Fantasy NASCAR Racing

This track was a 5/8 mile dirt oval that hosted two NASCAR races in 1958.  One was the lone Cup event held here, and NASCAR also held a Convertible Series race here.  30 cars started the Cup race with only five failing to finish.  Gober Sosebee would win his final career pole, but the 160 lap race would see Lee Petty beat Buck Baker to claim the victory and get the $800 first prize.  The rest of the top five was Buck Baker, Cotton Owens, George Funn and Roy Tyner.  In the Convertible event Larry Frank started on the pole for the 155 lap race; but Tiny Lund would jump to the lead and hold it the first 88 laps.  Frank would wrest the lead from Lund on lap 89 and lead for 37 circuits.  Bob Welborn would take the lead from Frank with 30 laps to go. Just five laps from the finish a crash occurred on the front stretch and the race finished under yellow.  Welborn would take the win, with Frank second.  Third place was Bill Morton, four laps back.  The track closed in 1961.