldsmobile	207		engine	80
33	4	26	Curtis Turner	Holman Moody	Ford	195	122	engine	80
34	24	8	Eddie Gray	Vel Miletich (Owner)	Ford	160		accident	80
35	6	6	Joe Eubanks	Jim Stephens (Owner)	Pontiac	146	26	clutch	80
36	1	45	Eddie Pagan	Eddie Pagan (Owner)	Ford	136	13	accident	80
37	47	9	Jesse James Taylor	Jesse James Taylor (Owner)	Ford	95		accident
38	38	89	Marvin Porter	Vel Miletich (Owner)	Ford	92		accident	80
39	11	24	Larry Frank		Chevrolet	71		accident	80
40	32	14	George Dunn	Manley Britt (Owner)	Mercury	61		engine
41	27	10	Reds Kagle	Reds Kagle (Owner)	Ford	49		piston	80
42	26	90	Emanuel Zervakis	Donlavey Racing	Chevrolet	47		overheating
43	46	4	Cotton Owens	Owens Racing	Dodge	15		piston	80
44	42	31	Bob Bolheimer	Monroe Shook (Owner)	Chevrolet	15		overheating	80
45	44	81	Harvey Hege	Harvey Hege (Owner)	Ford	8		throttle
46	39	60	Don Kimberling		Chevrolet	7		accident	80
47	9	55	Jimmy Massey	A.L. Bumgarner (Owner)	Pontiac	5		transmission	80
48	40	84	Bob Perry	Bob Perry (Owner)	Ford	1		engine	80

Lap leaders

#	Driver	Led	Share	Fin
1	Fireball Roberts	196	53.8%	P1
2	Curtis Turner	122	33.5%	P33
3	Joe Eubanks	26	7.1%	P35
4	Eddie Pagan	13	3.6%	P36
5	Jimmy Thompson	6	1.6%	P4
6	Joe Weatherly	1	0.3%	P29

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1958 Southern 500

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