Southern 500

Darlington Raceway — September 1, 1958

Fireball Roberts

Winner

364

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Fireball Roberts won the 1958 Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway on September 1, 1958, leading 196 of 364 laps. Buck Baker finished second; Shorty Rollins rounded out the podium. The race featured 6 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Monday, September 1, 1958

Track

Darlington Raceway

Season

1958

Winner

Fireball Roberts

Leaders

6 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	2	+1	Fireball Roberts	Frank Strickland (Owner)		364	—	Running	196	2000
2	7	+5	Buck Baker	Buck Baker Racing		359	—	Running	—	1920
3	8	+5	Shorty Rollins	Shorty Rollins (Owner)		359	—	Running	—	1840
4	17	+13	Jimmy Thompson	Speedy Thompson (Owner)		358	—	Running	6	1760
5	20	+15	Marvin Panch	John Whitford (Owner)		357	—	Running	—	1680
6	25	+19	Bob Welborn	Julian Petty (Owner)		355	—	Running	—	0
7	13	+6	Rex White	Rex White (Owner)		348	—	Running	—	1600
8	34	+26	Doug Cox	Doug Cox (Owner)		348	—	Running	—	1520
9	23	+14	Bob Duell	Julian Buesink (Owner)		346	—	Running	—	1440
10	21	+11	Herbert Estes	Tootle Estes (Owner)		346	—	Running	—	1360
11	28	+17	Junior Johnson	Paul Spaulding (Owner)		345	—	Running	—	1280
12	33	+21	Roy Tyner	Spook Crawford (Owner)	Plymouth	344	—	Running	—	0
13	29	+16	Wilbur Rakestraw	Joe Jones (Owner)		344	—	Running	—	0
14	19	+5	Speedy Thompson	Steve Pierce (Owner)		344	—	Running	—	1200
15	30	+15	Lloyd Dane	Lloyd Dane (Owner)		343	—	Running	—	1120
16	12	-4	G.C. Spencer	Buck Baker Racing		343	—	Running	—	1040
17	35	+18	Possum Jones	Julian Petty (Owner)		342	—	Running	—	960
18	22	+4	Parnelli Jones	Vel Miletich (Owner)		340	—	Running	—	880
19	5	-14	Lee Petty	Petty Enterprises		335	—	Running	—	800
20	36	+16	Gene White	Gene White (Owner)		326	—	Running	—	720
21	31	+10	Jim Paschal	Jim Paschal (Owner)		321	—	DNF - Engine	—	640
22	10	-12	Herman Beam	Herman Beam (Owner)		311	—	Running	—	560
23	15	-8	Bobby Johns	Shorty Johns (Owner)		304	—	DNF - Engine	—	0
24	18	-6	Tiny Lund	Jim Linke (Owner)		285	—	Running	—	480
25	41	+16	Clarence DeZalia	Clarence DeZalia (Owner)		277	—	Running	—	400
26	48	+22	Al White	Al White (Owner)		264	—	Running	—	320
27	43	+16	Carl Tyler	Carl Tyler (Owner)		248	—	Running	—	0
28	37	+9	Bobby Lee	Bobby Lee (Owner)		230	—	Running	—	240
29	3	-26	Joe Weatherly	Holman Moody		226	—	DNF - Engine	1	160
30	45	+15	L.D. Austin	L.D. Austin (Owner)		214	—	Running	—	80
31	14	-17	Jack Smith	Jack Smith (Owner)		210	—	DNF - Crash	—	80
32	16	-16	Jim Reed	Petty Enterprises		207	—	DNF - Engine	—	80
33	4	-29	Curtis Turner	Holman Moody		195	—	DNF - Engine	122	80
34	24	-10	Eddie Gray	Vel Miletich (Owner)		160	—	DNF - Crash	—	80
35	6	-29	Joe Eubanks	Jim Stephens (Owner)		146	—	DNF	26	80
36	1	-35	Eddie Pagan	Eddie Pagan (Owner)		136	—	DNF - Crash	13	80
37	47	+10	Jesse James Taylor	Jesse James Taylor (Owner)		95	—	DNF - Crash	—	0
38	38	—	Marvin Porter	Vel Miletich (Owner)		92	—	DNF - Crash	—	80
39	11	-28	Larry Frank			71	—	DNF - Crash	—	80
40	32	-8	George Dunn	Manley Britt (Owner)	Mercury	61	—	DNF - Engine	—	0
41	27	-14	Reds Kagle	Reds Kagle (Owner)		49	—	DNF	—	80
42	26	-16	Emanuel Zervakis	Donlavey Racing		47	—	DNF	—	0
43	46	+3	Cotton Owens	Owens Racing	Dodge	15	—	DNF	—	80
44	42	-2	Bob Bolheimer	Monroe Shook (Owner)		15	—	DNF	—	80
45	44	-1	Harvey Hege	Harvey Hege (Owner)		8	—	DNF	—	0
46	39	-7	Don Kimberling			7	—	DNF - Crash	—	80
47	9	-38	Jimmy Massey	A.L. Bumgarner (Owner)		5	—	DNF	—	80
48	40	-8	Bob Perry	Bob Perry (Owner)		1	—	DNF - Engine	—	80