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1959 - Daytona 500 Qualifier Race Results


Race Name - Daytona 500 Qualifier
Date - 2/20/1959
Race Track - Daytona International Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 2.5 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 100 miles
Pole Speed - 140.581 mph
Number of Cautions - 0
Caution Laps - 0
Average Race Speed - 143.19 mph
Lead Changes - 10
Total Race Purse - $3,885
Race Number - 2
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Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 7 Bob Welborn 49 WJ Ridgeway 40 59 Chevrol 33 $800
2 15 Fritz Wilson 64 Museum of Speed (Fritz Wilson) 40 59 T-Bird 4 $525
3 6 Tom Pistone 59 Rupert Safety Belt (Carl Rupert) 40 59 T-Bird 0 $350
4 3 Joe Weatherly 48 EC Wilson 40 59 Chevrol 1 $250
5 18 Eduardo Dibos 37 Peru (Van Acker) 39 59 T-Bird 0 $225
6 23 Cotton Owens 6 WH Watson 39 58 Pontiac 0 $200
7 17 Tiny Lund 88 Buck Baker 39 59 Chevrol 0 $165
8 14 Lee Petty 42 Petty Enterprises 39 59 Oldsmob 0 $150
9 9 Charley Griffith 18 Red Bank (Charley Griffith) 38 57 Pontiac 0 $140
10 24 Rex White 4 Idewild Homes (Rex White) 38 59 Chevrol 0 $130
11 8 Johnny Beauchamp 73 Roy Burdick 38 59 T-Bird 0 $125
12 28 Bernie Hentges 81 Bernie Hentges 38 59 DeSoto 0 $110
13 27 Dick Freeman 29 Dick Freeman 38 59 Chevrol 0 $100
14 38 Dick Joslin 71 Dick Joslin 38 57 Dodge 0 $85
15 5 Bobby Johns 72 Shorty Johns 38 57 Chevrol 0 $70
16 12 Speedy Thompson 1 Steve Pierce 38 57 Chevrol 0 $60
17 21 Junior Johnson 11 Paul Spaulding 37 57 Ford 0 $50
18 30 Raul Cilloniz 38 Raul Cilloniz 37 58 Ford 0 $50
19 20 Ken Johnson 53 Ken Johnson 37 57 Ford 0 $50
20 26 Jim Reed 7 Jim Reed 35 59 Chevrol 0 $50
21 22 Harold Smith 69 35 59 Studeba 0 $50
22 33 Herman Beam 19 Herman Beam 35 57 Chevrol 0 $50
23 13 Carl Tyler 86 Carl Tyler 34 57 Ford 0 $50
24 2 Tim Flock 15 Beau Morgan 30 59 T-Bird 0 $50
25 29 Roy Tyner 9 Roy Tyner 29 57 Chevrol 0 $
26 10 Roscoe Thompson 58 28 57 Chevrol 0 $
27 4 Jack Smith 47 Jack Smith 20 59 Chevrol 0 $
28 16 Buck Baker 87 Buck Baker 20 59 Chevrol 0 $
29 37 Curtis Turner 41 Delta Auto Sales (Doc White) 17 59 T-Bird 2 $
30 11 Elmo Langley 10 Ratus Walters 17 57 Ford 0 $
31 19 Bob Duell 95 Julian Buesink 17 59 Ford 0 $
32 32 Jim McGuirk 16 Happy Steigel 15 59 Pontiac 0 $
33 1 Fireball Roberts 3 Jim Stephens 14 59 Pontiac 0 $
34 25 Bob Potter 24 Bob Potter 13 59 Chevrol 0 $
35 36 Bob Pronger 83 Bob Pronger 13 58 Ford 0 $
36 31 Bob Rose 80 Sam Arena 11 57 Chevrol 0 $
37 34 Dick Foley 66 Dick Foley 9 59 Chevrol 0 $
38 35 LD Austin 74 LD Austin 1 57 Chevrol 0 $