1958 Virginia 500

Race 12 of 51

Martinsville
500 laps
Time of race: 4:05:27.27
Average speed of winner: 66.166 mph
Margin of victory: 12 car lengths
Lead changes: 5 among 4 drivers
Cautions: 4 for N/A laps
Lap leaders: Baker 1, Wood 2-139, Petty 140-197, Welborn 198-297, Wood 298-326, Welborn 327-500

Race notes: Debut for Ben Benz. Finale for Dick Beaty.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	20	Bob Welborn	4		'57 Chevrolet	Julian Petty			500	2	274	running	3640	0
2	12	Rex White	44		'57 Chevrolet	Julian Petty			500	0	0	running	1675	0
3	11	Jim Reed	7		'57 Ford	Jim Reed			500	0	0	running	1125	0
4	15	Whitey Norman	41		'57 Chevrolet	Whitey Norman			495	0	0	running	800	0
5	21	Marvin Panch	98		'57 Ford	Whitford			494	0	0	running	675	0
6	34	Curtis Turner	26		'58 Ford	Holman-Moody			488	0	0	running	550	0
7	34	Billy Carden	39		'57 Chevrolet	Bishop Brothers			485	0	0	running	425	0
8	4	Jimmy Thompson	46		'57 Chevrolet	Speedy Thompson			483	0	0	running	375	0
9	17	Carl Burris	53		'57 Chevrolet				479	0	0	running	300	0
10	2	Glen Wood	21		'57 Ford	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		474	2	167	running	460	0
11	10	Lee Petty	42		'57 Oldsmobile	Petty	Petty		471	1	58	running	260	0
12	26	Joe Lee Johnson	310		'57 Chevrolet	S.T. Campbell			465	0	0	running	150	0
13	30	Shep Langdon	78		'56 Ford	Langdon			460	0	0	running	135	0
14	5	Shorty Rollins	99		'58 Ford	Rollins			458	0	0	running	125	0
15	19	Doug Cox	30		'57 Ford				457	0	0	running	125	0
16	28	Herman Beam	19		'57 Chevrolet	Beam			457	0	0	running	110	0
17	32	Brownie King	32		'57 Chevrolet	Jess Potter			456	0	0	running	110	0
18	25	Billy Rafter	57		'57 Ford	Rafter			453	0	0	running	100	0
19	16	Tiny Lund	37		'56 Ford	Don Angel			449	0	0	running	100	0
20	31	L.D. Austin	74		'56 Chevrolet	L.D. Austin			448	0	0	running	100	0
21	13	Jack Smith	47		'58 Pontiac	Jack Smith			446	0	0	oil pressure	100	0
22	42	Dick Beaty	198		'57 Ford	Beaty			441	0	0	running	100	0
23	14	Eddie Skinner	28		'57 Ford	Eddie Skinner			437	0	0	engine	90	0
24	27	Neil Castles	86		'56 Ford	Castles			437	0	0	engine	90	0
25	44	Bob Walden	52		'57 Ford	Bob Walden			425	0	0	engine	85	0
26	24	Ben Benz	50		'57 Chevrolet	Rafter			424	0	0	running	80	0
27	3	Frankie Schneider	62		'57 Chevrolet				404	0	0	running	75	0
28	500	Clarence DeZalia	94		'56 Ford	DeZalia			404	0	0	running	75	0
29	18	Reds Kagle	88		'57 Chevrolet				329	0	0	carburetor	75	0
30	9	Junior Johnson	11		'57 Ford	Spaulding			325	0	0	engine	75	0
31	35	Joe Weatherly	12		'58 Ford	Holman-Moody			312	0	0	engine	140	0
32	23	Johnny Allen	64		'57 Plymouth	Spook Crawford			282	0	0	oil pressure	50	0
33	6	Larry Frank	76		'57 Chevrolet	Larry Frank			267	0	0	oil pressure	50	0
34	36	R.L. Combs	63		'56 Ford				198	0	0	oil pressure	50	0
35	1	Buck Baker	87		'57 Chevrolet	Buck Baker		66.007	156	1	1	wiring	50	0
36	7	Barney Shore	97		'57 Chevrolet	Barney Shore			154	0	0	generator	0	0
37	37	George Green	33		'56 Chevrolet	George Green			130	0	0	transmission	0	0
38	8	Cotton Owens	3		'58 Pontiac	Yunick	Yunick		126	0	0	brakes	0	0
39	22	Fred Harb	17		'57 Mercury	Harb			117	0	0	rear end	0	0
40	29	Jerry Draper	31		'58 Chevrolet	Shook			107	0	0	rear end	0	0
41	46	Chuck Hansen	89		'57 Chevrolet	Chuck Hansen			77	0	0	engine	0	0
42	33	E.J. Brewer	10		'56 Ford				69	0	0	oil pressure	0	0
43	45	Elmo Langley	8		'57 Chevrolet				55	0	0	gas tank	0	0
44	41	Lennie Page	83		'56 Ford				14	0	0	brakes	0	0
45	43	Eddie Pagan	81		'57 Ford				4	0	0	transmission	0	0
46	40	Bobby Keck	96		'57 Chevrolet	Bobby Keck			3	0	0	gas line	0	0
47	47	Roy Tyner	66		'57 Plymouth	Spook Crawford			0	0	0	engine	0	0