The location was different, but the result was the same. For the third consecutive race since joining owner Julian Petty's racing venture, Bob Welborn claimed the checkers. After winning the Grand National race at Champion Speedway in Fayetteville, NC and the convertible race at Bowman Gray Stadium, the team headed for another convertible division race on April 13, 1958, at Asheville-Weaverville Speedway.
Welborn set a track record in qualifying to claim the pole in his #49 Chevrolet. Banjo Matthews - a rare entrant to convertible races - timed second. Matthews had been hired by Lee Petty to drive his #42 Oldsmobile.
Whatever arrangements were made to get Banjo in Papa Lee's car, they didn't matter. Julian again got the better of his brother. Welborn led flag-to-flag to win the 200-lap race. Matthews finished second in Lee's Olds.
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| Fin | Driver | Sponsor / Owner | Car |
| 1 | Bob Welborn | J.H. Petty | '57 Chevrolet |
| 2 | Banjo Matthews | Petty Engineering | '57 Oldsmobile |
| 3 | Frankie Schneider | Frankie Schneider | '57 Chevrolet |
| 4 | Ken Rush | J.H. Petty | '57 Chevrolet |
| 5 | Bill Morton | James Lowery | '57 Ford |
| 6 | Roz Howard | Roz Howard | '57 Chevrolet |
| 7 | Possum Jones | Possum Jones | '57 Chevrolet |
| 8 | Larry Frank | Larry Frank | '57 Chevrolet |
| 9 | Dick Beaty | Dick Beaty | '57 Ford |
| 10 | Barney Shore | Barney Shore | '57 Chevrolet |
| 11 | Neil Castles | Neil Castles | '56 Ford |
| 12 | Roy Tyner | Spook Crawford | '57 Plymouth |
| 13 | Tiny Lund | Don Angel | '57 Chevrolet |
| 14 | Elmo Langley | Elmo Langley | '57 Chevrolet |
| 15 | Shep Langdon | Shep Langdon | '57 Ford |
| 16 | Johnny Gardner | Johnny Gardner | '57 Chevrolet |
| 17 | Fred Harb | Fred Harb | '57 Mercury |
| 18 | Glen Wood | Wood Brothers | '57 Ford |
| 19 | Joe Saunders | '56 Plymouth | |
| 20 | Richard Spittle | Bill Poor | '56 Chevrolet |
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updated by @tmc-chase: 12/05/16 04:00:58PM
