NASCAR Grand National Series Series by Race
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The NASCAR Cup Series is a stock car racing series owned and operated by NASCAR (the National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing). NASCAR’s premier series had been known as the NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Series since Jan. 1, 2017, rebranded in 2020. It holds races over the season at tracks located in the United States both road courses and ovals. Although the roots of the series was in the use of "stock" manufacturers vehicles, todays cars are custom built automobiles powered by custom built V8 engines.
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1959 - 33 Race Results
Race Name - 33Date - 8/21/1959Race Track - Bowman-Gray StadiumTrack Length (Miles) - 0.25 milesRace Length (Miles) - 50 milesPole Speed - 47.443 mphNumber of Cautions - 2Caution Laps - Average Race Speed - 44.085 mphLead Changes - 0Total Race Purse - $5,760Race Number - 33 | More Races from 1959 |
Fin | St | Driver | # | Sponsor | Laps Run | Make | Laps Led | Purse |
1 | 1 | Rex White | 4 | Rex White | 200 | 59 Chevrol | 200 | $1,125 |
2 | 2 | Glen Wood | 16 | Wood Brothers | 200 | 58 Ford | 0 | $690 |
3 | 3 | Lee Petty | 42 | Petty Enterprises | 198 | 59 Plymout | 0 | $595 |
4 | 16 | Bob Welborn | 49 | Bob Welborn | 197 | 59 Chevrol | 0 | $425 |
5 | 5 | Jim Reed | 7 | Jim Reed | 196 | 57 Ford | 0 | $290 |
6 | 12 | Ken Rush | 14 | Manley Britt | 196 | 57 Ford | 0 | $240 |
7 | 4 | Joe Weatherly | 21 | Wood Brothers | 196 | 58 Ford | 0 | $200 |
8 | 8 | Roy Tyner | 9 | Roy Tyner | 193 | 57 Chevrol | 0 | $190 |
9 | 19 | Tom Pistone | 5 | Tiny Lund | 192 | 57 Chevrol | 0 | $175 |
10 | 10 | Fred Harb | 17 | Fred Harb | 191 | 57 Ford | 0 | $160 |
11 | 17 | GC Spencer | 34 | GC Spencer | 189 | 57 Chevrol | 0 | $150 |
12 | 7 | Dave White | 40 | Dave White | 189 | 58 Chevrol | 0 | $180 |
13 | 18 | Ermon Rush | 40 | Julian Petty | 188 | 57 Chevrol | 0 | $140 |
14 | 20 | George Green | 32 | Jess Potter | 186 | 57 Chevrol | 0 | $145 |
15 | 21 | Bobby Keck | 96 | Bobby Keck | 182 | 57 Chevrol | 0 | $100 |
16 | 24 | RL Combs | 63 | RL Combs | 182 | 57 Ford | 0 | $110 |
17 | 13 | Marvin Porter | 12 | Marvin Porter | 179 | 57 Ford | 0 | $125 |
18 | 22 | Brownie King | 31 | Jess Potter | 176 | 57 Chevrol | 0 | $115 |
19 | 23 | Joe Halton | 4 | 173 | 57 Chevrol | 0 | $115 | |
20 | 15 | LD Austin | 74 | LD Austin | 172 | 57 Chevrol | 0 | $125 |
21 | 6 | Jim Paschal | 48 | Julian Petty | 170 | 57 Chevrol | 0 | $140 |
22 | 14 | Barney Shore | 97 | Barney Shore | 50 | 57 Chevrol | 0 | $70 |
23 | 11 | Whitey Norman | 46 | Whitey Norman | 43 | 57 Chevrol | 0 | $75 |
24 | 9 | Shep Langdon | 64 | Shep Langdon | 26 | 58 Ford | 0 | $80 |