Sunday 26th October 1958
Junior Johnson edged Fireball Roberts by a whisker to win the NASCAR Grand National season finale at Atlanta’s Lakewood Speedway (Georgia, US). Lee Petty captured the championship by 644 points over Buck Baker.
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