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1959 Southern 500

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NASCAR Grand National race number 36 of 44
Monday, September 7, 1959 at Darlington Raceway, Darlington, SC
364 laps on a 1.375 mile paved track (500.5 miles)

Time of race: 4:28:30
Average Speed: 111.836 mph
Pole Speed: 123.734 mph

Cautions: 2 for 12 laps
Margin of Victory: 2 laps +
Attendance: 78,000
Lead changes: 11

Glossary 1959 NASCAR Grand National results / 1959 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
1	14	7	Jim Reed	Jim Reed	'57 Chevrolet	364	17,250	running	152
2	5	73	Bob Burdick	Roy Burdick	'59 T-Bird	362	7,760	running	25
3	22	72	Bobby Johns	Shorty Johns	'57 Chevrolet	362	4,760	running	57
4	6	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	'59 Plymouth	361	2,830	running	7
5	16	36	Tommy Irwin	Tommy Irwin	'59 T-Bird	358	2,010	running	0
6	32	88	Jim Paschal	Lynton Tyson	'59 Chevrolet	356	1,460	running	0
7	1	3	Fireball Roberts	Jim Stephens	'59 Pontiac	354	2,330	running	42
8	20	76	Larry Frank	Carolina Plating (Larry Frank)	'57 Chevrolet	350	1,025	running	0
9	15	87	Buck Baker	Lynton Tyson	'59 Chevrolet	347	875	running	0
10	18	41	Jimmy Thompson	Delta Auto Sales (Doc White)	'59 T-Bird	346	805	running	0
11	28	64	Shep Langdon	Shep Langdon	'58 Ford	345	600	running	0
12	25	27	Bill Champion		'57 Ford	343	500	running	0
13	12	2	Joe Caspolich	City of Florence	'59 Oldsmobile	342	470	running	0
14	3	22	Speedy Thompson	Ogden-Ridgeway (W.J. Ridgeway)	'59 Chevrolet	333	565	spring	2
15	29	16	Charlie Cregar	Happy Steigel	'59 Pontiac	331	300	running	0
16	34	19	Herman Beam	Herman Beam	'57 Chevrolet	328	250	running	0
17	4	4	Rex White	Rex White	'59 Chevrolet	326	310	driveshaft	0
18	39	66	L.D. Austin	L.D. Austin	'57 Ford	326	225	running	0
19	19	6	Cotton Owens	Thunder Chicken (W.H. Watson)	'59 T-Bird	320	600	running	24
20	9	42	Lee Petty	Petty Enterprises	'59 Plymouth	319	300	running	0
21	32	56	Bud Crothers	Bud Crothers	'57 Chevrolet	318	150	running	0
22	47	35	Al White	Salad Bowl Restaurant (Al White)	'58 Ford	286	150	running	0
23	31	34	G.C. Spencer	G.C. Spencer	'57 Chevrolet	272	150	battery	0
24	30	13	Earl Balmer	Tommy Thompson	'59 Chevrolet	234	150	piston	0
25	27	26	Dick Blackwell	Tommy Irwin	'57 Ford	225	150	crash	0
26	24	20	Tiny Lund	Spook Crawford	'58 Ford	221	150	clutch	0
27	33	30	Cale Yarborough	Bob Weatherly	'58 Ford	219	150	tires	0
28	10	47	Jack Smith	Jack Smith	'59 Chevrolet	218	150	axle	0
29	21	98	Marvin Panch	Tom Vernon	'59 Ford	194	150	camshaft	0
30	50	55	Johnny Patterson	Bernard Friedland	'57 Chevrolet	180	150	axle	0
31	7	93	Banjo Matthews	T-Bird Power Products (Banjo Matthews)	'59 T-Bird	178	1,915	crash	55
32	46	32	George Green	Jess Potter	'58 Chevrolet	175	150	engine	0
33	35	9	Roy Tyner	Roy Tyner	'57 Chevrolet	166	150	timing	0
34	38	5	Bob Duell	Julian Buesink	'59 Ford	151	150	pistons	0
35	11	49	Bob Welborn	Bob Welborn	'59 Chevrolet	130	200	crash	0
36	17	59	Tom Pistone	Rupert Safety Belt (Carl Rupert)	'59 T-Bird	119	325	engine	0
37	41	91	Neil Castles		'57 Ford	92	150	running	0
38	13	92	Possum Jones	Gerald Duke	'59 T-Bird	74	295	brakes	0
39	43	83	Lennie Page	Lennie Page	'57 Ford	71	150	engine	0
40	40	95	Buddy Baker	Julian Buesink	'59 Ford	64	150	engine	0
41	42	23	Bob Perry	Bob Perry	'59 Plymouth	63	150	engine	0
42	49	44	Joe Lee Johnson	Chester Barron	'59 Chevrolet	58	150	transmission	0
43	8	12	Joe Weatherly	Coca-Cola (Doc White)	'59 T-Bird	54	210	oil pressure	0
44	36	71	Dick Joslin	Dick Joslin	'57 Dodge	46	150	head gasket	0
45	2	10	Elmo Langley	Ratus Walters	'59 Buick	41	180	engine	0
46	26	61	Joe Eubanks	W.H. Watson	'58 Pontiac	26	190	pistons	0
47	48	15	Marvin Porter	Marvin Porter	'57 Ford	19	150	head gasket	0
48	45	82	Elmo Henderson	Don Every	'58 Ford	16	150	engine	0
49	44	86	Larry Flynn	Larry Flynn	'58 Ford	11	150	rear end	0
50	37	14	Carl Burris		'57 Ford	2	150	engine	0

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Speedy Thompson	1	2	2
Fireball Roberts	3	44	42
Banjo Matthews	45	61	17
Cotton Owens	62	85	24
Bobby Johns	86	92	7
Richard Petty	93	99	7
Banjo Matthews	100	137	38
Bobby Johns	138	187	50
Jim Reed	188	238	51
Bob Burdick	239	263	25
Jim Reed	264	364	101

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