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1959-14

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NASCAR Grand National race number 14 of 44
Sunday, May 17, 1959 at Trenton Speedway, Trenton, NJ
150 laps on a 1.000 mile paved track (150.0 miles)

Time of race: 1:43:02
Average Speed: 87.35 mph
Pole Speed: 88.95 mph

Cautions: n/a
Margin of Victory: 11.8 sec
Attendance: n/a
Lead changes: 4

Glossary 1959 NASCAR Grand National results / 1959 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
1	3	59	Tom Pistone	Rupert Safety Belt (Carl Rupert)	'59 T-Bird	150	1,450	running	52
2	2	6	Cotton Owens	W.H. Watson	'58 Pontiac	150	750	running	95
3	8	42	Lee Petty	Petty Enterprises	'59 Plymouth	149	575	running	0
4	5	7	Jim Reed	Jim Reed	'59 Chevrolet	148	375	running	3
5	4	36	Tommy Irwin	Tommy Irwin	'59 T-Bird	147	350	running	0
6	10	10	Pedro Rodriguez	Ratus Walters	'57 Ford	144	300	running	0
7	13	55	Ben Benz	Bernard Friedland	'57 Chevrolet	139	250	running	0
8	14	27	Dominic Persicketti		'57 Ford	137	225	running	0
9	17	61	Ernie Gesell		'57 Ford	115	200	running	0
10	16	79	Tiny Benson	Tiny Benson	'56 Chevrolet	111	185	running	0
11	6	11	Junior Johnson	Paul Spaulding	'57 Ford	103	175	running	0
12	11	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	'57 Oldsmobile	95	165	crash	0
13	9	16	Charlie Cregar	Happy Steigel	'59 Pontiac	95	150	rear end	0
14	18	74	L.D. Austin	L.D. Austin	'57 Chevrolet	87	130	carburetor	0
15	1	73	Bob Burdick	Roy Burdick	'59 T-Bird	64	100	fire	0
16	7	88	Reds Kagle	Reds Kagle	'57 Chevrolet	53	90	oil leak	0
17	15	33	Al White	Al White	'58 Ford	52	75	u joint	0
18	12	110	Elmo Langley	Ratus Walters	'57 Ford	25	75	clutch	0

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Cotton Owens	1	95	95
Tom Pistone	96	102	7
Jim Reed	103	105	3
Tom Pistone	106	150	45

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