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1959-07

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NASCAR Grand National race number 7 of 44
Sunday, March 29, 1959 at Wilson Speedway, Wilson, NC
200 laps on a .500 mile dirt track (100.0 miles)

Time of race: 1:59:17
Average Speed: 50.3 mph
Pole Speed: drew for pole

Cautions: n/a
Margin of Victory: 3 sec
Attendance: 8,800
Lead changes: 4

Glossary 1959 NASCAR Grand National results / 1959 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
1	22	11	Junior Johnson	Paul Spaulding	'57 Ford	200	800	running	24
2	5	41	Curtis Turner	Delta Auto Sales (Doc White)	'59 T-Bird	200	525	running	166
3	21	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	'57 Oldsmobile	198	350	running	0
4	10	42	Lee Petty	Petty Enterprises	'57 Oldsmobile	196	250	running	0
5	8	59	Tom Pistone	Rupert Safety Belt (Carl Rupert)	'59 T-Bird	196	225	running	0
6	15	9	Roy Tyner	Roy Tyner	'57 Chevrolet	194	200	running	0
7	17	82	Joe Eubanks	Don Every	'58 Ford	190	165	running	0
8	11	33	Brownie King	Jess Potter	'57 Chevrolet	189	150	running	0
9	2	40	Joe Weatherly	Julian Petty	'57 Chevrolet	188	140	engine	4
10	19	64	Shep Langdon	Shep Langdon	'58 Ford	186	130	running	0
11	3	6	Cotton Owens	W.H. Watson	'58 Pontiac	186	125	running	0
12	14	74	L.D. Austin	L.D. Austin	'57 Chevrolet	182	110	running	0
13	24	81	Harvey Hege	Harvey Hege	'57 Ford	181	100	running	0
14	18	96	Bobby Keck	Bobby Keck	'57 Chevrolet	177	85	running	0
15	4	88	Buck Baker	Buck Baker	'59 Chevrolet	175	70	rear end	0
16	20	0	Bunk Moore	Richard Riley	'57 Chevrolet	164	60	steering	0
17	9	5	Tiny Lund	Tiny Lund	'57 Chevrolet	137	50	running	0
18	6	10	Elmo Langley	Ratus Walters	'58 Ford	110	50	engine	0
19	13	99	Shorty Rollins	Shorty's (Shorty Rollins)	'58 Ford	95	50	fuel line	0
20	12	49	Bob Welborn	Bob Welborn	'59 Chevrolet	81	50	overheating	6
21	7	1	Speedy Thompson	Steve Pierce	'57 Chevrolet	78	50	ball joint	0
22	16	3	Marvin Panch	Don Angel	'58 Ford	37	50	engine	0
23	23	16	Jim McGuirk	Happy Steigel	'59 Pontiac	37		rear end	0
24	1	14	Ken Rush	Manley Britt	'57 Mercury	33		clutch	0

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Joe Weatherly	1	4	4
Bob Welborn	5	10	6
Curtis Turner	11	176	166
Junior Johnson	177	200	24

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