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Fireball Roberts recorded his first superspeedway triumph in the 250-miler at Raleigh Speedway. Carl Kiekhaefer files a protest against the weight of Roberts’ flywheel. No scales were available at the speedway, so NASCAR officials took the flywheel to a local fish market to be weighed. Roberts’ win was upheld by NASCAR.
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