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Post by Blaise Zebrataur on Mar 10, 2022 21:12:19 GMT -5
Race #15It was a clear night in Charlotte, North Carolina as the NASCAR Convertible Series made their 15th stop of the 1957 season at the Charlotte Speedway. Curtis Turner led the field to the Green Flag but it was Johnny Dodson who would lead the first two laps around the track as it became clear that the drivers would struggle with the tracks conditions much like the races held at the track before, multiple cautions would come out due to spins in Turn 4. Larry Frank would dominate the first half of the race before he was passed and then lapped in the last half of the race while Jimmy Thompson would assume the lead and appeared on his way to his first career win, but shortly before the ninth caution, he was passed by Lee Petty. Once in the lead, Petty was able to keep command and would lap all but three drivers and easily would go on to score the second win of his career. Other Noticeables: Lee Petty scored his 2nd win of the year, Petty led 1 time for 81 laps, which were the final 81 laps, It was the 2nd win of his career in the NASCAR Convertible Series and his first since Hickory; 5 races ago, Joe Weatherly, who finished 7th, kept his points lead, leading Curtis Turner by 99 points 1.42-Lee Petty (81 laps led) 2.20-Jimmy Thompson (39 laps led) 3.10-Roger Baldwin 4.77-Don Gray (13 laps led) 5.86-Don Oldenberg-1 lap 6.76-Larry Frank-2 laps (65 laps led) 7.12-Joe Weatherly-2 laps 8.26-Curtis Turner-2 laps 9.711-Bill Poor-6 laps 10.39-Dick Beaty-52 laps (Piston) 11.48-Possum Jones-58 laps (Accident) 12.1A-Whitey Norman-87 laps (Accident) 13.88-Johnny Dodson-132 laps (Accident) (2 laps led) 14.55-Neil Castles-133 laps (Accident) 15.49-Bob Welborn-133 laps (Accident) 16.34-Jimmy Massey-133 laps (Accident) 17.21-Glen Wood-133 laps (Accident) 18.44-Al Tasnady-134 laps (Accident) 19.78-Shep Langdon-169 laps (Accident) Curtis Turner-Pole Johnny Dodson-1-2 Larry Frank-3-67 Jimmy Thompson-68-84 Don Gray-85-97 Jimmy Thompson-98-119 Lee Petty-120-200 5 Lead Changes among 5 drivers Caution Flags: 10 for 21 laps Lap 12 (Car #26 Spin Turn 4), Lap 24 (Car #39 Spin Turn 4), Lap 33 (Car #78 Accident Backstretch), Lap 66 (Car #711 Spin Turn 4), Lap 76 (Car #76 Spin Turn 4), Lap 103 (Car #711 Spin Turn 4), Lap 107 (Car #1A Spin Turn 4), Lap 115 (Car #1A Accident Backstretch), Lap 123 (Car #711 Spin Turn 4), Lap 151 (Car #48 Spin Turn 4) Margin of Victory: 11.039 Seconds Time of Race: 1 Hour, 16 Minutes and 18 Seconds Curtis Turner leads the field to the Green Flag. Johnny Dodson passes Curtis Turner on the Backstretch and would go on to lead the first lap. Larry Frank passes Johnny Dodson for the lead on Lap 3. The first caution comes out on Lap 12 when Curtis Turner spins out in Turn 4. The second caution comes out on Lap 24 when Dick Beaty spins out in Turn 4. The third caution comes out on Lap 33 when Shep Langdon wrecks on the Backstretch. The fourth caution comes out on Lap 66 when Bill Poor spins out in Turn 4. The fifth caution comes out on Lap 76 when Larry Frank spins out in Turn 4. As drivers try to pit, a massive crash happens that would knock six drivers out of the race. Don Gray passes Jimmy Thompson for the lead on Lap 85. Jimmy Thompson passes Don Gray to retake the lead on Lap 98. The sixth caution comes out on Lap 103 when Bill Poor spins out in Turn 4. The seventh caution comes out on Lap 107 when Whitey Norman spins out in Turn 4. The eighth caution comes out on Lap 115 when Whitey Norman wrecks on the Backstretch. Lee Petty passes Jimmy Thompson for the 5th and final lead change on Lap 120. The ninth caution comes out on Lap 123 when Bill Poor spins out in Turn 4. The tenth and final caution comes out on Lap 151 when spins out in Turn 4. While running in 9th, Dick Beaty's Piston breaks. Lee Petty takes the Checkered Flag.
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Post by Blaise Zebrataur on May 12, 2022 8:01:08 GMT -5
The field has finished qualifying for the 16th race of the season at the McCormick Field.
Curtis Turner won the pole with a time of 18.559 seconds, beating Jimmy Massey by 0.013 seconds.
Other Noticeables:
Curtis Turner won his 6th pole of the year and second in a row,
Turner won his 19th career pole in the NASCAR Convertible Series and his first since Charlotte; 1 race ago,
Turner, who won this race one year ago, will be starting 1st,
Joe Weatherly, who will start 6th, has 99 point lead over Curtis Turner
1.26-Curtis Turner
2.34-Jimmy Massey
3.39-Dick Beaty
4.78-Shep Langdon
5.1A-Whitey Norman
6.12-Joe Weatherly
7.49-Bob Welborn
8.21-Glen Wood
9.48-Possum Jones
10.10-Roger Baldwin
11.86-Don Oldenberg
12.711-Bill Poor
13.77-Don Gray
14.55-Neil Castles
15.44-Al Tasnady
16.76-Larry Frank
*Note for this race I used the Bowman-Gray Stadium as a replacement since McCormick Field has not been made for NR2003.
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Post by Blaise Zebrataur on May 12, 2022 13:21:22 GMT -5
Race #16It was a clear night in Asheville, North Carolina as the NASCAR Convertible Series made their 16th stop of the 1957 season at the McCormick Field. Curtis Turner led the field to the Green Flag and would quickly begin to build up a lead around the small 0.250 mile short track, with Turner building up a lead of nearly three seconds by the fifty lap as he caught lap traffic around that same time. With a track that was rough on passing, Turner struggling on getting through lap traffic, while Whitey Norman, who had worked himself up from fifth spot, had cut Turner's lead down every single lap, while Turner was finally able began to start lapping cars, while Norman was able to cut the lead down to just under a second, it wasn't enough, as Turner would easily go on to score his fourth win of 1957. Other Noticeables: Curtis Turner scored his 4th win of the year, Turner led 1 time for 150 laps, which was every single lap, It was the 24th win of his career in the NASCAR Convertible Series and his first since Langhorne; 3 races ago, Joe Weatherly, who finished 7th, kept his points lead, leading Curtis Turner by 60 points 1.26-Curtis Turner (150 laps led) 2.1A-Whitey Norman 3.48-Possum Jones 4.49-Bob Welborn 5.86-Don Oldenberg 6.34-Jimmy Massey 7.12-Joe Weatherly 8.39-Dick Beaty 9.77-Don Gray 10.44-Al Tasnady 11.711-Bill Poor 12.78-Shep Langdon 13.21-Glen Wood 14.76-Larry Frank-1 lap 15.10-Roger Baldwin-1 lap 16.55-Neil Castles-1 lap Curtis Turner-1-150 0 Lead Changes among 1 driver Caution Flags: 0 for 0 laps Margin of Victory: 1.700 Seconds Time of Race: 53 Minutes and 52 Seconds Curtis Turner leads the field to the Green Flag. Curtis Turner takes the Checkered Flag.
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Post by Blaise Zebrataur on Jun 6, 2022 14:04:54 GMT -5
The field has finished qualifying for the 17th race of the season at the Hub City Speedway.
Jimmy Massey won the pole with a time of 22.251 seconds, beating Lee Petty by 0.112 seconds.
Other Noticeables:
Jimmy Massey won his 1st pole of the year,
Massey won his 4th career pole in the NASCAR Convertible Series and his first since 1956 at Charlotte; 31 races ago,
Curtis Turner, who won this race one year ago, will be starting 4th,
Joe Weatherly, who will start 5th, has 60 point lead over Curtis Turner
1.34-Jimmy Massey
2.42-Lee Petty
3.48-Possum Jones
4.26-Curtis Turner
5.12-Joe Weatherly
6.21-Glen Wood
7.10-Roger Baldwin
8.49-Bob Welborn
9.39-Dick Beaty
10.1A-Whitey Norman
11.55-Neil Castles
12.76-Larry Frank
13.77-Don Gray
14.711-Bill Poor
15.35-Darel Dieringer
16.78-Shep Langdon
17.11-Ed Goodwin
18.44-Al Tasnady
*Note for this race I used the North Carolina State Fairgrounds as a replacement since Hub City Speedway has not been made for NR2003.
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Post by Blaise Zebrataur on Jun 6, 2022 23:05:14 GMT -5
Race #17It was a clear day in Spartanburg, South Carolina as the NASCAR Convertible Series made their 17th stop of the 1957 season at the Hub City Speedway. Jimmy Massey led the field to the Green Flag and would lead the first forty one laps around the half mile track as he kept his challengers behind him while Curtis Turner worked his way from his fourth starting spot, falling back to tenth in the early laps before working his way past them, while Possum Jones passed Massey for the lead on Lap 42, Turner had climbed up to third just four laps later, and on Lap 50, Turner would lead before being passed by Jones. Turner would back off a little to regain control of his car and finally passed Jones on Lap 68 and would begin to show the power of his Pete DePaolo Ford, as he would start to lap drivers, if it wasn't for Bob Welborn's stalled car, the race would have got caution free, while Turner would go on to easily and lap all but Jones, leading 134 laps to score his 5th win of 1957. Other Noticeables: Curtis Turner scored his 5th win of the year and second in a row, Turner led 2 times for 134 laps, including the final 133 laps, It was the 25th win of his career in the NASCAR Convertible Series and his first since Asheville; 1 race ago, Joe Weatherly, who finished 8th, kept his points lead, leading Curtis Turner by 17 points 1.26-Curtis Turner (134 laps led) 2.48-Possum Jones (25 laps led) 3.21-Glen Wood-1 lap 4.39-Dick Beaty-1 lap 5.42-Lee Petty-1 lap 6.1A-Whitey Norman-1 lap 7.34-Jimmy Massey-1 lap (41 laps led) 8.12-Joe Weatherly-1 lap 9.55-Neil Castles-1 lap 10.76-Larry Frank-2 laps 11.711-Bill Poor-2 laps 12.77-Don Gray-2 laps 13.78-Shep Langdon-2 laps 14.10-Roger Baldwin-3 laps 15.11-Ed Goodwin-9 laps 16.49-Bob Welborn-103 laps (Clutch) 17.44-Al Tasnady-147 laps (Header) 18.35-Darel Dieringer-163 laps (Camshaft) Jimmy Massey-1-41 Possum Jones-42-49 Curtis Turner-50 Possum Jones-51-67 Curtis Turner-68-200 4 Lead Changes among 3 drivers Caution Flags: 1 for 5 laps Lap 98 (Car #49 Stalled Frontstretch) Margin of Victory: 16.116 Seconds Time of Race: 1 Hour and 23 Minutes Jimmy Massey leads the field to the Green Flag. While running in 12th, Darel Dieringer's Camshaft breaks. Possum Jones passes Jimmy Massey for the lead on Lap 42. Curtis Turner passes Possum Jones for the lead on Lap 50. Possum Jones passes Curtis Turner to retake the lead on Lap 51. While running in 14th, Al Tasnady's Header breaks. Curtis Turner passes Possum Jones for the 4th and final lead change on Lap 68. The lone caution comes out on Lap 98 when Bob Welborn, who was running in 8th, stalls on the Frontstretch due to a broken Clutch. Curtis Turner takes the Checkered Flag.
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Post by Blaise Zebrataur on Aug 2, 2022 6:34:12 GMT -5
The field has finished qualifying for the 18th race of the season at the New York State Fairgrounds.
Bob Welborn won the pole with a time of 40.407 seconds, beating Joe Weatherly by 0.213 seconds.
Other Noticeables:
Bob Welborn won his 1st pole of the year,
Welborn won his 3rd career pole in the NASCAR Convertible Series and his first since 1956 at Lakewood; 26 races ago,
Curtis Turner, who won this race one year ago, will be starting 10th,
Joe Weatherly, who will start 2nd, has 17 point lead over Curtis Turner
1.49-Bob Welborn
2.12-Joe Weatherly
3.76-Larry Frank
4.21-Glen Wood
5.78-Shep Langdon
6.48-Possum Jones
7.400-George Bumgardner
8.33-Sonny Walters
9.19-Dick Walters
10.26-Curtis Turner
11.14-Phil McGraw
12.711-Bill Poor
13.34-Jimmy Massey
14.1A-Whitey Norman
15.93-Ted Chamberlain
16.9-Dave Terrell
17.83-Lenny Page
18.55-Neil Castles
19.77-Don Gray
20.41-Billy Rafter
21.44-Al Tasnady
*Note for this race I used the Lakewood Speedway as a replacement since there is not a working version of New York State Fairgrounds for NR2003.
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Post by Blaise Zebrataur on Aug 2, 2022 18:09:06 GMT -5
Race #18It was a clear day in Syracuse, New York as the NASCAR Convertible Series made their 18th stop of the 1957 season at the New York State Fairgrounds. Bob Welborn led the field to the Green Flag but it would be points leader Joe Weatherly who would lead the first laps around the one mile dirt track, but it wouldn't take long before Curtis Turner would work his way up from his tenth starting spot and would climb into the lead by the twelfth lap, showing the power and talent that he had, to the surprise of no one of the small two thousand five hundred people in the stands. Turner would control the first half of the race like he had done for much of 1957, but a caution would fly on Lap 41, as Turner would lose the lead briefly to Possum Jones during pits stops, before regaining it back one lap later. When the green flag waved to allow the drivers to go back racing, Turner remained in the lead for a few laps before surprisingly Turner would be passed by Whitey Norman. Norman would build up a lead while Turner's car would lose it's grip around the track, falling back to third behind Bob Welborn, while Norman would build up a lead of over five seconds and would score a major upset. Other Noticeables: Whitey Norman scored his 1st win of the year, Norman led 1 time for 50 laps, which were the final 50 laps, It was the 1st win of his career in the NASCAR Convertible Series in his 15th start, Ted Chamberlain(13th), Phil McGraw(14th) and Lenny Page(21st) made their NASCAR Convertible Series debuts, Joe Weatherly, who finished 5th, kept his points lead, leading Curtis Turner by 7 points 1.1A-Whitey Norman (50 laps led) 2.49-Bob Welborn 3.26-Curtis Turner (38 laps led) 4.48-Possum Jones (1 lap led) 5.12-Joe Weatherly (11 laps led) 6.21-Glen Wood 7.33-Sonny Walters 8.34-Jimmy Massey 9.76-Larry Frank 10.711-Bill Poor 11.41-Billy Rafter-1 lap 12.400-George Bumgardner-1 lap 13.93-Ted Chamberlain-1 lap 14.14-Phil McGraw-1 lap 15.55-Neil Castles-1 lap 16.78-Shep Langdon-2 laps 17.19-Dick Walters-2 laps 18.9-Dave Terrell-2 laps 19.44-Al Tasnady-2 laps 20.77-Don Gray-2 laps 21.83-Lenny Page-3 laps Bob Welborn-Pole Joe Weatherly-1-11 Curtis Turner-12-41 Possum Jones-42 Curtis Turner-43-50 Whitey Norman-51-100 4 Lead Changes among 4 drivers Caution Flags: 1 for 4 laps Lap 41 (Car #78 Stalled Turn 1) Margin of Victory: 5.146 Seconds Time of Race: 1 Hour, 21 Minutes and 21 Seconds Bob Welborn leads the field to the Green Flag. Joe Weatherly gets a strong run on the outside and passes Welborn in Turn 1, going on to lead the first laps. Curtis Turner passes Joe Weatherly for the lead on Lap 12. The lone caution comes out on Lap 41 when Shep Langdon stalls in Turn 1. Whitey Norman passes Curtis Turner for the 4th and final lead change on Lap 51. Whitey Norman takes the Checkered Flag.
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Post by Blaise Zebrataur on Mar 1, 2023 11:30:44 GMT -5
The field has finished qualifying for the 19th race of the season at the Old Bridge Stadium.
Bob Welborn won the pole with a time of 18.446 seconds, beating Jimmy Massey by 0.045 seconds.
Other Noticeables:
Bob Welborn won his 2nd pole of the year and second in a row,
Welborn won his 4th career pole in the NASCAR Convertible Series and his first since Syracuse; 1 race ago,
Frank Mundy, who won this race one year ago, is not entered in this race,
Joe Weatherly, who will start 7th, has 7 point lead over Curtis Turner
1.49-Bob Welborn
2.34-Jimmy Massey
3.48-Possum Jones
4.21-Glen Wood
5.44-Al Tasnady
6.26-Curtis Turner
7.12-Joe Weatherly
8.93-Ted Chamberlain
9.78-Shep Langdon
10.55-Neil Castles
11.76-Larry Frank
12.711-Bill Poor
13.41-Billy Rafter
14.1A-Whitey Norman
15.77-Don Gray
16.9-Dave Terrell
*Note for this race I used the Old Dominion Speedway as a replacement since Old Bridge Stadium has not been made for NR2003.
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Post by Blaise Zebrataur on Mar 1, 2023 18:01:13 GMT -5
Race #19It was a clear day in Old Bridge, New Jersey as the NASCAR Convertible Series made their 19th stop of the 1957 season at the Old Bridge Stadium. Bob Welborn led the field to the Green Flag and would quickly jump out to an early lead around the half mile track and would start lapping driver just after fifty laps, while Welborn's lead had grown to five seconds by that point. With only sixteen drivers at the track, it allowed drivers enough space around the track where no caution would fly during the event, giving drivers only one chance to make pit stops. Welborn would keep his lead during pit stops and would keep his lead past it, but Possum Jones was slowly cutting down the margin thanks to lap traffic and Welborn's car not being as strong as it had been during the first half of the event, but Jones would run out of time, as Welborn would lead every single lap to score his second win of 1957. Other Noticeables: Bob Welborn scored his 2nd win of the year, Welborn led 1 time for 200 laps, which was every single lap, It was the 8th win of his career in the NASCAR Convertible Series and his first since Fayetteville; 16 races ago, Joe Weatherly, who finished 4th, kept his points lead, leading Curtis Turner by 2 points 1.49-Bob Welborn (200 laps led) 2.48-Possum Jones 3.21-Glen Wood 4.12-Joe Weatherly 5.26-Curtis Turner 6.76-Larry Frank 7.711-Bill Poor-1 lap 8.78-Shep Langdon-1 lap 9.34-Jimmy Massey-1 laps 10.9-Dave Terrell-2 laps 11.44-Al Tasnady-2 laps 12.55-Neil Castles-2 laps 13.77-Don Gray-3 laps 14.1A-Whitey Norman-4 laps 15.93-Ted Chamberlain-4 laps 16.41-Billy Rafter-5 laps Bob Welborn-1-200 0 Lead Changes among 1 driver Caution Flags: 0 for 0 laps Margin of Victory: 2.932 Seconds Time of Race: 1 Hour, 8 Minutes and 26 Seconds Bob Welborn leads the field to the Green Flag. Bob Welborn takes the Checkered Flag.
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Post by Blaise Zebrataur on Mar 25, 2023 6:01:27 GMT -5
The field has finished qualifying for the 20th race of the season at the Asheville-Weaverville Speedway.
Bob Welborn won the pole with a time of 20.238 seconds, beating Glen Wood by 0.226 seconds.
Other Noticeables:
Bob Welborn won his 3rd pole of the year and third in a row,
Welborn won his 5th career pole in the NASCAR Convertible Series and his first since Old Bridge; 1 race ago,
Curtis Turner, who won this race one year ago, will be starting 12th,
Joe Weatherly, who will start 3rd, has 2 point lead over Curtis Turner
1.49-Bob Welborn
2.21-Glen Wood
3.12-Joe Weatherly
4.76-Larry Frank
5.10-Roger Baldwin
6.48-Possum Jones
7.1A-Whitey Norman
8.21A-Banjo Matthews
9.55-Neil Castles
10.39-Dick Beaty
11.77-Don Gray
12.26-Curtis Turner
13.78-Shep Langdon
14.711-Bill Poor
15.93-Ted Chamberlain
*Note for this race I used the Winchester Speedway as a replacement since Asheville-Weaverville Speedway has not been made for NR2003.
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Post by Blaise Zebrataur on Mar 27, 2023 16:09:49 GMT -5
Race #20It was a clear day in Weaverville, North Carolina as the NASCAR Convertible Series made their 20th stop of the 1957 season at the Asheville-Weaverville Speedway. Bob Welborn led the field to the Green Flag but it would be Glen Wood who would lead the first laps around the half mile track in front of a crowd of ten thousand fans in attendance as Wood's Wood Brothers entry would show the power that it had with Wood starting to lap drivers by Lap 30, while Welborn remained within two seconds, it was while working through lap traffic that the battle for the lead would end as Wood would be involved in a crash with the slow car of Shep Langdon, a wreck that would knock both drivers out of the race. Welborn was able to pass the destroyed cars and would assume the lead, and when the race went back to green, Welborn would be the car to beat and would be unstoppable at that point, lapping every single driver and easily drove to his third win of 1957. Other Noticeables: Bob Welborn scored his 3rd win of the year and second in a row, Welborn led 1 time for 127 laps, which were the final 127 laps, It was the 9th win of his career in the NASCAR Convertible Series and his first since Old Bridge; 1 race ago, Banjo Matthews, who finished 4th, made his NASCAR Convertible Series debut, Joe Weatherly, who finished 5th, kept his points lead, leading Curtis Turner by 30 points 1.49-Bob Welborn (127 laps led) 2.55-Neil Castles-1 lap 3.93-Ted Chamberlain-1 lap 4.21A-Banjo Matthews-1 lap 5.12-Joe Weatherly-1 lap 6.711-Bill Poor-1 lap 7.77-Larry Frank-1 lap 8.10-Roger Baldwin-1 lap 9.48-Possum Jones-1 lap 10.39-Dick Beaty-1 lap 11.1A-Whitey Norman-1 lap 12.26-Curtis Turner-2 laps 13.76-Don Gray-62 laps (Camshaft) 14.21-Glen Wood-127 laps (Accident) (73 laps led) 15.78-Shep Langdon-127 laps (Accident) Bob Welborn-Pole Glen Wood-1-73 Bob Welborn-74-200 1 Lead Change among 2 drivers Caution Flags: 2 for 10 laps Lap 73 (Cars #21 and 78 Accident Turn 1), Lap 118 (Car #77 Stalled Frontstretch) Margin of Victory: 1 Lap Time of Race: 1 Hour, 22 Minutes and 43 Seconds Bob Welborn leads the field to the Green Flag. Glen Wood passes Bob Welborn in Turn 3 and would go on to lead the first lap. The first caution comes out on Lap 73 when leader Glen Wood and Shep Langdon wreck in Turn 1 knocking both drivers out of the race. Bob Welborn assumes the lead due to Glen Wood crashing out of the race. The second and final caution comes out on Lap 118 when Don Gray stalls on the Frontstretch. While running in 13th, Don Gray's Camshaft breaks. Bob Welborn takes the Checkered Flag.
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