ROBERT  JOE  "BOB"  WELBORN   -   05/05/1928 - 08/10/1997

a former NASCAR Cup Series driver.  He was named to NASCAR's 50 Greatest Drivers list in 1998.  He won the final three NASCAR Convertible Division championships in 1956, 1957, and 1958.  Welborn drove in 11 Grand National events in 1953 for Julian Petty and J.O. Goode’s.  Welborn drove in 32 of 45 events in Julian Petty and his own cars.  He won the pole at Greenville-Pickens Speedway.  Welborn finished fourth in the 1955 points.  Welborn won his first race at Martinsville in 1957, but did not cross the finish line.  Lewis "Possum" Jones relieved Welborn half way through the race, but NASCAR always credits the driver who started the car.  He had one win and three Top-10 finished in five events.  Welborn had four straight wins (and five total), one pole, ten Top-5, and 15 Top-10 finishes in 1958.  He made his last NASCAR start in 1964 while driving for Holman-Moody.  For his career he ran in 183 NASCAR Cup events, posting nine wins. He ran all four seasons that NASCAR had a convertible series and won the championship three of them.  He ran 111 races, and won 19 times.   Some info from Wikipedia

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