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1959-06

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NASCAR Grand National race number 6 of 44
Sunday, March 22, 1959 at Lakewood Speedway, Atlanta, GA
100 laps on a 1.000 mile dirt track (100.000 miles)

Time of race: 1:19:49
Average speed: 75.172 mph
Pole speed: 77.888 mph

Cautions: n/a
Margin of victory: 1 lap
Attendance: 15000
Lead changes: 1

Glossary 1959 NASCAR Grand National results / 1959 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
1	2	73	Johnny Beauchamp	Johnny Beauchamp	'59 T-Bird	100	800	running	100
2	1	87	Buck Baker	Buck Baker	'59 Chevrolet	99	525	running	0
3	15	59	Tom Pistone	Rupert Safety Belt (Carl Rupert)	'59 T-Bird	97	350	running	0
4	6	1	Speedy Thompson	Steve Pierce	'57 Chevrolet	96	250	running	0
5	14	82	Joe Eubanks	Don Every	'58 Ford	95	225	running	0
6	17	99	Shorty Rollins	Shorty Rollins	'58 Ford	94	200	running	0
7	21	39	Billy Carden	Davis Brothers	'57 Mercury	93	165	running	0
8	4	22	Fireball Roberts	Jim Stephens	'59 Chevrolet	85	150	rear end	0
9	8	5	Tiny Lund	Tiny Lund	'57 Chevrolet	83	140	transmission	0
10	5	49	Bob Welborn	Bob Welborn	'59 Chevrolet	82	130	rear end	0
11	16	16	Jim McGuirk	Happy Steigel	'59 Pontiac	81	125	running	0
12	13	35	Sam Massey	–	'57 Ford	73	110	running	0
13	11	58	Roscoe Thompson	Roscoe Thompson	'57 Chevrolet	68	100	crash	0
14	9	6	Cotton Owens	W.H. Watson	'58 Pontiac	54	85	engine	0
15	12	68	J.C. Hendrix	–	'57 Plymouth	52	70	crash	0
16	18	44	Chester Barron	Chester Barron	'57 Chevrolet	45	60	clutch	0
17	7	42	Lee Petty	Petty Enterprises	'57 Oldsmobile	39	50	lr axle	0
18	19	8	Johnny Allen	Johnny Allen	'57 Chevrolet	23	50	overheating	0
19	20	36	Pete Kelly	Pete Kelly	'57 Chevrolet	10	50	head gasket	0
20	10	18	Charley Griffith	Red Bank (Charley Griffith)	'57 Pontiac	2	50	axle	0
21	3	47	Jack Smith	Jack Smith	'59 Chevrolet	1	50	engine	0

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Johnny Beauchamp	1	100	100