1959 - NASCAR Grand National Series - Southern 500 Race Results

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1959 - Southern 500 Race Results

Race Name - Southern 500
Date - 9/7/1959
Race Track - Darlington Raceway
Track Length (Miles) - 1.375 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 501 miles
Pole Speed - 123.734 mph
Number of Cautions - 2
Caution Laps - 12
Average Race Speed - 111.83 mph
Lead Changes - 11
Total Race Purse - $51,990
Race Number - 36

More Races from 1959

Fin	St	Driver	#	Sponsor	Laps Run	Make	Laps Led	Purse
1	14	Jim Reed	7	Jim Reed	364	57 Chevrol	152	$17,250
2	5	Bob Burdick	73	Roy Burdick	362	59 T-Bird	25	$7,760
3	22	Bobby Johns	72	Shorty Johns	362	57 Chevrol	57	$4,760
4	6	Richard Petty	43	Petty Enterprises	361	59 Plymout	7	$2,830
5	16	Tommy Irwin	36	Tommy Irwin	358	59 T-Bird	0	$2,010
6	32	Jim Paschal	88	Lynton Tyson	356	59 Chevrol	0	$1,460
7	1	Fireball Roberts	3	Jim Stephens	354	59 Pontiac	42	$2,330
8	20	Larry Frank	76	Carolina Plating (Larry Frank)	350	57 Chevrol	0	$1,025
9	15	Buck Baker	87	Lynton Tyson	347	59 Chevrol	0	$875
10	18	Jimmy Thompson	41	Delta Auto Sales (Doc White)	346	59 T-Bird	0	$805
11	28	Shep Langdon	64	Shep Langdon	345	58 Ford	0	$600
12	25	Bill Champion	27		343	57 Ford	0	$500
13	12	Joe Caspolich	2	City of Florence	342	59 Oldsmob	0	$470
14	3	Speedy Thompson	22	OgdenRidgeway (WJ Ridgeway)	333	59 Chevrol	2	$565
15	29	Charlie Cregar	16	Happy Steigel	331	59 Pontiac	0	$300
16	34	Herman Beam	19	Herman Beam	328	57 Chevrol	0	$250
17	4	Rex White	4	Rex White	326	59 Chevrol	0	$310
18	39	LD Austin	66	LD Austin	326	57 Ford	0	$225
19	19	Cotton Owens	6	Thunder Chicken (WH Watson)	320	59 T-Bird	24	$600
20	9	Lee Petty	42	Petty Enterprises	319	59 Plymout	0	$300
21	32	Bud Crothers	56	Bud Crothers	318	57 Chevrol	0	$150
22	47	Al White	35	Salad Bowl Restaurant (Al White)	286	58 Ford	0	$150
23	31	GC Spencer	34	GC Spencer	272	57 Chevrol	0	$150
24	30	Earl Balmer	13	Tommy Thompson	234	59 Chevrol	0	$150
25	27	Dick Blackwell	26	Tommy Irwin	225	57 Ford	0	$150
26	24	Tiny Lund	20	Spook Crawford	221	58 Ford	0	$150
27	33	Cale Yarborough	30	Bob Weatherly	219	58 Ford	0	$150
28	10	Jack Smith	47	Jack Smith	218	59 Chevrol	0	$150
29	21	Marvin Panch	98	Tom Vernon	194	59 Ford	0	$150
30	50	Johnny Patterson	55	Bernard Friedland	180	57 Chevrol	0	$150
31	7	Banjo Matthews	93	TBird Power Products (Banjo Matthews)	178	59 T-Bird	55	$1,915
32	46	George Green	32	Jess Potter	175	58 Chevrol	0	$150
33	35	Roy Tyner	9	Roy Tyner	166	57 Chevrol	0	$150
34	38	Bob Duell	5	Julian Buesink	151	59 Ford	0	$150
35	11	Bob Welborn	49	Bob Welborn	130	59 Chevrol	0	$200
36	17	Tom Pistone	59	Rupert Safety Belt (Carl Rupert)	119	59 T-Bird	0	$325
37	41	Neil Castles	91		92	57 Ford	0	$150
38	13	Possum Jones	92	Gerald Duke	74	59 T-Bird	0	$295
39	43	Lennie Page	83	Lennie Page	71	57 Ford	0	$150
40	40	Buddy Baker	95	Julian Buesink	64	59 Ford	0	$150
41	42	Bob Perry	23	Bob Perry	63	59 Plymout	0	$150
42	49	Joe Lee Johnson	44	Chester Barron	58	59 Chevrol	0	$150
43	8	Joe Weatherly	12	CocaCola (Doc White)	54	59 T-Bird	0	$210
44	36	Dick Joslin	71	Dick Joslin	46	57 Dodge	0	$150
45	2	Elmo Langley	10	Ratus Walters	41	59 Buick	0	$180
46	26	Joe Eubanks	61	WH Watson	26	58 Pontiac	0	$190
47	48	Marvin Porter	15	Marvin Porter	19	57 Ford	0	$150
48	45	Elmo Henderson	82	Don Every	16	58 Ford	0	$150
49	44	Larry Flynn	86	Larry Flynn	11	58 Ford	0	$150
50	37	Carl Burris	14		2	57 Ford	0	$150