1959 - NASCAR Grand National Series - Music City 200 Race Results

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1959 - Music City 200 Race Results

Race Name - Music City 200
Date - 5/24/1959
Race Track - Nashville Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 0.5 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 100 miles
Pole Speed - 70.89 mph
Number of Cautions - 0
Caution Laps - 0
Average Race Speed - 71.006 mph
Lead Changes - 5
Total Race Purse - $3,270
Race Number - 16

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Fin	St	Driver	#	Sponsor	Laps Run	Make	Laps Led	Purse
1	1	Rex White	4	Rex White	200	59 Chevrol	40	$900
2	7	Junior Johnson	11	Paul Spaulding	200	57 Ford	12	$525
3	3	Tommy Irwin	36	Tommy Irwin	199	59 T-Bird	111	$350
4	5	Buck Baker	87	Buck Baker	198	59 Chevrol	0	$250
5	4	Joe Lee Johnson	77	Honest Charley (Joe Lee Johnson)	198	57 Chevrol	0	$225
6	2	Lee Petty	42	Petty Enterprises	196	59 Plymout	37	$200
7	8	Charley Griffith	18	Red Bank (Charley Griffith)	193	57 Pontiac	0	$165
8	6	Cotton Owens	6	WH Watson	193	58 Pontiac	0	$150
9	9	Bob Burdick	73	Roy Burdick	192	59 T-Bird	0	$140
10	11	Herman Beam	19	Herman Beam	179	57 Chevrol	0	$130
11	10	GC Spencer	34	GC Spencer	171	57 Chevrol	0	$125
12	12	Tommy Thompson	13	Tommy Thompson	160	59 Chevrol	0	$110