1958 Southern 500


The 1958 Southern 500, the 9th running of the event, was a NASCAR Grand National Series event that was held on September 1, 1958 at Darlington Raceway in Darlington, South Carolina. Contested over 364 laps on the 1.375 mile speedway, it was the 41st race of the 1958 NASCAR Grand National Series season. Fireball Roberts won the race.
Ken Rush failed to qualify for the event; qualifying times were typically between 16.9 seconds and 21.2 seconds.
Eddie Pagan had a very scary crash in this race on lap 136, he hit the end of a steel guardrail and tumbled down the track embankment. Pagan escaped though with very minor injuries. Jimmy Thompson finished in 4th place while Speedy Thompson finished in 14th place.

Race results

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