1958 Southern 500 - NASCAR Race

Name of Race:	1958 Southern 500
Name of Track:	Darlington Raceway
Date:	N/A

Darlington Raceway is a race track built for NASCAR racing located near Darlington, South Carolina.

Looks Like An Egg

It was the first superspeedway built with NASCAR racing in mind and is of a unique, somewhat egg-shaped design, an oval with the ends of very different configurations, a condition which supposedly arose from the proximity of one end of the track to a minnow pond the owner refused to relocate. This situation makes it very challenging for the crews to set up their cars' handling in a way that will be effective at both ends.

Largest Field of Racers

Darlington has an interesting history. When the 1.366 mile long track first opened over a half-century ago, it was not uncommon for there to be 80 or more entrants in a race; this was curtailed over the years as NASCAR adopted a more uniform set of guidelines with regard to the number of cars which could qualify for a race.

Flip-Flop

In recent years the track has been reconfigured; what was the front stretch is now the back stretch, and the turns have been renumbered accordingly. Seating has been increased to approximately 60,000; it has been limited by the proximity of a railroad track to the facility, a highway behind the back stretch, and the still-present pond.

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1958 Southern 500 NASCAR Race Results

Below are the race results for 1958 Southern 500, in order of finishing place.

Fin	Driver	Num	Start	Money	Laps	Status	Sponsor
1	Fireball Roberts	22	2	$13,220	364	running	Frank Strickland
2	Buck Baker	87	7	$5,750	359	running	Buck Baker
3	Shorty Rollins	99	8	$3,815	359	running	Shorty Rollins
4	Speedy Thompson	46	17	$310	358	running	Speedy Thompson
5	Marvin Panch	98	20	$1,525	357	running	John Whitford
6	Bob Welborn	49	25	$1,150	355	running	Julian Petty
7	Rex White	40	13	$1,045	348	running	Rex White
8	Doug Cox	30	34	$925	348	running	Doug Cox
9	Bob Duell	95	23	$775	346	running	Julian Buesink
10	Herb Estes	36	21	$675	346	running	Tootle Estes
11	Junior Johnson	11	28	$500	345	running	Paul Spaulding
15	Lloyd Dane	44	30	$250	343	running	Lloyd Dane
17	Possum Jones	48	35	$225	342	running	Julian Petty
18	Parnelli Jones	97	22	$200	340	running	Vel Miletich
19	Lee Petty	42	5	$345	335	running	Petty Enterprises
21	Jim Paschal	15	31	$150	321	engine	Jim Paschal
22	Herman Beam	19	10	$190	311	running	Herman Beam
23	Bobby Johns	77	15	$150	304	engine	Shorty Johns
24	Tiny Lund	88	18	$230	285	running	Jim Linke
25	Clarence DeZalia	94	41	$150	277	running	Clarence DeZalia
28	Bobby Lee	2	27	$100	230	running	Horne Motors
29	Joe Weatherly	12	3	$265	226	engine	Holman-Moody
30	L.D. Austin	74	45	$100	214	running	L.D. Austin
31	Jack Smith	47	14	$100	210	crash	Jack Smith
32	Jim Reed	43	16	$315	207	engine	Petty Enterprises
33	Curtis Turner	26	4	$1,350	195	engine	Holman-Moody
34	Eddie Gray	8	24	$100	160	crash	Vel's
35	Joe Eubanks	6	6	$380	146	clutch	Jim Stephens
36	Eddie Pagan	45	1	$240	136	crash	Eddie Pagan
38	Marvin Porter	89	38	$100	92	crash	Vel Miletich
39	Larry Frank	24	11	$275	71	crash
40	George Dunn	14	32	$100	61	engine	Manley Britt
41	Reds Kagle	10	27	$100	49	piston	Reds Kagle
42	Emanuel Zervakis	90	26	$100	47	heating	Junie Donlavey
43	Cotton Owens	5	46	$100	15	piston	Cotton Owens
44	Bob Bolheimer	31	42	$100	15	heating	Monroe Shook
45	Harvey Hege	81	44	$100	8	throttle	Harvey Hege
46	Don Kimberling	60	39	$100	7	crash	Sausman