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 - 6 Race Results
Race Name - 6Date - 3/22/1959Race Track - Lakewood SpeedwayTrack Length (Miles) - 1 milesRace Length (Miles) - 100 milesPole Speed - 77.888 mphNumber of Cautions - Caution Laps - Average Race Speed - 75.172 mphLead Changes - 1Total Race Purse - $3,735Race Number - 6 | More Races from 1959 |
Fin | St | Driver | # | Sponsor | Laps Run | Make | Laps Led | Purse |
1 | 2 | Johnny Beauchamp | 73 | Roy Burdick | 100 | 59 T-Bird | 100 | $800 |
2 | 1 | Buck Baker | 87 | Buck Baker | 99 | 59 Chevrol | 0 | $525 |
3 | 15 | Tom Pistone | 59 | Rupert Safety Belt (Carl Rupert) | 97 | 59 T-Bird | 0 | $350 |
4 | 6 | Speedy Thompson | 1 | Steve Pierce | 96 | 57 Chevrol | 0 | $250 |
5 | 14 | Joe Eubanks | 82 | Don Every | 95 | 58 Ford | 0 | $225 |
6 | 17 | Shorty Rollins | 99 | Shorty Rollins | 94 | 58 Ford | 0 | $200 |
7 | 21 | Billy Carden | 39 | Davis Brothers | 93 | 57 Mercury | 0 | $165 |
8 | 4 | Fireball Roberts | 22 | Jim Stephens | 85 | 59 Chevrol | 0 | $150 |
9 | 8 | Tiny Lund | 5 | Tiny Lund | 83 | 57 Chevrol | 0 | $140 |
10 | 5 | Bob Welborn | 49 | Bob Welborn | 82 | 59 Chevrol | 0 | $130 |
11 | 16 | Jim McGuirk | 16 | Happy Steigel | 81 | 59 Pontiac | 0 | $125 |
12 | 13 | Sam Massey | 35 | 73 | 57 Ford | 0 | $110 | |
13 | 11 | Roscoe Thompson | 58 | 68 | 57 Chevrol | 0 | $100 | |
14 | 9 | Cotton Owens | 6 | WH Watson | 54 | 58 Pontiac | 0 | $85 |
15 | 12 | JC Hendrix | 68 | 52 | 57 Plymout | 0 | $70 | |
16 | 18 | Chester Barron | 44 | Chester Barron | 45 | 57 Chevrol | 0 | $60 |
17 | 7 | Lee Petty | 42 | Petty Enterprises | 39 | 57 Oldsmob | 0 | $50 |
18 | 19 | Johnny Allen | 8 | 23 | 57 Chevrol | 0 | $50 | |
19 | 20 | Pete Kelly | 36 | Pete Kelly | 10 | 57 Chevrol | 0 | $50 |
20 | 10 | Charley Griffith | 18 | Red Bank (Charley Griffith) | 2 | 57 Pontiac | 0 | $50 |
21 | 3 | Jack Smith | 47 | Jack Smith | 1 | 59 Chevrol | 0 | $50 |