March 16, 1958: Double Chicken Money for Petty teams

Two tracks, two series, two cars, and two wins for Petty Engineering on this day in 1958. Lee Petty wins the Grand National race at Wilson Speedway NC in an Olds. And at Wilkesboro, Billy Myers wins the convertible series race in a Petty Engineering Olds ragtop.

Read more here:

http://bench-racing.blogspot.com/2013/03/march-16-1958-lee-petty-wins-wilson.html

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updated by @tmc-chase: 12/05/16 04:00:58PM

I love the typo in the Spartanburg Herald Associated Press story describing Curtis Turner's spin at Wilson in the 2,000 lap race. Those good ole boys would have been too tired to eat any barbecue across Highway 301 at Parkers after 2,000 laps on a dirt half-mile, lol! Wonder why the crowd was so small?

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Preview article for the Wilkesboro convertible race. Found it interesting the article says "sharing the top billing will a modified-sportsman race at Charlotte Fairgrounds" with no mention of the GN race in Wilson.

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