1958 Grand National Series

1958 Grand National Series
Duration	November 3, 1957 through October 26, 1958
Season statistics
No. of races	51
First race	1958-01
Last race	1958-51
Drivers' champion	Lee Petty
Manufacturers' champion
Rookie of the Year	Shorty Rollins
Most popular driver	Glen Wood
Previous	1957
Next	1959

The 1958 Grand National Series was the 10th season of the NASCAR Grand National Series. The season began at Champion Speedway on November 3, 1957 and ended at Lakewood Speedway on October 26.

Lee Petty won his second Grand National championship in his tenth full-time season. He won 7 races in 1958, and scored 28 Top 5s and 43 Top 10s in 50 starts. He only finished outside the Top 10 once in his last 31 races. He surpassed his own record as the oldest Cup Champion at 44 years of age.

The season was notable for being the final season which saw a race at the Daytona Beach Road Course, as the new Daytona International Speedway was under construction. It saw the first race at Riverside International Raceway, and the debut of Richard Petty.

Schedule

Round	Date	Race Name	Track
1	November 3, 1957	1958-01	Champion Speedway
2	February 23, 1958	1958-02	Daytona Beach Road Course
3	March 2, 1958	1958-03	Concord Speedway
4	March 15, 1958	1958-04	Champion Speedway
5	March 16, 1958	1958-05	Wilson Speedway
6	March 23, 1958	1958-06	Orange Speedway
7	April 5, 1958	1958-07	Champion Speedway
8	April 10, 1958	1958-08	Columbia Speedway
9	April 12, 1958	1958-09	Piedmont Interstate Fairgrounds
10	April 13, 1958	1958-10	Lakewood Speedway
11	April 18, 1958	1958-11	Southern States Fairgrounds
12	April 20, 1958	Virginia 500	Martinsville Speedway
13	April 25, 1958	1958-13	Old Dominion Speedway
14	April 27, 1958	1958-14	Old Bridge Stadium
15	May 3, 1958	1958-15	Greenville-Pickens Speedway
16	May 11, 1958	1958-16	Greensboro Fairgrounds
17	May 15, 1958	1958-17	Starkey Speedway
18	May 18, 1958	Wilkes County 160	North Wilkesboro Speedway
19	May 24, 1958	1958-19	Bowman Gray Stadium
20	May 30, 1958	Northern 500	Trenton Speedway
21	June 1, 1958	Crown America 500	Riverside International Raceway
22	June 5, 1958	1958-22	Columbia Speedway
23	June 12, 1958	1958-23	New Bradford Speedway
24	June 15, 1958	1958-24	Reading Fairgrounds
25	June 25, 1958	1958-25	Lincoln Speedway
26	June 28, 1958	Buddy Shuman 250	Hickory Speedway
27	June 29, 1958	1958-27	Asheville-Weaverville Speedway
28	July 4, 1958	Raleigh 250	Raleigh Speedway
29	July 12, 1958	1958-29	McCormick Field
30	July 16, 1958	1958-30	State Line Speedway
31	July 18, 1958	Jim Mideon 500	Canadian Exposition Stadium
32	July 19, 1958	1958-32	Civic Stadium
33	July 25, 1958	1958-33	Monroe County Fairgrounds
34	July 26, 1958	1958-34	Wall Stadium
35	August 2, 1958	1958-35	Bridgehampton Raceway
36	August 7, 1958	1958-36	Columbia Speedway
37	August 10, 1958	Nashville 200	Nashville Speedway
38	August 17, 1958	Western North Carolina 500	Asheville-Weaverville Speedway
39	August 22, 1958	1958-39	Bowman Gray Stadium
40	August 23, 1958	1958-40	Rambi Raceway
41	September 1, 1958	Southern 500	Darlington Raceway
42	September 5, 1958	1958-42	Southern States Fairgrounds
43	September 7, 1958	1958-43	Fairgrounds Raceway
44	September 7, 1958	1958-44	California State Fairgrounds
45	September 12, 1958	1958-45	Gastonia Fairgrounds
46	September 14, 1958	Richmond 200	Atlantic Rural Fairgrounds
47	September 28, 1958	1958-47	Orange Speedway
48	October 5, 1958	1958-48	Salisbury Speedway
49	October 12, 1958	Old Dominion 500	Martinsville Speedway
50	October 19, 1958	Wilkes 160	North Wilkesboro Speedway
51	October 26, 1958	1958-51	Lakewood Speedway

Results

Round	Race	Pole Winner	Winner	Make	Cautions	Caution Laps	Average Speed	Number of Lead Changes
1	1958-01	Jack Smith	Rex White		0	0	59.170	3
2	1958-02	Paul Goldsmith	Paul Goldsmith		0	0	101.113	0
3	1958-03	Speedy Thompson	Lee Petty		1		58.555	2
4	1958-04	Lee Petty	Curtis Turner		1		56.141	3
5	1958-05	Marvin Panch	Lee Petty				48.459	4
6	1958-06	Buck Baker	Buck Baker		1		78.502	2
7	1958-07	Lee Petty	Bob Welborn		2		50.229	2
8	1958-08	Possum Jones	Speedy Thompson				0.000
9	1958-09	Speedy Thompson	Speedy Thompson				56.613
10	1958-10	Joe Weatherly	Curtis Turner		0	0	79.016	3
11	1958-11	Curtis Turner	Curtis Turner		3	8	53.254	0
12	1958 Virginia 500	Buck Baker	Bob Welborn		4		61.166	5
13	1958-13	Eddie Pagan	Frankie Schneider				67.590
14	1958-14	Jim Reed	Jim Reed				68.438	0
15	1958-15	Jack Smith	Jack Smith				62.295
16	1958-16	Bob Welborn	Bob Welborn				45.628	2
17	1958-17	Jim Reed	Jim Reed				49.504	0
18	1958 Wilkes County 160	Jack Smith	Junior Johnson				78.636	3
19	1958-19	Rex White	Bob Welborn				40.407	1
20	1958 Northern 500	Marvin Panch	Fireball Roberts		3	13	84.522	3
21	1958 Crown America 500	Danny Graves	Eddie Gray				79.481	1
22	1958-22	Buck Baker	Junior Johnson		8		54.752	2
23	1958-23	Bob Duell	Junior Johnson				59.840
24	1958-24	Speedy Thompson	Junior Johnson				53.763	5
25	1958-25	Ken Rush	Lee Petty				69.726
26	1958 Buddy Shuman 250	Speedy Thompson	Lee Petty		3	11	62.413
27	1958-27	Rex White	Rex White				73.892	4
28	1958 Raleigh 250	Cotton Owens	Fireball Roberts		8	32	73.691	8
29	1958-29	Jim Paschal	Jim Paschal				46.440	0
30	1958-30	Lee Petty	Shorty Rollins				47.110
31	1958 Jim Mideon 500	Rex White	Lee Petty				43.184	1
32	1958-32	Rex White	Jim Reed		0	0	46.972	1
33	1958-33	Rex White	Cotton Owens				59.990	5
34	1958-34	Rex White	Jim Reed		1	5	65.395	1
35	1958-35	Jack Smith	Jack Smith		0	0	80.696	0
36	1958-36	Speedy Thompson	Speedy Thompson				54.920
37	1958 Nashville 200	Rex White	Joe Weatherly		5		59.269	1
38	1958 Western North Carolina 500	Jimmy Massey	Fireball Roberts				66.780
39	1958-39	Glenn Dunnaway	Lee Petty				39.258	3
40	1958-40	Speedy Thompson	Bob Welborn				60.443
41	1958 Southern 500	Eddie Pagan	Fireball Roberts		6	28	102.585	8
42	1958-42	Lee Petty	Buck Baker				52.280	3
43	1958-43	Cotton Owens	Fireball Roberts				60.678
44	1958-44	Parnelli Jones	Parnelli Jones				65.550
45	1958-45	Tiny Lund	Buck Baker				47.856
46	1958 Richmond 200	Speedy Thompson	Speedy Thompson				57.878	4
47	1958-47	Tiny Lund	Joe Eubanks		4	19	72.439	4
48	1958-48	Gober Sosebee	Lee Petty				58.271
49	1958 Old Dominion 500	Glen Wood	Fireball Roberts				64.344	1
50	1958 Wilkes 160	Glen Wood	Junior Johnson		0	0	84.906
51	1958-51	Glen Wood	Junior Johnson				69.570	2

Final Points Standings

Pos.	Driver	Races	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s	Poles	Points	Difference
1	Lee Petty	50	7	28	43	4	12,232
2	Buck Baker	44	3	23	35	3	11,588	-644
3	Speedy Thompson	37	4	18	23	7	8,792	-3,440
4	Shorty Rollins	29	1	12	22	0	8,124	-4,108
5	Jack Smith	39	2	15	21	4	7,666	-4,566
6	L.D. Austin	46	0	0	10	0	6,972	-5,260
7	Rex White	22	2	13	17	7	6,552	-5,680
8	Junior Johnson	27	6	12	16	0	6,380	-5,852
9	Eddie Pagan	27	0	11	18	2	4,910	-7,322
10	Jim Reed	17	4	10	12	2	4,762	-7,470
11	Fireball Roberts	10	6	8	9	0	4,420	-7,812
12	Bobby Keck	30	0	0	7	0	4,240	-7,992
13	Herman Beam	20	0	0	1	0	4,224	-8,008
14	Tootle Estes	11	0	0	4	0	4,048	-8,184
15	Clarence DeZalia	27	0	0	6	0	3,448	-8,784
16	Doug Cox	14	0	3	9	0	3,736	-8,496
17	Cotton Owens	29	1	8	17	2	3,716	-8,516
18	Marvin Panch	11	0	5	5	2	3,424	-8,808
19	Billy Rafter	19	0	1	8	0	2,916	-9,316
20	Curtis Turner	17	3	8	10	1	2,856	-9,376
21	Lloyd Dane	5	0	1	2	0	2,844	-9,388
22	Bob Duell	7	0	3	6	1	2,740	-9,492
23	Jimmy Thompson	8	0	2	3	0	2,540	-9,692
24	Fred Harb	25	0	4	7	0	2,484	-9,748
25	Tiny Lund	22	0	4	7	2	2,436	-9,796
26	Bill Poor	24	0	1	7	0	2,292	-9,940
27	Gene White	9	0	0	2	0	2,040	-10,192
28	Joe Weatherly	15	1	5	7	1	2,032	-10,200
29	Johnny Mackison	11	0	2	3	0	1,680	-10,552
30	Jim Parsley	10	0	0	4	0	1,488	-10,744

Rookie of the Year

With 1 win, 12 Top 5s, 22 Top 10s and a fourth-place finish in the points standings, Shorty Rollins was the 1958 Rookie of the Year.

Manufacturer's Championship

With 25 wins, Chevrolet won the 1958 Manufacturer's Championship.

Position	Make	Race Wins
1		25
2		16
3		7
4		3
5		0