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Post by Blaise Zebrataur on Jul 11, 2016 10:01:07 GMT -5
The field has finished qualifying for the 1st race of the season at the Beach & Road Course.
Herb Thomas won the pole with a time of 120.405 seconds, beating Curtis Turner by 0.146 seconds.
Other Noticeables: Herb Thomas won his 1st pole of the year, Thomas won his 1st career pole in the NASCAR Convertible Series
1.92-Herb Thomas 2.26-Curtis Turner 3.186-Red Duvall 4.71-Dick Joslin 5.22-Fireball Roberts 6.98-Marvin Panch 7.8-Ray Atkinson 8.55-Mel Larson 9.4-Art Binkley 10.11-George Bumgardner 11.47-Herschel White 12.27-Jack Lawrence 13.111-John Schipper 14.12-Joe Weatherly 15.41-Pete Peterson 16.99-Bob Pronger 17.5-Tom Pistone 18.17-Larry Odo 19.7-Jimmy Thompson 20.3-Bill Lutz 21.1-Jim Reed 22.16-Bud Palmer 23.76-Larry Frank 24.86-Don Oldenberg 25.32-Bob Vance 26.90-Gene Blair 27.45-Bill Brown 28.77-Dave Hirschfield
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Post by Blaise Zebrataur on Jul 11, 2016 15:30:54 GMT -5
Race #1
The NASCAR Convertible Series made their 1st stop of 1956 at the Beach & Road Course.
Herb Thomas led the field to the green in the inaugural event of NASCAR's newest series the NASCAR Convertible Series however it was Dick Joslin who would forever write his name in the history books as he led the first lap. The tricky four mile road course was a challenge for drivers but amazingly only one caution would fly leaving room for tons of racing action as Joe Weatherly would write his own name in the history books as being the first person to drop out of a NASCAR Convertible Series race after a Header broke on his Pete DePaolo owned Ford. Up front it was a four car battle all day as pole sitter Herb Thomas, Curtis Turner, Fireball Roberts and Dick Joslin would trade the lead nearly every lap before pit stops begin and that's were the tone of the race changed.
On Lap 19 nearly all twenty seven cars pitted however NASCAR officials hadn't warned the drivers about the oil put down by Weatherly's car, causing drivers to slide into their pits, causing them to lose time and some going multiple laps down, however only one driver didn't get stuck and that was Curtis Turner who would put his car in first gear and slowly drive out of the pits with the lead and would go on to lead the remaining laps and score an easy win and writing his name in the history books forever as the first winner in the new NASCAR Convertible Series.
Other Noticeables: Curtis Turner scored his 1st win of the year, Turner led 2 times for 27 laps, including the final 20 laps, It was the 1st win of his career in the NASCAR Convertible Series in his 1st start, All 28 drivers made their NASCAR Convertible Series debuts Curtis Turner, who finished 1st is the points leader, leading George Bumgardner by 15 points
1.26-Curtis Turner (27 laps led) 2.11-George Bumgardner 3.111-John Schipper 4.77-Dave Hirschfield-1 lap 5.86-Don Oldenberg-1 lap 6.7-Jimmy Thompson-1 lap 7.32-Bob Vance-1 lap 8.22-Fireball Roberts-1 lap (7 laps led) 9.71-Dick Joslin-1 lap (5 laps led) 10.92-Herb Thomas-1 lap 11.98-Marvin Panch-1 lap 12.16-Bud Palmer-1 lap 13.90-Gene Blair-2 laps 14.3-Bill Lutz-2 laps 15.55-Mel Larson-2 laps 16.41-Pete Peterson-2 laps 17.8-Ray Atkinson-2 laps 18.99-Bob Pronger-2 laps 19.17-Larry Odo-2 laps 20.47-Herschel White-2 laps 21.4-Art Binkley-2 laps 22.76-Larry Frank-2 laps 23.5-Tom Pistone-2 laps 24.1-Jim Reed-2 laps 25.186-Red Duvall-2 laps 26.45-Bill Brown-3 laps 27.27-Jack Lawrence-3 laps 28.12-Joe Weatherly-34 laps (Header)
Herb Thomas-Pole Dick Joslin-1-2 Curtis Turner-3-9 Fireball Roberts-10-14 Dick Joslin-15 Fireball Roberts-16-17 Dick Joslin-18-19 Curtis Turner-20-39
6 Lead Changes among 3 drivers
Caution Flags: 1 for 5 laps Lap 4 (Car #4 Spin Backstretch after contact from 98)
Margin of Victory: 2 Minutes and 16.469 seconds
Time of Race: 1 Hour, 53 Minutes and 32 Seconds
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Post by Blaise Zebrataur on Jul 17, 2016 10:10:09 GMT -5
The field has finished qualifying for the 2nd race of the season at the Charlotte Speedway.
Curtis Turner won the pole with a time of 19.114 seconds, beating Paul Goldsmith by 0.415 seconds.
Other Noticeables: Curtis Turner won his 1st pole of the year, Turner won his 1st career pole in the NASCAR Convertible Series in his 2nd start, Turner, who will be starting 1st, will be trying to improve on his 15 point lead over George Bumgardner
1.26-Curtis Turner 2.33-Paul Goldsmith 3.90-Gene Blair 4.22-Fireball Roberts 5.186-Darel Dieringer 6.49-Bob Welborn 7.71-Dick Joslin 8.86-Don Oldenberg 9.4-Art Binkley 10.7A-Larry Odo 11.99X-Bob Pronger 12.32-Ken Wheeler 13.99-Bill Cornwall 14.7-Jimmy Thompson 15.5-Tom Pistone 16.76-Larry Frank 17.45-Bill Brown 18.12-Joe Weatherly 19.3-Bill Lutz 20.20-Curly Martin 21.77-Dave Hirschfield 22.98-Marvin Panch
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Post by Blaise Zebrataur on Jul 17, 2016 17:00:33 GMT -5
Race #2
It was a clear night in Charlotte, North Carolina as the NASCAR Convertible Series made their second stop of the 1956 season at the Charlotte Speedway.
Curtis Turner led the field to the green however it was Paul Goldsmith who would lead the first five laps as for the first time they new Convertible Series ran on a short track and a crowd of 7,800 fans packed the place to see what all the buzz was about in the new series, however they were disappointed when the lower lane of track turned out to be too muddy for passes so only the high lane had any grip.
Paul Goldsmith dominated the early half of the race as only one caution would fly during the first 100 laps, when Marvin Panch wrecked on the Backstretch, but when Goldsmith caught lap traffic, his car began to fade, allowing Bob Welborn to pass him and would lead until the second and final caution would come out setting up a ten lap shootout, a battle that Welborn would easily win.
Other Noticeables: Bob Welborn scored his 1st win of the year, Welborn led 1 time for 70 laps, including the final 70 laps, It was the 1st win of his career in the NASCAR Convertible Series in his 1st start, Bob Welborn(1st), Paul Goldsmith(4th), Ken Wheeler(5th), Bill Cornwall(6th), Curly Martin(10th) and Darel Dieringer(16th) made their NASCAR Convertible Series debuts, Don Oldenberg, who finished 2nd is the new points leader, leading Jimmy Thompson by 10 points
1.49-Bob Welborn (70 laps led) 2.86-Don Oldenberg 3.7-Jimmy Thompson 4.33-Paul Goldsmith (57 laps led) 5.32-Ken Wheeler 6.99-Bill Cornwall 7.71-Dick Joslin 8.22-Fireball Roberts (6 laps led) 9.90-Gene Blair 10.20-Curly Martin 11.45-Bill Brown 12.76-Larry Frank 13.5-Tom Pistone 14.4-Art Binkley 15.26-Curtis Turner-1 lap 16.186-Darel Dieringer-1 lap 17.99X-Bob Pronger-1 lap 18.77-Dave Hirschfield-1 lap 19.12-Joe Weatherly-1 lap 20.7A-Larry Odo-1 lap 21.3-Bill Lutz-1 lap 22.98-Marvin Panch-125 laps (Accident)
Curtis Turner-Pole Paul Goldsmith-1-5 Fireball Roberts-6-11 Paul Goldsmith-12-63 Bob Welborn-64-133
3 Lead Changes among 3 drivers
Caution Flags: 2 for 8 laps Lap 10 (Car #98 Accident Backstretch), Lap 121 (Cars #77 and 33 Spin Turn 3)
Margin of Victory: 2.106 seconds
Time of Race: 48 Minutes and 41 Seconds
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Post by Blaise Zebrataur on Jul 25, 2016 11:02:07 GMT -5
The field has finished qualifying for the 3rd race of the season at the Orange Speedway.
Dave Hirschfield won the pole with a time of 26.856 seconds, beating Curtis Turner by 0.084 seconds.
Other Noticeables: Dave Hirschfield won his 1st pole of the year, Hirschfield won his 1st career pole in the NASCAR Convertible Series in his 3rd start, Don Oldenberg, who will be starting 17th, will be trying to improve on his 10 point lead over Jimmy Thompson
1.77-Dave Hirschfield 2.26-Curtis Turner 3.186-Darel Dieringer 4.3-Bill Lutz 5.12-Joe Weatherly 6.7A-Larry Odo 7.5-Tom Pistone 8.4-Art Binkley 9.99-Bill Cornwall 10.33-Gwyn Staley 11.98-Marvin Panch 12.45-Bill Brown 13.X-Bob Pronger 14.7-Jimmy Thompson 15.76-Larry Frank 16.90-Gene Blair 17.86-Don Oldenberg 18.71-Dick Joslin 19.27-Jack Lawrence
*Note: I used Monroe County Fairgrounds as a replacement as Orange Speedway hasn't been made for NR2003.
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Post by Blaise Zebrataur on Jul 25, 2016 16:00:21 GMT -5
Race #3
It was a clear day in Hillsborough, North Carolina as the NASCAR Convertible Series made their 3rd stop of the 1956 season at the Orange Speedway.
Dave Hirschfield led the field to the green and would lead the first lap as the 0..900 mile dirt track proved to be a calm event as only three cautions would fly, allowing for drivers to race side-by-side nearly every lap and put on quite a show for the 11,000 fans in attendance. Joe Weatherly would take over the lead early and would lead over thirty laps before being passed by points leader Don Oldenberg. Having gone without a win yet despite leading in points, Don Oldenberg would begin to pull away late before a late caution would set up a ten lap shootout, a battle Oldenberg would win over "Tiger"Tom Pistone and Curtis Turner.
Other Noticeables: Don Oldenberg scored his 1st win of the year, Oldenberg led 1 time for 67 laps, including the final 67 laps, It was the 1st win of his career in the NASCAR Convertible Series in his 3rd start, Gwyn Staley(12th) made his NASCAR Convertible Series debut, Don Oldenberg, kept his points lead, leading Curtis Turner by 42 points
1.86-Don Oldenberg (67 laps led) 2.5-Tom Pistone 3.26-Curtis Turner 4.12-Joe Weatherly (31 laps led) 5.4-Art Binkley 6.76-Larry Frank 7.99-Bill Cornwall 8.71-Dick Joslin 9.186-Darel Dieringer (1 lap led) 10.90-Gene Blair 11.3-Bill Lutz 12.33-Gwyn Staley 13.45-Bill Brown 14.27-Jack Lawrence 15.7-Jimmy Thompson 16.98-Marvin Panch 17.7A-Larry Odo 18.X-Bob Pronger 19.77-Dave Hirschfield-32 laps (Camshaft) (1 lap led)
Dave Hirschfield-1 Darel Dieringer-2 Joe Weatherly-3-33 Don Oldenberg-34-100
3 Lead Changes among 4 drivers
Caution Flags: 3 for 15 laps Lap 28 (Car #27 Spin Turn 1), Lap 68 (Car #77 Stalled Backstretch), Lap 83 (Car #12 Spin Turn 1)
Margin of Victory: 0.924 seconds
Time of Race: 55 Minutes and 32 Seconds
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Post by Blaise Zebrataur on Aug 10, 2016 11:00:04 GMT -5
The field has finished qualifying for the 4th race of the season at the Champion Speedway.
Jimmy Massey won the pole with a time of 16.388 seconds, beating Bill Lutz by 0.009 seconds.
Other Noticeables: Jimmy Massey won his 1st pole of the year, Massey won his 1st career pole in the NASCAR Convertible Series in his 1st start, Don Oldenberg, who will be starting 4th, will be trying to improve on his 42 point lead over Curtis Turner
1.33-Jimmy Massey 2.3-Bill Lutz 3.8-Ray Atkinson 4.86-Don Oldenberg 5.49-Bob Welborn 6.7A-Larry Odo 7.186-Darel Dieringer 8.7-Jimmy Thompson 9.5-Tom Pistone 10.55-Mel Larson 11.10-Don Gray 12.90-Gene Blair 13.12-Joe Weatherly 14.76-Larry Frank 15.77-Dave Hirschfield 16.26-Curtis Turner 17.45-Bill Brown 18.27-Jack Lawrence
*Note: I used Huntsville Speedway as a replacement as Champion Speedway hasn't been made for NR2003.
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Post by Blaise Zebrataur on Aug 10, 2016 16:00:07 GMT -5
Race #4
It was a cloudy day in Fayetteville, North Carolina as the NASCAR Convertible Series made their 4th stop of the 1956 season at the Champion Speedway.
Jimmy Massey led the field to the green and would lead the first eight laps before Bob Welborn would take over and begin to dominate the race as only one caution would fly, for an early spin, with the rest of the event being a side-by-side battle between drivers as only Darel Dieringer would be able to keep up with Welborn and would take the lead with less then ten laps to go and would go on to score his first ever win in the NASCAR Convertible Series.
Other Noticeables: Darel Dieringer scored his 1st win of the year, Dieringer led 4 times for 24 laps, including the final 10 laps, It was the 1st win of his career in the NASCAR Convertible Series in his 3rd start, Jimmy Massey(4th) and Don Gray(16th) made their NASCAR Convertible Series debuts, Don Oldenberg, who finished 12th, kept his points lead, leading Jimmy Thompson by 49 points
1.186-Darel Dieringer (24 laps led) 2.49-Bob Welborn (118 laps led) 3.8-Ray Atkinson 4.33-Jimmy Massey (8 laps led) 5.7-Jimmy Thompson 6.77-Dave Hirschfield 7.5-Tom Pistone 8.27-Jack Lawrence 9.7A-Larry Odo 10.76-Larry Frank 11.3-Bill Lutz-1 lap 12.86-Don Oldenberg-1 lap 13.55-Mel Larson-1 lap 14.12-Joe Weatherly-1 lap 15.45-Bill Brown-1 lap 16.10-Don Gray-1 lap 17.26-Curtis Turner-1 lap 18.90-Gene Blair-2 laps
Jimmy Massey-1-8 Bob Welborn-9-90 Darel Dieringer-91-92 Bob Welborn-93-114 Darel Dieringer-115-116 Bob Welborn-117-123 Darel Dieringer-124-133 Bob Welborn-134-140 Darel Dieringer-141-150
8 Lead Changes among 3 drivers
Caution Flags: 1 for 5 laps Lap 3 (Car #90 Spin Frontstretch after contact from 45)
Margin of Victory: 1.005 seconds
Time of Race: 48 Minutes and 50 Seconds
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Post by Blaise Zebrataur on Aug 14, 2016 10:45:16 GMT -5
The field has finished qualifying for the 5th race of the season at the Peach Bowl.
Larry Frank won the pole with a time of 22.277 seconds, beating Dick Joslin by 0.284 seconds.
Other Noticeables: Larry Frank won his 1st pole of the year, Frank won his 1st career pole in the NASCAR Convertible Series in his 5th start, Don Oldenberg, who will be starting 5th, will be trying to improve on his 49 point lead over Jimmy Thompson
1.76-Larry Frank 2.71-Dick Joslin 3.33-Fonty Flock 4.26-Curtis Turner 5.86-Don Oldenberg 6.7-Jimmy Thompson 7.12-Joe Weatherly 8.186-Darel Dieringer 9.8-Ray Atkinson 10.55-Mel Larson 11.45-Bill Brown 12.98-Marvin Panch 13.7A-Larry Odo 14.90-Gene Blair 15.20-Curly Martin 16.77-Dave Hirschfield 17.5-Tom Pistone 18.10-Don Gray 19.3-Bill Lutz 20.49-Bob Welborn 21.4-Art Binkley
*Note: I used Airborne Speedway as a replacement as Peach Bowl hasn't been made for NR2003.
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Post by Blaise Zebrataur on Aug 14, 2016 19:00:11 GMT -5
Race #5
It was a clear Thursday night in Atlanta, Georgia as the NASCAR Convertible Series made their 5th stop of the 1956 season at the Peach Bowl.
Larry Frank led the field to the green and would lead the first two laps before Fonty Flock would take over and begin to pull away from the field as he would lead the first quarter of the race before points leader Don Oldenberg would drive himself into the lead, and despite a brief battle with Marvin Panch and a pitstop late in the race, Oldenberg would lap the field and score his second win in the past three events.
Other Noticeables: Don Oldenberg scored his 2nd win of the year, Oldenberg led 3 times for 134 laps, including the final 59 laps, It was the 2nd win of his career in the NASCAR Convertible Series and his first since Orange Speedway; 3 races ago, Fonty Flock(4th) made his NASCAR Convertible Series debut, Don Oldenberg, who finished 1st, kept his points lead, leading Jimmy Thompson by 88 points
1.86-Don Oldenberg (134 laps led) 2.71-Dick Joslin-1 lap (2 laps led) 3.98-Marvin Panch-1 lap (12 laps led) 4.33-Fonty Flock-2 laps (50 laps led) 5.77-Dave Hirschfield-2 laps 6.20-Curly Martin-2 laps 7.7-Jimmy Thompson-2 laps 8.5-Tom Pistone-2 laps 9.3-Bill Lutz-2 laps 10.90-Gene Blair-2 laps 11.186-Darel Dieringer-3 laps 12.55-Mel Larson-3 laps 13.26-Curtis Turner-3 laps 14.45-Bill Brown-3 laps 15.10-Don Gray-4 laps 16.8-Ray Atkinson-4 laps 17.49-Bob Welborn-5 laps 18.76-Larry Frank-30 laps (Header) (2 laps led) 19.12-Joe Weatherly-144 laps (Ignition) 20.4-Art Binkley-149 laps (Overheating) 21.7A-Larry Odo-200 laps (Gearbox)
Larry Frank-1-2 Fonty Flock-3-52 Marvin Panch-53 Don Oldenberg-54 Marvin Panch-55-65 Don Oldenberg-66-139 Dick Joslin-140-141 Don Oldenberg-142-200
7 Lead Changes among 5 drivers
Caution Flags: 2 for 10 laps Lap 53 (Car #4 Stalled Backstretch), Lap 175 (Car #76 Stalled Frontstretch)
Margin of Victory: 1 Lap
Time of Race: 1 Hour, 29 Minutes and 13 Seconds
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Post by Blaise Zebrataur on Aug 29, 2016 10:00:23 GMT -5
The field has finished qualifying for the 6th race of the season at the Montgomery Speedway.
Darel Dieringer won the pole with a time of 23.280 seconds, beating Ray Atkinson by 0.198 seconds.
Other Noticeables: Darel Dieringer won his 1st pole of the year, Dieringer won his 1st career pole in the NASCAR Convertible Series in his 5th start, Don Oldenberg, who will be starting 4th, will be trying to improve on his 88 point lead over Jimmy Thompson
1.186-Darel Dieringer 2.8-Ray Atkinson 3.98-Marvin Panch 4.86-Don Oldenberg 5.49-Bob Welborn 6.26-Curtis Turner 7.45-Bill Brown 8.4-Art Binkley 9.90-Gene Blair 10.12-Joe Weatherly 11.3-Bill Lutz 12.99-Bob Pronger 13.10-Don Gray 14.33-Bob Flock 15.7-Jimmy Thompson 16.5-Tom Pistone 17.20-Curly Martin 18.71-Dick Joslin 19.7A-Larry Odo 20.53-Bill Cornwall 21.77-Dave Hirschfield 22.76-Larry Frank 23.55-Mel Larson
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Post by Blaise Zebrataur on Aug 29, 2016 15:00:14 GMT -5
Race #6
It was a clear night in Montgomery, Alabama as the NASCAR Convertible Series made their 6th stop of the 1956 season at the Montgomery Speedway.
Darel Dieringer led the field to the green but it would be Ray Atkinson who would lead the first lap before Darel Dieringer would take the lead back one lap later as Joe Weatherly would drive up from his 10th starting spot and would quickly begin to lap drivers and would lead more then a hundred laps and appeared on his way to his first ever NASCAR Convertible Series win. However when drivers made their pit stops, Weatherly's car seemed to lose power as he would battle briefly with points leader Don Oldenberg before Marvin Panch, who at one point was more then ten seconds behind, would catch up and pass Weatherly and would go on to score his first NASCAR Convertible Series win.
Other Noticeables: Marvin Panch scored his 1st win of the year, Panch led 1 time for 41 laps, including the final 41 laps, It was the 1st win of his career in the NASCAR Convertible Series in his 5th career start, Bob Flock, who finished 16th, made his NASCAR Convertible Series debut, Don Oldenberg, who finished 6th, kept his points lead, leading Curtis Turner by 103 points
1.98-Marvin Panch (41 laps led) 2.26-Curtis Turner 3.49-Bob Welborn (9 laps led) 4.90-Gene Blair 5.12-Joe Weatherly (119 laps led) 6.86-Don Oldenberg (27 laps led) 7.186-Darel Dieringer (3 laps led) 8.3-Bill Lutz 9.7A-Larry Odo 10.45-Bill Brown 11.77-Dave Hirschfield 12.53-Bill Cornwall-1 lap 13.10-Don Gray-1 lap 14.20-Curly Martin-1 lap 15.55-Mel Larson-1 lap 16.33-Bob Flock-1 lap 17.4-Art Binkley-2 laps 18.76-Larry Frank-2 laps 19.99-Bob Pronger-2 laps 20.5-Tom Pistone-2 laps 21.7-Jimmy Thompson-5 laps 22.71-Dick Joslin-47 laps (Gearbox) 23.8-Ray Atkinson-181 laps (Camshaft) (1 lap led)
Darel Dieringer-Pole Ray Atkinson-1 Darel Dieringer-2-4 Bob Welborn-5-11 Don Oldenberg-12-25 Bob Welborn-26 Joe Weatherly-27-128 Bob Welborn-129 Joe Weatherly-130 Don Oldenberg-131-143 Joe Weatherly-144-159 Marvin Panch-160-200
10 Lead Changes among 6 drivers
Caution Flags: 1 for 5 laps Lap 19 (Car #8 Stalled Turn 2)
Margin of Victory: 2.221 Seconds
Time of Race: 1 Hour, 31 Minutes and 18 Seconds
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Post by Blaise Zebrataur on Nov 24, 2016 11:15:05 GMT -5
The field has finished qualifying for the 7th race of the season at the Hickory Speedway.
Jimmy Thompson won the pole with a time of 16.743 seconds, beating Mel Larson by 0.009 seconds.
Other Noticeables: Jimmy Thompson won his 1st pole of the year, Thompson won his 1st career pole in the NASCAR Convertible Series in his 7th start, Don Oldenberg, who will be starting 8th, will be trying to improve on his 103 point lead over Curtis Turner
1.7-Jimmy Thompson 2.55-Mel Larson 3.33-Gwyn Staley 4.7A-Larry Odo 5.3-Bill Lutz 6.503-Frank Mundy 7.49-Bob Welborn 8.86-Don Oldenberg 9.90-Gene Blair 10.12-Joe Weatherly 11.77-Dave Hirschfield 12.26-Curtis Turner 13.98-Marvin Panch 14.186-Darel Dieringer
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Post by Blaise Zebrataur on Nov 24, 2016 16:59:59 GMT -5
Race #7
It was a clear day in Hickory, North Carolina as the NASCAR Convertible Series made their 7th stop of the 1956 season at the Hickory Speedway.
Jimmy Thompson led the field to the green and would lead the first 17 laps as for the first time in the history of the NASCAR Convertible Series, drivers raced at the Hickory Speedway. With the smallest field in the history of the Convertible Series, 14 drivers were on hand to give one of the most exciting and set the record for the most lead changes. Bob Welborn would battle all race long with points leader Don Oldenberg, as both drivers would lead a combined total of 129 of the 200 laps but it was Mel Larson who would take the lead late and appeared on his way to victory before the second and final caution would come out.
With a new sense of life, Bob Welborn would drive past lap traffic and Mel Larson and was able to hold off Joe Weatherly for the remaining twenty laps to score his second win of the season.
Other Noticeables: Bob Welborn scored his 2nd win of the year, Welborn led 9 times for 79 laps, including the final 22 laps, It was the 2nd win of his career in the NASCAR Convertible Series and his first since Charlotte; 6 races ago, Frank Mundy, who finished 5th, made his NASCAR Convertible Series debut, Don Oldenberg, who finished 6th, kept his points lead, leading Jimmy Thompson by 133 points
1.49-Bob Welborn (79 laps led) 2.12-Joe Weatherly (3 laps led) 3.55-Mel Larson (19 laps led) 4.7-Jimmy Thompson (23 laps led) 5.503-Frank Mundy 6.86-Don Oldenberg (50 laps led) 7.90-Gene Blair (19 laps led) 8.3-Bill Lutz-1 lap 9.7A-Larry Odo-1 lap 10.186-Darel Dieringer-1 lap 11.33-Gwyn Staley-1 lap (7 laps led) 12.98-Marvin Panch-2 laps 13.26-Curtis Turner-2 laps 14.77-Dave Hirschfield-2 laps
Jimmy Thompson-1-17 Bob Welborn-18-28 Jimmy Thompson-29 Bob Welborn-30 Jimmy Thompson-31-32 Gene Blair-33-41 Jimmy Thompson-42 Don Oldenberg-43-46 Bob Welborn-47-50 Don Oldenberg-51-52 Bob Welborn-53-62 Gwyn Staley-63-69 Don Oldenberg-70-72 Gene Blair-73 Jimmy Thompson-74 Gene Blair-75-83 Bob Welborn-84-90 Don Oldenberg-91-98 Bob Welborn-99-102 Joe Weatherly-103-105 Jimmy Thompson-106 Don Oldenberg-107-133 Bob Welborn-134-152 Don Oldenberg-153-154 Bob Welborn-155 Don Oldenberg-156-159 Mel Larson-160-178 Bob Welborn-179-200
27 Lead Changes among 7 drivers
Caution Flags: 2 for 11 laps Lap 105 (Cars #77, 90 and 33 Accident Turn 1), Lap 161 (Car #33 Spin Frontstretch)
Margin of Victory: 0.246 Seconds
Time of Race: 1 Hour, 6 Minutes and 48 Seconds
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Post by Blaise Zebrataur on Dec 3, 2016 10:00:03 GMT -5
The field has finished qualifying for the 8th race of the season at the Lancaster Speedway.
Gwyn Staley won the pole with a time of 21.922 seconds, beating Jimmy Thompson by 0.109 seconds.
Other Noticeables: Gwyn Staley won his 1st pole of the year, Staley won his 1st career pole in the NASCAR Convertible Series in his 3rd start, Don Oldenberg, who will be starting 9th, will be trying to improve on his 133 point lead over Jimmy Thompson
1.33-Gwyn Staley 2.7-Jimmy Thompson 3.8-Ray Atkinson 4.90-Gene Blair 5.503-Frank Mundy 6.55-Mel Larson 7.3-Norman Schihl 8.98-Marvin Panch 9.86-Don Oldenberg 10.7A-Larry Odo 11.4-Art Binkley 12.26-Curtis Turner 13.186-Darel Dieringer 14.71-Dick Joslin 15.5-Tom Pistone 16.53-Bill Cornwall 17.12-Joe Weatherly 18.77-Dave Hirschfield 19.25-Dink Widenhouse 20.49-Bob Welborn 21.10-Don Gray 22.45-Bill Brown
*Note for this race I used the Savannah Speedway as a replacement since Lancaster Speedway has not been made for NR2003.
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