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1959 - 21 Race Results


Race Name - 21
Date - 6/18/1959
Race Track - Columbia Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 0.5 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 100 miles
Pole Speed - 64.865 mph
Number of Cautions -
Caution Laps -
Average Race Speed - 58.726 mph
Lead Changes - 5
Total Race Purse - $3,785
Race Number - 21
 More Races from 1959
Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 3 Lee Petty 42 Petty Enterprises 200 59 Plymout 7 $900
2 10 Tommy Irwin 36 Tommy Irwin 200 59 T-Bird 63 $525
3 4 Buck Baker 87 Buck Baker 200 59 Chevrol 87 $350
4 11 Benny Rakestraw 20 Spook Crawford 196 57 Mercury 0 $250
5 2 Joe Weatherly 41 Delta Auto Sales (Doc White) 196 59 T-Bird 43 $225
6 1 Bob Burdick 73 Roy Burdick 194 59 T-Bird 0 $200
7 12 Buddy Baker 89 Buck Baker 193 58 Chevrol 0 $165
8 18 LD Austin 74 LD Austin 188 57 Chevrol 0 $150
9 19 Herman Beam 19 Herman Beam 188 57 Chevrol 0 $140
10 16 Harvey Hege 28 Harvey Hege 169 57 Mercury 0 $130
11 20 Shep Langdon 64 Shep Langdon 167 58 Ford 0 $125
12 5 Roy Tyner 9 Roy Tyner 165 59 Chevrol 0 $110
13 9 Ken Rush 4 Julian Petty 146 57 Chevrol 0 $100
14 17 Curtis Crider 0 Richard Riley 119 57 Chevrol 0 $85
15 7 Cotton Owens 6 WH Watson 108 58 Pontiac 0 $70
16 8 Junior Johnson 11 Paul Spaulding 43 57 Ford 0 $60
17 15 GC Spencer 34 GC Spencer 42 57 Chevrol 0 $50
18 6 Richard Riley 1 Steve Pierce 42 57 Chevrol 0 $50
19 13 Bob Welborn 49 Bob Welborn 1 57 Chevrol 0 $50
20 14 Doug Cox 30 Doug Cox 1 58 Ford 0 $50