Racing History Minute - April 26, 1958
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Racing History Minute - April 26, 1958
Stock Car Racing History
I borrowed some info from Tim's post, added a bit of my own and blogged about Welborn's 5th consecutive win in Julian's Chevy. Read on for more:
http://bench-racing.blogspot.com/2015/04/april-26-1958-welborn-wins-hickory.html
Racing History Minute - April 26, 1958
Stock Car Racing History
Welborn was en fuego in the spring of 1958. His Hickory ragtop win was his 5th consecutive NASCAR win in a row of 5 GN and convertible races he entered. (There were some additional GN races in which he didn't compete.) His streak of 5 ended with the Hickory win. But he had some quality top 10s in the next 3 races before picking up two more GN wins to wrap up his month of May.
04/05/58 Fayetteville (GN) - win
04/07/58 Winston-Salem (CV) - win
04/13/58 Weaverville (CV) - win
04/20/58 Martinsville (GN) - win
04/26/58 Hickory (CV) - win
05/02/58 Columbia (CV) - 3rd
05/04/58 Wilson (CV) - 2nd
05/10/58 Darlington (CV) - 6th
05/11/58 Greensboro (GN) - win
05/24/58 Winston-Salem (GN) - win
Racing History Minute - April 26, 1958
Stock Car Racing History
The race got some ink - a little though not much - in the Spartanburg Herald Journal .
Racing History Minute - April 26, 1958
Stock Car Racing History
Interesting that Jimmy Massey raced for Petty Engineering to finish 3rd. Two years later, he was chasing Richard Petty's Plymouth as he raced a Wood Brothers Ford. A blog re-visit about Massey's Run.
Racing History Minute - April 25, 1965
Stock Car Racing History
Thanks Dave - for clarification and video link. Dadgum it, I was burned by the captions at Getty Images again (captions I'm betting are provided by ISC Images). I didn't see anything in the race results article and had at least a twinge of doubt about whether the pic was from the race. But I posted it anyway.
But with your mention, I found a reference to Buck's wild ride in the Spartanburg Herald's race preview.
Racing History Minute - April 25, 1965
Stock Car Racing History
Found some photos recently from 1965 Virginia 500. Thought I'd add them to bump the post.
The start- Getty
Early in the race, Ned Jarrett got a surprise during a pit stop when Buck Baker spun & wound up on top the pit wall. Baker was able to get his car off the wall and continued for a while until his engine gave way around lap 80.- Getty
Lorenzen at speed- Getty
Lorenzen enjoying victory lane with Linda Vaughn - Getty
Racing History Minute - April 25, 1965
Stock Car Racing History
Bet he had his admin assistant feeding him one napkin after another to mop the drool from the corner of his mouth as he pondered getting DuPont money into NASCAR.
Racing History Minute - April 25, 1965
Stock Car Racing History
Truly remarkable that he was a GN title winning owner in his mid 20s and was all but gone from the sport by age 30.
Racing History Minute - April 25, 1965
Stock Car Racing History
I know this post is about Ned's win in the 1965 MARTINSVILLE race. But since you referenced Ned's record 14-lap victory in the 65 Southern 500, here is the victory lane photo. (Source: Ray Lamm collection ).
