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1959-15 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Grand National race number 15 of 44 Friday, May 22, 1959 at Southern States Fairgrounds, Charlotte, NC 200 laps on a 0.500 mile dirt track (100.000 miles) Time of race: 1:48:30 Average speed: 55.3 mph Pole speed: 57.95 mph Cautions: 3 for 12 laps Margin of victory: 20 yards Attendance: 4200 Lead changes: 4 Glossary    1959 NASCAR Grand National results   /   1959 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led 1 4 42   Lee Petty Petty Enterprises '57 Oldsmobile 200 800 running 58 2 3 5   Tiny Lund Tiny Lund '57 Chevrolet 200 525 running 0 3 9 82   Cotton Owens Don Every '58 Ford 200 350 running 0 4 7 2   Speedy Thompson Bruce Thompson '57 Chevrolet 200 250 running 0 5 6 87   Buck Baker Buck Baker '59 Chevrolet 199 225 running 58 6 18 1   Richard Riley Richard Riley '57 Chevrolet 198 200 running 0 7 10 79   Jerry Draper Jerry Draper '57 Chevrolet 197 165 running 0 8 1 49   Bob Welborn Bob Welborn '57 Chevrolet 196 150 running 7 9 16 17   Fred Harb Fred Harb '58 Ford 194 140 running 0 10 13 47   Jack Smith Jack Smith '59 Chevrolet 193 130 running 0 11 8 38   Ned Jarrett Ned Jarrett '57 Chevrolet 189 125 running 0 12 22 34   G.C. Spencer G.C. Spencer '57 Chevrolet 171 110 rear end 0 13 23 74   L.D. Austin L.D. Austin '57 Chevrolet 163 100 running 0 14 19 62   Buck Brigance Buck Brigance '57 Chevrolet 159 85 running 0 15 21 19   Herman Beam Herman Beam '57 Chevrolet 146 70 running 0 16 2 41   Joe Weatherly Delta Auto Sales   (Doc White) '59 T-Bird 142 60 rear end 77 17 20 9   Roy Tyner Roy Tyner '57 Chevrolet 129 50 engine 0 18 14 11   Junior Johnson Paul Spaulding '57 Ford 122 50 rr axle 0 19 11 43   Richard Petty Petty Enterprises '57 Oldsmobile 108 50 engine 0 20 15 21   Larry Frank Wood Brothers '58 Ford 90 50 axle 0 21 25 96   Bobby Keck Bobby Keck '57 Chevrolet 82 50 engine 0 22 17 64   Shep Langdon Shep Langdon '58 Ford 55 50 rr axle 0 23 12 45   Bobby Waddell Bobby Waddell '57 Pontiac 47   piston 0 24 5 99   Fritz Wilson Shorty Rollins '58 Ford 17   radiator 0 25 24 80   Cliff Timberman – '57 Chevrolet 2   engine 0

Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Bob Welborn 1 7 7   Joe Weatherly 8 22 15   Buck Baker 23 80 58   Joe Weatherly 81 142 62   Lee Petty 143 200 58