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1959 - Daytona 500 Race Results


Race Name - Daytona 500
Date - 2/22/1959
Race Track - Daytona International Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 2.5 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 500 miles
Pole Speed - 140.121 mph
Number of Cautions - 0
Caution Laps - 0
Average Race Speed - 135.52 mph
Lead Changes - 33
Total Race Purse - $53,050
Race Number - 3
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Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 15 Lee Petty 42 Petty Enterprises 200 59 Oldsmob 38 $19,050
2 21 Johnny Beauchamp 73 Roy Burdick 200 59 T-Bird 30 $7,650
3 17 Charley Griffith 18 Red Bank (Charley Griffith) 199 57 Pontiac 0 $4,600
4 11 Cotton Owens 6 WH Watson 199 58 Pontiac 0 $2,525
5 7 Joe Weatherly 48 EC Wilson 199 59 Chevrol 6 $1,875
6 39 Jim Reed 7 Jim Reed 196 59 Chevrol 0 $1,075
7 41 Jack Smith 47 Bud Moores GarageGeorgia Chevrolet Dealers (Jack Smith) 196 59 Chevrol 57 $2,625
8 5 Tom Pistone 59 Rupert Safety Belt (Carl Rupert) 195 59 T-Bird 39 $1,825
9 42 Tim Flock 15 Beau Morgan 193 59 T-Bird 0 $800
10 31 Speedy Thompson 1 Steve Pierce 193 57 Chevrol 0 $600
11 59 Johnny Allen 8 Johnny Allen 192 57 Chevrol 0 $400
12 35 Raul Cilloniz 38 Raul Cilloniz 192 59 T-Bird 0 $500
13 43 Curtis Turner 41 Delta Auto Sales (Doc White) 189 59 T-Bird 0 $425
14 33 Junior Johnson 11 Paul Spaulding 189 57 Ford 0 $250
15 25 Dick Freeman 29 Dick Freeman 188 59 Chevrol 0 $250
16 16 Joe Lee Johnson 77 Honest Charley (Joe Lee Johnson) 187 57 Chevrol 0 $975
17 4 Marvin Panch 98 McGee Taylors Inc (Tom Vernon) 185 58 Ford 0 $775
18 10 Gene White 25 Gene White 185 57 Chevrol 0 $600
19 57 Roy Tyner 9 Roy Tyner 184 57 Chevrol 0 $200
20 18 Jimmy Thompson 2 Bruce Thompson 182 57 Chevrol 0 $500
21 49 Herman Beam 19 Herman Beam 182 57 Chevrol 0 $165
22 14 Wilbur Rakestraw 92 Joe Jones 181 57 Ford 0 $250
23 53 Jim McGuirk 16 Happy Steigel 181 59 Pontiac 0 $150
24 12 Larry Frank 76 Carolina Plating (Larry Frank) 178 57 Chevrol 0 $250
25 48 Elmo Langley 10 Ratus Walters 175 57 Ford 0 $175
26 19 Rex White 4 Idewild Homes (Rex White) 174 59 Chevrol 0 $100
27 30 Ben Benz 55 Bernard Friedland 169 57 Chevrol 0 $200
28 27 Dick Joslin 71 Dick Joslin 167 57 Dodge 0 $100
29 24 Ken Rush 14 Manley Britt 163 57 Mercury 0 $200
30 55 Bob Rose 80 Sam Arena 162 57 Chevrol 0 $100
31 50 Harold Smith 69 Bob Korn 159 59 Studeba 0 $110
32 44 Dick Foley 66 Dick Foley 157 59 Chevrol 0 $150
33 28 Brownie King 32 Jess Potter 152 58 Chevrol 0 $150
34 8 Glen Wood 21 Wood Brothers 149 58 Ford 0 $100
35 47 Bob Pronger 83 Bob Pronger 143 58 Ford 0 $125
36 26 Billy Carden 39 Davis Brothers 140 57 Mercury 0 $100
37 23 Bernie Hentges 81 Bernie Hentges 138 59 DeSoto 0 $100
38 2 Shorty Rollins 99 Shortys (Shorty Rollins) 115 58 Ford 0 $100
39 22 Joe Eubanks 82 Don Every 95 58 Ford 0 $100
40 13 Tiny Lund 88 Buck Baker 92 59 Chevrol 0 $100
41 1 Bob Welborn 49 WJ Ridgeway 75 59 Chevrol 9 $325
42 54 Buck Baker 87 Buck Baker 75 59 Chevrol 0 $100
43 37 Ken Johnson 53 Ken Johnson 67 57 Ford 0 $100
44 58 LD Austin 74 LD Austin 65 57 Chevrol 0 $100
45 46 Fireball Roberts 3 Pontiac Americas No 1 Road Car (Jim Stephens) 56 59 Pontiac 21 $650
46 40 Paul Bass 45 Paul Bass 52 58 Edsel 0 $100
47 29 Bobby Johns 72 Shorty Johns 46 57 Chevrol 0 $100
48 9 Eduardo Dibos 37 Peru (Van Acker) 44 59 T-Bird 0 $100
49 36 Gober Sosebee 50 Cherokee Garage (Gober Sosebee) 44 57 Chevrol 0 $100
50 20 Bob Said 89 Buck Baker 42 58 Chevrol 0 $100
51 51 Bob Duell 95 Julian Buesink 38 59 Ford 0 $100
52 32 Pete Kelly 36 Pete Kelly 34 57 Chevrol 0 $100
53 45 Bob Potter 24 Bob Potter 33 59 Chevrol 0 $150
54 52 Carl Tyler 86 Carl Tyler 29 57 Ford 0 $100
55 34 George Green 33 City Motors (Jess Potter) 21 57 Chevrol 0 $100
56 3 Fritz Wilson 64 Museum of Speed (Fritz Wilson) 15 59 T-Bird 0 $100
57 6 Richard Petty 43 Petty Enterprises 8 57 Oldsmob 0 $100
58 38 Larry Odo 79 Larry Odo 3 57 Ford 0 $100
59 56 Ken Marriott 75 Ken Marriott 1 58 Ford 0 $100