1958 Jim Mideon 500
| Race details | |||
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| Race 31 of 51 in the 1958 NASCAR Grand National Series season | |||
| Date | July 18, 1958 | ||
| Official name | Jim Mideon 500 | ||
| Location | Exhibition Stadium, Toronto, Ontario, Canada | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility 0.333 mi (0.535 km) |
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| Distance | 100 laps, 33.3 mi (53.5 km) | ||
| Weather | Chilly with temperatures averaging around 19.3 °C (66.7 °F) Wind speeds climbing up to 18.3 kilometres per hour (11.4 mph) |
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| Average speed | 43.184 miles per hour (69.498 km/h) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Julian Petty | ||
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Rex White | Julian Petty | |
| Laps | 69 | ||
| Winner | |||
| No. 42 | Lee Petty | Petty Enterprises | |
| Television in the United States | |||
| Network | untelevised | ||
| Announcers | none | ||
Coordinates: 43°37′55″N 79°25′4″W / 43.63194°N 79.41778°W
The 1958 Jim Mideon 500 (known officially as 1958-31) was a NASCAR Grand National Series event that was held on Saturday, July 18, 1958, at Exhibition Stadium in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Children were entertained with a jigsaw puzzle of the Royal Family before the race began. Most of the cars in the race were either Chevrolet or Ford. All of the 19 drivers on the racing grid were born in the United States of America. Admission to the race was $2.00 for adults ($16.68 when adjusted for inflation) and $0.50 for children ($4.17 when adjusted for inflation).
The local bi-laws of the late 1950s allowed only team sports to be played professionally on Sunday. Since wasn't included as one of the permitted "team sports," they had to operate the race on a Saturday night in compliance with city officials.
Prior to the race, invocation services were held along with the singing of The Star-Spangled Banner and God Save the Queen (Canada's official national anthem in 1958). The first green flag of the race was waved at 8:00 P.M. Eastern Daylight Saving Time (EDT) and the checkered flag was waved at approximately 8:46 P.M. EDT.
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