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 - 4 Race Results
Race Name - 4Date - 3/1/1959Race Track - Orange SpeedwayTrack Length (Miles) - 0.9 milesRace Length (Miles) - 99 milesPole Speed - 87.544 mphNumber of Cautions - 2Caution Laps - Average Race Speed - 81.612 mphLead Changes - 7Total Race Purse - $3,785Race Number - 4 | More Races from 1959 |
Fin | St | Driver | # | Sponsor | Laps Run | Make | Laps Led | Purse |
1 | 1 | Curtis Turner | 41 | Delta Auto Sales (Doc White) | 110 | 59 T-Bird | 66 | $800 |
2 | 2 | Tom Pistone | 59 | Rupert Safety Belt (Carl Rupert) | 110 | 59 T-Bird | 41 | $525 |
3 | 5 | Bob Welborn | 49 | Bob Welborn | 109 | 59 Chevrol | 3 | $350 |
4 | 3 | Lee Petty | 42 | Petty Enterprises | 109 | 57 Oldsmob | 0 | $250 |
5 | 7 | Buck Baker | 88 | Buck Baker | 109 | 59 Chevrol | 0 | $225 |
6 | 8 | Glen Wood | 21 | Wood Brothers | 106 | 58 Ford | 0 | $200 |
7 | 16 | Brownie King | 33 | Jess Potter | 105 | 58 Chevrol | 0 | $165 |
8 | 15 | Joe Eubanks | 82 | Don Every | 104 | 58 Ford | 0 | $150 |
9 | 4 | Cotton Owens | 6 | WH Watson | 104 | 58 Pontiac | 0 | $140 |
10 | 20 | Jimmy Pardue | 27 | Jimmy Pardue | 99 | 58 Plymout | 0 | $130 |
11 | 14 | Roy Tyner | 9 | Roy Tyner | 99 | 57 Chevrol | 0 | $125 |
12 | 19 | Harvey Hege | 81 | Harvey Hege | 98 | 57 Ford | 0 | $110 |
13 | 9 | Speedy Thompson | 1 | Steve Pierce | 96 | 57 Chevrol | 0 | $100 |
14 | 12 | Tiny Lund | 89 | Buck Baker | 96 | 58 Chevrol | 0 | $85 |
15 | 22 | Bobby Keck | 96 | Bobby Keck | 95 | 57 Chevrol | 0 | $70 |
16 | 11 | Larry Frank | 76 | Carolina Plating (Larry Frank) | 94 | 58 Chevrol | 0 | $60 |
17 | 13 | Elmo Langley | 10 | Ratus Walters | 93 | 57 Ford | 0 | $50 |
18 | 21 | LD Austin | 74 | LD Austin | 90 | 57 Chevrol | 0 | $50 |
19 | 6 | Junior Johnson | 11 | Paul Spaulding | 66 | 57 Ford | 0 | $50 |
20 | 10 | Tommy Irwin | 26 | Tommy Irwin | 24 | 58 Ford | 0 | $50 |
21 | 17 | Jimmie Lewallen | 7 | 21 | 58 Ford | 0 | $50 | |
22 | 18 | Bob Rose | 80 | Sam Arena | 9 | 57 Chevrol | 0 | $50 |