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1959 Virginia 500

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NASCAR Grand National race number 13 of 44
May 3, 1959 at Martinsville Speedway, Martinsville, VA
500 laps on a .500 mile paved track (250.0 miles)

Time of race: 4:12:03
Average Speed: 59.512 mph
Pole Speed: 66.03 mph

Cautions: 3
Margin of Victory: 5 laps +
Attendance: 14,000
Lead changes: 4

Glossary 1959 NASCAR Grand National results / 1959 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
1	24	42	Lee Petty	Petty Enterprises	'57 Oldsmobile	500	3,630	running	337
2	20	76	Johnny Beauchamp	Carolina Plating (Beau Morgan)	'57 Chevrolet	495	1,625	running	0
3	32	11	Junior Johnson	Paul Spaulding	'57 Ford	495	1,205	running	78
4	10	59	Tom Pistone	Rupert Safety Belt (Carl Rupert)	'59 T-Bird	491	775	running	0
5	18	9	Roy Tyner	Roy Tyner	'57 Chevrolet	491	600	running	0
6	34	49	Bob Welborn	Bob Welborn	'57 Chevrolet	490	500	running	0
7	25	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	'57 Oldsmobile	490	375	running	0
8	31	41	Joe Weatherly	Delta Auto Sales (Doc White)	'59 T-Bird	489	375	running	0
9	17	99	Shorty Rollins	Shorty's (Shorty Rollins)	'58 Ford	486	300	running	0
10	3	6	Cotton Owens	W.H. Watson	'58 Pontiac	484	300	running	0
11	19	21	Glen Wood	Wood Brothers	'58 Ford	482	230	running	13
12	11	40	Dave White	Dave White	'58 Chevrolet	479	150	running	0
13	16	5	Tiny Lund	Tiny Lund	'57 Chevrolet	478	135	running	0
14	29	29	Dick Freeman	Dick Freeman	'59 Chevrolet	469	125	vapor lock	0
15	9	4	Rex White	Rex White	'59 Chevrolet	468	125	running	0
16	4	44	Ken Rush	Chester Barron	'57 Chevrolet	468	110	running	0
17	12	34	G.C. Spencer	G.C. Spencer	'57 Chevrolet	467	110	running	0
18	6	32	Brownie King	Jess Potter	'58 Chevrolet	466	100	running	0
19	14	1	Speedy Thompson	Steve Pierce	'57 Chevrolet	464	100	bearing	0
20	7	19	Herman Beam	Herman Beam	'57 Chevrolet	462	100	running	0
21	33	17	Fred Harb	Fred Harb	'57 Mercury	461	100	running	0
22	35	3	Bunk Moore		'58 Ford	460	100	running	0
23	5	64	Shep Langdon	Shep Langdon	'58 Ford	453	90	running	0
24	8	74	L.D. Austin	L.D. Austin	'57 Chevrolet	453	90	running	0
25	28	48	Fireball Roberts	E.C. Wilson	'59 Chevrolet	385	85	rear end	0
26	40	78	Jim Paschal	Sam Rice	'58 Ford	371	80	engine	0
27	21	81	Harvey Hege	Harvey Hege	'57 Ford	339	75	crash	0
28	22	114	Fritz Wilson	Fritz Wilson	'59 T-Bird	333	75	fuel pump	0
29	1	72	Bobby Johns	Shorty Johns	'57 Chevrolet	297	75	rear end	72
30	2	77	Joe Lee Johnson	Honest Charley (Joe Lee Johnson)	'57 Chevrolet	297	125	head gasket	0
31	37	79	Jerry Draper	Jerry Draper	'57 Chevrolet	278	50	engine	0
32	15	36	Tommy Irwin	Tommy Irwin	'59 T-Bird	275	50	engine	0
33	30	88	Reds Kagle	Reds Kagle	'57 Chevrolet	222	50	engine	0
34	27	96	Bobby Keck	Bobby Keck	'57 Chevrolet	208	50	engine	0
35	13	33	George Green	Jess Potter	'57 Chevrolet	143	50	engine	0
36	26	97	Barney Shore	Barney Shore	'57 Chevrolet	76		oil pressure	0
37	36	7	Jim Reed	Jim Reed	'59 Chevrolet	47		vapor lock	0
38	38	55	Ben Benz	Bernard Friedland	'57 Chevrolet	40		brakes	0
39	23	87	Buck Baker	Buck Baker	'59 Chevrolet	31		transmission	0
40	29	46	Whitey Norman	Whitey Norman	'57 Chevrolet	23		rr axle	0

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Bobby Johns	1	72	72
Glen Wood	73	85	13
Lee Petty	86	230	145
Junior Johnson	231	308	78
Lee Petty	309	500	192

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