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| rdfs:comment | - The 1957 Old Dominion 500 was a Grand National (now Nextel Cup) event held at Martinsville Speedway on October 6, 1957. Bob Welborn dominated the race, leading 435 of the 500 laps, but many of those were not really led by Welborn. Welborn, feeling ill, handed over control of the car to Possum Jones midway through the race. So, it was Jones holding off Jimmy Massey by fourteen seconds for what was going to be Welborn's first victory though Jones never himself won a race. However, complicating the fiasco was Welborn's car. NASCAR never officially recognized the win because Welborn had illegally driven a convertible. Yet, no one, including Massey, was given a credit for the victory. So today, there is offically one more race than there have been wins. (For example, in the 2000th race, there w
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| abstract | - The 1957 Old Dominion 500 was a Grand National (now Nextel Cup) event held at Martinsville Speedway on October 6, 1957. Bob Welborn dominated the race, leading 435 of the 500 laps, but many of those were not really led by Welborn. Welborn, feeling ill, handed over control of the car to Possum Jones midway through the race. So, it was Jones holding off Jimmy Massey by fourteen seconds for what was going to be Welborn's first victory though Jones never himself won a race. However, complicating the fiasco was Welborn's car. NASCAR never officially recognized the win because Welborn had illegally driven a convertible. Yet, no one, including Massey, was given a credit for the victory. So today, there is offically one more race than there have been wins. (For example, in the 2000th race, there was 2000 races but only 1999 times someone has won the event). Eventual 1957 champ Buck Baker finished 23rd in all the mess. Stats
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